Back in 1995, I was sharing an apartment which had an outdoor entry (stairwell open to the air although recessed to prevent being rained on). One night after work, I came home after dark to find a raccoon sitting right in front of my apartment door. I know that they're notorious for being susceptible to rabies, so I didn't want to go anywhere near it, and I thought that if I tried walking up the stairs, it would try and bolt past me to the ground instead of going upstairs.

I tried to wait it out, but it just stayed there. I ended up driving to a payphone (this was before anyone I knew had a cell phone) and calling my already-sleeping roommate to get her to make noise behind the door to scare the critter away. It was gone by the time I got back home, at least.

Ow. How do I get a blister between my toes when there was nothing there but my toes?!

Sock Dreams has the answer! my little toes turn under their neighbor toes and get squashed. I love these little silk toe socks. They keep my toes from rubbing together and blistering.

Raccoons are like cats with hands, cats with hands that work in teams.

I find this kinda awesome. And a nuisance, but that's to be expected from cats with hands.

What if there's driving involved in going to Yellowstone?

Still safer than taking a bath.

Do they have baths at Yellowstone?

I'm glad I avoid nature, driving, AND baths.

When my Mom was 7+ months pregnant with me she and my Dad went camping for the weekend (damn hippies) and despite tying the food up in a tree, etc. they woke up with a Ursine visitor on site.

Scared her so badly that 6 weeks later I was born with bare feet.

A bath in the wrong spring at Yellowstone will definitely kill you.

Steve Buscemi Dress

Hideous? Or very hideous?

Well, it's a terrible color on her, for one thing.....

And the "my eyes are up here" loses some validity.

My family went to Yellowstone when I was 5. We're all still alive, almost 44 years later.