OT-Intro

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				     Old Crowd Intro

First off I would like to introduce myself. I go by the name of Snow 
on the main list (Kathy King earlier on) but Kathryn is my given name 
by my father for Kathryn Queen of Scotts. Looking over the members of 
this old crowd as it is, I feel extremely humble to be in the midst. 
There are so many among you that intrigued me with your early posts, 
which actually induced my Harry Potter obsession. 

I am a 45 year old who lives a stones through from downtown 
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; known to be the smoky city in years gone by 
for its many steel mills but also renowned for its Universities such 
as Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne and Point Park. I never had the 
opportunity to attend college but was thrust into the school of hard 
Knox, I think you learn a lot more there but the pay isn't very 
substantial.  I've been married 19 years with a family of yours mine 
and ours; two stepsons 28 and 30 who now live in Florida, a mentally 
handicapped daughter who still resides with us 29, a 17-year-old 
daughter who's writings you may someday read and my 12 year old baby 
girl. 

I am a "jack of all trades master at none", and the epitome of this 
statement.  I can do everything and am good at all but have been paid 
well for none of it because my kids come first, not that they would 
allow it to be otherwise, nor would I.  

I grew up listening to every type of music you can imagine. My father 
introduced me to such thought provoking music at a young age such as 
Richard Harris (Dumbledore) and Tom Lehrer along with old country, 
all the musicals and Disney, which I'm certain helped to mold me into 
the philosophical minded person I am today. I would have to say my 
first love is music from every spectrum having advanced from dads 
music to my brothers love for the 60's music, my sisters radical but 
also thought producing 70's music right into today's music; a few of 
my favorites being Lincoln Park, Blink 182 and Greenday. 

My other hobbies have been quite curtailed since my babies grew into 
the time consuming blessings they are today but I always liked to 
fish having been born with a casting rod in my hand. My grandparents 
owned an old railroad cottage with a view of the Allegheny River in 
the front yard that was beyond picturesque, which we frequented every 
summer. My biggest fish to date was a 33 lb. 46 inch Carp and the 
biggest small mouth bass to be caught from that territory at a 
whopping 21½ inches. 

I was first introduced to Harry Potter through my youngest daughter, 
who now regrets it, when she brought home POA, about two years ago, 
having won it from a school reading program. I liked POA well enough 
but it was GOF that really got me hooked. I guess my main objective 
is to beat JKR to the answer of the enormous puzzle she has created, 
as if... Just when I think I may have found the solution, or part of 
it, someone confronts me with a detour and I'm back to the drawing 
board, it's great fun. If I have a favorite character at all I 
suppose it was Sirius but basically I try not to become emotionally 
attached to a fictional character that may become a lamb to the 
slaughter like Sirius.

Well I guess that's more than you really want to know about me, so 
thanks Carolyn for the invite and I hope I have time to contribute 
something useful to the group. 

Snow