more on banned books

Here's a fun quiz, in The Guardian. (Linked all over the kidlitosphere already by folks who got to their Guardian feed before I did...)

(I scored 9 out of 13, which is only so-so. Two or three of them I could have looked up right here in the office and done better, but I didn't cheat...)

Which Narnia character are you?

I was sure I'd be Susan. I come from a family that matches the Pevensies (boy-girl-boy-girl) and I'm the Susan. According to the quiz, this is a better outcome:

You are Prince Caspian, who became the rightful heir of Narnia. You have a sharp eye for injustice and a humble heart to improve the world around you. You never quite rely on yourself to make changes; instead, you believe only teamwork can achieve them. As you grow in wisdom, you will learn to trust yourself.

Take the quiz here.

I'm flattered...

Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.


I usually come out INTJ on the MBTI so this was a little bit of a surprise.

Thanks to Liz B. for the link.

(I haven't forgotten about the birthday celebration; it will go on for another couple of days..)

the last one, I think...

I can't promise this is the last HP-related thing I'll put up here before I read the novel, but I'm trying. I'm actually working on my paper for August (finally!) and this is the purest procrastination. But so funny!



The brilliant Hank Green sings about his need for the next book...

when should I start?

With HP VII coming in less than two months, is it time to start re-reading the series so I know where I am when it arrives?

even better than the visual DNA

meet my daemon, Olin:



(Now go get your own)

Visual DNA

All the kid lit bloggers are doing it...

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

BEGIN AGAIN

I know, I'm supposed to be posting my thoughts on Knitting (the novel, not the craft) and I will, but not today.

For some years now I've had a mild preference for a particular restroom stall in my building. It began when some graffiti appeared: "Few of us are not in some way infirm, or even diseased; and our very infirmities help us unexpectedly. --William James"

OK, that's just some awesome graffiti. (And, yes, it's quite obvious to those of us in the building whose class she was taking at the time. Not mine.)

Then there was more. I tried to write them all down once, but I know I didn't get them all. There was "it's a wonder I can think @ all," which I quite liked, and "education is what remains when what was learned has been forgotten," which I believe was attributed to Twain on the stall wall, though google suggests maybe Einstein. There was also, "'College is an organized waste of time'--my dad," which amused me. There was a Leonard Cohen quotation on the door: "there is a crack, a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in" (attributed properly). There was, I think, something attributed to Will Durant. And, most recently, there was a line that seemed Dirty Harry-esque to me, but turns out to be from A Clockwork Orange: "what's it going to be then, eh?"

Well, you know where this is going. Over spring break the restroom was repainted, and the graffiti wiped out. I was sad about this, having neglected to write them all down.

But today, in sharpie, all caps:

BEGIN AGAIN