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Oh, good grief. Remember Miriam, the transsexual who caused all the controversy in that British reality show last year? Apparently she’s going to be a Big Brother intruder starting on Sunday. Channel 10 didn’t start airing There’s Something About Miriam til after BB started, so theoretically the housemates won’t know anything about her. It’s cheap, it’s exploitative, it’s crass… and I’m ashamed to say I’ll probably watch.

The Queen of Indiana – another blogging Hoosier. (She’s actually a Wolverine in disguise, though.)

Well, of course I’m collecting the Harry Potter pins from the Daily Telegraph. I freaked out last night though when I couldn’t find the Hagrid pin anywhere. I went to four different newsagents and it was sold out everywhere! Luckily today I went to the little crappy one near my office and they had extras. So I’m all caught up!

Hey, the Red Cross “Knit Your Bit” Kit is now available to order online. It’s $25 +$8 postage. I’ve run into some difficulties having it shipped to an international address, so folks outside the US should probably wait a while. And whoa, not only is Dakota Fanning in, like, fifteen movies, but she’s a knitter! At her age I was still making potholders on a dime store loom.

I’ve made a much-needed improvement on my Archive page: You can now search post text, comment text, or both. Previously it was only post text and it drove me crazy because occasionally I’d want to find a specific comment and not be able to remember which post it pertained to. You know, I really need to roll all this into GoddessBlog sometime soon…

My Hogwarts costume for the Prisoner of Azkaban premiere is nearly complete. Earlier this week I managed to locate an image of the Gryffindor crest, which I painstakingly traced in Illustrator. I found a great “Dumbledore’s Army” insignia too. I’m thinking of printing them on iron-on paper, transferring to fabric, and then sewing the fabric to pieces of felt for stability. Overkill? Probably, but what the hell. 🙂

I’ve uploaded the high-resolution images if you want them yourself. (Gryffindor | D.A.) They’re each at 300dpi, which means they’ll look huge on your screen. When printed out, they’re just about full page size. You can shrink them for badges or keep them large for posters. Get them now if you want them, because they’re large files and if I get too much direct-linking abuse, I’ll take ’em down.

StopTheDraft.com – If there’s anything that could make my conservative relatives vote for Kerry, it’s probably the thought that my brother could be drafted.

Letter to the Editor. A courageous mother writes a letter about the abuse her son has suffered. It’s amazing. I dare you not to get choked up. Read it now.

The Sydney Morning Herald has finally unveiled the new “Radar” section of its site… and it’s powered by Movable Type. Interestingly, they don’t actually say that they’re using it anywhere, which I thought was one of the licensing requirements. Hmm…

Update: Nevermind. The link is apparently optional. Still, I have to wonder if the Herald actually ponied up for the $200US commercial license fee.