{"id":1322,"date":"2003-06-18T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2003-06-18T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2021-05-22T19:12:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T23:12:14","slug":"the-sorting-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/06\/18\/the-sorting-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sorting Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/booksbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp;  I have to admit I am really looking forward to getting the new <i>Harry Potter<\/i> book this weekend. I&#8217;ve started perusing some of the fan sites this week (which is something I haven&#8217;t done much before) and have found a lot of interesting reading. I&#8217;ve been avoiding any spoilers (unlike my voracious reading about the <i>Return of the King<\/I> movie) but have at least come across some nice articles about author J.K. Rowling.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; First, there&#8217;s a three-part biographical look at the author, from the <i>Scotsman<\/i> (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.scotsman.com\/features.cfm?id=662772003\">Part One<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/news.scotsman.com\/features.cfm?id=666002003\">Part Two<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/news.scotsman.com\/features.cfm?id=669512003\">Part Three<\/a>). Also, here&#8217;s a touching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,1101030623-458732,00.html\"><i>TIME<\/i> article<\/a> concerning Ms Rowling&#8217;s correspondence with a 6-year-old cancer victim.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; By the way, the above links, and much of this week&#8217;s reading material, come from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-leaky-cauldron.org\/\">The Leaky Cauldron<\/a>.\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I have to admit I am really looking forward to getting the new Harry Potter book this weekend. I&#8217;ve started perusing some of the fan sites this week (which is something I haven&#8217;t done much before) and have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/06\/18\/the-sorting-hat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions\/1323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}