cracked

I spend a good portion of the little free time I have reading ridiculous articles on Cracked.com.  Here's one that I found interesting.  To read the article, click here.

April 1st, All Fools Day, April Fools or if you're me just Sunday (in this year's case).  Apparently the tradition came about sometime during the middle ages when the current calendar was adopted and as a result the New Year was no longer a weeklong celebration that lasted from May 25th through April 1st (thank you Wikipedia...

So we're about 2 weeks into 2012 and by now many New Year's resolutions have long been forgotten.  Yes, it's not exactly a nice thing to say but sadly it's true.  Of course probably the most common resolution is to start going to the gym to try and work away those extra pounds...