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Today’s theme:
Winter
Note: My late mother was a ’50 Punxsutawney High graduate who every Feb. 2 made Groundhog cookies. I should stress no groundhogs were harmed in the making of her delicious cookies, which were made from traditional cookie ingredients, not ground ‘hog.
Colorful Living Tip of the Day (I) …
985 On the most miserable morning of the year, set the alarm for 30 minutes earlier than usual. Then pull on the boots, the scarf and the frost-fighting gloves and head over to the neighbors’ driveway with your windshield snow scraper. Clean all the snow off the vehicle and vamoose before they know who did it.
Random related …
• People say "not a snowball’s chance in hell,” like they know forecast. In my hell, there will be tons of snow.
• Most discriminatory club in America is Groundhog Phil's Inner Circle. No women. No blacks. Still, America will overlook Phil's bigotry cause he's so darn cute.
• I have read that tribes native to Arctic climes have 47 words to describe snow. I have just as many to describe farts.
• It’s often said of snowflakes no two are ever alike, but what about popcorn? Needs further study. Too bad most people eat their popcorn in the dark.
• If I were God there'd be no war, no injustice & every snowflake would be an identical smiley face. Who'm I kidding? There'd be no snow!
3rd(!) Random Shakespeare reference …
• I wonder if clever HVAC men ever entertain themselves at conduit installations by asking, "Tubey or not tubey?”
Zeitgust Word of the Week (a word I made up with the goal of getting it into a dictionary) …
Comatoes: The act of one’s foot falling asleep, uncommonly known as the medical condition, parasthesia.
Spotlight video …
This woman, one of about 100 people at the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling, WV, begins her comment saying her husband, a TV reporter, had great disdain for tabloid reporters like I once was. Then when the mic finally picks up her voice she offers the sweetest compliment. I love the crowd reaction. Click here.
Today’s Feature Post
“Groundhog Day Round-up (’14 edition)
If the NFL is determined to have more Super Bowls in cold weather neutral venues, then I have a suggestion: Come to Punxsutawney! We were there yesterday as part of about 25,000 announced guests in a town of just 5,904. There were no logistical problems. We didn’t get stuck in a subway. We walked everywhere. No one thought it necessary to subject the 7-year-old to an unseemly pat-down. Best of all, we had an opportunity to get our picture taken with Phil, the groundhog who on that day was a goat for having seen his shadow.
Read extended version here …
Related posts …
Winter forecasts all folked up
Winter’s over; Keith heads South
(Upcoming topics include “Crime,” “The Sexes,” “Beard,” and “Monkey.”)
Oddly enough (stories from my story treasure chest) …
Lost ’n’ founds of the rich & famous (from ’10)
Your name is Tim McCauley. You are the owner of The Breezewood Motel in Breezewood, Pennsylvania. Describe your lost and found and what’s in it. “Well, we don’t really have a lost and found. I just keep the stuff we find here behind the counter. There’s a couple pillows, some scarfs, some gloves and a New York Yankee ball cap.”
His name is Arthur Birmelin. He is the director of security at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. The lost and found at the fabled resort is the size of a two-car garage and contains contents similar in substance to what’s secured at Fort Knox. “There are expensive bracelets, Rolex watches and diamond earrings worth more than $10,000,” says Birmelin.
Mere baubles compared to some of the items distracted well-to-do guests have left behind at one of America’s premier resorts.
Read full story here
Be confident because …
“If you were any cooler the Weather Channel would be forced to factor your existence into all its climate change forecasts. Happy Groundhog’s Day!”
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