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Racoons are quite cute -- we once had two babies in the tree outside our kitchen window. Apparently their Mommy had left them there to sleep through the day, but they decided to explore instead. They came down the tree and found the bowl of water I'd left out for the ducks that visited our yard each day. I came out the front door to snap a photo and after I'd gone back in they came right up to the door and started scratching on the door. Apparently they wanted to come in and see what the house looked like. Eventually they scooted around into my backyard and from there into the neighbors' yards (I heard several of my neighbors shooing them away). Cute as can be, but apparently very, very nasty when they become adults.

Here's what I hope doesn't happen:

Saddam escapes to Syria, forcing Bush to give Syria an ultimatum. The "Arab street" erupts with an anger never before seen. Iran & the rest of the Muslim world pledge to support Syria. The UN attempts to remain neutral, but is eventually forced by the majority of the world's population to stand against US aggression. Support from the British & Australians flounders, and the "coalition of the willing" is reduced to one country. Martial law in the United States.

I'm a 37 year old female... 5'9", 130 lbs., brown hair and brown eyes. I like to read, go for long walks, watch movies, eat at restaurants, cook, and travel. I am an optimist that loves people (most of the time) and I'm usually up for a good discussion

The boss just brought me a pile of work because our resident slacker called in sick again. She has told various co-workers that she intends to use every sick day available to her - up to the point where they start docking your pay... so far she's averaging about one sick day a week. This in addition to the 3 weeks of vacation she gets! God, don't get me started about this woman...

My dad's ashes are inurned at Arlington. Before his service, my mom had talked the band into playing "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" among other more traditional numbers. It created an odd situation - lots of people chuckled, and then felt really embarrassed. It was great - Dad wouldn't have wanted us to be too somber.

The Cheap Detective. I laughed so much I missed a lot of the dialogue and stayed to see it again. What a cast! Madeleine Kahn, Eileen Brennan, Marsha Mason, Peter Falk, James Coco , Dom Deluise, etc. Louise Fletcher and Fernando Lamas as Ilsa and Fernando Lamas as Laszlo ifrom Casablanca were hilarious, as were Ann-Margret and Sid Caesar as husband and wife. And Madeleine Kahns' la la la la la la la rendition of La Vie en Rose was a classic. The In-laws. Peter Falk again, but this time with Alan Arkin as a dentist unwillingly drawn into iPeter Falk's spy escapades. "Serpentine, serpentine Max", Peter Falk yelled, and Alan Arkin awkwardly tried to do just that while bullets were being fired at him from every direction. That scene was priceless