I don't think my liver could survive another weekend like this.

I was looking out my office window and saw a bald eagle flying and landing near the river. Awesome sight.

Thomas - that is so cool! I've only seen a bald eagle once - in southeastern TN.

<<<---sees a bald eagle on the drive home every now and then...

JWills..make a note...never go after a WOODchuck with a WOODen object!

MattB...I am delirious laughing at the thought of you running around inside a teeny little soffit area chasing a raccoon. What are you...like 4" tall or something?

Well Joker, it was one of many things---there was a rake, a golf club, a sled, a piece of molding, basically anything that was long enough to slide under the truck to try to get him out.

use your arm, chicken

Funny peepers, real funny!! And yes, I was chicken.

It reminds me of the other day when we caught a possum in a trap instead of a cat here at work...that was one mad possum...it was scary freeing him from the trap...and holding our breath that he went in the opposite direction instead of taking his frustrations out on us.

I am sure we were VERY comical looking!!

No, it was me on a ladder going back and forth from one end of the garage to the other with a pair of sticks, trying to herd him to a corner so I could trap him in it and force him out of the soffit area. That didn't happen. He was too small and too quick! Never once hissed at me or anything though, was just scared. If I'd had good enough gloves, I bet I could've drug him out of there, but my wife said if I got rabies she was going to put me down

One day your adorable little pup will be big enough to take care of all of these things.

--except skunks. Not skunks.

Or porcupines.

Why would anyone want a skunk Or porcupine puppy in the first place

BB1 can verify that lots of folks like having skunks as pets. They have the glands that release the stinky stuff removed by a vet.

Note to self: keep away from the vets in OK.

The internet is weird. I was reading an article linked to in one of our other threads, and at the bottom was a group of links to other articles. The one that caught my eye was,

"St. Louis Missouri's Best Beaches and Lakes."

Now, if you've visited St. Louis, you know there's no beach. The waterfront is paved with cobblestones. In high water, they disappear. When the river's low, you'll get run over if you try to sunbathe, because people park there. It's just as well there's no beach, because if someone decided to go swimming, they'd be fished out of the river in Vicksburg, MS, if the giant catfish didn't get them first.

So, I had to click the link. They gave a map that pointed to two parks. The first, in the middle of town, has no beach or lake, but it does have a pool. It also has the River Des Peres (duh pear) flowing though it, but as anyone knows, that's just a ditch for rainwater runoff. No beach.

The other park is way out in the sticks, and is all woods. No lake no beach.

The article was sponsored by AARP, so maybe the writers have dementia.

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A barking dog wouldn't fit into the soffit area either! He's already too big to get in there. A small army of dagger-toothed puppies would be more effective. Go my minions, nip and tear anything that gets in your way! Muah. Muahaha. Muahahahahahahaha!

I may get to see my aunt when I'm in Ohio the end of this month.

At least it's not snowing there anymore!

Wait... it's not snowing there anymore, right??

My son may be making an offer on his first house this week. It's too big and needs a lot of updating, but only about 1/2 mile from where he teaches. Right now he drives 40 miles one way.

IT issues are making me stabby.

A little funny for the day, from a management team meeting where they're talking about this Fall's exam.

"They can't possibly find anything on the scale of what they found last year." Oh you silly silly people. I hope you are happy being served those words back to you in a few months!

Ok, I have to admit--I just finished eating some grapes. BUT they were paid for before I even tried one! I had some last night and this is the first thing that came to mind. I would have felt like I was sneaking behind everyone's back!

Today is my Friday. Off until next Wednesday. I should at a pool or on the beach by lunch tomorrow. I'm only packing 2 pairs of socks and they are both for running.