April Fools

Sipping his coffee, he watched trains pull into the station — He was there hours earlier than the time they had set for their meeting. One thing Stuart didn’t want to risk was her getting off the train, seeing him arrive and then deciding not to meet at all. That had happened the previous two times, and he has learned his…

It’s Fun When It’s Just A Game — I love video games. Minecraft, specifically, but I’m down for Terraria, Borderlands, and even MapleStory kinds of games, too. Games are fun, mostly because they provide a structure of rules and predictable outcomes to escape our unpredictable and chaotic world. They’re also not really real. When playing with others, there’s…

It isn’t always funny… — I’m not sad to see April Fool’s Day having passed. Beginning in 1700, English pranksters began popularizing this tradition by playing practical jokes on each other. Whatever the reason, it continues. I’m just glad I don’t work in mental health hospitals now as it was an inane practice, and easily…

Every year he singled her out for his stupid pranks — Erin ducked behind her computer when he entered the office, furiously hitting the letters on her keyboard. Butterflies scattered around in her tummy, causing a scowl to distort her face. Why, oh why does he have this effect on me? She dared to look up when she heard his voice…

Free Verse Beochaoineadh. Gaelic (Irish) / n. / beɪ.ɒk.wiːnəʊ / bey-och-kwee-noh. An ‘elegy for the living’; a lament for someone who is alive but who has gone away. Once I filled my hand with mist. Then I opened it and lo, the mist was a worm. And I closed and opened my…

Stack Overflow Edition — April Fool’s is a time where companies like Stack Overflow pull out all the stops to show off their ‘latest and greatest’ features. But it’s also a time where we can look back and see some of the funniest, and most clever, April Fool’s Day jokes from tech giants. …