Willie the Pet Raccoon

Sometime late last week, I watched an Inside Edition story about one very destructive pet raccoon named Willie. I want to say it was late Friday night, like around midnight, and they were airing a previous episode. And I think it was Inside Edition, but it could’ve been another show similar to that format. Like I said, it was late. I was only up because I was trying to comfort poor Murph, who had come home from the hospital that day but who is relegated to sleeping downstairs for the next eight weeks because his injuries prevent him from coming … Continue reading

The Raccoon Ate My Homework

Okay, here’s one to share with your school age children. Forget about the proverbial excuse: “The dog ate my homework.” (I think teachers have caught on to that one-wink, wink.) Rather, let’s take our lead from a Florida teen who used a raccoon as an excuse for a late assignment. According to local newspapers, Stephanie King told her music teacher that a raccoon was to blame for her missing homework. “I explained that the raccoon fell from the ceiling in my bathroom and it ran into my bedroom,” the 13-year-old seventh grader told the St. Petersburg Times. “Animal control came … Continue reading