April Fool's Day

April Fool's Day calls for celebration ... and cynicism.

The more comedically inclined take pleasure in a day devoted to pranking and put-ons, but the rest of us must be on our guard today. Even the most somber stories of deaths in the family or grim diagnoses should be taken with many a grain of salt.

A few unfortunate souls have even been cursed with an April Fool's birthday, which basically means they are the brunt of more jokes than everyone else.