the rix mix

Early appt today (8:30, not that early), I had enough sleep to wake up before alarm clock. Had a short power outage. They occur often here, most last under a minute, this one clicked on & off & on again, a little worrisome. Followed as usual by sirens headed toward Morris Ave., I always figure a car hit a pole or shorted a traffic light box near the ridiculously dangerous intersection by Kean University's biggest parking lot. It's also one of the worst pedestrian crossings I know, involving left hand turn signals pedestrians can't see & drivers too impatient for pedestrians. The county in its wisdom put a playground & park on that corner. Last year I signed a petition to stop a bank & drug store from locating on the intersection. In a short stretch there's already two campuses of the school, an office park, a pharma plant, an NJ Transit train station, an historical mansion, a road 18 wheelers use to get from Route 78 to Goethal's Bridge. I could imagine how many more power failures this neighborhood would have with a drive-thru bank & a Walgreen's up there.