From our buddy Uncle John’s Almanac: This celebration originated with German settlers of the 1700s, who brought “Candlemas Day” to America. According to tradition, if the sun shone on Candlemas Day, which came halfway between winter and spring, a badger would see its shadow—which meant six more weeks of winter. There were no badgers in Pennsylvania, so groundhogs, emerging from mid-winter hibernation, were accepted as a substitute. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? WHEN GROUNDHOGS PREDICT THE [...]

Artist: Deaf Pedestrians Album: Popular Songs I got a spiderman t-shirt I got Converse that are rotting off my feet I got a bad mustache a reoccurring rash and not a lot of cash I spend it on my stash Man it’s good to be a geek Well it’s good to be a geek It’s good to be a creep It’s good to draw my pictures that no one will ever see. It’s good to [...]

Listen, all I want to do is drive the speed limit. I’m not looking to race the Indy 500. I’m not out to take Giancarlo Fisichella’s job at Force India. I just want to get to work. And you sir are not helping. I don’t want to drive 6 inches from your bumper. I want to drive 2 car lengths behind you so that I can stop in the event of sudden breaking. Driving that [...]

So we’re starting a Wii bowling league. I know, it’s hard to believe but there you have it. In real life I’m a crap-tacular bowler. I honestly think that I’ve only ever broken 100 once or twice. On the Wii it would appear that I am doomed to repeat myself. All my friends call me Mr. Nine Pin (mostly because I said, “Hey, call me Mr. Nine Pin”) because I always knock the same 9 [...]

If you’ve been tracking my entries in 2008, you will have noticed a distinct lack of any mention of resolutions and promises to do things that most likely I will have already messed up. This year I’ve decided that I’m taking a different approach to things. As I look around my life, I realize how truly blessed I am. It’s more than the fact that I am employed, that I have a roof over my [...]