Rainy Day Women 12 & 35

Hello, Hello, Hello

Today as many of you probably know is April 20th. Now this may be a seemingly meaningless day to some but there are many people who see it as some sort of international marijuana day. I am not one who partakes in such activities but I know a lot of people that do. 4/20 has always made me curious because I have no idea what the connection is with today and Mary J. Most of my inebriated amigo's tell me it's cause of things like "it's Hitlers birthday" or "just cause maan.." so I dug deep into the vast articles of the Wikipedia to find events that take/took place on today April 20th

1534- Jacques Cartier begins his voyage on which he discovers Canada
1972- Apollo 12 lands on the moon
1999- Columbine massacre occurs in Colorado
2001- China removes homosexuality from it's mental illness list.

that's really all the notable events that have happened on this day. in terms of births there are:

1889- Adolf Hitler
1937- George Takei (Mr. Sulu in the Original Star Trek)
1967- Mike Portnoy (Drummer for Dream Theater)
1972- Stephen Marley (Bob Marley's son [I think this is the real origin of 4/20])

that's all the names I recognise... So I learned something new today. It is actually Hitlers birthday and thats not just some myth circulating around my stoner friends. So anyhow happy 4/20 to all that celebrate it and to the rest of us... Have a nice regular day.

EDIT:!! Thanks to the genious of my co-blogger we have found the most plausable reason the date of this day is 4/20. It is on this fine April day because of the California senate bill that is trying to legalize Marijuana which is obviously California Senate Bill 420.

- Relax

Grant Hawkins.