tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218571751031529493.post8610657618797127348..comments2008-07-25T16:49:40.431-04:00Comments on roomofzen: Hagerstown, Maryland and the American DreamBabcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11203434354816225043noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218571751031529493.post-9628155518347841692008-07-25T16:49:00.000-04:002008-07-25T16:49:00.000-04:002008-07-25T16:49:00.000-04:00That line dance video is crazy. Whenever I see vi...That line dance video is crazy. Whenever I see videos like that I'm just like "I can't believe those people live in the same country as me." It's like a whole different culture.LaRocquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17307575773648213508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218571751031529493.post-42454804328882230412008-07-25T13:21:00.000-04:002008-07-25T13:21:00.000-04:002008-07-25T13:21:00.000-04:00Babcock,Hagerstown is indeed a very American place...Babcock,<BR/><BR/>Hagerstown is indeed a very American place. What makes it so American, apart from the atmosphere and people you describe here?<BR/><BR/>The outlet shopping malls which offer low-priced goods from the sweat-shops and capitalists of the world.<BR/><BR/>What's more American than low prices, cheap strip malls in the middle of nowhere, and traffic jams in the middle of Maryland?Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14165173521897591434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218571751031529493.post-33617983660900300242008-07-24T22:40:00.000-04:002008-07-24T22:40:00.000-04:002008-07-24T22:40:00.000-04:00Amazing stuff sir. Part of me wants to go to Hage...Amazing stuff sir. Part of me wants to go to Hagerstown for the first time ever, and yet the other half hopes to never end up there. That's not an easy feeling to elicit from a reader. <BR/><BR/>When the roomofzen book comes out, this may have to be the opening piece (unless we do it chronologically).LaRocquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17307575773648213508noreply@blogger.com