April 14th

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April 14th - the 104th day of the year. Today is: International Moment of Laughter Day is a special day that will put a big smile on your face. The objective of this day is to get people to laugh, and to laugh more often. After all, "laughter is the best medicine".

On this day in 1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day.
1828 The first edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" was published.
1902 J.C. Penney opened his first store, in Kemmerer, Wyo.
1912 The British liner Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and began to sink.




Birthdays:Anne Mansfield Sullivan 1866 - "The Miracle Worker", famous for teaching Helen Keller to read, write and speak
Rod Steiger (Rodney Stephen Steiger) 1925 - Actor
Loretta Lynn 1935 - Country singer, first woman to earn the CMA's Entertainer of the Year award
Pete (Peter Edward) Rose 1941 - Baseball player
Brad Garrett 1960 - Actor ("Everybody Loves Raymond")




Deaths: 1759 Composer George Frideric Handel died in London
2007 Singer Don Ho died in Honolulu, Hawaii, at age 76.

word of the day: dishabille\dis-uh-BEEL\ , noun;
1.The state of being carelessly or partially dressed.2.Casual or lounging attire.

Quote of the day:Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
Kurt Vonnegut, Interview, Mcsweeneys.net
US novelist (1922 - 2007)
I love the writings of Kurt Vonnegut. Sometime soon I'll share with you his ideas on drama and why people need it in their lives.

Today's weather for Adrian, MI: Today is suppose to be warmer than yesterday. Partly sunny. Highs 66 to 70. Tonight:Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 49. Look for temperatures to climb to near 80 on Thursday. Our average should be a high of 59 and a low of 35. And because I'm a meterologist geek: the sun comes up at 6:57am and sets: 8:16pm. Length of Day 13h 18m


Today's stupid criminal of the day: From Holiday, Florida, comes the story of Rebekah Koonce who was pulled over by the cops after she ran a stop sign. The officer noticed she had bloodshot eyes and was slurring her speech, so he decided to search her car. And that was when he found the evidence that sealed her fate. Inside the car was a green plastic box with a label reading "Rebekah's pot" on the outside. And that's also what was on the inside. She's busted!(Bozo Criminal Report)

Today's joke: Pete and Larry had not seen each other in many years. Now they had a long talk trying to fill in the gap of those years by telling about their lives. Finally Pete invited Larry to visit him in his new apartment. "I got a wife and three kids and I'd love to have you visit us."
"Great. Where do you live?"
"Here's the address. And there's plenty of parking behind the apartment. Park and come around to the front door, kick it open with your foot, go to the elevator and press the button with your left elbow, then enter! When you reach the sixth floor, go down the hall until you see my name on the door. Then press the doorbell with your right elbow and I'll let you in."
"Good. But tell me...what is all this business of kicking the front door open, then pressing elevator buttons with my right, then my left elbow?"
"Surely, you're not coming empty-handed."

Odd news story of the day: Workers strike over ban on drinking at work
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A few hundred warehouse workers and drivers at Danish brewer Carlsberg halted work for a second day on Thursday to protest a company decision to limit beer drinking at work to lunch breaks.

The strike in Denmark followed the company's April 1 decision to introduce new rules for employees on beer drinking at work, said Jens Bekke, spokesman at the world no.4 brewer.

"There has been free beer, water and soft drinks everywhere," he said. "Yesterday, beers were removed from all refrigerators. The only place you can get a beer in future is in the canteen, at lunch."

Bekke said drivers retained an old right to three beers per day outside lunch hours, and warehouse workers claimed the same right.

"Because of that, the warehouse staff went on strike yesterday, with other staff striking in sympathy," he said.

Bekke said as many as 800 had walked out on Wednesday, with 250 still on strike on Thursday, and the Confederation of Danish Industry and trade union 3F had agreed to look into the dispute.

He said there would be no shipments from Copenhagen on Thursday, and delays in the rest of the country, but said he expected the financial effect of the strike to be minor.

He added that Carlsberg's trucks have alcohol locks so drivers would not be able to drink too much and drive.

(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom, editing by Paul Casciato)

Today's work out move: Bob Harper's Mountain Chair Climber. Use a non-rolling chair against a wall. Put your hands on the seat and extend your legs so you're standing at angle. Pull your abs tight and lift your right knee to your chest. Put it down and lift your left knee. Repeat by alternating lifting legs for a minute, rest for a minute and repeat the process two more times. (this is from MSN.com and 5 minutes a day)

website of the day: http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/02/08/29-semi-productive-things-i-do-online/ this is a hysterical blog page about looking busy when you're playing on-line. Hey, I'm being productive, I'm writing a newsy blog. People need this info.

factoid of the day Depending on the time of year, the Earth’s distance from the Sun can vary more than 3 million miles