This, ‘Desert Rat’, moniker. Not me pal. Rats crap and piss in their nests. How about the, ‘Desert Tortoises’! That would be much more apropo. Since we’re being slowly moved off our land, have to carry what we own at a moments notice, plus, able to cross over most terrain with zero water at times, a much closer symbol of what we actually are. Or, the ‘Desert Stink Bugs’! Once, while at a town council meeting in Acton, my pal Sack, wondered why they named the new high school, Vasquez High. Questioning gazes spun his way. Sack filled them in. “Vasquez was a convicted murderer and highway bandit, hung in Sacramento!” I thought it was a Gym dandy moniker. Mainly since the million dollar gym (Notice the clever pun) has never had one kid play in it since it wasn’t built to code. Hmm. Someone got a permit though. I think I know of a similar case. What was that guys name?