I’m trying to deal with an online renewal and it is taking forever.
Click, load, spinning wheel, error.
Click, load, spinning wheel, error.
Click, load, spinning wheel, error.
Over and over again. It’s like it’s Groundhog Day.
I check the calendar. Wait, it actually is Groundhog Day!
Here’s some holiday history (and a little movie-related fun).
Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund’sau dåk, Grundsaudaag, Grundsow Dawg, Murmeltiertag; Nova Scotia: Daks Day)[1] is a popular North American tradition observed in the United States and Canada on February 2. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrows on this day and sees its shadow due to clear weather, it will retreat to its den and winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow because of cloudiness, spring will arrive early.
While the tradition remains popular in the 21st century, studies have found no consistent association between a groundhog seeing its shadow and the subsequent arrival time of spring-like weather.[2]
Groundhog Day- the perfect comedy, for ever | Groundhog Day | The Guardian
“What’s so remarkable about it,” Jones observes over a pint in a north London pub, “is that normally when you’re writing a screenplay you try to avoid repetition. And that’s the whole thing here, it’s built on repetition. That’s so bold.”
Whatever is happening in your day, I hope it’s a good one!
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J.R. Johnson 
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