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Does anyone believe in groundhog day? That when the rodent comes out of his hole… he/she can actually predict when winter is gonna end? I know its just a fun bit… but there are people that take it seriously.
This morning, no shadows for Willie and Sam.
Canada’s furry forecasters are calling for an early spring as
Ontario’s Wiarton Willie and Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam failed to see their shadows.
However Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil is calling for six more weeks of winter.
Environment Canada warned this fall to expect colder-than-normal temperatures in the north and west.
But the past few months have brought balmy weather peppered with a few cold snaps in most of the country.
So if you’ve been waiting for the Groundhogs predictions… here ya go. Oh yeah…. and get a life!!!

A bit of a surprise, as figure skater Patrick Chan has been named Canada’s Male Athlete of the Year. He becomes just the third figure skater to ever win the Lionel Conacher Award, joining Elvis Stojko and Kurt Browning.
At first I thought “Patrick Chan?” But he did have a good 2011, with an undefeated season, including winning his first world title. The 20-year-old was the overwhelming winner in the agency’s balloting of sports editors and broadcasters from across the country.
Second in the balloting was tennis player Milos Raonic, followed by U-F-C star Georges St-Pierre, Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto and skier Erik Guay.

This is too drunk:
ESPN has fired hockey analyst Matthew Barnaby after the former NHL player was charged with drunken driving for driving erratically in an SUV that was MISSING A FRONT TIRE in suburban Buffalo.
In an email sent to The Associated Press on Monday, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz says the network informed Barnaby that his contract was terminated “effective immediately.”
The decision was made a day after Erie County sheriffs said Barnaby was driving a Porsche Cayenne with front-end damage and a sparking rim in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence, where he lives. Barnaby was arrested after failing field sobriety tests and refusing a breath test.
The 38-year-old had his license revoked and was given tickets to appear in Clarence Town Court. His lawyer wasn’t immediately available to comment.

I’ve always said, one of the worst things a person can ever do…. is go in an office lottery pool. Its like the mob, once you get in, you can never get out.
Well a red deer man knows what I’m talking about today. Dave Johnston is kicking himself for pulling out of a lottery pool that’s about to cash in a lucky ticket for 30 million dollars. He was one of the instructor at Red Deer College, who USED to play regularly with the school’s plumbing teachers, but pulled out over a year ago.
Seven of the plumbers won last week’s Lotto 6-49 jackpot and are to be officially introduced at a news conference Friday.
Johnston says he was happy to learn his co-workers were new millionaires. He says he’s not upset, and his family isn’t blaming him either — it’s just one of those things.
Yeah… but thats tough.

So me and my lovely girlfriend Tracy went out for supper at a restaurant Saturday night. I can’t say which one… but Southside, one name, good burgers. Anywho… Tracy cuts into her Burger, and right away both of us see a long hair, cooked right into the burger!!!
Tracy doesn’t want to say anything, but I do. Gotta let them know right? Waitress was disgusted… yet surprised because, she says, all their cooks have shaved heads. THAT MAKES IT WORSE!!!
Now she offers to take it back and get a new one, but no one ever does that. We’re not gonna sit there for another 20 minutes while they cook a new one, which this time may have SPIT in it. (I’ve seen “Waiting”)
The worst part of the whole ordeal is the waitress, and maybe here manager if she told him, did NOTHING about it. Comp Tracy’s meal, free dessert… anything. Instead, we got nothing. And that restaurant, just lost our business.

Big day today. Our population reaches 7 Billion. The whole world… 7 Billion people!!!
Some woman in, odds say, India or China, will give birth to the world’s 7 Billionth baby. You know how, when city’s have the first baby born of the New Year, they give them prizes and such? Well what does the 7 Billionth baby IN THE WORLD get? A new car? Diapers for life? Should be something cool.
The United Nations says the world’s population will reach eight billion by 2025 and 10 billion by 2083.

Canada is set to unveil its new currency… and not everyone is on board.
The plastic money is due to go into circulation next month and it could get a giggle from a few people.
A focus group was asked recently to look at the money, and give their feedback.
Some mistook a strand of D-N-A on the 100-dollar bill for a sex toy, and most thought the see-through window on the notes is shaped like a woman’s body.
Some looked into the portholes of a Canadian icebreaker and saw a skull and crossbones staring back at them.
I wasn’t excited about our new money… I am now!

Police in Abbotsford, B.C.are investigating a strange attack on a seven-year-old boy in the local Costco store.
The boy was in the washroom while his father waited outside with another child.
Police say the youngster was in a bathroom stall when another boy, estimated to be about 10, crawled under the stall, assaulted the boy and bit him on the lip.
The bite was severe enough that the young victim needed stitches. Police are still looking for the 10 year-old boy.
Who does this? My boy Jaret is 7 and if any kid did this to him… especially one he didn’t know, I’d lose it. The kid crawls UNDER the bathroom stall to bite a kid he DOESN’T KNOW!!
Vigilante justice on a 10 year-old? Well maybe not… but still!!!

I know I know, not everyone’s excited about the start of the MLB playoffs. I am.
The Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals completed a pair of amazing late-season comebacks, late Wednesday night. The Rays coming back and winning in extra innings and the Cardinals… all but out of it 1 month ago, going to the playoffs.
The Rays captured the American League wild card and the Cards claimed the National League wild card with a rout of Houston.
Playoffs start Friday. I like Detroit and T-Bay… Philly and Milwaukee. Gooooo Blue Jays. Oh, crap

HOW TO WIN ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS (Modern Man)

1. Expect a beginner to start with rock: New Scientist magazine conducted a study in 2007 concluding that rock was most commonly played first. Why rock? We assume it’s because it’s a fist, which is undeniably more badass than an open-hand slap (paper) or angry pointing (scissors). So lead off with paper when playing anyone you think isn’t a student of the game.

2. Start with scissors against an expert: Scissors can be a savvy first move when competing against a veteran. He may very well know rock is most common and so throw something else — quite likely paper. If you throw scissors, you win. If he throws scissors, you tie. In cases of a stalemate, throw the same thing the next round.

3. Read your opponent’s mind: After the average player ties or loses, he’s likely to subconsciously throw whatever would have beat his last throw. So if he played paper and lost, expect scissors next. Your play: rock.

4. Play the odds: If someone tosses the same thing twice, don’t expect it again. If, for example, your opponent threw rock twice in a row, your next play should be scissors — at best it wins if he plays paper, at worst it ties if he plays scissors.

5. When in doubt, throw paper: According to the World RPS Society, Scissors gets played only 29.6 percent of the time, not 33.3 percent like you might expect. So with rock being the most popular and scissors being the least popular, paper is your best bet if you have no idea what to throw based on the other tips.