Sunday Quidditch: Recap of the Last Day of Match 2

Match 2 was an amazing, hard fought battle that ended with the unofficial goal count showing Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tied for first place.  I actually stayed up until the end of the match (3 am my local time) watching players score goals.  The Ravenclaw Locker Room was hopping, with several players who live in time zones where midnight POT is not the middle of the night and a few players like me, staying up way past our bed times.

In those last hours, the Locker room felt like a play by play.  I'd barely scored my goal when secrettrail earburned me in the Locker room, announcing to everyone that we had another Ravenclaw goal.  Cascadienne was right behind me on the pitch with her goal so I earburned her.  The excitement was palpable!

I wanted to capture that feeling of excitement we all had in those last hours of the match, so I put together this video.  I hope it makes you feel as excited about Quidditch as I am this term!

Commonroom Recap 11-17 to 11-23

Buckle in, this is a long recap because we talked a *lot*!

There are way more ways to lace shoes than you realized. 

A healthier (and still tasty-looking) recipe for green bean casserole, in advance of Thanksgiving!

PorcupineSunggles got the job! 

I know I tend to fixate on how hard Cat's life is, but here's another update. 

The Traditional Food of One's People. 

Quantitative measures of qualitative data, aka, GG is AWESOME in her LOTR analysis. 

The New Ravenclaw Traditional Anniversary Gift List 

A discussion of Advent Calendars on this and preceding pages, including highlighting the NightFamily advent calendar. 

Here and continuing, a discussion of what House one's family members belong in.

An important question, and, tooting my own horn, the best possible answer. 

Reviews of Dallas Buyers Club and Blue is the warmest color.

All the names of days in every language, living or dead, you could ever possibly need to know 

The strict fast, for Orthodox Christians and then a bit of the history of Orthodoxy in the US. There and following is a lovely and interesting comparative discussion of Christian denominations in the US.

Here's a puppy in a mailbox

Some gratuitous pictures of Tom Hiddleston.

Can you tell real paper titles from nonsense? I can't 

Stuffing waffles!

A Doctor Who companion quiz 

We had a batch of NQFYs passing through and asking questions, starting here (and on the next page, a discussion of impersonating invertebrates)

Squidpocalypse 

A lovely scarf inspired by but not exactly Doctor Who

The prettiest sea slugs.

A podcast recommendation coming from someone other than me 

Starting roughly here and continuing, a discussion of Doctor Who 

Owl socks! 

What happens to make bread rise, and good places for that to happen.

A true Ravenclaw project. 

Unsurprisingly, many cat/kitten pictures show up in replies to this post.

Startinghereish, a discussion on test-taking 

You've heard of photographic memories, here's a metaphorical memory.

The best/worst test ever 

Chickens! At an author talk! 

Here and following, an example of an afterthought heel while the sock is still in progress (and in words)

A beautiful shawl and suggestions for blocking, following. 

A question on titles (ma'am, particularly) starting here and really picking up after here. 

Hooray for SineMairi! 

Hooray for Locks of Love, and hooray a beautiful haircut! 

How to turn kids into engineers (girls, specifically, but children generally)

Here and following, a referendum on sizing for clothes that go on females 

A beautiful phoenix. Congrats, Jess!

Commonroom Recap November 11-9 to 11-16

An adorable Jack Skellington.

Excellent sermon feedback indeed. 

A lovely collection of Ravenclaw-esque places to curl up with a book. 

The Weasel of Wrath Wrocks! 

As greenegirl said, cats are a liquid. 

An inventive use of washers (and remember, follow the Fiber Factor to support our own DovieJay!) 

Another podcast recommendation. 

This post touched off a long and convoluted discussion of what it means to "beg the question." It all boils down to this brief style guide for what to say instead of "begs the question," and here is what it means, as a name for a kind of logical fallacy. 

A poll and ensuing discussion of what it means to be "easy" in sock knitting. 

The start of a lengthy discussion about some classic Christmas movies. 

Math genealogy! 

Jessdhill has a new family (rav)name. 

A Swantsian limerick! 

A brief treatise on knitting chart conventions.

A box, with a baby for scale. 

KnittingLinguist had an awesome date and we're all super excited. 

DonaQuixote's epic house renovation has come to an end!

Super awesome felted bag! 

This post touched off a discussion of new cool things libraries are doing 

An interesting rule of thumb for what "processed food" means, and another. 

Ravenbaby! Ravenblanket! Ravenmom! 

Common Room Re-Cap Oct 13-19

Naughtyknots didn’t listen last term when she was warned to stay away from the chocolate syrup taps in the Lab. Congratulations!!

NQFY shadowfey stopped by and inquired about the chocolate syrup. Watch out for surprise Ravenbabies when drinking in the lab!

