The world has turned against me. Tonight I have plans to see the New York Philhamonic in Central Park, followed by fireworks, and yet again it is supposed to rain. If the concert gets rained out, I’ll have another chance Thursday, I suppose.
Fourth and Fifth
I caught Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by the wonderful Tom Stoppard last night. The production was put together by Princeton Summer Theater. (Note: I couldn’t find an official website, so here is a link to the PST purity test.)
Tonight calls for the traditional fireworks display. I’ll be back at Mercer County Park, sort of reviving an old tradition. I wish there were more people coming.
In Search Of…
Tonight Denise and I went on a short drive and I found myself directing the car towards an old high school “hang out” site. We used to call the place Chamberlin & Barclay, after the words on a huge billboard that we normally couldn’t see anyway since it was always dark when we made the trip. In fact it was so dark, Bryan lost his keys there once… I think.
Anyway, to get there, you go on a couple of back roads in H—town and head towards what used to be called Cranbury Station (the defunct train station, not the restaurant). We took the road as I remembered it, but discovered it does not go the entire distance any longer. Since they added the H—town Bypass, the road to Chamberlin & Barclay comes to a dead end. In fact, the field itself seems to be mostly replaced by the freeway.
Since the world wide web didn’t exist while I was in high school, I took the opportunity to do some quick research on C&B. Apparently the location I’ve visited in the past is listed as a superfund site with the Environmental Protection Agency, which obviously means an area of land that contains unsafe levels of toxic waste.
Some might say, “That explains a lot.”
Certifiably
Why, oh, why does our unillustrious, comparable, imitable president of our fair nation act like such a moron? He can’t really be that stupid, even though he is the only living person who could fall off a Segway. Bush’s response to Iraq attacks: “Bring them on!” It’s lunacy, I tell you. Let’s just invite more violence, because that’s clearly the solution to the problems in this world. It’s sad that the Democrats have no one who will be able to come close to challenging him in the next presidential election in this country. It’s sad that political parties exist in the first place.