How did I get into Harry Potter? I think it was right after the 2nd book came out, and I kept seeing stacks of them at Costco. I had a friend whose kids were dying to read them, but their dad had heard bad things about the books. I thought, "What could be so bad? I'll just have to read it and see fo...

I know this is lame, but I used the Hobbit name generator, and chose two names that sounded unusual. I can't believe how many Esmerelda's there are on HOL! Apparently, this was not an original idea for choosing a name! lol