I give up.

Rat you win...I give up. From now on I will just throw a cup of dogfood down the basement steps for your to enjoy. Damn rat. Have to go rewrite a paper on the "Progressive Movement, neither progressive nor a movement, talk amongst yourselves." My professor started class with this old SNL joke.

Day 19

No Rat. Happy Valentines Day.

oh by the by...

llama won. Go MD....beat Duke. Question: What movie did this line come from: "So I said, hey 'Llama, how bout a little something for the effort?'"

Day 18-The Hunt

Dear Diary,
We have been on the hunt now for eighteen days and still no sign of the beast. We thought the ice , rain and partially flooded basement would drive it up the steps and into our snare, but alas, it is a smart devil. I have begun to call him "Great White" and he haunts my dreams. He left his trail of excrement across the basement floor as if to tease me, taunt me to catch him. He takes the bate outside our cutting edge trap, and yet leaves the bounty inside undisturbed. Where did you learn such tricks "Great White?" How shall I catch thee and end this tragic play? You are here and not here, perhaps a ghost of a rat. I will catch you.

Voting

For once I get to vote in a presidential election where it might just matter!!!! Yeah! Go MD! I skipped out on oogling the political celebs the last few days, with opportunities to see Bill, Obama, and Chelsea. I probably should have gone, it's gonna be history after all. While I am sad that my two first choices are gone (Kuccini and Edwards) I am still psyched about the dregs. Since I don't have to tell you who I am voting for I won't, except to say it rhymes with llama. Can we all just stop and breath a sigh of relief that no matter what happens King George will be dethroned in less than a year! (that is figurative of course, really he will retire to play golf, shoot stuff, and "write" his memoirs) Here is an interesting idea: Please suggest a title for GWB's memoir. I will get the ball rolling: "George and Dick's Excellent Adventure," I assume if he is writing it, it will have to be a kids book.

Rats

Hunting rats is hard!

Whoever said Baltimore rats are stupid. After a couple weeks with the rat zapper we are still without our first catch. They took the food I left out in front as an enticement, but apparently are scared to go in. We're not too worried because so far they are confined to the basement, probably because our dog is so ferocious (see picture). Any suggestions on what to bait the trap with? I have been using dog food and doggy bacon. I thought who could resist? I am starting to suspect that the rats are so well fed they don't need my little morsels, kind of like the sharks in an aquarium who are fed so well they don't eat the other fish. Maybe I need to provide them with some stimulation, like a large hamster tower, and just put the rat zapper at the end. Stay tuned...