The date farmer and I talked about workmen's compensation and rodents for a while. I told him I was out taking pictures of lizards and snakes, and he told me how much he likes gopher snakes. Rodents eat dates. Gopher snakes eat rodents. Farmer sells dates.
Farmer likes gopher snakes.
The box of dates held 15 pounds, and they are highly delicious. I was proud that my only checked luggage when I flew back to San Francisco was a big box of dates. Signs for Technocracy appear in several places in the date-farming Bard Valley. I don't know what Technocracy is, but you can call them and ask. Since insects' metabolism is determined in part by their ambient temperature, hot insects are fast insects.