I thought this was cute...
Jeff Miller sent me this e-mail about my blog title.....
" I was wondering what your title meant.
I am also a admirer of the rat. In my latter high school days my brother and I both kept rats as pets.
They were fun and freaked other people out until they got used to them. In my early Navy days I also had a rat which I had painted it's tail red, white, and blue. I was quite patriRATic. "........