A gorgeous, healthy baby girl was born to Bacs!!!

DonaQuixote is going to share a tutorial video on how to make Danish paper stars!!

TriGirlJ posted a series of questions. I am sure questions we all have asked ourselves at one point or another!


Pluckylass finished a 5k superhero themed race for a local charity!

Our Editor-in-Chief Emeritus honeyspoon ran a half-marathon!! Way to go!!!!!

Hypercycloid started a game: Contents of the Worst pinata Ever! (Watch out....some responses are a tad....gross)

And quiz time thanks to MyIzumi! Which country do you match best with?

A beautiful cover-up tattoo from our HoH!

Commonroom Recap September 29 to October 5

The magical powers you didn't realize your pharmacist had. 

An update on His Wrathiness! 

A costume fit for the Tower. 

The mulchening.

A whole host of apple recipes and how to get pumpkin to a pie-ready state. 

The spreadsheet tutorial to end all spreadsheet tutorials, with context via the linked spreadsheet here 

(and see some of the replies for a further breakdown)

This post touches off a lengthy breakdown of The Hobbit (book) vs. The Hobbit: The Second Movie, which segues into a detailed discussion of what was left out of the HP movies. 

The post text says it all: nature is SO WEIRD. 

An excellent question with many excellent answers. 

A bug picture (behind a link) and an explanation the features of said bug. 

I, too, wish to go shopping with Cuttlefish's uncle.

Common Room Re-cap September 22-28

Who can believe the first month of term is over on Monday? (TOMORROW!!) Me either. Have you gotten your class(es) handed in yet? In case you haven't been able to keep up with the Common Room this week here's a re-cap!

The first day of Autumn got everyone talking about Fall foods!

kokopelli99 broke down by month the different flavors of Fall

blairistan asked why anyone would ruin cookies by putting raisins in them (I totally agree with that!). This began a loooong conversation of cranberries & cranberry sauce

Cre8vladyb posted her “recipe” for cranberry sauce

Nightrae recommends the new pumpkin spice mnms!

llim shared her “recipe” for maple pumpkin pie

IAmACuttlefish got a second round interview. We’re lighting candles for her that all goes well in the job hunting!

Drusillawormwood found out that Wollmeise on-line shop was fully stocked. This began a conversation on how this happened to be.

Elekanahmen has got the stitch marker making bug! (And they are beeeeautiful!!)

There’s a new pattern out!! One that Jessdhill test knit & her project picture is on the pattern page!

TriGirlJ posted about grammer mugs. Awesome! 

With all the babies due to Ravenclaw’s in the next few months there have been many posts about names! (Click the replies on this one!)

Which superhero are you? 

DrusillaWormwood got some new yarn. This began a long conversation on Owlie Socks!    and she has some owls appearing! 

13,000th post in the Common Room by kokopelli99 has Ra-Ra-Ravenclaw in it! 

Common Room Recap Sept 15-24

The tower yard sale is running for one more week, check it out!

• There was much talk about the weather... Ravenclaws appreciate a good storm!
• erulin9 applied to 53 residency programs, best of luck!!
• GazeboGal shared some sage advice for those working on the Celestarium Shawl, including a tutorial for a super beading device from the mind of Soprano1
• Handdrawnviolist shared her happy things in our 10,000th CR post!
• Kansasienne crowdsourced ideas for migraine relief - there are some great tips in the replies!
• KnittingLinguist started her new job as a Librarian, fantastic!
• AngiePie18 was the victim of some cruel teenagers, but the rest of the Tower knows that knitting is COOL, and certainly not just for old people.
• deafgeek offered an interesting answer to cruel teenagers who think knitting is for old people:  Keep pics of knitting celebs in your project bag!
• The CR may require a quarantine... but don't warn the Gryffindors.
• DrusillaWormwood shared a rather attractive portrait of Godric Gryffindor to welcome the Gryffies to our Tower.
• therealkarity just got a job at JoAnns!  Enjoy that employee discount!
• OMSQ.  TriGirlJ found a glass octopus chandelier!

Due to evil illness this week (did I mention that the Tower might need a quarantine?) this ReCap only covers Sunday through Thursday so far - it will be updated and completed in the morning.  For now, more NyQuil and back to bed for this blogger...

Common Room Recap Sept 8-14

The Tower Yard Sale opens today and runs for two weeks -- check it out!

