SPOILER ALERT: Harry Potter, The Sixth Sense

In case you haven't noticed, we have a cheerful new Clubs Editor. Ms. Sara Brickner comes to us from Eugene. Wanting to get to know Ms. Brickner a little better, I stopped her as she was passing my desk and invited her to stay for a little smalltalk. Thing were going well till I pointed at the ad for M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening, and said, "I'd really like to see that." This comment set off a discussion about how loved ones had spoiled movies for us. My little brother, for instance, returned from The Sixth Sense (SPOILER: IF you're you're on the 3 people left in this country who hasn't seen it, stop reading!!!) and said, "It was weird. Bruce Willis was a ghost the whole time."

Ms. Brickner responded with a similar story. Actually, first she confessed to being a Harry Potter fan. I told her not to be ashamed, and that I too, though not known for my taste in movies (Airheads, Little Giants are two of my favorites), love the Harry Potter movies. See, I thought we were talking about movies. Apparently not. Right before I was able to tell Ms. Brickner that I had managed to insulate myself from the events of "books" seven and eight, she blurted out (SPOILER ALERT: IF YOU HAVEN"T READ THE BOOKS, STOP READING), "And my little brother told me that Dumbledore dies."

Sara, I'm going to think of something. Just wait.