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Point One: It seems that the rat community in Frontier Heights–my strange little ‘hood–has put out an APB for a missing rat. There were little rat prints on the deck this morning–I suspect this advance scout was looking for a fellow disease carrying rodent. Tonight I will capture this advance scout. Now I understand how Gargamel must have felt about Smurfs–small blue creatures must be caring some kind of disease or radioactive contamination.
Point Two: Todd you have asked and it has come true; it must be a Christmas Miracle™! Take a look–
I wonder if PETA knows about this? For those of you looking for something that, and I quote: “…is ideal for dispensing of both rat and mouse subjects…” just head over to Kent Scientific.
With the weather changing, we have been visited by one of the locals from the rodent population. Sara, being a rat person–it is her desire to own a rat and teach it to speak (sort of a like the rat whisperer or Jane Goodall for rats),–was a little leery about setting traps; she also was concerned our literally retarded dog–he had meningitis, real bad–might try to catch his tongue in a trap.* Finally it was too much for me so I set my traps with a little peanut butter last night. I thought to myself, “self, what kind of rat eats during a snow storm?” Apparently this guy:
Goodbye Rat King or Queen
While I am not a fan of killing things, it is satisfying to get rid of something that could bring harm to your family–rats, after all, were the species that transmitted the bubonic plague to humans through their proxies fleas. In fact I think that the Department of Health owes me a medal or ribbon for stemming the tide of a potential plague outbreak. In a world where everyone gets a trophy or medal simply for existing and having parents that can afford to pay for you to play sports, I do not think it is too much to ask from the DoH;)
My real point to this post, circuitously as it has turned out, was to inform Todd that I have joined the ranks of the rat catchers. While Lake Stevens rats may not measure up to China rats, you have to start somewhere.
*I was trying to get as many punctuation marks into one sentence that I could; is there an order of operations for punctuation?
