Stupid, miserable Groundhog!!

I just knew it...I saw the forecast today, warmer than seasonal temperature and it would be beautiful and sunny. And I knew that somehow this day would turn around and damn us all!! I just knew it! And as I was on my way to school today I figured it out; Of Course!! The warm weather entices the groundhog to actually leave its warm little burrow. And the brighly beaming sun almost ensures the stupid thing sees its shadow and retreats into its dark-filled abode, warm and happy while leaving us to suffer another awful 6 weeks of winter!

Ok, so really I get it. Although there actually is a Groundhog (in case you were wondering exactly WHICH groundhog to curse, its name is Punxsutawney Phil) this whole superstition is nothing but that: silly superstition. Its like being a child and thinking that if you really are naughty all year Santa has actually bothered to keep a list of those misdeeds and that you won't get anything but a lump of coal in your stocking come Christmas. I mean, really, there is nothing at all scientifically to support that some groundhog seeing its shadow and being a coward thinking that its some type of predator goes back to hide in its burrow means our winter will be any longer or shorter.

But isn't it kind of like waking up on a Friday the 13th and finding out your car is snowed in from some freak storm that passed last night so you're going to arrive late to work, only to find that you can't find your keys after digging yourself out, and in your haste to get out the door you accidentally step on your glasses? I mean really, that series of unfortunate events could happen any day, and probably has to most of us...and most likely not on the 13th of the month, let alone a FRIDAY the 13th. BUT...that doesn't mean we aren't alot more likely to attribute our crappy luck to the date on the calendar. Likewise, if winter lasts longer and gets any worse (or, correction, doesn't get significantly better) aren't we so much more likely to blame it on the 'hog?

Of course, these are all examples of bias affirmation, because if every friday the 13th that passed was just a regular day you don't notice. And if it happens to be a lucky day for you, you wouldn't be like 'well thats cause Friday the 13th is my lucky day!"...you're a lot more likely to either ignore the date entirely, or to say something like 'well, after all the unlucky ones I've had its about time I got something half decent!". And if the stupid Groundhog hadn't seen its shadow, I would have spent this entire post praising its little being for being so agreeable and NOT seeing its shadow, and then if winter lasted 3 more months and was frigid and snowy I would have forgotten that Groundhogs day ever existed. Or, I would have criticized the weather in some way for going against the 'hogs prediction, knowing it was all a bunch of phooey!

Lol...gotta love being human, and human nature. For now, everyone be prepared, Wednesday's high is estimates at -13 degrees celsius, and now with that gosh-darned Groundhog I'm sure there will be lots more crappy weather to come :-p

Happy Monday/Groundhogs day Y'all!!!

Cheers