Timelies all!

Nova is in my lap, tenderizing my thigh. (Also chewing on my pajama buttons) Later today I go to get groceries.

Put cat food on the list.

For Sumi and Ple and anybody else who might care what Laura Hillenbrand's assessment of this year's Kentucky Derby might be:

I've watched every Derby since 1980. I admire the winner, but it was Bodemeister that really wowed me. Setting blistering fractions and then just keeping going was epic, astounding. I don't know that there has ever been a horse in Derby history to go so fast early and be anywhere close to the lead in the homestretch, much less holding the lead until the last few strides. He was brilliant.

The chapters were lovely, the art for the moments beautiful, and once I had all the books and objects and cards and coins, yeah, it was pretty much dueling. With the one most powerful spell. Over and over.

So you're saying I finally found a dueling partner only you're guaranteed to kick my ass every time. ha! But I do find dueling fun. But I am lousy about going for the most powerful spell as I am forever instead doing things like tickling spells. Because if you are dueling your own kids, you really need to be careful what hex you use.

I'm sort of disappointed with Pottermore. I'm ready for Book 2, you know? Mostly because there's not enough to do once you finish Book 1, and I can't get the potions or spells to work very well.

Laura,

Cat food is always on the list :). (Nova likes to chew on things, like buttons and earrings.)

I'm with you Amy. I kinda want more purpose to my play.

One thing I find interesting is that Ravenclaw has significantly less members than the other three houses. I do get why Gryffindor and Slitherin are way more popular, but I was surprised that Hufflepuff outstripped Ravenclaw. Of course, my assumption is that everyone manipulated their answers to get into the house they wanted. As far as I can tell, house member is determined almost entirely on the answer to "What would you like to be known as? The Brave? The Good? The Wise? or The Great?"

Amy, I found it kind of boring too. I think I'd rather kill zombies.

So, we have a thunderstorm. I guess we'll not get the lawn clean and mowed today. Balls!

I can't even remember how I answered that.

With potions, it's mostly a matter of how you pick up the ingredients, making sure you do it in exactly the order given, and not spilling stuff (i.e., picking up the bottles by the top). And if you screw up, you can refresh. Many of the ingredients regenerate in the chapters once you've exhausted your supply.

With spells, it's all about the rhythm. You can set a metronome and be nearly perfect. It would be nice if it wasn't straight points, if it mattered which spell you used against which.

Actually, Hufflepuff has more members than Slytherin too.

It would help if you could see which friends were online in the address book thingy. You can tell if you go into each friend's profile, but that's laborious.