03 April 2015

Radio Ravenclaw

This is WWRVN, Radio Ravenclaw.

Faithful listener llim called in again to the station to remind people that there will be a lunar eclipse this weekend visible to much of North and South America, Asia and Australia. Unfortunately, it may be too cloudy over her location to see it (and she’s not sure she’ll wake up at 5am) but perhaps the conditions will be more favorable for you other listeners.

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2015-april-4

Good Morning and welcome to The Fresh Pot of Coffee on Ravenclaw Radio.

It’s Friday - and that means Fondoo Review!

• Polyglot Scrabble (R) is scheduled tonight in the Common Room. Remember our rules, if it is recognized by yourself and at least one other player at the table as being a valid word in any language, it’s good. Kanji tiles are being knit as we speak.

• Merry Beasts were last seen “sneaking” loudly off to the dungeons to abscond with a wheel of cheezes. Ahem

• It is rumoured that RHoH SadieLou - known to the Muggles as Sadie O’Hades - will be coaching a “learn-to-skate” night up on the sixth floor round balcony. Bring your own skates, and personal safety spells are required.

• Break Month Levity has returned - watch for Martin Freeman’s daily lighthearted appearance as captured by our reporter in the field Cyprienne.

• Those of you who like your Fondoo on the explosive side are invited to join the Lab crew tonight at 10. Hijinks will ensue.

And now, the weather.

Nøtt slowly releases her grip on the North American Eastern Seaboard

• Clouds here at the station with a glimmering of sky in the east.

• Does everyone know the Summer Triangle asterism? It’s clearly visible before sunrise nowadays, about 4 or 4:30 AM wherever you are. Look up and slightly eastish if you have clear skies outside of a city.

• The Jolly Island of Ærø expects a bit of hail today. Clucks will be safe until they decide to gorge on hailstones.

• A blue cloud over London worried the muggles yesterday. Order of the Phoenix Chief FrickNFrack issued a statement that the Cornish Pixie problem at OotP headquarters rapidly dissipated thereafter.

• We see no chance of meatballs in the near future, but some yahoo is trying to call lightning down onto the Sahara so that the desert glazes and becomes a skate park. We call upon the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to take care of this mess!

Now, fans, go stick your hand out a window, count to ten, and bring it back in. If it’s covered in white stuff, your region has snow. If the white stuff is little ice balls, you have hail. If it’s wet, I predict rain, and if a few fingers are missing - gale force winds for you (or loose tigers).

Time for some of those century-old sounds. You know the ones. The original earworms. “It’s punk,” said early reviewers. “This is not serious music!” said others. Who’s laughing now? Let’s queue up “Pirates of Penzance.”

They’re Gilbert and Sullivan.

I’m GazeboGal,

and you’re listening to Radio Ravenclaw on the Wizarding Wireless Network.