tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post8473244910739269681..comments2024-01-20T21:17:03.430-05:00Comments on "Sweetness, and Light": "Salt of the Earth"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-14311090679879713492015-04-14T23:13:03.687-04:002015-04-14T23:13:03.687-04:00Well I could say what happened when I asked if I c...Well I could say what happened when I asked if I could use "Bob the Bunny's" picture on my passport...yeah I actually tried. 'Being an old guy evaporates any leftover restraint you might still have.<br /><br />They lady didn't think it funny at all...I was hoping I'd get arrested, but they just insisted on my emailing or bringing a regular picture of myself.<br /><br />Sure I could have mentioned bombs or interest in tall buildings, but I didn't want to get shot. I just wanted Bob in my passport.<br /><br />No sense of the surreal them folks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-4725824996315025172015-04-14T01:06:18.065-04:002015-04-14T01:06:18.065-04:00Actually the American poverty rate is closer to 40...Actually the American poverty rate is closer to 40 percent, according to one scholar I know who takes his research seriously. <br /><br />That evil stuff in Mexico is confined to the border states and - if I remember correctly - Michoacan. People who live in other parts of Mexico and aren't involved in the drug trade are fine. This from someone who lives there. You're probably right, however, about the nastiness moving up here sooner or later. Our social fabric is a mouldy tattered rag with bugs in it, and anyway it's American demand that drives the whole business. <br /><br />I'll be planting again. Three years ago I had a *very* successful veggie garden, but this infuriated the landlord and he destroyed it. I am however permitted a much reduced patch of rather inferior soil, and I suppose it's time to make the most of it. Food isn't getting any cheaper. <br /><br />I hope you'll write more funny stuff for Bob. We need the laughs. <br /><br />ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com