  I am aware that many people in this country are completely obsessed with Ronald Reagan. Heck, if they weren't, there wouldn't be the "Name-every-building-after-Reagan" Coalition. These are the psychos that brought us the Ronald Reagan Building (its ironic that it is the main office for USAID, the foreign aid facet of the federal government) and Reagan National Airport before the man even kicked the bucket.
BUT....please mourn quietly and MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE. The man was ninety-freakin-three when he died. He died of a terminal disease, not suddenly. Please put something else on the news, in the newspaper, etc. Now of course, if Bono died (God forbid! ), I would want tributes to him all over the place (while he has never been President, he has been quite the humanitarian, much more than many presidents), but I realize that would be selfish. All the non-Bono lovers out there would be put out. Then they would become disgruntled with the media. That would inevitably lead to ill will toward the man himself. Which will eventually happen with Reagan (well, I felt that toward him before he died). Anyway, whoever reads this, if you have not had the privledge of seeing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, get your lazy ARSE UP TO THE THEATRE!!!!
Don't drink another pint of butter beer. Don't lounge around on your Muggle arse. Get thyself to a theatre. Daniel Radcliffe does a superb job as Harry. He is developing as an actor (and as a future hottie - but for now he's almost 15, so he's just a cutie). He needs to work on the crying a bit, but the anger works! I believe he's angry! Of course my British leading men, Alan Rickman and Gary Oldman (especially Gary as my favorite - Sirius Black) delivered.
Snape is never hot, but always snotty and clever, which many women find to be hot. Sirius was hot in that "I-need-dentist-and-a-shower-and-I'll-be-good-to-go" way. A frosty, bone chilling atmosphere was created by the Dementors. Nasty creatures, they are! And the whomping willow has burrowed a place in my heart. As did the Fat Lady, who was played by Daun French (she co-wrote Absolutely Fabulous with the Fairy Godmother from Shrek 2, Jennifer Saunders, so she already had a place in my heart). Oh good gracious, I almost forgot! BUCKBEAK!!!! The proud hippogriff befriended Harry, Hermione and Sirius when they were in dire straits. Way to go Beaky!!! Now for the down sides (yes, it's not all smiles I'm afraid). Rupert Grint still can barely act.
He just whines and frowns his way through the movie. David Thewlis did an amazing job as Professor Lupin, but did the CGI guys revert back to 1994 when it came to making the Werewolf? That was not scary enough! The transformation was AWESOME but the actual wolf was quit a disappointment. In the news of the random (visit U2.com today), I just found out that Anton Corbijn (U2's amazing photographer) has a blog! It's quite interesting. A handful of famous people have blogs. www.au-senegal.com www.u2.com www.csmonitor.com www.megwood.com 
