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While you are waiting for us to write something about Minnesota politics (we’ve got stuff coming later today), here is a shocking bulletin. Dumbledore, the Harry Potter icon, was gay!

It was a little late for National Coming Out Day, but a huge revelation nonetheless: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling revealed Friday night that one of her main characters, Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, is gay.

The Associated Press reports that during a Q&A session with audience members, a young fan asked if Dumbledore finds true love.

“Dumbledore is gay,” the author, 42, responded, prompting gasps and applause.

So, which Republican Presidential candidate is the first to invoke Dumbledore’s name when decrying the demise of American culture? Did Sam Brownback miss his moment in the sun?

And, for those who couldn’t be there, I present the most memorable portion of my wedding.

In much, much lighter news, the infamous “Fake Steve” has been outed finally. As a techie and Macvangelist, this is truly a sad day. For those who aren’t as nerdy as I, Fake Steve is a blog where an anonymous (until now) blogger took on the persona of Apple CEO Steve Jobs and blogged as him. It was surprisingly hilarious. Knowing who it is makes the whole thing much less fun, so I won’t reveal the secret here. The New York Times has the article if you want to spoil the secret for yourself.

I’ve been working hard this week to avoid any Harry Potter spoilers (don’t worry, this post does not contain any). I won’t read any article or blog posting that even has Harry Potter in the title, just because I don’t want to risk it. I’m going up to a cabin with no internet this weekend, so I thought I would have time to read the book for myself.

Nope.

Marc Ambinder is a reporter for the Atlantic and the Hotline. He is a really good political reporter and I enjoy his work a great deal. He is also a real jackass. Today he wrote a post called “The Morning Verbs” in which he links to various political stories (sort of like Polinaut’s Daily Digest). The first three were about John McCain, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney. The fourth sentence, without warning, revealed the ending of the seventh Harry Potter book as revealed by the Baltimore Sun. Here is the link to the Ambinder post, but don’t go there if you don’t want to know what happens!

Marc Ambinder just ruined the new Potter book for me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still going to read it, but I’ll be snarling and swearing at Ambinder the whole time.

Words cannot even describe the senseless tragedy that has occurred today at the Virginia Tech campus. Here I’ve been trapped in my own bubble blogging about stem-cell research and abstinence while 31 innocent lives were lost for absolutely no reason. I’m usually not one to be found at a loss for words, but this is beyond comprehension. Each day is a blessing.