You have a good point on the Harry/Horcrux theory, possibly enough to nullify it, which I don't mind because I didn't like it too much to begin with, even though I did post it. It's an interesting little paradox, though, that would drive Voldemort crazy. What helps sustain Voldemort's life is the same boy that he must kill, according to the prophecy, in order to survive. Ooh! I like that! But just remember that Voldemort did want to divide his soul into seven pieces, and we already know that destroying individual ones will not finish him off, so maybe he'd be willing to kill Harry and destroy that part of his soul if the rest of him would be intact.

I was really disappointed with the role Wormtail played in this new book. It was almost like a cameo appearance... like Elizabeth Hurley in The Spy Who Shagged Me, if you will. He appears for ten seconds as Snape's little bitch and then disappears again never to enter into the story again. Rather like dangling the old carrot in front of the string if you ask me. But Rowling has always been good with that, and this is one of the least clothes-tearing juicy (^_^) examples.

And I usually don't pick on your Shimraanese, but I took particular delight in "Cumbledore." If they ever make a porn based on Harry Potter, that name has to be in there!