That link fest I promised you earlier

Today's theme: Rats of all sorts....

First, here's a pic of a rat very similar to those I work with. Meet Ralph:


kinda cute, huh? (This is a Sprague-Dawley rat, the archetype "lab rat" strain)

You may ask, why don't I write on that many political topics?
Because so many others are so much better at ratting out the facts.

Calling Pablo Paredes a rat is insulting to rats

Boudicca had a crazy run in with a hell-bent-for-ultimate-destruction rat

Anita has returned from her sojourn with the "six foot f'ing rat"
(brownie points and a link to whoever gets the reference correct first)

Gratuitous RugRat happiness at Jay and Deb's

More RugRats at VW's place. And monkeys.

US Cellular are a bunch of rat bast*rds. Don't patronize them.

Acidman just reminds me of a rat: Small, sharp, and full of poo ;)

Gir relates the happy tale of a Kitty's Christmas (no rats here, just eviscerated mice)

Rats! and I was starting to like this too.....

And finally, just because I thought it was amusing, even though there are no rats associated with this post: translating feline emotions from SondraK.