Title: The Life and Death of the Great Lakes Author: Dan Egan Genre: Nonfiction Over the summer, I read seven books about various aspects of the Great Lakes, and this book was my favorite! It came out this year, so all of the information is current, and it provided a fascinating description of the h...

Did anyone watch the finale?? All the spoilers below, so if you haven't seen it yet come back when you have! It was a lot more heartwarming than I was expecting. I half thought everyone was going to end up dead. I loved seeing Art and Helena work as a team! I didn't really like Allison's new...

Our first match is in about 24 hours! For all of the USA folks, here's the schedule in EST: Week 1: Vanessa v. Sirius - Thursday. July 20 @ 10pm EST Alexander v. Aurelia: Saturday July 22 @ 2pm EST Shiloh v. Austin: Sunday July 23 @ 3pm EST Maxwell v. Kendra: - Monday July 31 @ 6 pm EST Week 2: Will...

The seeking schedule can be found here . If any of the times don't work for you, don't worry, you can reschedule! Simply post in this thread so that everyone is aware that you can't make it, and then get in touch with your opponent to choose a new time. You can also post your new time in this thread...

I love quidditch, I love the hype
but on the pitch, I just can’t type.
I try to dodge, my fingers glitch.
I type dododge, my teammates twitch.
I think I’m hitting the right keys
but all of it is typoese.
I know you think my typing’s poor -
Just wait until I practice more!

Snitch Tournament Regulations *All matches will be played in #snitch. *Try to show up a few minutes early so we will be prepared to start on time. A player who doesn't show up within 15 minutes of the game start time forfeits the match. *If you know you can't make a scheduled match, please post in ...

I spent the whole game thinking I was the slytherin player who scored 15 goals. Apparently I was actually the player in the bottom corner who kept running into walls. Whoops. I tried XD

The seeking sign-up date has passed! Stay tuned for the schedule which will be posted in the next day or two!

I'm playing!

I'm generally available 7pm -11pm CST, which is 1am-5am HOL time, but much more negotiable on the weekends!

Okay, hopefully there won't be (too much) terror, but we are hosting the Quidditch World Cup this year! Once again, Bulgaria and Ireland are facing off, this time for several weeks! Because seeking was so critical in their last showdown, the top Seekers from each side are also having their own tourn...

The seeking tournament is making a return for Summer 2017! In past years, the format has been as such: all participants are divided into groups of 4-5. You play each person in your group once, and the top two players in each group advance to a single-elimination tournament. We are planning to do the...

I enjoyed some of my favorite chocolate ice cream tonight!

Final thoughts on Princess Bride! It was kind of exciting how he kept saying what time it was, and had the time counting down on how much time Westly had left. I really loved how everyone had their chance to be a hero. Inigo got to defeat the six-fingered man (""His eyes bulged wide, f...

I watched the Princess Bride, after finishing reading it for this month's book club. The full title of the book includes the phrase "the good parts version" and I thought the movie was the good parts version of that! Some of the backstories were cut or shortened, which was fine with me bec...

This chapter had so much happen! I marked my favorite parts so let's go from there: "Stupid, stupid, go wait for Vizzini with Cupid" "Dummy, dummy, go out now and fill your tummy." "dunce dunce, use your brains and do it right for once." These were great. I love Fezzik&...

In these chapters, I started enjoying the quirkiness of the narrator(s). Chapter 2: I totally agree that the prince is not a pleasant person at all. How horrific just to have this zoo for the purpose of gruesomely killing things! But I have to say, I loved this bit: "Your father is dying."...

I have never seen the movie, or at least not all the way through. I tried to watch it once and fell asleep, and they played it in school once and I also fell asleep >_> So I've seen bits and pieces of it, and I know some of the famous lines and such, but I don't actually know what the plot is. Maybe...

There once was a puppy named Sandy
Who wanted to eat cotton candy
She gave it a lick
but then she got sick
She complained: this is not fine and dandy!

Ravenclaw Pride Month is ending, which means it's time to announce the winners of... The Eagle Awards! Most Feared Eagle Is our first winner plotting to bring down HOL using dark magic and gum disease? We may never know, but we’re definitely afraid! After all, her previous signature did warn us tha...

We've had really erratic weather, too! But the best spring days for me have been at the park with Sandy I think this picture was actually a weirdly warm weekend in February.