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Ways to have fun on Groundhog Day

Friday, 27 January 2012 00:00 Mike Benny 2010

Groundhog day

Groundhog day is February 2nd. Mike's top five ways to have fun on Groundhog Day.
#5. Shovel away the 4 inches of snow from around the hole entrance. If you live in the Hart, shovel away the 14 feet of snow from around the hole.
#4. Go around the office all day making crude jokes about seeing 'Willy's shadow.'
#3. Go around telling everyone that Whiarton Willy did not see his shadow again last year - because he's been dead for 11 years.
#2. Get up on the morning, put on your Wookie costume, run around the backyard screaming “me shadow, me shadow, I can'ts finds me shadow”.
#1. A pile of fake fur on the kitchen floor, a large box of Groundhog Helper on the counter and let the kids figure it out for themselves.

Famous birthdays - January 27th

Friday, 27 January 2012 00:00 Mike Benny Birthdays

Bridget Fonda Actress you've never heard of. 5' 9". Got her start with appearances on Hill Street Blues, Magnun PI in the 80's. She played Special Agent Diana Fowley on x-Files in the 90's. Mimi Rogers 56

Actor. He is a regular on 24. He was the president in Sum of all Fears. He is the tallest actor to every be nominated for an Academy Award. He was the farmer in Babe. James Cromwell 72

Actress. 5' 6". She was named after her aunt. She was offered the lead role on Alley McBeal but turned it down to do movies. She had a walk-on role as a small child in Easy Rider in 1969. She was an assassin in Point of No Return. Best known for her role in Single White Female with Jennifer Jason Leigh. Bridget Fonda 48

Tips for writing high school exams

Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:00 Mike Benny 2011

Shhhh from the archives.. This is exam week for high schoolers. There are lots of people offering advice on how to prepare and write exams. Here's more! Mike's top five other tips for writing high school exams.
#5. It's hardly ever “D”.
#4. If you finish earlier than the others, start worrying that maybe you got the wrong test or you didn't get all the pages.
#3. Remember if 'eenie, meanie, miney, moe' doesn't seem to be working, there's always 'the force'.
#2. They never write the answers on the ceiling, but it's a good idea to look for them there if you're stuck, just in case.
#1. A well lit gymnasium or exam room is not the best environment for the power of the Ouija pencil.

Famous birthdays - January 26th

Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:00 Mike Benny Birthdays

Ellen DeGeneres Actress. 5' 7". She was in the 2009 remake of Fame and she plays a dancer in No String Attached (Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher). Kherington Payne 22

Hockey player. Nickname: The Great One. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 19-99. Number 99. Wayne Gretzky 51

Actress. Comedian. TV personality. She played a doctor on an episode of Roseanne in 1995. Nominated for three Golden Globes. She was Dory in Finding Nemo. Ellen DeGeneres 54

Famous birthdays - January 25th

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 00:00 Mike Benny Birthdays

Robbie Burns Actress. 5' 1". She won a Razzie for her work in The Hottie and The Nottie. On TV's Step by Step (Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers) she was Alicia in all 159 episodes. Christine Lakin 33

Singer. 5' 6". Born Alicia Cook. Began playing piano at the age of seven. She got a small part on the Cosby Show when she was four (as a slumber party guest). She won five Grammy awards in one night in 2002. Alicia Keys 31

Scottish poet. Left handed. Had rheumatoid arthritis at a young age. Wrote Auld Lang Syne. In 2009 he was voted the greatest Scot of all time. Robbie Burns 252

Famous birthdays - January 24th

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:00 Mike Benny Birthdays

Actress. 5' 6”. She shared an apartment with Demi Moore in the 80's. She won a Golden Globe for her role of Tess. Nastassja Kinski 52

Actress. 5' 9”. She was the “It” Girls for 2003. Good friends with Nicole Richie. She is best known as Marissa in The OC. Mischa Barton 26

Singer. 5' 11”. He seriously considered using Noah Kaminsky as his stage name, but decided to use his real name. He will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March. Neil Diamond 71

Famous birthdays - January 23rd

Monday, 23 January 2012 00:00 Mike Benny Birthdays

Tiffani Thiessen (Yesterday) Actress. In 1973 she was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in The Exorcist. Nine years later she was nominated for a Razzie for Worst Actress for her performance in Hell Night. Linda Blair 53

(Yesterday) Singer. Songwriter. Born with the name Stephen Ray Pereira. On his 12th birthday he got a gold necklace which he still wears for good luck. Best known as the lead singer of Journey. Steve Perry 63

Actress. Nickname: Tiff. Close friends with actress Jennie Garth. She got her big break as Kelly Kapowski in Saved By The Bell. Best known as Valarie on Beverly Hills 90210. Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Tiffani Thiessen) 38

Tons of snow AND it's still snowing #princegeorge

Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:01 Mike Benny 2011

from the 2011 archive...

20cm of snow on the ground this morning and it's still snowing AND it's going to get really windy later today. Nice! Top five things you might be thinking this morning.
#5. "Accu this! Snowpocalypse!" or "Accu your face! Snowpocalypse!"
#4. I sure hope it doesn't get really windy on top of this.
#3. I hope that guy in front of me knows where he's going, cause all I see is taillights.
#2. Com Scan has detected an energy field producing large amounts of snow in an area of the sixth planet of the Hoth System.
#1. Where's Fluffy? Did someone let Fluffy outside?