michelle,,,,at least PuxyPhilly is giving us 40 degrees this week

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Zenfish, I'm not sure I know what you're refering to? Peace

michelle & Stevee T, hi from the other side of the Pond!
Groundhog Day, that reminds me of a funny Bill Murray's movie :-)

Zinc Master, congrats on your 1000 posts!

962, "I tend not to listen to preview clips..." then...I won't tell you more :-) I thought the same but I couldn't help it, only 20 days left till the Real Illusions release!!
And thanks for liking my "Searching" description, for me the masterpiece of ITLIS?

Steven Wilde, hi! It's always nice to see you, Above the Numbers is a cool name, happy 500 posts and keep up the good work! And keep up the good karma too! See you later...

bahduh, hi! I have got your mail, I will reply as soon as I can, take care!

death cube k,"talk2joe cd 2 we have decided to do a second cd..." well! that's good news :)

Dear Joe! We're progressive hard rock band from Latvia "Free Level". Our demo was highly estimated by Dick Wagner, Alice Cooper's guitarist, we have the reference from him. We're already on air in Netherlands, UK, Austrian, Spanish and US radiostations. Our last news: we performed in high-ranged "Fashion Club" where we had a big success, so that the next day we played in "Vegas Casino" and were highly estimated by its members. Our home page is under construction at the moment, but You can visit our artist page on: http://www.wazee.org/wmd/viewartist.php?ID=412 where You can look through some info about us and listen to some demo songs (3 of 9 recorded). The quality of songs is not very good, but it's difficult to find a good studio here. We'd like to hear your opinion about our songs and we would like to ask for some advice, because U defenitely know how difficult is to new young band to achieve something. Especially in such country as Latvia where music is not appreciated by government and where are only 2 rock klubs. Thanx for your time, Waiting for your answer, Natalja, "Free Level"

LucySorets,

Yep! Groundhog Day....like Janis Joplin said "it's all one big fkn day" loosely quoted....lol

PFields

LucySorets

VFRrocker

VFRrocker- hope that your birthday is a great one! :)

Civgeek- sounds like you are getting frustrate already this semester... It amazes me how the more classes i have taken the earlier in the semester the rant starts... lol... the portland weather sounds amazing, in denver we will have mid40s today and tomorrow and then mid50s for the rest of the week and weekend... so i guess i cant complain at all :) Hope that your geology class gets a bit better :)

Well i am off to get my own schoolwork done, or at least started... lol.... hope all in Satchland have a great day...

cuthbert1776

Thank you for the kind post.

jazzzzzzzzy

Ibanez89,

SupaaDave

Thank you, to each of you, for the kind words in each of your posts.

Tomjanovich May Resign As Lakers Coach

LOS ANGELES - Rudy Tomjanovich's tenure as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers (news) might be finished after barely half a season.

Tomjanovich, who returned to coaching after recovering from bladder cancer, is contemplating resignation because of health concerns.

"He's considering several options and resigning is one of them. That decision has not been made," Lakers spokesman John Black said Tuesday — about six hours before the Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers (news) 92-79 for their second straight victory after a season-high three-game losing streak.

"This has nothing to do with cancer," Black said. "He loves the team and the team loves him. He's our head coach until he decides to do otherwise."

The game against the Trail Blazers was the second Tomjanovich missed because of what the team said was a stomach virus. Black said Tomjanovich has also had a sinus infection.

i just spent a hour replying to 8 pages and lost the whole damn thing. i usually copy it in case I'm over the limit, but the phone rang and i clicked to post the message. 338 over.

SHIT!!!!!!!

it was an effin' brilliant post too

excuse me while I have an extreme meltdown

michelle

Groundhog Predicts More Wintry Weather

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. - Punxsutawney Phil has spoken, and the news isn't good.

The world's most famous furry forecaster saw his shadow Wednesday on Gobbler's Knob, suggesting another six weeks of wintry weather.

