The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

You know how sometimes a hell fire and brimstone televangelist will be notoriously anti-homosexual, but then one day, it comes out that he's been getting weekly greco-roman style rubdowns from Angelos the poolboy?

Or the new guy in the office who claims he's a gifted athlete who would have been playing for the Mets, if it wasn't for a trick knee, but then you get him on the softball field, and he not only can't throw more than 10 feet, but he continually tries to catch the ball with his bare hand instead of his glove?

My point is, sometimes, when someone goes over the top against something, chances are he's actually hiding his deep, dark desire for that very thing he mocks.

Which brings me to my friend, Bagel. He's a voracious reader. He probably averages 300-400 pages a night of any particular book. However, he's never read Harry Potter. And I have.

Now I personally think that Harry Potter is not only one of the better books out there, but one of the best series ever. I mean, any book that can get millions upon millions of people so excited about reading a book that they show up at the store at midnight of the release date, has to be pretty good right? Maybe best ever?

Anyway, Bagel has been constantly riding me because of this; because I pre-ordered two books off of barnesandnoble.com 43 days ago (the wife is a faster reader than me, shocker, that's why we need two books) or because I share pertinent Potter information with his wife and mine over email. It's been a constant source of mockery for him. And I never understood why. I mean, for someone of his reading prowess, he could knock out the first book in a couple of days. Why not try it? Where's all this animosity come from?

Well, this weekend, Bagel wanted to show me some pictures that he took at the beach, and he must have forgotten that he took the following picture. It's titled, "Harry Potters Opening Weekend at the Beach!" Check this out:

Wait for it........

Wait for it.....

Boom. There you go. And keep in mind, this is totally untouched. This is exactly how the picture was taken. Says a lot doesn't it? I mean, check out the glasses and the scar he drew in? And the patch on his sleeve? Gryffindor's Number One Wizard? You have to belong to a fan club in order to get that patch.

Now, this might be funny for only a few people out there, so for the rest of you here's a link to some good ol' fashioned Man vs. Wild entertainment:

http://www.linkognito.com/b.php?b=259