11:46 PM
Via boingboing I learned of Harry Potter fans banding together to bid in a Sotherby's auction next week. What do they hope to win? A card with 93 random words from the next installment in the series by J.K. Rowling.

Let me repeat that for Slow Joe in the back row: 93 random words.

I'm sure this idea will be all over the web by noon (GMT, even), so I'd better get to the point quick. Without further ado, I'd like to give you 93 random words. Given the potential that any (or all!) of them may appear in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I would be perfectly willing to accept any (and all!) money you'd like to send me via Paypal. Okay. The words. Here we go:

fiscal, inculcate, obdurate, trounce, velour, the, a, Potter, Harold, wand-a-pa-zola, zippy, burning, rash, bookmark, sorcery, tower, protuberance, quotation, I, you, he, she, it, calendar, trapeze, explain, definitions, of, krugspiel, eupeptic, diakinesis, luculent, pangolin, and, fart, blanket, London, Yangtze, impatient, bloody, fans, chalkboard, elderly, dextroamphetamine, Order, Phoenix, palpitation, chewy, chewier, chewiest, haX0r, truth, justice, melodramatic, way, videotape, chowder, remedial, Phys. Ed., spoon, table, trundle, breakbeat, jolly, underwear, zipper, donuts, doughnuts, prank, sprained, barrister, arraignment, penalty, slippers, Chubbo, balaclava, Valmont, marimba, antidestablishmentarianism, flagstones, class, window, merchandising, by, through, toward, open, closed, tragedy, over, under, about, zombie, drunken

I would also like to challenge J.K. Rowling to create a similar list for my next novel, and we can compare lists to see who got more right. Ten percent of the loser's advance goes to the winner's favorite charity*.

* Sorry CBLDF, but I'm afraid that ten dollars might be going in the mail to England.