Requiem For A Rodent...

It's been a tough go for rodents these past few days.

First off, there was Roseanne Barr whacking squirrels with a slingshot on last night's episode of My Name Is Earl.

Before that, Calgary made national news this week after banning the Saskatchewan Roughriders mascot Gainer The Gopher from the semi-final playoff game here tomorrow. Something about Prairie Dog Norwalk Virus, or uncontrollable diarrhea. I'm not sure what the true official word is, but the gopher is grounded.

As far as Gainer goes, we've been to a CFL game here when Saskatchewan is in town. Those fans are profuse, and crazy. Adding a gopher mascot with highly contagious strains of malaria and grasshopper breath just doesn't sound like a good idea to me...

And, still somewhat in the rodent family, it would appear that we have an obsessive compulsive rabbit in our neighborhood.

With fresh snow everywhere, we are seeing rabbit tracks throughout our back yard. Actually, we've seen Bugs himself a few times.

His habit appears to be running madly around the yard, but now we are seeing patterns. He (or she) runs in exactly the same line several times, before repeating the process in a different line.

Except for the other night, when a larger set of footprints adjacent to his (or hers) indicated a chase may have been afoot!!

A-whoooooo!!

Chow for now!!