Evil Glenn sat in the darkness of his evil lair and chuckled to himself. "Those fools at the Alliance of Free Bloggers have no idea what's in store for them," he thought. "Why, if they had the slightest clue as to what's coming, they'd be fleeing in terror."
"Woman! Bring me my gloating jacket!" he yelled to his Insta-Wife.
She walked into the room averting her eyes from the paisly colored tweed coat she was carrying. It looked as if someone had seen the outline of a professor's clothing, but had no idea of the actual style or texture. If you looked too closely, you could lose your soul completely. (Or at least your lunch.)
He slipped the offensive garment over his shoulders. "Ahhhh," he sighed. "All I have to do now is press the ENTER key on my master computer, and the prank to end all pranks will begin!"
He sauntered over to his desk, savoring every moment. For a minute, he stood staring at the twinkling lights of his computer array. All across the board, green lights signified that his plan was ready, and only waiting for his signal. Slowly, he extended one bony digit and reached towards the keyboard. "Soon," he murmered to himself, "I will be the greatest April Fools Prankster in the history of the world."
Ever closer came his finger to the fateful button, his whole body trembling with anticipation, until yielding to the tiniest bit of pressure, the button clicked.
Instantly, the entire computer went dark. Then a subtle flicker of yellow flames lit up from behind, the smoke that was beginning to billow out of the consol. The Dark Lord of the Blogsphere recoiled in terror. "What went wrong?" he screamed.
Behind him, he heard a scratching sound. He whirled to face the door and stared at a small silhouette in the bright rectangle of light. His eyes narrowed in rage. He knew that shape.
"CURSE YOU. SLINKY THE WONDER FERRET!!!" He bellowed, as the small shape scurried away. "I'll get you if it's the last thing I ever do!"
Sometime later, an amused GEBIV stood over a sleeping Slinky the Wonder Ferret curled up in his bed. "You lazy little thing." he said. "All you do is sleep in your little hammock all day while I have to work." He sighed. "Oh well, sweet dreams little guy. I'm going to go surf the web."
As Slinky's room-mate walked away to set up his laptop, he didn't see the little grin that tugged at the corner of the ferret's mouth. And even if he had, he would have never guessed what caused it.