Welcome to April and if the weather reports are correct, then it will be showering in many parts of the U.S. today.

It's also April Fool's Day which means pranks-a-plenty. I've really stopped any pranking until there is tort reform ... you never know when a practical joke may get out of hand. If you're looking for a fun, seemingly harmless joke, try using the phone.

Just watch out for anyone asking you to pull their finger and with any luck, you'll avoid the Conficker.

Betrothed actress Actress Bijou Phillips turns the big 2-9 today and shares a birthday with the unsinkable Debbie Reynolds who is getting a movie marathon today on Turner Classic Movies.


Today Is...
- The 91st Day of 2009
- Firefighters Day | eCard
- April Fool's Day

Today Was ...

the day in 1952 when the Big Bang theory is proposed (58 years later Big Bang Theory appears on CBS) ... the day in 1970 when John Lennon and Yoko Ono announce dual sex-change operations as an April Fool's Joke apparently ... the day in 1973 when John Lennon and Yoko On form the new, border-less, lawless country of Nutopia with silence as the national anthem ... the day in 1976 when Steve Jobs and Dancing With the Stars star Steve Wozniak start Apple ... the day in 2001 when the Netherlands legalized same-sex marriages and the day in 2002 when the Netherlands legalized euthanasia ... the day in 2004 when Google makes Gmail public.

April 1 Birthdays ...
- 1926 - Anne McCaffrey, Dragonriders or Pern
- 1929 - Jane Powell, Royal Wedding
- 1930 - Grace Lee Whitney, Janice Rand
- 1932 - Debbie Reynolds, Miss Burbank
- 1934 - Don Hastings, As the World Turns
- 1938 - Ali MacGraw, Love Story
- 1939 - Rudolph Isley, Isley brother
- 1947 - M, Pop Muzik
- 1948 - Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Nights
- 1952 - Annette O'Toole, Smallville
- 1953 - Barry Sonnenfeld, Men in Black
- 1960 - Michael Praed, Robin of Loxley
- 1962 - Dave Ulliott, Devilfish
- 1968 - Andreas Schnaas, horrorist
- 1971 - Method Man, "Cheese"
- 1971 - Jessica Collins, Big Shots
- 1971 - Lachy Hulme, The Hallowmen
- 1972 - Allen and Albert Hughes, Menace II Society
- 1972 - Jesse Tobias, Morrissey guitarist
- 1973 - Christian Finnegan, Two for Flinching
- 1973 - Rachel Maddow, The Rachel Maddow Show
- 1973 - Joe Francis, Girls Gone Wild
- 1975 - John Butler, The John Butler Trio
- 1976 - David Oyelowo, Spooks
- 1980 - Bijou Phillips, Choke, future Mrs. Danny Masterson
- 1981 - Asli Bayram, Miss Germany
- 1981 - Hannah Spearritt, S Club 7
- 1982 - Sam Huntington, Fanboys
- 1982 - Taran Killam, Scrubs
- 1983 - Matt Lanter, 90210
- 1985 - Josh Zuckerman, Kyle XY

Gone But Not Forgotten:
George Grizzard, Lon Chaney, Sr., Rachmaninoff

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