The guys over at JibJab have summarize the year in a couple of minutes to a catchy little tune (The Entertainer). Enjoy!

Just wanted to remind all of you to take a minute today to remember what happened today, December 7th, way back in 1941.

Today is Veteran's Day. Tell a Veteran "Thank You".

Thank You, Dad, for serving our country. I love you.

I know it's usually pretty lighthearted around here, but I would be remiss if I didn't say something about today. Even though we are way down here in Texas, we were still affected by the events of September 11th, 2001. It's one of those days that I'll never forget. I hope you will all join me in remembering that day.

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I have a great dad, and a great husband, who is also a great dad.

Today, I'd like to say to them, "Thanks for being great!"

To them, and all the great Dad's out there, Happy Father's Day!!!

You know, if time and money weren't a factor, my dad would probably be a full time Civil War re-enactor. So, when I came across this article at mental_floss, I knew I had to share it with him (and all of you)!

7 Civil War Stories You Didn’t Learn in High School

My favorite of these stories is about the women who fought bravely (and in disguise)for both sides:

Hundreds of women on both sides pulled a Mulan, assuming male identities and appearances so that they might fight for their respective nations. Some of them did it for adventure, but many did it for monetary reasons: the pay for a male soldier was about $13 month, which was close to double what a woman could make in any profession at the time.

Also, being a man gave someone a lot more freedoms than just being able to wear pants. Remember, this was still more than half a century away from women’s suffrage and being a man meant that you could manage your monthly $13 wages independently. So it should come as no surprise that many of these women kept up their aliases long after the war had ended, some even to the grave.

Read more Civil War stories at mental_floss.

They added "Muggle" to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Seriously.

Cracked.com has given us their take on muggle and 14 other words added to the dictionary this year.

15 Words You Won’t Believe They Added to the Dictionary

Leonard Nimoy explains the origins of the Vulcan Salute, and some of his favorite episodes.

(via Geeks Are Sexy)

Cheesy Goodness is sad to inform you that one of our favorite celebrities has passed on. Bea Arthur died today at the age of 86. She had cancer.

Bea Arthur had quite a career spanning several decades and winning countless awards. After a storied career on and off Broadway, she burst onto the scene at age 50 as Maude Finley on "All in the Family", and her character was so well-liked, she got her own series. "Maude" ran for 6 seasons and Arthur won an Emmy in 1977.

She did movies and musicals (and a famous Star Wars Holiday Special appearance), but probably her most famous role was that of Dorothy Zbornak on "The Golden Girls", for which she also won an Emmy award.

In 2008, she was inducted into the TV Academy Hall of Fame.

I hope you can all join us in celebrating her life.

Today is William Shakespeare's 445th birthday.

In honor of that, today is Talk Like Shakespeare Day. TalkLikeShakespeare.org has a few tips that I'd like to share with you:

1. Instead of you, say thou. Instead of y’all, say thee.
2. Rhymed couplets are all the rage.
3. Men are Sirrah, ladies are Mistress, and your friends are all called Cousin.
4. Instead of cursing, try calling your tormenters jackanapes or canker-blossoms or poisonous bunch-back’d toads.
5. Don’t waste time saying "it," just use the letter "t" (’tis, t’will, I’ll do’t).
6. Verse for lovers, prose for ruffians, songs for clowns.
7. When in doubt, add the letters "eth" to the end of verbs (he runneth, he trippeth, he falleth).
8. To add weight to your opinions, try starting them with methinks, mayhaps, in sooth or wherefore.
9. When wooing ladies: try comparing her to a summer’s day. If that fails, say "Get thee to a nunnery!"
10. When wooing lads: try dressing up like a man. If that fails, throw him in the Tower, banish his friends and claim the throne.

Do something nice for our planet! Plant some Cheese...I mean TREES!!!

April is Autism Awareness Month, and today is World Autism Awareness Day. While my immediate family is not affected by Autism, I know several families who are.

I know this is not typical Cheesy Goodness fare, I think it is important to educate youself about this disorder.

Visit AutismSpeaks for more information.

Here are just a few more fun places to visit today. One quick warning, don't believe ANYTHING you see on the Inter-webs today!!!

Something is wrong in YouTube land. HINT - turn your monitor upside-down.

Bacon in a squeeze bottle. Yumm-o!

Cracked.com's new photoshop contest: The 13 Most Epic April Fools Day Pranks Never Pulled

Gmail's new feature, Gmail Autopilot, makes the tedious task of replying to email even easier.

Expedia is now offering flights to Mars!!! For super-cheap, too!!!

Introducing the New York Times Nano!

From your friends here at the Cheese, have fun today!

Everyone likes April Fool's Day. It's a day when you can play that awesome practical joke with little or no repercussions, simply by uttering two little words. "April Fool's!!!"

It's not just the little people who like playing tricks on April 1st. The media has a penchant for pulling the wool over the eyes of the general public on April Fool's Day, and suprisingly, we fall for it every year.

I found a great list on the Museum of Hoaxes website. The Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time. It's a pretty long list, but it's human nature to joke, and what better day to do it than April 1st?

Here are a few of my favorites:

The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
In 1957, the BBC Announced that the Swiss were enjoying a bumper crop of spaghetti. Here's the video:

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is April Fool's Day! Are you prepared? Just in case you aren't here are a few ideas to help you prank your friends!!!

Some are simple, some are a little more complicated, but all of them are fun and relatively harmless. Have fun!!!