On New Year’s Day a horde of Potterheads (Harry Potter fans) descended on my blog to respond to a 6 month old post of mine, bringing out my more caustic side and causing some of my longtime readers to keel over in uncontrollable laughter. Not exactly how I thought I’d be kicking off the new year, but oh well.

And yep, I admit it, I was a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig meanie.

Originally, I penned my anti-Harry Potter as a George Carlin style hit on people who take Rowling’s series just a little too seriously But after the invective, insults and threats of lawsuits that ensued, I wondered if maybe my personal brand of dark humor might be a little too much for a medium like this.

Then I received IMs and emails from readers howling with laughter over what they thought was the funniest comment thread they’ve read in a while.

Well what can I say, I aim to please.

Sadly though, being a snarky SOB is just not a persona I can maintain all the time. I’m far too much of a sweetie pie for that. Besides, I’m better off reserving that kind of vitriol for my other blog, titled “I Hate Everybody and Hope They All Fry in Hell.” Yeah the title’s a little long, but for some reason that blog consistently gets ten times the traffic this one does. Go figure.