I don't have a bank account (nor a credit card), and every two weeks I go to the local Bank of America branch — the bank my paycheck is drawn on — and cash it. Two weeks ago, they told me that the ID I presented was insufficient (a state ID card with photo, a county voter's registration card with no photo but the same address as the ID, and my right index fingerprint — the same three items I've used every two weeks for over two years at the same branch) and I had to go through a lot of hoops to get a bank manager to sign off on it. I discussed with the bank manager what I possess in the way of additional ID, and turns out the only thing they will accept that I have is my — get this — Vietnam Era Draft Card. Back in 1973 the Selective Service System told me I must keep this card in my possession at all times, and by some minor miracle I have done so. So I was able to take it in to the bank last Friday and cash my paycheck. And then that very day I saw this cartoon in the P-I: "If we fought bank robbery the way we fight terrorism".

FWIW, a few weeks ago I saw this example of Guerrilla Public Art in Seattle (it's the stop sign under the Burke Gilman Trail on 6th Ave NE, near Ivar's Salmon House, for those who know the area): Stoppppp! sign. I went back a couple days later to photograph it and it had been removed, so I had to make this on the computer.

Liland

PS So I guess I'll probably have to get a bank account again.