is it over?

I'm concerned... the many various "official" harbingers of spring and the end of winter are in disagreement. Schubenacadie Sam, Punxsutawney Phil, Wiarton Willy, Gary the Groundhog, Brandon Bob and Balzac Billy might want to converse before giving their verdict. Maybe we should figure out the average instead of looking for consensus... If only those rodents could get it together and let me know WHEN I can start planting my rice paddy!!!! I'm going to tweak the local rink's zamboni and to harvest the rice. It's not that I'm afraid of a little hard manual labour (*snickers and winks*)... but what if there are spiders and frogs in the field? 16,978,230,250 grains of rice have been donated as of February 1st... astounding isn't it? If you want to see where the rice that was donated with your hard earned vocab points ended up visit Free Rice, play and check out the video at the bottom right of the game. It's enough to warm my heart and hopefully melt the dumping of snow we got yesterday. Of course, watching Jonny Lang also turns up the heat! Ladies and Gentlemen, Jonny performing "Groundhog Day with Double Trouble... Love you all more than my luggage! Hugs, smooches and gropes!