Introduction

[Troels Forchhammer]

Dear Friends,

Thank you for the kind invitation.

Fast resume:

Name: Troels Forchhamer
Age: 38 (changes once a year, though it occasionally feels as more <G>)
Family status: Married, father of four children aged 6 through 14.
Education: Physics (M.Sc.) and Computer Science (B.Sc.)
Work: R&D on mobile phone testing for Nokia
Hobbies (aside Potter): Scouting, Tolkien, Roleplaying . . .

My usual Potter-related haunt is the newsgroup alt.fan.harry-potter, but I 
need a more quiet retreat at times ;-)


Those who attended Accio will no doubt know my position regarding the 
former Potions master and present evil git ;-)
That hasn't changed -- he may be loyal to Voldemort or working for himself, 
but he is evil through and through in any circumstances.  Those who can 
delude themselves to believe he is loyal to Dumbledore are, I'm convinced, 
merely repeating and perpetuating Dumbledore's mistake -- sometimes 
intelligence does that to people >:->

I put this in here, not to insult people, but to explain a priori why I am 
loath to join discussions of Mr Snape in general, though I might comment on 
interpretation of specific (non-essential) issues. Sorry, but I know my own 
temper well enough to stay clear of inflammable subjects :-/



Apart from that?

Well, I do have this thing about time and numbers, which Rowling 
unfortunately doesn't ;-)  I'm a bit strange in that respect -- once I 
realise that 'this cannot be', I need to investigate it in every possible 
detail, convincing myself beyond any reasonable doubt that it doesn't make 
sense, and then I can read on, happily ignoring the inconsistencies (after 
all, now I /know/ it's inconsistent). It's perfectly OK to laugh -- I know 
it's foolish, but I can't help it.

I do run the FAQ section for AFH-P, which, though terribly outdated, is 
located here:
<http://www.hp-lexicon.org/library/ref/>


It's better, I think, to stop here for the first post -- you may get to 
hear more from me than you'd prefer ;-)

Once again, thank you for the kindness of inviting me here.

Warm regards,
Troels