When I was little I always wanted a pet raccoon. I also wanted a pet burro, but that was just a stage I think. I never did get a raccoon, but once I was in Grand Isle and someone there had a pet raccoon in a cage. Also, my dad took me raccoon hunting once. I don't know how that coincides with getting a pet raccoon, but I guess he figured we could shoot a raccoon and stuff it. Then I wouldn't want a pet raccoon anymore? Luckily we didn't shoot any raccoons.

When I lived in Baton Rouge, one of the apartments we lived in was next to some woods. Every night the raccoons would come out and pile into the dumpster to feast. You'd hear them fighting and screaming at each other. It was disconcerting. One night my friend Eric was in town and we heard the raccoons in the dumpster. We went down there and there must have been at least 15 raccoons in the dumpster. When we peeked in, they all just froze and stared at us. So we threw raw meat at them.

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Here's an amusing commentary on Bill O'Reilly and Fox News by Keith Olbermann from MSNBC. Apparently Bill got his facts confused about the Malmedy Massacre in WWII. He thought the Americans were the war criminals, while it was the German troops who killed surrendered American POWs. Fox News later went back and altered the transcripts of the interview to make Bill seem less of an idiot.

We finally started looking for houses. Our lease ends in November so we have a little time. We found this house only a mile or so north of where we live now. Its in a nice neighborhood and in our price range. Now we just need to find a house in five months.

It's hard to find a house with a yard here unless you want to live far out. The house we like now is a bit smaller than the one we live in now, but we don't really need 3 bedrooms. Two should be enough. Also, this house has a nice deck and a little front yard.