Who Knew Ironing Boards Didn't Float?

Did I mention Nick at Nite plays two episodes of Full House every night? They do, followed by Roseanne, followed by Fresh Prince of Bel Air, followed by something that's too late for me to be bothered watching. Home Improvement is on everyday, as is Spin City and channel 48 will gladly show a low budget film every day beginning at 10:30am (Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey was on, but I was enertaining a guest and didn't watch it all).

Today is Groundhog Day (the 2nd of February). For those of you who have seen the 1993 Bill Murray movie entitled, "Groundhog Day" (that wouldn't surprise me if it showed up on channel 48), the actual Groundhog Day ceremony is relatively accurate. Some old guy pulls some rodent out of a box and if there is a shadow then there's 6 more weeks of winter, and if not there's an early spring. It's more or less a load of garbage, since the weather does whatever it wants, and it's all based on an old German superstition that involved candles and a badger. I can think of plenty more fun things to do with candles and a badger than predicting the weather.

Regardless, since the making of the movie, attendance at the real Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania has increased astoundingly. That's the yanks for you.

That's about all I have time for today. We're still waiting on some big snow, the kids want a snow day, so I'm hoping the groundhog/woodchuck/german badger decides to reveal its shadow and allow winter to live on for another 6 weeks. The clouds look promising for snow.