One of my pet peeves has to do with bears. You know — covered with hair, four big paws, occasionally shows up around human habitation and causes people to freak out? It's not the bears themselves, it's the general reaction to them, the body of beliefs associated with them, that bugs me so much. I lived in a little mountain town in California for 22 years, and there were usually a good dozen or so resident ursids cruising around, usually at night but sometimes in broad daylight. I had … [Read more...]
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