The chubby critter delivered the prediction after he was pulled from his burrow in an oak stump at 7:31 a.m. by a top-hatted handler, and his prediction was greeted by boos from the thousands in attendance.

"He's only the messenger!" one of the members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club — the volunteer group in charge of Phil and the town's Groundhog Day (news - web sites) festivities — reminded the crowd braving the frigid weather.

In the years since The Punxsutawney Spirit first carried word of the groundhog's failing to see its shadow in 1886, this town of 7,500 people about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh has been dubbed the "Weather Capital of the World."

The tradition stems from the Christian holiday of Candlemas, and the belief that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow, winter will last another six weeks. If there's no shadow, spring will come early.

That was the forecast from Lilburn, Ga., groundhog, Gen. Beauregard Lee, who did not see his shadow when he emerged as light rain fell Wednesday morning. Beau made his appearance with a female groundhog their handlers at Yellow River Game Ranch hope will produce offspring to continue the tradition if the aging prognosticator retires this year.

In Punxsutawney, an energetic crowd of about 2,000 people was already assembled by 3:30 a.m. Most were bundled against the cold, but at least one young woman braved the weather in a bikini top.

Nikki Wehrmann and her 9-year-old daughter, Arianne, had on layer upon layer as they huddled over coffee and hot chocolate. Arianne was taking the day off from school to see Phil, her mother said. They live in nearby DuBois.

"We considered this an educational purpose," said Wehrmann, who told her daughter about the history of Groundhog Day and plans to have Arianne do a project on the event.

"And anything that brings 20,000 or 30,000 people on some years we have to do it at least once," Wehrmann said.

Resident Sue Lingenfelter said the annual frenzy, and just how famous Phil is, still amazes her.

"I just placed a catalog order yesterday and the guy said to me, 'Is your town ready to go crazy?'" she said.

Ward Brown, 50, and his sister Suzy Fulkerson, 41, came from Sparta, Ill., although they tied the trip in with a visit to their sister, who recently moved to nearby DuBois.

"It was a good excuse to visit her," said Brown, who was toting a $75 stump of wood a craftsman had carved into the shape of a groundhog sporting a top hat.

This is just wrong - selling fake beer . . .

Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Beer

BRISBANE, Australia - A woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling on eBay three nonexistent cases of Duff brand beer — the favorite of cartoon character Homer Simpson.

Tara Edith Woodford, 28, pleaded guilty in the Mackay Magistrates Court in northern Queensland state to three charges of dishonestly gaining money by false pretenses.

Prosecutor Gavin Burnett told the court Woodford was paid a total of 1,951 Australian dollars (U.S. $1,511) by three separate buyers after advertising the bogus beer on the eBay Internet auction site.

Duff is the beer brand of choice for Homer Simpson and his barfly friends in the animated U.S. television series The Simpsons.

In the mid-1990s, two breweries released their own "Duff Beer" in Australia until legal action by the creators of The Simpsons and the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. took the beer off the market. Fox has a policy of refusing to license The Simpson's merchandising for products that would be detrimental to children.

Duff beer is now a collector's item and cases can sell for as much as A$1,000 (U.S. $774) on eBay, according to Lorraine Gledhill, the treasurer of the National Beer Can Collectors Club.

Buyers paid money into Woodford's bank account, but contacted police when they never received the beer.

Woodford was caught because she listed her correct name and address on the auction site, the court was told.

Woodford's lawyer Phillip Moore said she committed the scam to buy Christmas presents and clothes for her four children.

Re:civgeek For the record I have a bunny. He goes by the names of Fat Boy, Mr. Nibbles, Pooper, Bunnicula, Nutmeg, and Dinner. Depending on the mood of the addresser

cool civgeek - i love talking to other wabbit people!

how long you had Pooper?

Re:michelle Punxatawney Phil was a bit p.o.'ed this morning when they woke him up. He says 6 more weeks of winter. What a bunch of strange top-hatted freaks we have here in PA. lmao! I love groundhogs :)

are groundhogs part of the Rodent family - because they look a bit like a guinea pig :)