Hello again everyone. It was nice to see the renewed traffic yesterday. By my measurements, we had 1.86 trillion unique viewers, of which 22% were Anthony Bourdain. That’s good stuff. But we can’t let it stop there. Tell your friends, tell your parents, tell your worst enemies. We need to get my readership up.
Now’s the time of the day where I start name-dropping in order to get more search hits from Google. Ehem…
Donald Trump. Deficit. White House. Paul Ryan. Mitt Romney. Barack Obama. Michelle Obama. Fidel Castro. Congress. Oil. Oil. Oil. Tornado. Tax Breaks. Financial Crisis. Inflation. Glenn Beck. Playoffs. NBA. Celtics. Knicks.
Alright, I think I covered most of Huffington Post’s front page with that one.
Lately, I’ve been becoming more and more interested in having a vegetable garden. I don’t know why, exactly. I think it’s partly because I want to save money, even though the initial investment coupled with the small scale of what I want to grow would probably take a few years to equal out. Another reason is that I want to “eat healthy,” and having vegetables (and lots of salt) readily available might encourage me to do that.
However, I think the biggest reason is a little less clear than either of those. Can Americans be self-sustaining any more? Don’t get me wrong, we live in the Global Age, and there are certain things just better obtained elsewhere. But does the average American really have the ability to provide something for his or her self? It’s not as simple as shooting a deer and having meat for a few weeks. Growing a garden requires knowledge, commitment, and perseverance when Nature doesn’t work in your favor. So I guess that’s my reason for wanting a garden. To prove myself wrong and show that at least some Americans haven’t lost the desire and ability to put a little bit of home grown food on the table.
If you like squash, call me in a few months because I’m gonna be overrun with it.
