Word: potter
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Last confession: I'm as eager to pretend understanding of a hot fad as any journalist. And I do like things kids like; this summer I read all three Harry Potter books, aloud and enthralled, to my wife. So I'm no grinch. Honest. I'm just a guy who loves good cartoons and, when he sees a bad one, gets a little...bit ...UPSET...
...squash team begins the season at No. 2 in the NISRA preseason rankings. That is understandable, considering that last year the Crimson was defeated, 8-1 by Trinity in the Potter Trophy finals, the national championship in men's squash. But according to Bajwa, the gap between Trinity and Harvard right now is not that large...
Thirdly, one of Potter's best friends is an incredibly smart girl named Hermione--a far better role model than Elle Macpherson for young girls who have previously been reading schlocky teen magazines which encourage rampant self-criticism. Harry is no slouch either--he studies all the time and does well in school, he never uses violence to get back at the bully and is friends with the principal. Finally, even scrawny little Harry is a star at sports. In short, Harry and his friends are every parent's dream kids...
Frankly, I'm a little appalled that the mothers and fathers of America are anti-Potter for religious reasons. There is far less religion apparent in Potters adventures than there ever was in another acclaimed Narnia series, starting with The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. C. S. Lewis' books were a thinly veiled Christian tract where God posed as a lion named Aslan...
...case, odds are that the only thing that could kill Potter now would be some rapid dive in popularity due to an American knock-off. Until then, I'll be waiting in line for the next book, unless I get one from Santa Claus...