Why We Have A February 29 Leap Year Explained

Here's why we have a Leap Year today.

Hat Tip via Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish

Everything and More You Ever Wanted To Know About Groundhog Day - Mixed Messages From Staten Island Chuck and Punxsutawney Phil On Coming Of Spring

You Tube Video Explaining Ground Hog Day Via Daily Dish

According to DNA Info:

... Staten Island Chuck promised an early spring Thursday, even as his Pennsylvania buddy Punxsutawney Phil saw winter stretching another six weeks.

"We've been lucky this year," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who participated in the annual tradition at the Staten Island Zoo. "Very little snow."

The mayor got through the festivities without injury — not like in 2009, when Chuck took a bite of his finger.

If I get bit again," the mayor said before picking up Chuck, "I have actually promised my girlfriend I would bite back."...

Mixed messages from the Ground Hogs so we don't know if spring will arrive soon or winter will remain although based upon the weather to date, we have not had much of a winter.

Happy Ground Hog Day!!!