Category Archives: Humor

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?

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Ok, what’s going on with groundhogs? I’ve had over 60 people search for the term groundhog and end up on my site in the last two months. I noticed it around Mole Day and thought people were confusing groundhogs with moles.

However it is continuing — even more so since Mole Day as the above chart indicates.

If you search google images for the term groundhog, the first image that comes up is one that is on my server — one I blatantly stole from the Internet for a post about Groundhog Day (the day — not the movie), so I suppose people are just searching for images of groundhogs.

But why?

I think it is a conspiracy. Or groundhogs are going to take over the world. Or maybe we should invest in groundhogs. What do you think it means?

On the Eve of Mole Day

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Did you know that tomorrow is Mole Day? Well, I didn’t, but because I get cced on some emails that are sent by my kids’ teachers, I know now. Whew, almost missed it!

Apparently Mole Day was started in 1991 by a high school chemistry teacher from Wisconsin.  They are weird in Wisconsin!

I don’t know what a mole is — really. I gather it is a unit of measurement used in chemistry. Because my high school counselor advised me to not take chemistry since I was going to be an elementary school teacher, I didn’t take chemistry and therefore didn’t learn about moles. I read the notes and watched the PowerPoint slides that my son’s chemistry teacher has online but I don’t get it. I skimmed the Wikipedia entries about moles and mole day and I don’t get it. Something to do with 1023. And a crown.

I’m thinking of rereading Wind in the Willows — after all, it is the year of the Rat so Mole Day 2008 should be Wind in the Willows themed.

So, how will you celebrate Mole Day?