Yesterday, the Super Bowl, which is usually a bit boring, was about as exciting as it can get. My hero Kurt Warner fell a little short of winning, but oh my what a game. Don’t you love cliffhangers?
Phil Roethlisberger, quarterback for the winning Pittsburgh Steelers team, was Pennsylvania’s most famous Phil for only about twelve hours. Punxsutawney Phil trumped him this morning. The famous groundhog saw his shadow. Bad news. Six more weeks of Winter.
How in the world did we get such a ridiculous holiday as groundhog day anyway? Wikipedia says it can be traced back to at least the 1700s as part of German weather lore. This answer doesn’t satisfy me. Surely there’s more to this than meets the eye. Pardon the pun, Phil.
Humor helps. Pilot/mechanic talk. Evidence of leak on right main landing gear; Evidence removed. DME volume unbelievably loud; DME volume set to more believable level. IFF inoperable in OFF mode; IFF always inoperative in OFF mode. Suspected crack in windshield; Suspect you’re right.
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