• jessdhill took a brain poll, then made a brain!  Tower Hivemind, indeed.
• MyIzumi's Con experience was fantastic and magical!
• The Anubis shawl brings all the gods to the yard (and they're like, Mine's better than yours).
• Ra and Seshat revealed the Ravenclaw Pantheon to the Common Room and the reactions were legendary.
• How weird does X-rayed food look?  Not edible, that's for sure.
• Let's mix color theory and House Cup with SlytherClaw Hypercycloid!
• TindrasGrove sparks a discussion on the Traditional Christmas Cookie of One's People -- answers vary!
• NEW JOB ALERT: Congrats, KnittingLinguist!
• CathyCake and others love bald eagles and other raptors (not the Jurassic Park kind), and DrusillaWormwood keeps both eyes on this chicken-menace!
• Engagement pictures are A Thing; people have Very Varied Opinions about weddings, but all agree: they can be a lot of work.
• KayPendragon is back from her successful household move!
• OneNeedleKnitting: Late 80s dads had mustaches by requirement. It is known.
• CathyCake fills the hole in your life you never knew existed with a link with 64 cicada songs.
• The Hufflepuffs are visiting the Tower until Tuesday, so it's only appropriate the CR has rave reviews for Italian Wonderpot and other Budget Bytes yumminess.
• The Weasel of Wrath reappears in the Common Room and makes a leap to its own thread.
• Let's talk about marching band with PeregrineTook.
• "...one person’s macabre is another person’s delightfully macabre"
• The Tower finds other characters more compelling than Harry... sorry, folks, but it's true.
• There's Gaelic up in here, thanks to SineMairi and GazeboGal!  We can't even Google Translate it... it's more fun to guess, anyway.
• Flamingos go FNARK?! Maybe we'll find out more next week...

MAKE SURE TO STOP BY THE SLYTHERIN BALL-ALONG BEFORE THE STAIRCASES MOVE ON TUESDAY!
QUIDDITCH "GET TO KNOW YOUR NEW NIMBUS" CHALLENGE ENDS TOMORROW -- GET YOUR TOP-OF-THE-LINE PROJECTS IN!
TYPING IN ALL-CAPS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A GOD! SESHAT OUT!

Common Room Re-Cap

Mere moments after the official start of term Nightrae posted that she caught the Mallet of Sanity. It still seems to be chasing the rest of us! 

Elekanahmen asked for help choosing a shawl pattern for her gorgeous new dress. And got some awesome answers!

PeregrineTook started a Poll (and long conversation) on what instrument everyone plays/played 

DrusillaWormwood started some mayham with the cards 

Deetyblue reminded everyone that Talk Like A Pirate Day is coming up (and free donuts at Kristy Kreme) 

Matematichica hit the jack pot on happy things! 

TriGirlJ shared a Golden Snitch Engagement/birthstone ring

No CR Recap This Week

Since this is the last full weekend of the month, there will be no Common Room Recap to give our bloggers a chance to finish their OWL. Happy crafting!

Common Room Recap June 30-July 6

* A discussion on yogurt-type foods.
* Light saber fights at weddings.
* Taco pizza and a giant cream puff. Way to make us jealous.
* Hypercycloid's mini-me learns how to shop for yarn.
* The kountingsheep family are in our thoughts.
* BBC miniseries on yarn! (Right now only available in the UK.)
* It's agreed. The Tower is the place to ask advice.
* 1NK crocheting at a baseball game.
* DonaQuiote's letter to summer 2013.
* Chemistry puns.
* Postcard swap reminder.
* Senkatnovo's pretty kitty.
* The suggestion of a Doviejay-Along. (two links)
* Rambunctiousky's engaged!
* Tri-Family runs a 5K.

Common Room Recap June 10-June 17

• The common room can always be trusted to provide lists of good things
• Fall newt planning is starting already!
• PorcupineSnuggles has a new favorite animal
• On the troubles of job searching and the wisdom that comes
• Summer holidays are soon upon us! Woosh, they are here!
• roocmc saw gazebogal at the zoo!
• Ice cream, You scream!
• Birthday celebration, Elekanahmen got a really pretty cake
• We are in general witty
• And we play games
• Fitness challenge and interesting ways to make it, lets say, interesting
• Poll over the interesting philosophical questions of life
• and another one
• These go on and on ;)
• Just what?
• Major general!
• Risasukka is getting certified! Congrats!
• And a giant duck
• Gazebogal lives like a hobbit (so jealuos...)
• DrusillaWormwood is inspiring loads of points!
• guinea pig love
• And lets end on a silly turtle ;)
  
  
  
  
  

