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A Lesson from Groundhog Day
By Mike Chirveno

The movie, not the annual event in Punxsutawney, PA. Most of you have seen the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray and Andie McDowell. I asked AI to summarize it. A cynical TV weatherman, Phil Connors, finds himself trapped in a time loop, reliving Groundhog Day endlessly in Punxsutawney, PA. Slowly, repeated failure and despair force…

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