It’s April 20, or 4/20, which is popular with the stoners of the world, even though no one’s really sure why. Willie Nelson is probably leading a pot parade or something today, but today is also famous for other things. For example, it’s Adolf Hitler’s birthday. It’s also the 13th anniversary of the Columbine shootings and the second of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. But there is one good thing that happened on this date: Fenway Park opened for business exactly one century ago. If you were busy passing the duchy, odds are you missed it.
Gone to that big bandstand in the sky
Dick Clark, a legend in the music and television industry, died this week at the age of 82. Since suffering a stroke a few years ago, he’s been less visible, but to generations he was responsible for breaking musical acts and a relatable personality on television. We can all look forward to seeing him again as the holographic host of New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2013.
Not everything stays a secret
Two Secret Service agents have been fired, and more are expected, after it was uncovered that the security team had been drinking and picking up prostitutes during the president’s recent visit to Colombia. Their mantra was “Wheels up, rings off,” which will be the name of my mid-life-crisis band in about 15 years.
Commence pleasure program
Robots are quickly becoming our betters in every imaginable sense. It’s only a matter of time before they rise up against us, but before then, they will try to conquer our desires. A group of researchers say that robots will one day take over the sex trade. It’s not enough that they take our factory jobs, now they want to put single mothers out of work, too?