Famed weather prognosticator (hey...his track record is no worse than the guys on network TV) Punxsutawney Phil failed, for the first time since 1999, to see his shadow this morning, thereby offering a prediction of an early spring. (We got that already...it was called the early winter...my crocuses started coming up in December.)

But every good prediction needs corroboration, so it's good to know that two Canadian prognosticators, also both of the Marmota monax genus and species, Wiarton Willie of Wiarton, Ontario and Shubenacadie Sam of Nova Scotia, also failed to see their shadows.

That's a consensus. Almost time to get the blender and margarita mix out.

TES