Winter returns

For those of you outside the local area, Phil is being redeemed by the
coldest days of this winter so far and what looks as if it will turn
into about a foot of snow out here on the mountain outside
Punxsutawney. BTW, we'll be adding more Phil statues as soon as the
weather permits but right now visibility just isn't good enough.

Phil's Warning Ignored!

Apparently at least the bird brains are ignoring Phil's GHD warning of
6 more weeks of winter because yesterday I saw a flight of Canadian
geese heading north over the ranch.

Anyone else having trouble with PC Exploration gas?

I have seen their gas well tenders leave gates open or only partially
closed in fields with livestock, endangering the animals.

If anyone else is experiencing trouble of this nature with them please
contact me.

Just FYI, there are hundreds of cases of flu for every one confirmed in a hospital by lab tests

PA one of 11 states with widespread flu

Despite the warm weather and mild winter, the flu is here in
Pennsylvania, in fact, this is one of the 11 states hard hit or
reported as "Widespread" last week.

The government site publishing statistics,
http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?A=171&Q=246529,

reports that there have been 6 confirmed cases in each of Jefferson
and Indiana counties as well as 3 in Clearfield county.

Unfortunately, the flu shots aren't for exactly this strain but it
will provide some protection and shots are still available.

Despite the nonsense about terrorism and poisoned Halloween candy
(urban legend, never happened), the simple flu kills more than 35,000
people in the U.S. every year!
(The bird flu which probably will hit us in the next few years, would
kill hundreds of thousands since it is almost 90% fatal.

Yet people worry about the silliest things which have almost no chance
of happening to them.

You can see the CDC flu data at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/.

Get your flu shot dummy.

Six More Weeks of Winter

Despite persistant 100% cloud cover over all of the area, Phil somehow
was frightened by his shadow (perhaps all the TV lights?) and dove
back into hibernation thus predicting 6 more weeks of winter.
The action moves to downtown Punxsutawney for the rest of the event.

Heads up - after GHD I will publish information on attending an Ivy league college for free.

That's right, Harvard (been there, done that), and other Ivy League
schools offer free tuition (not scholarships) to good students from
families with incomes under about $40,000 per year. I'll be posting
details after the big weekend.

It has to be the best deal in higher education.

I don't suffer fools gladly but I sometimes gladly let fools suffer. - jm