Festival season is gearing up already! Who needs spring weather? Well, okay, it would help in some cases, like the Smithsonian Kite Festival taking place this weekend around the Washington Monument, or the 2010 World Pooh Sticks Championship going on in Oxfordshire. Farther south, Tattoofest is happening in Tampa Bay, and the annual Tenessee Williams Literary Festival gets going in New Orleans.

The Tokyo International Anime Fair doesn't need nice weather, because everyone will be happily indoors watching anime. So there's that, at least.

If you are inside and more interested in spooky goings-on, you could sign up for the Koestler Parapsychology Unit's online course in parapsychology! It starts in April, so you still have time. Alternatively, you could just color in some cryptids. (Please note that the Loveland Frog is included among the cryptids. My hometown is famous. Sort of.)