In her new book “An Altar in the World,” bestselling author Barbara Brown Taylor writes about “the practice of paying attention.” She explains: The practice of paying attention is as simple as looking twice at people and things you might just as easily ignore. To see takes ti...

I forgot about the 2nd being Groundhog Day until I saw it in a few papers today. While I don’t think they say this as much anymore, when I was a kid the folklore was that if the groundhog emerges from its burrow, is scared by its own shadow and retreats back inside–more winter. I think n...

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Chaos erupted at Gobbler's Knob this morning , as the prognosticating groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his den, only to see the shadow of newly-elected President Barack Obama. Handlers of Punxsutawney Phil were at a loss to explain the phenomenon. With television cameras whirring, nervous o...

According to ancient tradition, the Staten Island Groundhog bit Mayor Michael Bloomberg today, guaranteeing another six years of brutal financial collapse. Charles G. Hogg (R-Staten Island) attacked the New York mayor during a satanic ritual held each February 2 in opposition to the Christian celebr...

Many 20-something women fell in love with Bill Murray in "Broken Flowers" or "Lost in Translation." But for us, it was "Groundhog Day." We couldn't get enough of Murray's grumbly, impatient, somewhat creepy newscaster. Needless to say, we're pretty disappoin...

If you could live one day in your life over and over, which day would it be? View other answers the first time krista spent the night at my house. i must've been about 16, so that would be almost 5 years ago. another good day to relive would be the first day i realized i wanted to draw for a living,...

There you have it.  Groundhog Day is upon us, and that little rodent Punxutawney Phil has seen his shadow and taken cover.  We here at GearCrave’s Midwest office can’t stand winter– and all the shoveling, layered clothing and dreary skies that come along with it.  So when Phil t...

By Ali Arikan For 16 years, Groundhog Day has been hailed as a meditation on self-redemption. But to pigeonhole it into one overarching theme would be an insult to the layered precision, and perfection, of Harold Ramis’s 1993 masterpiece, which ventures into the heart of darkness and despair to ul...

I don’t understand the whole Groundhog Day phenomenon, nor do I want to. The whole idea of deciding how long winter will last based on the activity of a groundhog seems more than just a little... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...