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Harry Potter

question of the day: Which villains deserve stories of their own?

Wed, Oct 10, 2012
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Pop culture is full of villains bursting with personality and charisma or merely so terrifyingly capable of evoking horror that we cannot look away from them. Yet these awesome bad guys inevitably take a backseat to the square-jawed white-bread hero. Time to rectify that.

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Russell T. Davies has crossed Doctor Who with Harry Potter! (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue, Oct 09, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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the inevitable has happened: “Klingon Style” (and other adventures in social networking)

Mon, Oct 01, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw this weekend…

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help Kickstart an SF movie about rebuilding Arctic ice (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Sep 22, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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London photo of the day: Platform 9 slash tourist trap

Wed, Aug 15, 2012
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The “new” Platform 9 3/4 is nowhere near an actual train platform at the renovated King’s Cross. I call bullshit on the fan service.

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meet the Men of Scarves: the Doctor, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Jul 22, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw yesterday and today…

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invisibility cloaks for sale (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Jun 22, 2012
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question of the day: Is Harry Potter the Antichrist?

Tue, Jun 19, 2012
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Does the Harry Potter-ization of pop culture — stories becoming money-generating franchises from the get-go — represent a modern culture rotting at its core, as Alan Moore suggests in his new graphic novel Century 2009?

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Doctor Who thing of the day: Harry Potter air-surfing on the TARDIS

Wed, Jun 06, 2012
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England is awesome, but unfortunately it’s not quite as awesome as Tom Preston depicts in his work “England Is Awesome”…

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how Biff from Back to the Future deals with fans (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, May 12, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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