Today is Ground Hog Day and it’s time for Three Thoughts for Thursday. That’s way more excitement than necessary for your average rodent. But to avoid hearing Thumper or Mickey or Chip and Dale call me a party pooper, these three thoughts will remain right on schedule.
- It’s sunny in Iowa again today, which means 6 weeks of winter for us. Neither I nor the woodchuck under our shed are complaining, since the winter of the 2012 has been mighty springlike so far.
- Bad news for Buddy Holly fans. The Surf Ball Room Winter Dance Party (Feb. 2, 2012 in Clear Lake, IA) , which commemorates the last concert performed by Holly, Dion and the Belmonts, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper before they died in a plane crash, is sold out. That’s bad news for Pat Boone fans, too, since he’s on stage that night. I’m guessing that in a Venn Diagram, the circles representing the two fan groups would not intersect.
- Our local grocery store’s convenience fresh produce section carries plastic containers of peeled clementine oranges. But doesn’t that defeat the reason to buy clementines? Because they’re easier to peel than their bigger rellies?
