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Yes, I confess: the atgeirr discovery was an April Fools' joke.

Ian McCollum and I started planning this year's April Fools' joke back when we were in Iceland in August. There's a fun backstory to some parts of it, and some details you might have missed, so we've decided to do a kind of impromptu DVD-style "directors' commentary" today that our Patreon supporters are invited to.

We'll do our commentary live today (Sunday April 2nd), at 4:00 p.m. U.S. Mountain time (check timeanddate.com for the time in your local zone). This one might get fuller than usual because Ian has a huge Patreon community. But don't sweat it too much if you can't make it live--we'll both post the commentary as a bonus public video too. 

The Zoom link is https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/93204657035 and the passcode is: atgaizaz

Thanks for indulging my annual prank video. Bizarre as it is, there are few things I enjoy putting together more and it's become a tradition I eagerly look forward to.

All the best for now,

Jackson Crawford

P.S. Your Patreon messages often don't reach me, and vice versa for my replies to you. I don't get notifications for them, and there's nothing on my home page to show me when there is or isn't a message. I can't even always see them when I check for them manually, and you won't see it if I reply! The best ways to get in touch are: a) just to comment on posts like this, b) to post in the  Community page, or c) to email Stella at [admin AT JacksonWCrawford.com]--remember the 'W' between my first and last names in that domain name.

Comments

Anonymous

Juniper berries do in fact work as a substitute for when you've run out of proper lead pellets for your air rifle. They don't travel very far though.

Anonymous

This was the best April Fools I can ever recall. My favorite giveaways were (1) all those distinguished professors (2) the two new German department tenured positions. I laughed and laughed.....and sighed, because, well, academia. I have 4 close relatives in academia, including brothers who are professors of English and Ancient Greek history. My daughter-in-law who is an opera prof. My son became an accountant because they never imagine that she could get a tenured position. He figured that he would have the stable job that supported her short term contracts as a lecturer (voice teacher, in her case). So April Fools was also a great April Fantasy.