Well, it's Groundhog day.

It is curious how the meaning of Groundhog day has taken on new facets in the last few years. Where the focus used to be on a particular rodent's ability to predict the weather, people are now speaking of this event with odd references to deja vu. I heard it on NPR this morning, and have heard it over and over again since 1994. I think it is one of those rare instances where a movie has an affect on culture.

The movie in question is the 1994 release, Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray. In it, Murray plays a weatherman who has the unique opportunity to relive one day, Groundhog Day, over and over again until he gets it right, turns his life around, and gets the leading lady.

It's hopeful message, that we all can succeed at getting things right, has struck home with the American public, and slowly the term 'Groundhog Day' has come to mean 'having chance to do it all over again' and is often used in place of 'Deja Vu' in regular conversation.

So on this Groundhog Day here's to hoping we all get things right the first time, but if we don't, be comforted in the fact that you can always have a second chance.

Well, it's Groundhog day.

It is curious how the meaning of Groundhog day has taken on new nuances in the last few years. Where the focus used to be on a particular rodent's ability to predict the future, people are now speaking of this event with odd references to deja vu. I heard it on NPR this morning, and have heard it over and over again since 1994. I think it is one of those rare instances where a movie has an affect on culture.

The movie in question is the 1994 release, Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray. In it, Bill plays a weatherman who has the unique opportunity to relive one day, Groundhog Day, over and over again until he gets it right, turns his life around, and gets the leading lady.

It's hopeful message, that we all can succeed at getting things right, has struck home with the American public, and slowly the term 'Groundhog Day' has come to mean 'having chance to do it all over again' and is often used in place of 'Deja Vu' in regular conversation.

So on this Groundhog Day here's to getting things right the first time, but if you don't, be comforted in the fact that you can always have a second chance.

Zoology 101

Working in Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) has given me a little insight as to what it must be like to live as an animal in a zoo. Each day a couple tourist busses drive by or even stop and let out the gawkers camera's in hand. Ostensibly they're here to look at the skyscrapers and art spaces that make DTLA so remarkable. However, inevitably they can't resist a quick look at the more interesting members of the menagerie. That being the hapless office worker.

Just walking across the street I can feel their gaze on my back. I imagine the tour guide describing the scene, "There goes one of the most populous cubicle herd. Notice the way he holds the coffee cup firmly around the middle. The heat providing some of the only stimulation he'll receive today. See how he repeatedly presses the walk-signal button as if to hurry up the walk sign even though it only means he'll be returned that much sooner to the cage his cubicle provides. If you look real close you can see the furrow in his brow as he considers the solution to whatever problem is awaiting him back at his desk."

YKISW -- part II

...when you're out registering at Crate and Barrel. It was nice to find out that we have very similar tastes in design. We like it simple or disney. If it's both, that's a big plus. :-)

Bye Bye Birdie

As you may have heard go.com (Disney's web portal) has been directed to close up shop. The profitable stuff, such as ESPN.com and Disney.com will continue on, but the unprofitable, such as the old Infoseek group, will be laid off and sold for scrap where possible. This leaves me wondering what to do with my two pages that are hosted on the homepages section of Go.com. If they do close the homepages section I will need somewhere I can get a free 50 or so megs of space and a reasonalby priced domain name, I'd like to move my Barraged site there. The Laker's Victory Parade page can be moved to yahoo.geocities without much of a problem. But if I'm going to move Barraged, I only want to do it once and with a domain name so it's always easy to find.

You know it's serious when

You know it's serious when you're looking down at two good sized rocks and your girlfriend is trying on ring molds to see how they look. But I survived with only a minimum of perspiration. The ring should be ready soon. Better put my plan into action.