http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/1/create-mr-weasleys-perfect-gift-contest

As it is now December, our Contest Crew has their latest contest, Arthur's Perfect Gift, to announce.  This contest asks you to create the perfect Christmas gift for Mr. Weasley, lover of everything muggle.  Already having a plethora of gadgets containing plugs and batteries, please utilize other muggle creations for your gift to Mr. Weasley.  In order to enter this contest, please compose a 10...

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That whole FAQ is sort of due for a pick-over to remove the communities we're not really using anymore, like lj_2008. I was going to add lj_turns10 but hesitated for the same reason...in about 30 days we'll be in 2010. ;-)

Perhaps a new draft could archive official communities that aren't being used anymore? (Perhaps you need us to weigh in on which ones are? Perhaps we could just commit that patch from DW that will support different staff & official comm "userheads"?) :-p

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Want to embrace your wanderlust on the cheap? If you're high on adventurous spirit, but low on funds, this community can help you plan a trip to anywhere. Offering plentiful tips on how to travel light, you can post about inexpensive hotels and youth hostels if you're into urban exploration or discuss camping gear and mosquito netting for the great outdoors. Hitch your backpack, pitch your tent, and carpe diem!

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[1 to 14] Ep. 7.08 Power Down
[15 to 44] Ep. 7.09 Child's Play - (4 animated)

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Here at my LJ.

Does anyone know when NCIS is next coming on? Last I knew it was a repeat last Tuesday week and this Tuesday it's some other new show. Anyone know when the next ep is coming on, or is there a hiatus in US?

http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2009/comments_12/wee_gillis.html

Wee Gillis caught my eye at my local library. It was short, colorful and a Caldecott Honor book (1939). As it's only 80 pages and mostly a picture book, I snatched it up and read it that night.

Wee Gillis is a boy stuck in the middle of two different Scottish cultures. One parent is from the Lowlands where his family herds cattle. The other parent is from the Highlands where they stalk stags. When he is orphaned, he has to pick a family and a lifestyle.

Gillis learns how to herd cattle and how to hold his breath and be quiet in the highlands to not scare the wildlife. It takes years of living with both sides of the family before he finds his own. I like that Gillis was able to learn from both families and then make his own life the way he saw fit.

But the best part of the book are the black and white illustrations.

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books | childrens | Munro Leaf | 1938

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http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/1/reminder-previews-of-half-blood-prince-more-due-this-weekend-on-abc-family

A quick reminder that this week we will see a sneak peek of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD and more this weekend during the annual ABC Family 25 Days of Christmas. There is new commercial, seen right here in our video galleries, highlighting the Harry Potter Weekend, which will also have preview clips from the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD as well as the two Ultimate Co...

1.) My Mom's Cooking: I honestly believe that my mom is the best cook on the face of the planet. Everything she makes is good. I love her homemade chili, macaroni and cheese, potato salad, vegetable soup and just so many more. I'd rather have my mom's cooking than eating out, most of the time.

2.) Chocolate: I love chocolate. I love dark chocolate and milk chocolate. I like the occasional white chocolate (think Hershey's Cookies and Creme). I love the fancy stuff and I love candy bars. I love chocolate.

3.) Cheesecake: Cheesecake is my favorite dessert. I'll eat cheesecake any way a person can fix it, from fruit toppings, to Oreo crusts, to pieces of chocolate found in it. Cheesecake is always amazing.

4.) Waffle House: Waffle House food always makes me happy. Maybe it's my roots showing but there's nothing better than a cheesestake omelette, homefries covered in cheese and onions, a bowl of grits and some sweet tea. Yeah, there's nothing at all healthy about it, but it's still good.

5.) Chinese Food: One of my favorite things is to go out for dinner with my baby sister and go out for some Chinese. I love the Terryaki Chicken, the Lo Mein and the Egg Rolls. Not to mention, I also enjoy her conversation. It's one of my favorite ways to spend an evening out.

Slept well until 6am, at which point I woke up, cleaned the kitchen, and threw all the roots in the house—potatoes, sweet potatoes, beets, onions, carrots, ginger—into a soup. Maybe later I'll toss all the things that grow on trees into the juicer. I know, right? My life: try to keep up.

This year was really, really hard and I'm not even sure why. But I managed to get 69 words over the 50K and finished and twenty minutes to midnight.

I was so tempted to give up at 49000 words as I'd just finished and scene and I didn't know what would happen next. I had to write a random scene to think of anything to write about. I'm sure those like 1000 words were some of the hardest to write.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/1/first-official-photo-from-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-plus-new-interview-with-trio

UPDATE: Here it is in glorious High Res, thanks to WB.December kicks off in fine style as USA Today has the first official photo from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (or right here in our image galleries.) Readers will recall this scene was shot in London, England last April as you can see right here from this location photo. The USA Today article has several new quotes from actor Rupert G...

I usually don't eat when I'm upset, so comfort food will have to mean something slightly different... treat food perhaps? They're not healthy food, but most comfort food isn't and not eaten all the time.

• Chocolate
• Chicken and vegetables with cheese sauce.
• Hot chips or mashed potato
• Toasted Sandwhich
• Banana on toast

Top 5 Comfort Foods:

1. Dinner Rolls with butter: I don't know what it s about it but I love bread and butter. Nice fresh dinner rolls are always comforting

2. Chocolate covered Strawberries: I am a chocolate addict and the only way chocolate gets better when you add strawberries. I don't like strawberry creams unless with white chocolate but strawberries dipped in melted good quality milk chocolate is a decadent comfort. Best had in a nice bubble bath.

3. Cold Rock Cookies and Cream Ice Cream with Cookie Dough and m&m's: Probably the best ice cream ever. I love ice cream but only get Cold Rock occasionally because a) it's so far away and b) it's so expensive and c) it is so fattening and I always fill a bit sick after I eat it (mainly because I keep eating after I'm full).

4.Cheese and Bacon on Toast: Lots of cheese and lots of Bacon, yum! I'm one of those gross people that prefers the fatty bits rather than the actual meat, but only when having it like this. If my bacon is in a burger then all I care about is having lots.

5. Crème brûlée or Chocolate self Saucing Puddings: I couldn't decide between them so I put them both. My old boss (at a restaurant) makes the best chocolate puddings with a raspberry coulis that melts in your mouth. He also makes a delicious vanilla bean brûlée.

If I had to pick a comfort drink it would be a nice cup of tea or a glass of bourbon :)

http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2009/comments_12/mrs_mufflys_monster.html

Mrs. Muffly's Monster I originally checked out for Harriet because the monster looks a lot like a blue cat with funny stripes and a prehensile tail. I thought Sean might like it too since it's about a monster. What I didn't expect was a perfect combination of two of Sean's passions in life: baking and monsters!

The unseen narrator, a neighbor presumably, has been watching Mrs. Muffly. Every day she buys some huge amount of food: dozens of eggs, pounds of flour, gallons of milk. The neighbor jumps to the conclusion that these vast amounts of food are for Mrs. Muffly's monster. The colorful somewhat primitive illustrations show what the neighbor imagines the monster doing with the food in question.

What the neighbor doesn't suspect is that Mrs. Muffly and her monster (yes, he's real) like to bake. They've been working on a beautiful (and huge) cake for a bake-off. Included in the back of the book is a normally proportioned cake recipe for any other monstrologist bakers to try.

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books | childrens | Sarah Dyer | 2008

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