http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/45552 Henry Louis Gomez posts on the Babalu blog early this morning that &quot;I have known no place more lonely and desolate than Bakersfield, CA on a Sunday night.&quot; That bit of wisdom is accompanied by a photo showing a mostly darkened Doughty Funeral Home in Bakersfield. The only lights flood the garage portion, where the hearse typically parks. We're not sure what it all means -- the comments don't shed any light (other than to plug Buck and Merle's ties to Bako -- but it seems kinda deep. Henry Louis Gomez posts on the Babalu blog early this morning that &quot;I have known no place more lonely and desolate than Bakersfield, CA on a Sunday night.&quot; That bit of wisdom is accompanied by a photo showing a mostly darkened Doughty Funeral Home in Bakersfield. The only lights flood the garage portion, where the hearse typically parks. We're not sure what it all means -- the comments don't shed any light (other than to plug Buck and Merle's ties to Bako -- but it seems kinda deep. en-us Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:37:58 PDT <p>Good, he should tell everybody he knows not to come here......please.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/45552/#c_407189 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/45552/#c_407189 <p>Good, he should tell everybody he knows not to come here......please.</p> <p>&nbsp;<em>The lights are on but nobody's home</em></p> <p>It's&nbsp;an&nbsp;allegorical&nbsp;thing ... and, we're supposed to figure it out.</p> <p>--virgil &nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/45552/#c_407195 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/45552/#c_407195 <p>&nbsp;<em>The lights are on but nobody's home</em></p> <p>It's&nbsp;an&nbsp;allegorical&nbsp;thing ... and, we're supposed to figure it out.</p> <p>--virgil &nbsp;</p> <p><em>&nbsp;I have known no place more lonely and desolate than Bakersfield, CA on a Sunday night.</em></p> <p>Sounds like a&nbsp;good grab for a mystery novel. Of course, I'm presumming Mr. Gomez has yet to spend a sunday night in Buttonwillow or Alpaugh.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/45552/#c_407215 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/45552/#c_407215 <p><em>&nbsp;I have known no place more lonely and desolate than Bakersfield, CA on a Sunday night.</em></p> <p>Sounds like a&nbsp;good grab for a mystery novel. Of course, I'm presumming Mr. Gomez has yet to spend a sunday night in Buttonwillow or Alpaugh.</p> <p>it's obvious Henry hasn't been around much if Bako is the most lonely and desolate place. I wonder if he has ever been on the I-5 at 2am or on watch on a naval ship out at sea. The Desert between Barstow &amp; Stateline at night is far more desolate, he needs to get out more.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/45552/#c_407479 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/45552/#c_407479 <p>it's obvious Henry hasn't been around much if Bako is the most lonely and desolate place. I wonder if he has ever been on the I-5 at 2am or on watch on a naval ship out at sea. The Desert between Barstow &amp; Stateline at night is far more desolate, he needs to get out more.</p>