RAT CONVERGENCE has begun

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The monster has awoken.  The RatMobile and the Awesome Convoy has begun to 
converge onto Memphis.  

The Irish Jew passed the breath-o-lizer in NYC and has the pix to prove it.  
He's westward bound riding the Mad Dog to Memphis.  ETA is high noon 
Thursday.  He'll post his journal and pix of the adventure sometime tomorrow 
afternoon.

I saw the Homeless One sitting in on auditions for Pericles last night.  Word 
is that in preparation for his Comeback Tour he is gathering as much 
knowledge and as many CB handles as possible.  His good buddies are many in 
Dallas, always quick with offers of Bed and Breakfast when a tempest washes 
him ashore here.

Jersey Girl is big with child who promises to be either a kick boxer or tap 
dancer. The eminent debut is imminent.

Shared a Rat Sass beer with The Beast and Sugar Britches last night.  Sugar 
Britches says she may still try to get The Beast to drive her west.  If this 
Duo joins the Awesome Convoy in Vegas, the Mojave might never recover from 
the Road Rage visited upon it.
 
I missed a tryst with Spike and Smarty Boots, but I hope to catch them on the 
flip side after the Conference.  The enigmatic 2D Possum isn't in town now, 
but he's coming down from Frisco for the Conference.  He's been successfully 
invading the Rat Sass market here in Dallas with his Shiner commercials.  If 
he should corner even a fraction of that big cheap meme pool, he'll be able 
to retire before the millennium.

I need to hold vigil here as long as I can, but I will make the Memphis 
rendezvous in the Eagle even if the Comeback Tour brings us back down through 
Dallas on the way west.

The Homeless One reminds us of how generous our good earth is. And how 
precious our short lives truly are.  He walks the earth again.  The alchemy 
of our gathering has set him free once more.  Greet him as you would your 
brother.  

Daily dispatches from now until Vegas will be posted with full color pix. Go 
to the Road Rat link at the RAT Web site or directly at:

http://www.manwithvan.com/