February 02, 2004

Groundhog Day Today is Groundhog Day in the U.S. In honor of my favorite day of the entire year, here are some fun links: Groundhog Day songs Groundhog Day birthdays Groundhog Day the movie Groundhog day blog
posted by Kimberly 20 years ago
  • The amount of time that went into that groundhog day songbook hurts my head.
  • I wonder after the thought that prompts one to get their weather forecasting information from a largish rodent. And for only a single day! I mean, groundhogs live in holes. 364 days a year, that means the forecast is "dark, smelly, with occasional bugs and worms." We should trust him today?
  • Cynic! We like it because it's fun, not because we ignore chaos theory and believe a fluffy rodent can actually predict six weeks of weather.
  • While I like Groundhog day, I'm really looking forward to February 29 and the Ides of March.
  • i was interviewing the PR guy for the u.s. naval observatory last week (about leap year), he said that groundhog day is an actual astronomical occurrence -- it's a "cross-quarter" day that marks the halfway point of a season. so, as he said, regardless of what the groundhog says, we have six more weeks of weeks of winter. other cross-quarter days include halloween and may day.
  • Psssssst! There's another reason Groundhog Day is Kimberly's favorite day! Look at the silly monkey!
  • In an interesting bit of trivia, Kimberly shares a birthday with the following: Christie Brinkley Farrah Fawcett Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills, and Nash & Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young) Tom Smothers and BRENT SPINER! There's a really funny joke behind Brent Spiner. But he won't move, and now we're going to miss it. Thanks, Brent.
  • woo!!! cup o' cock punch raises to kimberly!