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Originally Posted by katezbox
Muncie,
Wonderful story. I had a stepmother like that - nothing was ever positive.
A lot of us are fans of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling. To me, one of her greatest talents is finding a way to use fiction to point out things we all experience in real life.
Her "dementors" - creatures that suck the happiness out of the air around us - are so like that hairdresser.
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I was surprised that no one caught my "dementor" comment to Tony in the Community Watch thread yesterday. Needless to say, I was kidding, or at least exaggerating a tad when I referred to the Administrators as TOTV's Dementors.
Kate, I loved the Harry Potter books -- had to read them to find out what was enthralling my great-nieces et al. And I loved it that they were infuriating some of the ultra-fundamentalists. Though I've got the DVDs, I've really enjoyed watching the first few movies on ABC the last several weeks. But it brings back a fear for my mental well-being --- from Day 1, I have found Hermione to be absolutely adorable. I keep telling myself, "Damn, you prevert, she's 10 years old!!!" But I don't think I'm in a league with Woody Allen or Michael Jackson, so I'm okay.
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