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Well, we seem to have survived the Great Blizzard of 2011 (this one, anyway). The Dells got maybe 15 inches of total snow, spread out over 2+ days. The library is open today, but the bookmobile is not going out. So I have the day off to try to catch up on bookkeeping of another sort, balancing checkbooks and so on. South of here it was worse but the drifts are significant even here.
The bad news is that it may actually clear up enough for the groundhog to see its shadow, depending on when it pokes its head out. If early (as is the "official" viewing), no shadow and so a shorter winter. But if you have lazy groundhogs peering out this afternoon, that may signal the proverbial six more weeks of winter.
I realize it doesn't matter. But winter started early for us this year (December of last year, actually) with heavy snow and some days when the actual temps hit -20 (-29 C). So we are hoping that it will end early, too.
Easter, though, will be quite late this year -- April 24. That is not a promising sign! (The latest possible date -- by Western church tradition -- is April 25.)
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PS -- Answer to pop culture quiz: The song is performed in the film by the character of Nonnie, played by Carol Lynley, but is actually sung by a vocal double, Renee Armand. It appears twice, during a warm-up rehearsal and then later during the New Year's Eve party early in the film. The lyrics relate to the themes of the film, as a band of passengers survive the capsizing of the ship SS Poseidon and have to escape the sinking wreck.
3 comments:
No google- Maureen McDonald.
What'd I win?
Ah.. got to the end of your post and see that alas.. I was wrong. Dang I was pretty sure I had that one. I remember the song.
This was Maureen McDonald's first hit, although she did not sing it in the movie. I'll give you points for knowing who made it famous. You win a free meal at Michael and Tom's Home for Wayward Cats next time you are in the Dells.
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