Melissa, Emerson, and I led a discussion with 250 avid Harry Potter fans - a standing-room-only crowd - ranging over Snape's villainy, Dumbledore's family, Harry's heroism, everyone's romances, the four remaining Horcruxes, the enormous list of things that have to be tied up in Book Seven, and the possible Meaning of It All. ![]() On Thursday we held the first of our "Let's Talk About Harry" events at Anderson's Bookstore in Naperville, Illinois, just outside Chicago. The podcasts of our July 20 discussion at Anderson's and July 25 discussion in Las Vegas are now online here, and the recording of the L.A. Thanks to Lisa, Greg, Marilyn, and Eve for coming out to see it, and to the former three for the lovely late lunch in the Farmer's Market afterward. Melissa, Emerson, and I flew into Los Angeles this morning and came straight to the Grove for our last Scholastic tour podcast - and it may have just been the best of the bunch, with 350 to 400 people tossing out questions and theories, and our responses enriched by everything we learned or talked about at Lumos. I can also report that I earned two more T's in the course of the week, thus becoming "Hottttt Cheryl" and other than some unfortunate aftereffects of the terrible vodka, it was a wonderful vacation. The song "I'm Proud to Be An American" by Lee Greenwood.The "Wee Kirk o' the Heather" wedding chapel, which was neither a church nor anywhere remotely close to heather.Some mild MuggleBoy debauchery (not involving me, thank you).A crowd of 400 singing my adaptation of "Baby It's Cold Outside" ("It's Voldemort Outside"), and John singing my filk of "New York, New York" to welcome J.An approximately equal number of Harry Potter Book 7 theories.The question "Any news on Book 7?", followed by me shaking my head, followed by the statement, "You know something, don't you?", followed by me shaking my head, nine million times.A rockin' Harry and the Potters/Draco and the Malfoys concert.People dressed as Draco and Lucius Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Hermione, Ginny, and Harry.A Rum Jungle cocktail at 11 in the morning.An insightful presentation from Steve Vander Ark of the Harry Potter Lexicon.Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.Brian and Brad, aka Draco and the Malfoys.Paul and Joe DeGeorge, aka Harry and the Potters.Emerson, Kevin, Ben, Andrew, and Jamie - a smartass but charming group of young men who comprise the senior staff of MuggleCast.Melissa, John, and Sue, aka the three lovely people who comprise the senior staff of PotterCast.While the Sacred Code of Sin City does indeed prevent me from describing my exploits there in any great detail, I understand that I am allowed to list the elements of my five days there for all of you to piece together as you choose.
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