It’s Friday! Well, according to a Pennsylvania Dutch superstition, if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on February 2nd and sees its shadow, it will retreat to its den and winter will go on for six more weeks. If it does not see its shadow, then spring will arrive early. I don’t know where you live, but here in Illinois it’s pretty safe to say that no matter what that oversized rodent sees, we’ve got six to eight weeks *minimum* of winter remaining. So, Punxsutawney Phil can suck it.

In honor of Groundhog Day, Lay’s released a new commercial featuring Stephen Tobolowsky from the Groundhog Day film. I also have the Groundhog Day Jeep commercial (below) that Bill Murray did in 2020. Both are funny, but the Bill Murray one is best.

It’s been a long wait but Nascar is back this Sunday with the first preseason race! Bring on the LA Coliseum!

And that should do it for today. Oh, I almost forgot—it’s Friday, so the babes and jokes are doubled! (Actually, the jokes are more than doubled!)

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It’s Thursday. We live in an ever increasingly strange world. Back in the day, the crazy people remained in the shadows. These days, enabled by social media, they have the ability to push their conspiracy theories into the mainstream. It’s one after the other, each one more outrageous than the next. Apparently the upcoming Superbowl and Taylor Swift are at the center of the latest. And this one may even involve witchcraft!

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It’s Wednesday. Yikes. This is a scary dashcam video from an incident that took place on January 18th in Oklahoma. Highway Patrol trooper Jesse Gregory had pulled over a driver on I-40 at Cimarron Road. While speaking with him, a distracted driver suddenly veered off the road and struck the driver’s SUV, violently throwing trooper Gregory into the brush. Amazingly, no one was seriously hurt, but the video serves as a strong warning against distracted driving. And remember, in both the United States and Canada, it is required by law to slow down and or move over for all vehicles displaying emergency lights. Be safe and keep your eyes on the road, guys.

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