Thursday, August 25, 2005
The vultures are already gathering around Fort Monmouth, the salivating developers & greedy politicians, dreams of zoning board deals & waterfront McMansions. It will be a year or so before the Army sorts out a closure plan, & the situation can change. Is there a way the next Governor of New Jersey can just take the whole base away from local & county control? The property is a State resource. I feel the same about our beaches.
I had an idea of taking a train down to Point Pleasant late this afternoon but my energy level wasn't quite up to the amount of walking the journey requires; I like wandering the Arnold Ave. retail district, then heading to the boardwalk, strolling up to Manasquan Inlet around sunset & back to the amusement area for pinball. There used to be a wall of really fine classic pinball games there. Only a few left. Last summer, the best collection of old pinball & video was in a too dark room at Seaside Park's Funtown Pier, & had one of my favs, Earthshaker, which requires only moderate skill & a couple of warmup games to get really fun; unfortunately, the train stops ten miles north of that place.
Someone found this blog by asking Jeeves: Has there ever been a volcano on the East coast of the United States? I don't recall ever writing on that matter, but the answer is Not for approximately the past 200 million years.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
I had an idea of taking a train down to Point Pleasant late this afternoon but my energy level wasn't quite up to the amount of walking the journey requires; I like wandering the Arnold Ave. retail district, then heading to the boardwalk, strolling up to Manasquan Inlet around sunset & back to the amusement area for pinball. There used to be a wall of really fine classic pinball games there. Only a few left. Last summer, the best collection of old pinball & video was in a too dark room at Seaside Park's Funtown Pier, & had one of my favs, Earthshaker, which requires only moderate skill & a couple of warmup games to get really fun; unfortunately, the train stops ten miles north of that place.
Someone found this blog by asking Jeeves: Has there ever been a volcano on the East coast of the United States? I don't recall ever writing on that matter, but the answer is Not for approximately the past 200 million years.
