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Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate and Happy Sunday to those of you who don't!

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this on here before, but not in a long time, so some of you might not have been around to see it. Since I was young (I remember being in my tweens and having this idea), I've mentally divided both Easter and Christmas into two separate holidays:

• Jesus Easter vs Rabbit Easter
• Jesus Christmas vs Santa Christmas

I was aware of the historical origins of both holidays, and how the non-Jesus versions grew out of the Jesus versions, but I was also aware of how some people (myself among them) celebrated the non-Jesus version almost exclusively. (I also later became aware of how some varieties of Christians celebrated the Jesus versions exclusively.)

So, anyway, if you celebrate Easter, of either variety, Happy Easter. And if not, Happy Sunday. And to everyone, enjoy the wide variety of seasonal candies in the stories (while laying a pox on the increasing efficiency of capitalism, which means that each year there is less and less of that candy available at a discount on the day after Easter).

I just looked up the side effects of the new antiseizure medication I'm starting. (Almost always a big mistake, but I did it anyway.) I looked at the Mayo Clinic website, so it was a reputable website.

First, the thing that made me afraid: The Mayo Clinic website, divides side effects into two groups: First those you need to contact your doctor for immediately, then those that will probably go away and you need to contact your doctor if they become problematic. Each of these two groups is subdivided into three subgroups: Common, less common, and rare. Side effects in each subgroup are listed alphabetically. Which meant that the first side effect I encountered when I looked at the list was "blindness"! WTF? (I don't know if I've ever said on here, but going blind is something I'm particularly afraid of.)

Second, the thing that made me laugh: The side effects to contact your doctor about immediately included "tiredness." The side effects to contact your doctor about only if they don't go away and become problematic include "sleepiness" and "drowsiness." I think I understand what they're trying to differentiate here, but only after sitting and thinking it over for a bit, and even so it still has an element of "WTF?" about it.

• 1 April
  • Modern Asian Baking at Home (Kat Lieu)
• 2 April
  • Library Wars: Love & War, vol. 12 (Kiiro Yumi)
• 4 April
  • Chimes at Midnight (Seanan McGuire)