Vernal equinox says what?

I'm with Idle Words about the differences in calculating dates for Eastern and Western Easter being "fearsomely complex and dull," but this year's five-week difference seems extreme. I vote we revoke the Second Council of Nicea's decision to nix celebrating Easter just after Passover and replace that idiot-proof calculation with a Twister-worthy series of instructions designed to make sure that Easter would be celebrated just after Passover, but without referring to the Jewish calendar. [ETA: I can't seem to get that sentence right. To rephrase, Constantine et al. wanted to ditch all references to the Jewish calendar, a decision that I think is completely bollocks. Better? Okay then.] Then the Western world made the Gregorian adjustment, throwing the calculations for equinoxes and such completely off relative to the intent of the Nicean decision, and oh, have the dates gotten borked. (Although, to look on the bright side, everyone else got to look forward to monster discounts on Peeps beginning in the 20th century. Progress!)

All of this is preamble to saying that it's traditional to make pysanky only during Lent, when presumably you pretty much give up on cooking anything fun and have nothing else to do in the evening while your tastebuds atrophy. The fast kicks off on Monday. The first two eggs are ready for their vinegar baths, Mr. DeMille.