Good for you, Disney!

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/04/040607disney.htm

I have a strong urge to say, "Shut up, you rotten Pope!"

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/04/040507pope.htm

Here's good news for many people, including me, whose blood type isn't very common. I'm A- .

(I sometimes make a bad joke by saying, "I'm A negative person.")

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6517137.stm

I respect people who use their religion to do good in the world, but I hate it when people express their personal bigotry in the guise of religion.

http://www.365gay.com/opinion/Libby/Libby.htm

On a related topic, I hope that Pope John Paul II WON'T be made a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. However, the hierarchy of that institution has its head so far up its ass that I'm sure he will become a saint.

Novelist Francine Prose said, "For now, books are still the best way of taking great art and its consolations along with us on the bus."

(Isn't "Prose" a great last name for a novelist?! This ISN'T an April Fools' joke.)

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY!

Today is April Fools' Day, a holiday celebrating practical jokes of all kinds. The British collection of folk wisdom known as Poor Robin's Almanac (1662) says: "The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day."

One theory about the origin of April Fools' Day is that it started in France in 1582. Up until then, New Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st, but when Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day was moved to January 1st. At the time, news of such things traveled slowly, and it took many years for everyone to get up to speed. People who continued to celebrate New Years on April 1st came to be known as April Fools.

John Updike said, "Looking foolish does the spirit good."


(As I post this, there's a news story about the Pope on CBC Radio. I wish that this bigoted,
socially regressive man were just an April Fools' joke. )