Groundhog Day

Phil has spoken and apparently it is for six more weeks of winter.

The chubby critter delivered the prediction after he was pulled from his burrow in an oak stump at 7:31 a.m. by a top-hatted handler, and his prediction was greeted by boos from the thousands in attendance.

"He's only the messenger!" one of the members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club - the volunteer group in charge of Phil and the town's Groundhog Day festivities - reminded the crowd braving the frigid weather.

In this world where only good news is created by conflict, another article tells of the behavior of other animals around the world and their use in predicting the weather. Personally, I don't care one way or the other and figure that by March 20, the Vernal Equinox, nature will pretty much take it's usual course and Spring will start.

If nothing else, "Groundhog Day" is a classic movie and I would recommend it to anyone who hasn't already seen it and to anyone who already has, watch it again to remember just how funny Bill Murray is.