Common Room Recap May 26-June 1

• MyIzumi had some drama with a penny-swallowing kid; luckily, the situation was resolved quickly and safely.
• Zucchini pancakes -- sweet or savory -- are yummy.  Make them.
• The 25-year-olds take over the Common Room -- roll call!
• CathyCake felts her fascinator, celebrates Eldest's graduation, and accidentally launches a discussion of higher education.
• Cats like boxes, eat inappropriate things, and glow in the dark. Also, Elekanahmen can haz kittehs.
• The CR Answers: "mangetout" is another term for sugar snap peas; upside-down bottles can water plants because SCIENCE.
• The career of choice for many Claws at age 13?  Astrophysicist.
• Talk of running protocol blossoms into a discussion of societal friendliness and its many varieties on a global scale.
• How would you interpret the Suessian classic One Fish, Two Fish?
• Wil Wheaton and his crew make us happy.
• Keepsakes: graduation gowns and wedding dresses for posterity (please see the ensuing discussion).
• Dealing with phone scams and other random phone calls
• !Good Dog Sgiobalta! scampers in to answer some questions.
• CHICKENS! 
• The curse of the mullet dress -- THANKS, FASHION.   /sarcasm
• Etsy Squee: gaming- and geek-themed cookie cutters!
• Lemme just finish this row... a poll.
• Drusilla Wormwood is back and we love her.

Common Room Recap May 19-25

An interesting answer for "favorite color" (and follow the replies for some more interesting answers)

TARDIS socks! And a TARDIS pole!

Portland meetup: Claws exist in real life! 

A potty-training triumph!

CathyCake's eldest will make you cry. Well, perhaps not if you're not her mother, but it's a powerful song in any case. 

As the post says, for cheering and chair-dancing purposes.

This is a meme, but this is Elekanahmen's actual house. 

Podcast recommendations here, here, here, here  and here. 

If you like Mad Men and/or gifs, this the post for you. 

This very interesting question leads to quite a lot of hijinks that will make much less sense now that everyone looks like themselves again.

Here and following, a reasonably comprehensive list of things you're not allowed to do to the Tower.

A link to a post by a man with strong feelings about state birds lead to a much larger discussion about silly state things starting a couple pages later. 

Fibery goodness indeed!

Mmm!

Craftsy has a new class with Stephen West, for those who are interested. 

Common Room Recap May 12-18

Common room recaps are back! Normally you'll find them here on Sundays but for now, please enjoy this fashionably late recap. :)

• FatesLady's little Boo learned a new trick.
• Matematichica knows some interesting research regarding improving test scores.
• Nightrae had an epic weekend and provided proof.
• MrsPistachio checks in. Spoiler: she's working on a new board game.
• Hypercycloid's pretty yarn (Cause who doesn't like to look at pretty yarn?) and what to do if you see a coyote.
• CathyCake shares a picture of a cell full of histamine and Soprano1 shows us it's flower counterpart.
• KnittingLinguist paid off student loans! Big, big, congrats! (also, so jealous)
• Nothing could be more appropriate to post in The Tower than this picture roocmc found.
• DrusillaWormwood, lots of light and love for you and yours.
• Jullian79 shares the magic of felting!
• StacyMarie pops in to share a picture of her adorable munchkin as does AnnieCC.

Common Room Recap March 29-31

This Weekend in Ravenclaw

• Now there's a cake flavor you don't see every day!
• Wooohoo Ravenbaby has arrived! And here is a picture.
• The Easter Spaniel greeted the Common Room.
• 7.5 feet long?! That's more like a NEWT!
• A lovely Easter Table complete with homework.
• Ooohhhhh check out the Ravenclaw Quidditch slide show!
• And that's the term! Soar Ravenclaw!
• There will be no recap during the break month, plan accordingly ;)

 

Common Room Recap March 25-28

This Week in Ravenclaw

• Brains...human, feline and canine (no this has nothing to do with zombies).
• Some wise advice for many USA Claws.
• Effort well rewarded.
• Rondaletts got her spinning wheel! Gratz!
• NEWT in the Common Room!
• Some interesting news about giant squid.

 

Common Room Recap March 22-24

This Weekend in Ravenclaw

• Free Neil Gaiman story here.
• The amazing Pudge!
• Duck Tales.
• Sarah and Sgiob at one :)
• Tribaby and the sea life.
• Don't be alarmed! Our Headgirl is fine.
• Crabgrass pictures!

 

Common Room Recap March 18-21

This Week in Ravenclaw

• Signs of Spring.
• Owls of awesome.
• Radar the Agility Dog in action!
• Seakame drops hints and posts very funny dino toys.
• Quidditch info here.
• A great deal of discussion about RKT's in all their variety was had all thru the week...I couldn't possibly recap all that gooey madness :)

 

Common Room Recap March 15-17

This Weekend in Ravenclaw

• Info for US Claws wanting to get BBC Radio Broadcasts.
• What? You didn't know we have a jet?
• A SadieLou update.
• It's all communication :)