Happy Passover to those in the Bleeding Heartland community who celebrate the holiday. You don’t have to be Jewish to attend a seder. President Obama is having one in the White House.

Our seder plate is “fired up and ready to go” with a beet in place of the shankbone (it’s an accepted alternative). We also follow the relatively new tradition of placing an orange on the seder plate. Here’s why.

Consider this an open thread.

I won’t be posting often this weekend. I’m going to visit cousins for a Passover seder today (chag sameach to the Jewish Bleeding Heartland readers!). Tomorrow I’ll be spending a lot of time at Earth Day in the Junction.

Have a great weekend, and put up a diary if you’ve got anything interesting to report.

Consider this an open thread to talk about the big Obama rally for change in Des Moines today, or about  any Earth Day events this weekend.