The Shadow Government Ltd.: The Great Outdoors

Please, Make It Stop

Thu, 16 Sep 2004 01:37:09 GMT

Please, Make It Stop

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You've Got To Be Kidding Me

Sun, 05 Sep 2004 22:19:27 GMT

You've Got To Be Kidding Me

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Surf's Up

Sun, 05 Sep 2004 17:24:07 GMT

Surf's Up

"The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli."

- George Costanza

Point Pleasant Beach - September 4, 2004

If it's doing this from a thousand miles away, I can only imagine what it's like in Florida right now.

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And I Was Gonna Go Fishing

Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:35:39 GMT

And I Was Gonna Go Fishing

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The Great Cicada Hoax?

Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:49:43 GMT

The Great Cicada Hoax?

OK, so where the hell are they? I haven't heard a single one yet. I remember as a kid hearing that droning going on and on all summer long. Now they say it's over and I've heard nothing.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Their droning love songs have faded, the skies are free of their tumbling flights and the carcasses that littered sidewalks have washed away.

The Brood X cicadas, vintage 2004, are gone.

But in the trees of several mid-Atlantic and Midwest states, the next generation is just beginning its 17-year life. Within the next few weeks, billions of eggs deposited in tree branches will hatch and rain down tiny white nymphs no bigger than sesame seeds with beady red eyes.

They will burrow through the dirt to tree roots and won't emerge as adults until 2021.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that most of northern New Jersey has been dug up, paved over, dug up again and repaved for the past 17 years. Maybe they're all dead up here. Maybe they've all been abducted by aliens. Maybe they don't really exist but are part of some great conspiracy.

Maybe I'm just nuts for writing this. I always hated the look of those ugly-ass bugs anyway.

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meh

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 01:13:28 GMT

meh

60° today. Snow tomorrow.

File under The ~~Great~~ So-So Outdoors.

Gonna Lose That Cabin Fever!

Sat, 06 Mar 2004 17:35:45 GMT

Gonna Lose That Cabin Fever!

I'm off to the World Fishing and Outdoor Exposition for a much needed fix after this cold and snowy winter.

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Right Now

Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:20:27 GMT

Right Now

7°

Wind chill approaching -30°.

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Today's Tally

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:59:46 GMT

Today's Tally

I ended the day with two bald eagles and a burning Honda. No not mine. Some poor unfortunate soul near exit 109 on the Garden State Parkway.

I'd just finished a 5 mile hike around Manasquan Reservoir with some friends, including one member of the Too Much Fun Club. We were checking out the waterfowl and we ended the day seeing a pair of splendid bald eagles perched near their nest on top of a dead tree about 120 yards into the reservoir. Fantastic.

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She's On Her Way!

Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:00:03 GMT

She's On Her Way!

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