In 2013, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union
address will occur on the same day. This is an ironic juxtaposition of events.
One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature
of little intelligence for prognostication.
The other involves a groundhog.
Cocktail Party Syndrome: sociable, talkative, pseudo intelligent,
and speaking in a seemingly erudite fashion on subjects about which they have
no true understanding. Formally known as Williams
syndrome (WS or WMS; also Williams–Beuren syndrome or WBS. Odd date coincidence
with the year we think Obama was born. Williams
syndrome was first described by Dr. J.C.P. Williams and his colleagues in 1961.
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