America Online recently reported its annual list of Top Ten Quotes of the Year, as named by Fred R. Shapiro. I found the list to be somewhat entertaining, partially nostalgic but, most of all, quite less than inspiring. Tops on the list: “I can see Russia from my house!” Such were the words of…guess who?…

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Arriving with surprisingly low-key Muggle murmurs, “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” is the newest book written by J.K. Rowling after the final Harry Potter book came out last year. For those who read Deathly Hallows, you’ll remember a book of wizard fairy tales (the wacky equivalent of the Muggle world’s Grimm’s Fairy Tales) play…

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