First, let’s start off with a folly. A rumor has it that Robert Pattinson may take over the role of Marvel super-hero Spider-Man, which Tobey Maguire is vacating. My gut response to that is “NO, NO, NO!! Please God don’t let it be so!!!!” But that could just be an overreaction on my part; it is after all just a rumor for now. 
Second, on to the forum. Just a reminder that The Hogshead now has a forum. We’re up to 42 registered members and over 70 topics. Some of the more recent topics and active ones are on Wandless Magic, A Topic for Strange Potter Questions, Books Read in 2010, Humor in Chamber of Secrets, Opera, and Should the Potter Movies Have Been Made, among many others. Please feel free to check out the forum and get involved.
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Harry Potter and the Decade That Was
by revgeorge on December 31, 2009
According to some calculations, when the clock ticks over midnight tonight, a new decade will begin and the old one close. Not for me, though, I don’t think the new decade starts until 2011.
But since most of the world figures 2010 will start the new decade, I’ve noticed a fair number of stories posted over at The Leaky Cauldron on Harry Potter and its place in the last decade. That is to say, Harry Potter is making a lot of end of decade lists. I was going to post the links to some of those stories but Leaky is apparently down for maintainence right now. Oh well. Anyway, if you go over there once they’re back up, you’ll see over the last week or so many of these stories.
My question to you all this New Year’s Eve is, what do you think Harry Potter’s role and place was in the last decade? What do you think it will be in the decade to come? How do you measure the impact of both Harry Potter and of Joanne Rowling at this time in history?
So, have yourself some hors d’ouevres, raise a toast of champagne, and sing a round of Auld Lang Syne, and have a Happy New Year!!
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