The fool isn't funny . . .

Wednesday, April 1, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . forecasts for Green Country indicate increasing rain chances with low 80's. Thunderstorm chances increase by late afternoon and are likely overnight and into tomorrow morning. The “Pink Moon” is full. It is also the “Paschal Moon.” It rises shortly after 9pm tonight, likely behind clouds and rain in TulseyTown.

The Jewish festival of Seder and Passover begins at sundown tonight.

Today is April Fools’ Day, a day for good-natured pranks, hoaxes, and general silliness. The earliest recorded association between April 1st and foolishness is in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in 1392, but playing tricks this time of year is centuries old.

Trump thinks it's his house. A federal judge just said “no, its our house.” – Joyce Vance in Civil Discourse,

The April “fool” wants out of the Iran mess he made, but still doesn't seem to know how. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Today is the 50th birthdate of Apple, Inc. No April Fool this.

Rachel Maddow is 53, born today in 1973, Castro Valley, California.

Czech author Milan Kundera was born on this day in 1929 Brno, Czechoslovakia. He is best known for his novels, especially The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which is also a worthwhile film, directed by Philip Kaufman with Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin in leading roles.

It's the birthdate of the Russian composer/pianist Sergey Rachmaninoff. He was born in 1873 Oneg, near Semyonovo, Russia.

And, the psychologist Abraham Maslow was born today in 1908, New York. His work contributed the concept of The Hierarchy of Needs that contained an outline of self-actualization.

A student asked T'ou-tzu, “How about when I don't bring a single thing?”

T'ou-tzu said, “Where did you get this?”

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