Hello, Thursday! Isn’t the weather gorgeous? A quote from the musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown comes to mind.

Some days I wake up early and watch
the sun rise. And I think how
beautiful it is. How my life lies
before me. And I get very positive
feeling about things. Like this
morning for instance, the sky is so
clear and the sun is so bright. How
can anything go wrong on a day like
this?

Well, I guess your power could go out.

Here are the most-viewed stories and most-commented items in the last 24 hours:

Most-viewed stories

1. Stock up, stock down: Morris twins soaring in NBA draft projections; Selby plummeting
2. Town Talk: Zarco expansion plans for Compressed Natural Gas station; Dunkin’ Donuts begins work on second location; Lawrence Perkins avoids closure
3. Lawrence leaders want to crack down on ‘unscrupulous’ landlords
4. Kansas’ quick implementation of new abortion rules may force clinics to shut down
5. Members of Lawrence’s First Baptist Church go to Haiti to help build foundation for school

Most-commented items in the last 24 hours

1. Kansas’ quick implementation of new abortion rules may force clinics to shut down
2. Stock up, stock down: Morris twins soaring in NBA draft projections; Selby plummeting
3. OTS: Who is your all-time favorite movie character?
4. Lost rights
5. What was the last vacation you took?

It’s public knowledge that I’m a Harry Potter fan. I’m not the person you see decked out in costume at the midnight premiere, but I’ve read all the books and own the movies.

So, the 10-year-old Whitney would go bananas for Pottermore — an interactive gaming and reading hub set to launch this October.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5DOKOt7ZF4

Also, if you’re a Girl Talk fan, this should interest you. In an interview with Vulture, the rocket scientist of music-mixing shares his ideal 154-track backyard barbecue mix.