Micah 6:8
Luke 22:14-23 Ezekiel 3:1-3 Revelation 10:8-11
Yes, your life matters.
We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?
Today is April Fools' Day. I understand that this designation came about when France moved from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, moving the New Year from 01 April to 01 January. Those who continued to celebrate on 01 April were labeled April Fools.
That's a nice story, but I don't think there's any real history to back it up. I think it's nearly as true as the famed BBC documentary of the Swiss spaghetti farmers and their pasta harvest. How gullible do they think we are? Moving New Year's day from April to January - that's simply incredible.
Further evidence, as if it were needed, is found in the fact that today is still New Year's Day for our Assyrian friends and family. I'm not inclined to call them "Fools" for celebrating their distinct heritage - are you? Culturally insensitive is probably the kindest way to describe such an attitude.
While we're at it, remember that today is Maundy Thursday - the day we commemorate the institution of the Lord's Supper. It's quite appropriate that it fall on April Fools' Day, as it was the beginning of God's prank on Satan. Take that, chump!
Further, today is also the International Edible Book Festival. Frankly, I don't understand why this needs a festival - especially since any non-digital book is already edible, thus making the "Edible" part unnecessarily redundant. (No, really, the paper is just good old fiber ("Grandma called it 'roughage'" as the oatmeal carton used to inform us.) and the binding glue is generally made from natural products.)
I recall a classmate in my first Elementary School who generally ate the notes that were sent home to his parents before he arrived there - a walk of a mere two blocks - suffering no apparent ill effects. If he could eat paper with that purple ditto ink that smelled so good, surely you can eat paper with the soy-based ink that most publishers use these days!
On a personal note, we recall the passing of the late, great Herschel Bernardi. Not only did he have a fairly good TV sitcom (Arnie), but he also voiced some of the most classic commercial mascots of all time. He was the voice of the Jolly Green Giant (modeled on the Ent, Treebeard, from JRR Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy) as well as Charlie the Tuna, spokesvictim for Starkist Tuna. In that vein we note that today is also Sorry Charlie Day. Sorry indeed.
Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.
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