Well, it's the silliest holiday to be printed on the calendar - Groundhog Day. How did all this crap get started? Well according to Wikipedia, it's been around for a while:
"An early American reference to Groundhog Day can be found in a diary entry, dated February 5, 1841, of Berks County, Pennsylvania storekeeper James Morris:
'Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate.'"
Yeah, okay, don't get it. I guess people just got bored in the dead of winter and found something to latch onto in order to have a party to go to. After looking at this year's predictions, our two local groundhogs are calling for an early spring. I could go for that this year. Of course, sometimes it feels more like Bill Murray's prediction...
Everyday feels like Groundhog day here at my workplace... and there's no groundhog kidnapping to break up the monotony...
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