RANDOMOSITY: "You're Lucky I Didn't See MY Shadow"

I can’t believe I forgot to mention that yesterday was Groundhog Day. I guess that’s what you get when I don’t write rough drafts, and perpetually post stream-of-consciously. In case you missed it, Punxy Phil did, in fact, see his shadow. I was on my way to bus, and I started to think that he’s really cornered the market on safe predictions. Seriously, if I were him, I’d always say “six more weeks of winter,” because that only really takes us into mid-March. The vast majority of you live in the Northeast, and of course realize that winter ALWAYS lasts until mid-March. And hell, even if spring were to come early, it probably wouldn’t come until March 1. And by then, who even bothers to remember what Phil forecasted anyhow? Seriously. This is the stuff that goes through my mind. Nevermind that there was a State of the Union address last night that I missed thanks to $1 Blue Moons. Anyone else think it’s coincidental that the Iraqi elections happened days ago? Talk about cornering the market on anything. What tactics! If the election goes well (which, it did) Dubya gets to toot his horn all by his lonesome, and build momentum. If it didn’t go well, he has an unadultured platform to spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, or just flat out ignore it, announce something big (like Social Security reform, or the outlawing of the colour pink for being “too gay/evil”). Man. I hate the guy, but I’ll give him this, his staff o’ planners is second to NONE. His administration makes Clinton look like a rookie.

Guess I digressed again. It happens. Groundhog Day came and went, I should go to Punxy some time for the party. Speaking of Groundhog Day, anyone else ever notice that Bill Murray’s character is quite deliberately named Phil? I love shit like that. That movie is truly funny, romantic, original, and filled with great performances and one-liners. In all seriousness, I think it’s one of the classic films of the last twenty years. Can any of you see anyone playing that role but Murray? Nope, me neither. And that, my friends, is the mark of a classic.

Okay, I’m out.

Hope that was more interesting that me being reflective.

-apk