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Tonight, October and I will stay up past our bedtimes in the pursuit of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We’re both planning on dressing up; October as Hermione and I as Professor McGonagall. I was hoping to go as Luna Lovegood, but can’t locate a long blond wig at this late hour.

Bos first brought home Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in fall of 1999, when October was barely a year old. Bos and I read it, and then read all the ones that followed. And last year, seven years after Harry Potter came to our house, October began reading them for herself.

I am grateful that we have this final tale to experience together.

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Update:  Had a great time last night - ended up bringing Spotz along for the ride as well.  He makes for a very convincing Malfoy.  October had a last minute wardrobe change and was the best looking Ginny Weasley there.  Photos can be found here.  We’re trying to read (at least) the first few chapters as a family, so we’re only on Chapter 3 right now.  I’m afraid to look at the internet or leave my home…

So, how do you tell if you’ve got a bad beer?

I’ve heard of beers gone bad, but have never experienced one myself. The Missus brought home a six pack of Shiner Hefeweizen after her Thursday night out that just tastes really… funky.

It’s been a while since I had a Hefeweizen and I don’t remember them tasting this bad.

urp….

Warning….

Don’t let your copper tubing get yanked.

Because copper is 100 percent recyclable and selling scrap copper can be lucrative, thieves will target the material when the price increases.

Indeed.

A copper thief or thieves hit the Knox County Library System’s Howard Pinkston Branch sometime over the weekend and caused enough damage to force the facility to close for repairs.

The thief or thieves raided four of the building’s five air conditioning units.

“There was not a bit of copper left in them,” said Mary Pom Claiborne, communications administrator for the library system. “I don’t know why they did not take copper from the fifth one.”

This is going to cost Knox Co tax payers $15,000.

I just got home from dropping Lugnut off at his first day of preschool. Much like his first day at nursery school last year, he walked in, started playing, and all but shooed me and Wing out the door. After his hour-long tantrum during the Child Find appointment, I am relieved that he felt comfortable in the classroom.

We are fond of saying about Lugnut, “He’s 100% of everything.” If he’s happy, it’s 100% happy - and he’ll let you know it. If he’s upset, it’s 100% angry loudness. So this morning, with Wing asleep and Lug at school, the house is very, very quiet.

It’s a strange feeling to have 3/4 of the kids in school - one part lonely, one part liberating, and one part something else I can’t quite describe.

Just imagine sitting in your deer stand with this ray gun.

The Army is looking at its Plasma Acoustic Shield System as a checkpoint defender, for now. But the original idea — and the long-term goal of the project — is to have it be the first baby step towards a portable, lethal laser weapon.

All that good old boy needs is a high powered scope. Wal*Mart has them.