My sister's new pet:

She to me: what should I name him, X or Costis?
Me to her: Costis needs a fish named after him.

So Costis it is! Here's a pic, I hope - or at least a link to one. He's a wild-type betta and his colors are spectacular.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/deirdrej/4101256781/

Why didn't it happen this way? (a missing scene from HP)

I've said over on Snapedom that, if Lily was the be-all and end-all for young Sev, she should have been the be-all and end-all. So why couldn't he have joined the Death Eaters specifically to protect her? I do know the answer to that, of course: we couldn't have a scene that might make him more sympathetic. But why did Rowling also have to diminish James and Lily? Consider Voldemort's attack: ( Read more... )