Happy Groundhog Day!

Today is Groundhog Day, the day when Punxsutawney Phil pokes his head out of a hole and determines whether or not there will be 6 more weeks of winter or not. He bases this on whether or not he sees his shadow.

His Pronouncement earlier this morning (as translated from Groundhogese):

Hear Ye Hear Ye
On Gobbler's Knob this glorious Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2009
Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators
Awoke to the call of President Bill Cooper
And greeted his handlers, Ben Hughes and John Griffiths
After casting a joyful eye towards thousands of his faithful followers,
Phil proclaimed that his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers were World Champions one more time
And a bright sky above me
Showed my shadow beside me.
So 6 more weeks of winter it will be.

He has been officially predicting for since 1887 and according to his website his predictions have been 100% correct.

I love the fact that a town gets up at an ungodly hour in early February and makes a spectacle out of a rodent predicting the weather. If only the human weatherpeople were accurate even half the time! Hmmm, maybe the stations should hire Groundhogs to give the weather forecasts.

Speaking of weather, I hope that anyone reading this blog who has been affected by the recent ice storms in the southeast are doing okay. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Odds and Ends:
This post marks the 6th day in a row that I've blogged. I'm going to try to keep it going at least until the 12th when I head down to Tennessee to see the kids.

Thanks for the comments regarding my Jury Service blogs. I kind of enjoyed the serial nature to it, and may do other stories in the future like that. Feedback is always great. And I will wrap it up later this week.

Steelers 27 Cardinals 23--What a game! Hope you enjoyed it Kim!