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February 2, 2006
Groundhog Day
This is a groundhog!Groundhog Day, once known as Candlemas. I heard two explanations about how Groundhog Day got started on the radio this morning on Air America Radio. First by Rachel Maddow, then immediately thereafter from Jerry Springer on the drive into work—but not until Jerry went on a long, entirely inaccurate explanation.
Today is 48 days without cigarettes. I quit smoking on Robert Boyd's birthday. Robert was one of my oldest friends, who died about a year ago from a heart attack. I have no idea of the specifics, but I'm certain the fact that he smoked over two packs of cigarettes a day was no help. He was 45 years old.
Robert and I had a falling out and hadn't seen one another in quite some time. The truth is that I was sick and tired of only getting phone calls when he wanted something. But I still cared about him.
I would like to get this darn thing going again—frankly, my writing is like a muscle that's begun to atrophy, and I can think of no better exercise than to try to keep this going on a daily basis.
Peace.
Groundhog image derived from Wikipedia modified and released under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Posted by Bastique at February 2, 2006 10:34 PM