The day after Groundhog Day I posted an image of me as Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog who predicts whether we'll have another six weeks of winters or an early spring. Apparently the weather-predicting animal was originally a badger in Germany. When the German settlers arrived in Pennsylvania, they couldn't find many badgers so they switched to the more plentiful groundhog population. It is probably a good thing because if Punxsutawney Phil was a badger, not too many people in top hats and overcoats would be hoisting him up in the air without losing an eye or half their face. Badgers are pretty ill-tempered creatures.
That being said, here's me now as Punxsutawney Tim.
I have to say, I make a pretty ill-tempered looking groundhog, too.
