Daily Read Aloud

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 78: Taboo Tradeoffs Prelude: Cheating (2) - And finally, on the far right, one would find the enigmatic Defense Professor of Hogwarts, Quirinus Quirrell, who was leaning back on the cushioned benches as though resting; seeming entirely and naturally at ease in the rarefied company of a voting ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 78: Taboo Tradeoffs Prelude: Cheating (1) - Chapter 78: Taboo Tradeoffs Prelude: Cheating It was Saturday, on the 4th of April, in the year 1992. Mr. and Mrs. Davis looked rather nervous, as they sat in a certain special section of the Hogwarts Quidditch stands - though today the ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 77: Interlude with the Confessor: Sunk Costs (4) - The Potions Master trailed off, while Rianne stared at him. "A prophecy?" Rianne said in a high squeak. "You heard a prophecy?" She'd taken Divination for a couple of months before dropping it in disgust, and she knew that much about how it ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 77: Interlude with the Confessor: Sunk Costs (3) - "It is an odd thing," Snape said, his voice still softer, "to look back after only thirty-two years, and wonder when your life was ruined past all rescuing. Was it determined when the Sorting Hat cried 'Slytherin!' for me? It seems unfair, since I ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 77: Interlude with the Confessor: Sunk Costs (2) - But instead Snape raised his hand slightly and dropped the ruby into her hand, then leaned back against the couch. "You will remember finding it lying on the ground of this cavern, where you came exploring," said Snape. "And since nobody except you ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 77: Interlude with the Confessor: Sunk Costs (1) - Chapter 77: Interlude with the Confessor: Sunk Costs Rianne Felthorne descended the stairs of roughened stone and crude mortar, keeping a Lumos lit through the distances between fire-sconces, holding aloft her wand through the gaps from light ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (15) - "Double wrong!" she said back in a rising voice, even though there were chills going down her spine. One of Harry's phrases came to her. "Just what do you think you know, and how do you think you know it, anyway?" "Time -" The voice seemed to catch ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (14) - The hat tilted slightly; the whispery voice, when it came forth from the black mist, sounded dry as dust. "The last ally," spoke the sibilant whisper. "The one who finally answers, when no other will answer you. I am perhaps the only true friend you ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (13) - But, as Hermione had explained to Millicent, prophesying wasn't controllable, there was no way to ask for a prophecy about anything in particular. Instead (the books had said) there was a sort of pressure that built up in Time, when some huge event ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (12) - Draco could hear the words in his head; they sounded in Father's voice, with the same sternness. It was the sort of thing Father had told him to say, if Vincent or Gregory ever questioned him; and if that didn't work he was to hex them. They were ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (11) - Draco looked at the pictures of constellations, and wondered if it was like this in the other Houses, if people were always threatening each other in Ravenclaw. Harry Potter had told him once that soldiers on a battlefield didn't really fight for ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (10) - "Oh, stop it," said Draco Malfoy, making his voice sound bored despite the sweat that had broken out underneath his robes, as he kept his wand pointed at the barrier that was sheltering Millicent Bulstrode. He couldn't remember making the decision, ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (9) - "I don't?" said Professor Quirrell. "How would you know?" "On the other hand," the Potions Master continued, voice still soft, "my friends enjoy many advantages." The man leaning against the grey bark raised his eyebrows. "Such as?" "There is much ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (8) - (Some time later, an earlier version of Harry, who had invisibly waited next to the gargoyles since 9PM, followed the Deputy Headmistress through the opening that parted for her, stood quietly behind her on the turning stairs until they came to the ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (7) - "That too is not an answer," the old wizard said; his face showed nothing of his hurt, he had long practice in concealing pain. "Refusing to accept something does not change it. I wonder now if you are simply too young to understand this matter, ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (6) - "The children will survive," the old wizard said with tired old eyes. "They would not survive Voldemort. Have you wondered why the children of Hogwarts do not speak much of their parents, Harry? It is because there is always, within earshot, someone ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (5) - "There was a Muggle once named Mohandas Gandhi," Harry said to the floor. "He thought the government of Muggle Britain shouldn't rule over his country. And he refused to fight. He convinced his whole country not to fight. Instead he told his people ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (4) - Albus Dumbledore turned and regarded Harry, the deep blue eyes set like steel in his brow, but his voice, when he spoke, was calm. "It seems to me that you know nothing of the phoenix's price," Albus Dumbledore said quietly. "It seems to me that you ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (3) - The boy smiled, now with a touch of coldness again. "Okay, I'll figure out some way to set it up so that it looks like Lord Jugson betrayed his own side." "Harry -" "Obstacles mean you get creative, Headmaster. It doesn't mean you abandon the ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (2) - The boy advanced further into the room, his head tilting back further to look up at the half-moon glasses; and somehow it was like the boy was looking down at the Headmaster, rather than up. "So this Lord Jugson is a Death Eater?" the boy said ...