Comments on: Groundhog Day http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/ musings, thoughts, and writings of Barbara W. Klaser Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.3-beta1 Comment on Groundhog Day by: violetismycolor http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-13075 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:56:51 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-13075 So what did that little groundhog have to say about us? I hope winter is over now. So what did that little groundhog have to say about us? I hope winter is over now.

]]> Comment on Groundhog Day by: Reenie http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-13022 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:16:20 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-13022 Fun post - thanks! Like Eric, Groundhog Day is my all time most favorite movie. So rich with life lessons. Fun post - thanks! Like Eric, Groundhog Day is my all time most favorite movie. So rich with life lessons.

]]> Comment on Groundhog Day by: Sarah http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-13019 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:29:58 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-13019 Of all the fun/funky "holidays" Groundhog Day is one that I never notice or observe. Not any more, anyway. When I lived in Connecticut, it was always a topic of conversation, speculation, and comment--maybe because the weather in Connecticut was so changeable, you never knew when spring had truly arrived, or were you just having an especially slushy winter. Don't miss that part of New England at all, at all. Of all the fun/funky “holidays” Groundhog Day is one that I never notice or observe. Not any more, anyway. When I lived in Connecticut, it was always a topic of conversation, speculation, and comment–maybe because the weather in Connecticut was so changeable, you never knew when spring had truly arrived, or were you just having an especially slushy winter. Don’t miss that part of New England at all, at all.

]]> Comment on Groundhog Day by: cassie-b http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-12990 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:17:37 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-12990 Thanks for the history. It was very interesting. But in recent times I find that no matter is the groundhog sees his shadow, we still get 6 more weeks of winter. Thanks for the history. It was very interesting. But in recent times I find that no matter is the groundhog sees his shadow, we still get 6 more weeks of winter.

]]> Comment on Groundhog Day by: Eric Mayer http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-12983 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:47:59 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-12983 Yes, interesting. I was trying to sort this stuff out the other day. I enjoy Groundhog Day, even if, in the northeast, there are always six weeks more of winter, no matter what he says. The movie is one of the greatest sf movies of all time, of course. Yes, interesting. I was trying to sort this stuff out the other day. I enjoy Groundhog Day, even if, in the northeast, there are always six weeks more of winter, no matter what he says. The movie is one of the greatest sf movies of all time, of course.

]]> Comment on Groundhog Day by: Ken http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-12979 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:32:59 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2008/02/02/groundhog-day/#comment-12979 You mean Groundhog Day, the movie, and the story of getting caught up in a time loop, wasn't religious? Didn't the android <a href="http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~felluga/syn24Ag00.html" title="Star Trek The Next Generation, Cause and Effect, 3333, cards" alt="Star Trek The Next Generation, Cause and Effect, 3333, cards">Data, in Star Trek TNG, the episode apparently titled Cause and Effect</a>, also get caught in a similar repeating time loop, also disastrous, and eventually sent a message to himself through time by somehow shuffling the cards non-randomly (3333)? Another <i>fantastic</i> story, though slightly harder to pull into the Groundhog Day topic. Perhaps those two stories were essentially the same, except for the theme or template, and costumes used. I wonder if royalties went to the same writer in each separate case? Or if more than one writer, or team of writers (sorry, don't know how TV writing works), were mirroring each other in a <i>shadowy</i> game of one-up&#8211;ship. And of course, the groundhog popped his head out of his burrow, lo ... looked and beheld not only his own shadow, but the many shadows of reality, mirroring light playing with dark through its looking-glass lens. The time loop repeated yet again. You mean Groundhog Day, the movie, and the story of getting caught up in a time loop, wasn’t religious?

Didn’t the android Data, in Star Trek TNG, the episode apparently titled Cause and Effect, also get caught in a similar repeating time loop, also disastrous, and eventually sent a message to himself through time by somehow shuffling the cards non-randomly (3333)?

Another fantastic story, though slightly harder to pull into the Groundhog Day topic. Perhaps those two stories were essentially the same, except for the theme or template, and costumes used.

I wonder if royalties went to the same writer in each separate case? Or if more than one writer, or team of writers (sorry, don’t know how TV writing works), were mirroring each other in a shadowy game of one-up–ship.

And of course, the groundhog popped his head out of his burrow, lo … looked and beheld not only his own shadow, but the many shadows of reality, mirroring light playing with dark through its looking-glass lens. The time loop repeated yet again.

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