Happy Marmot Day!

We don’t know what rodent you folks celebrate in the Lower 48, but in Alaska today is officially Marmot Day. And while the question of  whether or not we’ll have six more weeks of winter is generally laughable in a state where you’re not allowed to complain unless it’s still snowing in May, today is looking mighty spring-like in this corner of the Last Frontier. For those of you curious about the origin and purpose of Marmot Day, there is an amusing Wikipedia entry detailing Senate Bill 58, and how it came to be. Senate Bill 58, sponsored by Sen. Linda…