If anyone tries to trick/force/cajole me into reading the Book 5 rumors that are now propogating about the internet, I will kill them slowly and painfully. 72 days is a trifling price to pay when you’ve already waited three years.

Hee! Gotta love Sam. Granny Weatherwax meets Lord Voldemort:

“I’m not having with any of this Voldemort nonsense! You have a perfectly good evil name as it is, Tom Riddle!” ::tweaks the Dark Lord’s ear:: “Now, say you’re sorry for the snakes!”

::small voice:: “msorryforthesnakes”

“Are you sorry for the diary?”

::small voice:: “msorryforthediary”

“And what are you going to do now?”

::small voice:: “gointabeverynicetoharry”

Spam titled “Priscilla, Rates at an All-time Low. Do Yourself a Favor”. The text:

But let his Grace, when he shall hear my name,

Say only this: Gardiner procured the same.

[Enter young Cromwell.]

LIEUTENANT.

Here is your son, come to take his leave.

CROMWELL.

Care to join me in a rousing rendition of “What the Heck?”

“Like millions of your fellow Americans, you enjoy ice cream but do NOT enjoy seeing your money funneled to wacko left-wing causes. We are not ashamed of America. We think it’s the best country ever, and so we have set out to make the best ice cream ever!”

I want to believe this is a joke.