Banned

Life must be pretty boring for a suburban squirrel. Food is plentiful and there are few natural predators. So what's a thrill-seeking bushy-tailed rodent to do? Maybe start riding rollercoasters? (Via Best of the Web @ WSJ)

Not Nuts

Out for a walk, I just saw a squirrel making off with a piece of fried chicken. Not very quickly since the chicken was nearly the size of the squirrel itself. According to Wikipedia, squirrels are omnivores, but fried chicken? This, in addition to the albino squirrel I saw last week, has me a little concerned about the squirrel population around here. I just know I'm going to get mugged by a gang of hungry squirrels looking for money to buy nuts and alcohol.