Happy April Fool's Day

(Otherwise known as the post wherein I applaud myself for my presumed intellect.)

Among all the other gags online, my last post was my little April Fool's gift to you. There is no TV film crew coming to my townhouse. There is no TV pilot in the works. And, frankly, I'm not suited to TV projects if I have to be in *front* of the camera.

But every hoax needs a kernel of truth. It *is* true I was talking to HGTV representatives during my home search. They were coming to Raleigh to film "House Hunters," but my timing didn't work out for their schedule. That, and my aforementioned lack of front-of-camera skills, probably ended any chance of actually getting on national TV.

My last post did fool some people completely and caused others to further question me. If *you* didn't get hoodwinked, here's what you might have noticed:

• The blog was posted on April 1. I'd almost *never* trust anything published with an April 1 date.
• I wrote the post as an acrostic poem, with the first letter of every sentence spelling out APRIL FOOLS.
• I linked to a Wikipedia article about acrostic poems, my only link in the post.
• The blog post's sole tag was "Holidays."

And some very obtuse references I doubt anyone saw:

• The blog title "A display floor" anagrams to APRIL FOOLS.
• I set the blog to activate the last post at 04:01.
• I explicitly used the words "initials" and "be sharp" in the post.

Thanks, as always, for reading this blog.

My home ... a display floor?

A big cable TV channel wants to film my place after seeing my blog!
Per a legal clause, I can't say *which* channel yet, but a hint: Initials.
Regardless, I'm stoked that they'll come film here for a potential pilot.
I figured this blog would have limited reach, so this is quite a shock.
Largely, I intended this blog to just document my domestic progress.

For now, having a film crew here for days means I have lots to do.
Overnight, I must clean everything -- and hide all of my skeletons.
Old possessions need to go, replaced by the stuff I bought recently.
Looking sloppy isn't going to cut it on national TV -- I must be sharp.
Share in the process with me as this develops, or comment below.