WEEKEND DATEBOOK: SATURDAY, APRIL 13 _ Ron Perlman (Hellboy films, Sons of Anarchy) is 74 (in 2024) • Comedian Caroline Rhea (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Biggest Loser) is 60 (in 2024) • Rick Schroder (NYPD Blue, Silver Spoons) is 54 (in 2024) • Glenn Howerton (A.P. Bio, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) is 48 (in 2024) • Kelli Giddish (Law and Order: SVU) is 44 (in 2024) • Allison Williams (Get Out, Girls) is 36 (in 2024)
SPECIAL EVENTS _ Make Lunch Count Day • Baby Massage Day • Peach Cobbler Day • Scrabble Day • Thomas Jefferson Day
WEEKEND DATEBOOK: SUNDAY, APRIL 14 _ Julie Christie (Finding Neverland, Away from Her) is 84 (in 2024) • Former baseball player Pete Rose is 83 (in 2024) • Makeup artist and entrepreneur Bobbi Brown is 55 (in 2024) • Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who) is 66 (in 2024) • Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond, Cha Cha Real Smooth) is 64 (in 2024) • Anthony Michael Hall (Breakfast Club, Murder in the First) is 56 (in 2024) • Adrien Brody (The Pianist, The Grand Budapest Hotel) is 51 (in 2024) • Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scooby Doo movies) is 47 (in 2024) • Rob McElhenney (Mythic Quest, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) is 47 (in 2024) • Chris Wood (The Carrie Diaries, Supergirl, The Vampire Diaries) is 36 (in 2024) • Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Scream Queens) is 28 (in 2024)
SPECIAL EVENTS _ Children With Alopecia Day • Ex-Spouse Day • International Moment of Laughter Day • Look Up at the Sky Day • Good Deeds Day • Dolphin Day • Pecan Day • Reach as High as You Can Day
I am well aware of the news surrounding the passing of the infamous OJ Simpson on Thursday. I had a few people send me notes asking why I did not mention anything on the air. Personally, and in my own opinion, I did not feel it was necessary to give him any more publicity than he deserves. He is now gone, and I hope he made peace with his maker. We will let history decide how he will be remembered, and I pray that the Goldman and Brown families will finally find the peace that eluded them for so many years. And now, on to lighter topics:
WHY RESTAURANTS GIVE YOU BREAD BEFORE YOU ORDER _ Lots of sit-down restaurants offer a free basket of bread to their customers. Ever wonder why? From a business standpoint, it doesn’t make sense: Giving customers the chance to fill up on bread they haven’t paid for before they eat their meals? Seems dumb. The reason makes sense, however. Customers are pains when they’re waiting, according to an industry expert, and bread essentially helps keep them quiet and patient while they wait at their table. That basket of bread — or chips, or breadsticks, depending on the restaurant — helps ward off “hangriness,” and we all know how our tempers flare when we’re starving. Free baskets of bread equal happy, not-angry customers.
HOUSEWORK IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH _ Housework is good for you. A study out of the UK says that if you clean your house vigorously for twenty minutes non-stop once a week, your anxiety, distress or depression may improve.
Fussin’ and Feudin’ _ A study says 1 in 5 of us has a feud or disagreement with someone that’s ongoing — 1 year or more. Half of these are so-called family feuds, where one part of a family is fighting with another part of a family.
