In medias res

Google’s April Fool’s Day joke this year really was great.

I spent this great holiday working from home, which of course involved breaking into the microbrew around 3 pm. The hatred I have been feeling toward certain players at work has escalated to contempt, and being powerless to change things, I have resolved to stop worrying about them.

My heart briefly stopped today when I read Food Dude’s farewell to the Portland foodie scene. At least this year I read his prank on April Fool’s Day, rather than days later in Google Reader and thus removed from its context.

We have been gardening lately in an excess of “there’s visible sunlight” exuberance. It’s likely that most of the seeds we have planted will rot in the ground, but I hear rumors of rows of carrots pushing their ways up in the raised beds. This is very exciting to me, as carrots are my most favoritest vegetable to grow, and I hope the claim is not another April 1 prank.