[jrherreid]

"I want to go to wizard school and learn magic. I'd like to learn to use a wand to cast spells." Dylan, age 10.

The horror... When I was a kid, I wanted to learn spells even though I hadn't read Potter. After reading Tolkien, I got myself a staff like Gandalf's and pretented to zap folks (they were orcs, naturally) with fire. I also thought that by peering through a colored marble I could see a magical world beyond our own. Not to mention my longing for a time machine...

--former kid

[JRandomFreeper]

When I was a kid, I wanted to learn spells even though I hadn't read Potter

I spend all day muttering arcane incantation. It's quite mysical to those who see it. I have a dead chicken that I wave over those things that offend me. I am a unix system administrator. I am the dark side.

/john

[lelio]

I know! Jack Chick just wants kids to loose any sort of imagination or creativity that the kid might have. Pretty soon they'll be in the real world where we are scared of anthrax, planes flying into buildings, and truck bombings. Harry Potter take me away!