You know me, all right.

(Although many who actually do know me [I�m especially looking at you, Maa and Dad] fell for October�s trick, including slight statements like, �I thought [guy who the story was *very* loosely based off of] lived in [state name], not Maine,� �I thought you were dating an actuary from Lincoln Park,� and �What about your fake Internet boyfriends?� All I established was that my friends and family aren�t big into details.)

I tried to come up with something good for today to no avail. However, I successfully helped others revise their pranks so they were more believable. One friend�s original version was that he had gotten one of his temporary workers pregnant and would be leaving for South America on Sunday to do the honorable marriage thing -- yadda, yadda. And although his temporary workers do predominantly hail from South America, this story screamed APRIL FOOL�S after his introductory sentence.

The final version included a link to a specific woman on Indian dating service and how her family would be sending two cows and a goat to Austin as official word that her family accepted the marriage. Although this may seem a bit much in my summary, the actual emailed story flows nicely and leaves little hint that it�s indeed a pseudo-story.

This one, I�m proud of. Stories of pregnancy-induced dermitis, I�m also proud of. Stories of �oh wait, I actually did get married� or �hey guys, I�m pregnant� are not to be proud of.

(As for Weetabix, I believe it. If I had big news, I�d wait until April 1st to announce it. For instance, when I do decide to settle down and make an honest man of he I shag, we�ll get hitched on this day. If nothing else, maybe some will hesitate in sending back their RSVP cards and cut the cost on my chicken or beef [or tofu] expenses.)

I considered making several lists with three items in each and having readers guess which of the three items in each list was a lie. However, I could come up with very few surprising points about me that would be good enough to throw you off or not obviously be the fake items. I also realized that I�d likely have to reveal the answers, and a lot of stuff is too personal to include on this site.

So yeah. No April Fool�s joke entry. Maybe next year I�ll have some good scoop for ya. Till then, enjoy what�s left of your Thursday.