Today...
Billy Dee Williams is either 67 or 68 years old depending on who you listen to. I remember growing up thinking when I was older I was gonna kick Billy's ass for betraying Han Solo in Empire Strikes Back. Jackass. Paul Rudd is 35. I wouldn't put him up here except he's in Wet Hot American Summer, which is one of the best movies ever. Just above Casablanca and right below Frankenhooker. Merle Haggard is 67. You probably don't know much about him, except that he's a country music star. I hate country, for the most part, but I like Merle. Maybe I like him because he's more roots country, or honkey tonk, but I really can't stand CMT. Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger)  is 57. Maybe Cliff and Merle can get together and chat about guitars. I wonder if you know that the harp is a predecessor of the modern day guitar. Early minstrels were much larger people. In fact, they had hands the size of a small dog.

Wendy O. Williams was the singer for the band The Plasmatics. She was a stripper, and porn star, before becoming a singer, so it was only a matter of time before she killed herself. She wasn't a very good singer, but she had great stage presence. She would blow shit up, chop shit up, get naked and finger-bang herself on stage... A classy girl indeed. She shot herself in the head April 6th, 1998. She died.
 

Depending on who you listen to, today is also Harry Houdini's birthday. Other people say he was born March 24th. I think they're full of shit though. Look at the facts: March 24th I woke up, took a shower, went about my day, not one person said Hey, it's Houdini's birthday today, lets get drunk in his honor. Not one person. But today is April 6th, and I am going to get drunk in the name of St. Houdini. Irrefutable proof indeed. This is also Butch Cassidy's birthday. As you can see, by the picture, Butch Cassidy looked a lot like Paul Newman, the guy who makes the popcorn and salad dressing. Very spooky indeed. I wonder if that old master of illusions Harry Houdini had anything to do with that? We'll never know. Isaac Asimov died today. Well actually he died in 1992, but it was on April 6th. Isaac was a good guy. He had great sideburns, that's for sure. He wrote a lot of Sci-Fi books, including I, Robot. That's also the title of a new movie coming out. Coincidence? I think not. Seems as though that merry prankster Houdini is up to his old tricks again. That darn dead guy! Finally, we have Albrecht Durer. This hippie wandered around Germany in the early 1500's painting pictures of himself that made him look like Jesus (my Mexican gardener) and carving blocks of wood with pictures of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. What a happy guy he must have been. Hi I'm Albrecht, here is my whittling of Satan. Oh well, now he's in hell with all the other Sodomites and Witches, like Houdini. Happy birthday Albrecht, you devil worshiping wizard.