Concerning 33 Or Perhaps Groundhogs Day

Yes, a day early on Groundhogs Day, but it's always better to be early than late to the party. And speaking of numbers, 33 is related to that day as well:

February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.

Of course more eyes will be placed on Punxsutawney Phil than on a calendar:

In western countries in the Northern Hemisphere the official first day of Spring is about six weeks after Groundhog Day, on March 20 or 21. About 1,000 years ago, before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar when the date of the equinox drifted in the Julian calendar, the spring equinox fell on March 16 instead. This was exactly six weeks after February 2. Assuming that the equinox marked the first day of spring in certain medieval cultures, as it does now in western countries, Groundhog Day occurred exactly six weeks before spring. Therefore, if the groundhog saw his shadow on Groundhog Day there would be six more weeks of winter. If he didn't, there would be 42 more days of winter. In other words, the Groundhog Day tradition may have begun as a bit of folk humor.

Yes, sometimes humor and sometimes horror. See, maybe there is a reason to be telling this to you now. You never know what might happen tomorrow. Will there be a shadow? Or will Winter be on its way out? Or will Punxsutawney Phil stay at home and order a Starbucks Venti Latte? Who knows. We'll all have to wait. Well, at least most of us.

Oh, and by the way, rabbit, rabbit.