Saturday, February 2, 2008

All Hail The Mighty Beast...

...who lives half his life hidden away from our eyes shrouded in mystery, he whom the multitude seek out on this winter day, to whom the millions look in anticipation of his predictive powers, all hail the Groundhog!

Today should be a national holiday - heck it should be an international holiday, maybe even a holy day - all because while the groundhog commands our attention in such overwhelming numbers, he does so without demading, or even expecting anything of us, except maybe for our affection on this one day out of the whole year. If so many people around the world can look to this little weatherman for guidance - there has got to be something to it - and I sure don't mean his ability or inability to predict whether or not we get 6 more weeks of winter weather - because folks - whatever he says - mother nature often contradicts. So what power is it that the groundhog holds over us, to hold millions wrapt in anticipation of his predictions. I'll be darned if I know, but it sure is something. By the way, this year, the most famous groundhog of them all
Punxsutawney Phil has predicted 6 more weeks of winter and even with such a bleak outlook before us, millions love him.

All the beast,
Glenn B

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