So much for my refuting the likelyhood of "lions and tigers and bears, oh my" attacks and Bountyhunter's latest recommendation for a laser sighted Beretta .25 ACP with folding bayonet. I have a new acquaintance, an ethnic italian American who (GROAN) discovered he, along with 99.98% of americans has CHER-O-KEE ancestry. This guy is 'bonding' with his spiritguide, said mystical entity a rather mangy looking coyote. Now I've had lots of fun encounters with 'yotes and bear none any ill will, except the one who scent marked me in my sleeping bag one night. But my friend is hand feeding and trying to pet MR Canis Latrans . I predict the Castaneda books will be in the trash soon. Wild animals are, well, wild. It was certainly a fun link to remind us all that nature in all her glory, splendor and indifferent readiness to refute humanitie's hubris is just beyond the greenway. A golfer just got bit out here. He went into the rough, or should I say chapparel in search of his ball and got bit by a buzzworm right next to the warning sign that said "DANGER! Rattlesnake Habitat."