Some mean-spirited fool–who should be whacked by every Harry Potter fan in the world–somehow managed to get a copy of Deathly Hallows, then scanned it and posted it onto the internet.  Though it has been taken down thanks to some fancy footwork on the publishers part, spoliers are cropping up everywhere, including the news articles reporting the crime.   I have avoided said spoilers by keeping my information source limited to The Leaky Cauldron –where I just read that the freaking New York Times has posted their review complete with spoilers less than two days before the book comes out, thus destroying any hope oodles of Potter fans had of reading the book on their own and discovering Harry’s fate.  (I will be writing a letter of complaint.)

I don’t understand the mentality of these people.  Potter fans have waited years to get to this point.  Why ruin it?  What sort of petty joy is there in that?  I can’t even imagine how disappointed J.K. Rowling must be at this moment.  At any rate, from this moment forward my TV is staying off, I’m not going to poke around the internet, and tomorrow night at 12:01 I will be at my local Wal-Mart with my iPod earbuds in my ears to avoid hearing anything anyone else might have heard about the book in the check-out lane.  Then I am going directly to my house, where I will curl up with the book and settle in.

At least, that is the plan.  What about you other Potter fans?  What’s your Harry-plan?