I've opened the floor for questions. I should not be at all surprised our lovely fans come at me completely from left field. I love you people!
Carolynn in FL asks:
"How many full axis rotations does Mars complete in 1 sidereal (*not* Martian) year? I expect you to show your work for the answer. No tweeting Neil deGrasse Tyson for help either."
1 Martian sidreal year is equal to about 668.5991 Martian days, or about 686.98 EARTH days. Earth's Sidereal year is about 365.256363004 earth days. The martian solar year & sidreal year is calculated to be the same, so 1 martian year is about 322 Earth days longer than the Earth's Sidreal Year. Mars completes nearly 2 times as many rotations in one Sidreal year as the Earth does.
Leah in MN writes, regarding my claiming to be in "HuffleClaw" at Hogwarts:
Do you care to expand on this duality? Â On a related note, with which HP character do you most relate, and why? Â And on a scale of sickle to drinking the blood of a unicorn, how excited are you for the new film series to be penned by JK? Â Oooh! Â Here's a question that recently totally blew my mind. Â IF the dementors had kissed Harry at the end of Prisoner of Azkaban, would that have destroyed the Horcrux inside him?!
I've taken tests all over the interwebs to all four possible answers. Pottermore shocked me with a Slytherin placement. But I have always related to the clever Ravenclaw house, as I have always been something of an armchair scholar (My first goal in life was to be a professor of American Religion). But at the same time, the jovial nature of the good-natured Hufflepuff speaks to me too, as I'd bet the more Epicurean adult wizard set came from that house. Oscar Wilde would have made a poor Gryffindor. If I had to choose between the two houses, allegience-wise, I'd be in a pickle. Hence, shoving them both together.
   I am SO EXCITED for this new movie- JKR HERSELF is penning the screen play, if the helm had been passed to some studio pen, or even well-known non-rowling, I'd be frustrated. Imagine, it could be J.J. Abrams (That being said, I'd trust John Lassiter with the task).
   I think the Dementor's kiss would have destroyed the horcrux in Harry's soul, or at the very least, transported it to the Dementor itself, or wherever the Dementors deposit the souls they take. If the soul is destroyed in then process, then that would have destroyed the horcrux. Either way, it soon enough would stop to matter. Harry would be powerless, and Voldemort would have him killed.
Another question from Florida:
Do you believe in the idea of "world peace"? If so, how do you think it could be obtained?
I think world peace could be possible for a few things to happen- the damages of colonialism undone (and yes, in many cases, this would require reparations of a sort sent over seas from US and Europe) and then no society being larger than about 500 self-governing people, networked in a loose confederation to trade some goods, but mostly information.
Marissa from Michigan asks:
Is there a reason why you don't grow your hair out like a lot of the other Tortugas?
I look best with vaguely David-Tennant hair, is the thing. I was once exempt from a fair's rule of wearing hats at all times because my bangs were so nice. True story.
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That's all for now, 'twould seem. Later, kiddies!
