A Parently Not; Groundhog Day; Fat Tuesday

But first, a word from our sponsor: No really, here are some pics from the Winterfest weekend.

Dean in our room.

The pool

Dean and Tom in the hot tub

Beer can Pyramid!!!!!!!!!

Tom guards the pyramid

The guys on stage!

Lisa rides the bull

Warming by the Fire. See Mr. Froggy?

The winner of the ice sculpting

Skiing down the Mountain.

Here's me with the lead guitarist, Brett.

Like I said earlier, I wish every weekend could be like that!
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Have you seen the Geico commercial where the gecco is at the zoo or somewhere and the otter is eating clams? The gecco asks the otter if he is going to offer him any and gets no response as the otter finishes his meal and goes under water. The gecco says "Apparently not."

Well, there seems to be a rash of news reports in our area of child abuse cases.

The other day, Dean heard a story about a small child, a toddler, he thought, who had pulled the wires connected to an XBox and it fell from the top of the TV and broke. the child was severely beaten and taken to Childresn's. I don't know if he or she died. An XBox can be replaced. A child cannot. Today on the news, a 5 year old was reported as beaten because he didnot feed and water his hermit crab that was a pet. The marks and bruises were reported to authorities by the child's teacher. The child's mother was at work and her boyfriend was staying with the child. When he asked the child had he given the crab food or water that day and he replied no, he got a beating and had a sponge shoved in his mouth. No wonder there are so many children in foster care. The mothers/dads/boyfriends or whoever have all gone off on these kids for what reason? A $300 XBox? A $10.00 hermit crab? Can't they see that their children are worth more than these material things? A-Parent-Ly Not!

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Saturday was Groundhog Day. They reported that Phil saw his shadow and there will be 6 more weeks of winter! Someone explain to me how a groundhog sees his shadow, how he communicates that to the "officials" and that that determines 6 more weeks of winter! Of course there will be 6 more weeks of winter! It's February 2nd for crying out loud. Spring doesn't start until March 22nd! According to my calendar, that's about 7 weeks later!

And how does he see his shadow when the sun isn't even up yet? I think it was all a made up farce eons ago to get Punxatawney, PA known and a good excuse for a winter party! The sure do tie one on up there!

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King Cake by Bethel Bakery

And, finally, today is Fat Tuesday. The final day of Mardi Gras which means Fat Tuesday. At the office today, we had the traditional King Cake and some Pazki. (Pawchkey-a cream or jelly filled fried dough product. Like a fat, jelly filled donut) Tomorrow starts lent in which alot of people will indulge in Fish Fries every Friday, and will probably give up something as a personal sacrifice, like chocolate, alcoholic beverages, smoking, or some things of that nature. I have even heard people give up sex for lent! I have done some quick research, and it seems that there is no real religious significance to Lent, the sacrifices, or the consuming of fish. It seems that the fishermen back in the day were not doing so well selling their catches, so someone came up with the promotion to have parishoners eat fish on Fridays during Lent. The only connection that Lent has to the bible is that is starts X number of days before Good Friday, the day which Jesus was crucified. I thought it was supposed to be 40, but it doesn't work out to be that on our modern day calendars. But, they said Moses was 600 years old, too!

So, if you give something up, good luck with that, if you just like to indulge in the fish fries like Dean and I, then enjoy! Remember, Spring's on it's way!