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Potter must die!!!

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Just ask JK Rowling.

“One character got a reprieve, but I have to say Snape strikes!two die that I did not intend to die.”

“They don’t target extras do they? They go for the main characters. Well I do.” In a phrase sure to be closely analysed by the legions of visitors to Harry Potter fansites that deconstruct the author’s every word, she said she empathised with Agatha Christie, who killed off her detective Hercule Poirot so that other writers would not be able to continue his stories after her death.

“I’ve never been tempted to kill him [Harry] off before the end of book seven, because I always planned seven books and that’s where I want to go,” she said.

“I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks ‘Well, I’m going to kill them off because that means there can be no non-author-written sequels … so it will end with me, and after I’m dead and gone they won’t be able to bring back the character‘.”

The Guardian has got themselves quite a scoop with that one. Legions of Hermiowanabees will be crying into their butterbeer tonight.

And a few Rons and Dracos as well.

Snape is not amused

Brokebeer Mountain

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from Raj, who probably had no idea I’d load it on Youtube. But there ya go; live and learn (to cross me off your forward lists).

Canadian Rock: Bigger! Harder! Boozier!

my favorite tv show

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Meanspirited, isolated, smartassed, underachieving, two-thirds robotic and one-third underemployed, the stars of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 are the Platonic ideal of Generation Xers.

Let's watch as they teach us how to sell Chevys door-to-door:

and possibly the most infamous clip of all, Mister B Natural.

Part One.

"Is that Liberace's mom?"

And Part Two.

"Oscar Wilde only wishes he was this gay."

i got a fever, and the only prescription is…

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a Christopher Walken questionnaire!!! Although more cowbell couldn't hurt.

I'm not sure, but I think first prize is an old black leather coat that smells like cigarettes and whiskey. It certainly aught to be.

Walker of the Illuminati

While he has never secured a place on the roster of Hollywood’s leading men, Walken has carved out a healthy niche in the “memorable supporting actors” strata. His most unforgettable parts have tended to be kooks and psychos.

When asked about his quirky roles, Walken purportedly said, “Is typecasting really a problem?” 

Walken is watching you

8. What technique does … Walken … use to … arrive at … his distinctive way of … delivering … lines?
He practices his lines by typing them into a Speak & Spell machine and playing them back
He crosses out all the punctuation in his scripts to allow him to develop completely original readings
He memorizes the script in reverse order and forces himself to mentally reorder the words as he is delivering them
He takes inspiration from remembering how his German father’s English sounded
He has a slight mental tic and speaks in the same way as everybody else sounds to him

And let us not forget that we have already seen him tap his way to glory on the Night of 100 Stars. I think he's the only one who's still alive, actually; there's gotta…be…a reason…for THAT!

Don't fear the Walken...

for Dick Cheney

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with luv,
from Tom Lehrer