going to chambr of sekrets

by Caroline McCarthy

Maybe you can't has Facebook right now, but you can has a Harry Potter lolcat:

(Credit: icanhascheezburger.com)

We'll now return to our regularly scheduled programming--until the next funny cat photo with a grammatically butchered caption shows up.

(Via Webware lab rat Josh Lowensohn, an apologist for both lolcats and Harry Potter)

Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.

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