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The sorting hat says that I belong in Ravenclaw!

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Said Ravenclaw, "We’ll teach those whose intelligence is surest."

Ravenclaw students tend to be clever, witty, intelligent, and knowledgeable. Notable residents include Cho Chang and Padma Patil (objects of Harry and Ron’s affections), and Luna Lovegood (daughter of The Quibbler magazine’s editor).

Take the most scientific Harry PotterQuiz [...]

Sometime around the fourth or fifth grade, my girl scout troop participated in a sleep over at the Museum of Science in Boston. It was a rowdy night, and my memories of the event are a haze of petrifide dinosaur poo, cutaway models of the reproductive system, and the view of the city skyline after [...]

You Are The Fool

You are a fascinating person who is way beyond the concerns of this world.Young at heart, you are blissfully unaware of any dangers ahead.You are a true wanderer – it has be difficult finding your place in this world.Full of confidence, you are likely to take a leap of faith.
Your fortune:
You are [...]

Summer days, in their full bloom of sticky hotness, are rarely seen in San Francisco. This week, however, we’ve had an embarrasment of riches — a string of miserable, moist, still-hot-in-the shade days. Of course, according to my google weather bar, it’s only 77 degrees, with 35% humidity. But we’re San Franciscans! Don’t you understand [...]

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Hours of sleep I got last night: 3Hours before I have to teach: 4Ratio of clean clothes to dirty in my bedroom right now: roughly 1:five billionDays since I last showered: two? three? ten? I’m not sure.

Oh, I can’t sleep. Or at least I can’t sleep during normal sleeping hours. Just strange, sleepy person times. Last night I tossed and turned until the wee hours, only to sleep the (sunny and springlike) day away. And now I’m up again, restless, reading and listening to all the funny night sounds (some rowdy [...]

Brian’s been nagging me to post more (”‘Pondering!?’”, he says. “You’re still pondering your silly Quaker tree?”), and even though I have no new argyle stories to tell, I’m caving.
So. How you been? I am busy. So busy, in fact, that I have become paralyzed by the sense of my own business, unable to finish [...]

Its been raining like crazy lately, huge storms replete with thunder and lightning and hailstones like gum balls. On the way to the grocery store tonight, I noticed that a huge branch (half a tree, really) had fallen just outside the neighborhood friend’s school, blocking the sidewalk in front completely. Which makes me wonder: if [...]

Star Wars Horoscope for Taurus

You are a dependable creature, but you do tend to be stubborn.You like material possessions and love to win at games.You hate being bossed around or losing.You may succumb to your physical strength when upset.
Star wars character you are most like: Chewbacca

What Is Your Star Wars Horoscope?
Seriously, though, how would you [...]