The December Solstice used to mark the mid winter point, at least in northern European cultures (as with the June Solstice being mid summer). Groundhog Day has its origins in Candlemas, one of the old cross-quarter days, the days coming midway between the solstices and equinoxes. By February 2nd, those ancient peoples were pretty much getting tired with the dark and cold of winter and were hoping for an early return of spring warmth, what is meant by the “early spring”. But, as the old saying associated with Candelmas goes, “If Candlemas dawn be bright and clear, then six more weeks of winter for the year” (may not be exactly like that).
At school he’s forced into doing stuff he finds boring and doesn’t want to do, like math problems and regurgitating history facts, and always following strict rules. He sees it as being a prisoner, as reflected in many of the Spaceman Spiff strips, where he’s trapped on an alien planet (school) being threatened by an alien overlord (Miss Wormwood).
Yep, the “figure” part of figure skating was tracing out patterns on the ice. Was a major part of competitive figure skating for decades before being removed in the early ’80s. When it was still included in the Olympics, I remember it was nevr shown live or in full, just “highlights” were shown involving the top medal contenders.
The closest thing to a flying car today is a single-engine light propeller plane like a Cessna 182. The sci-fi ones that are desired use, well, sci-fi handwavium magic to work, which doesn’t exist.
I wonder how practical or feasible it would be to make a large car-shaped drone powered by electric ducted fans capable of lifting a person.
In the August 13, 2003 verion, she is wearing a white t-shirt, so these burps of the color strips aren’t even the same as the originals or earlier reruns.
The December Solstice used to mark the mid winter point, at least in northern European cultures (as with the June Solstice being mid summer). Groundhog Day has its origins in Candlemas, one of the old cross-quarter days, the days coming midway between the solstices and equinoxes. By February 2nd, those ancient peoples were pretty much getting tired with the dark and cold of winter and were hoping for an early return of spring warmth, what is meant by the “early spring”. But, as the old saying associated with Candelmas goes, “If Candlemas dawn be bright and clear, then six more weeks of winter for the year” (may not be exactly like that).