Mangled Matters

I’ve confirmed that the aforementioned stretch of 295 will not have a new lane (see Train Tract No. 0104 ). According to the DOT website, the road surface had deteriorated (seems like yesterday we were driving on that quiet, shiny highway) and needed to be resurfaced. Drivers will continue to endure dangerous driving conditions until project completion, slated for December 2004. And then, it’ll be just as congested as it was before. However, we’ll have some nice, flexible, uniform pavement. Tell all your friends!

No really, tell all your friends this: I’ve received a confidential memo from a Republican polling firm which reveals that undecided voters in nineteen battleground states are poised to break away from President Bush and make the move toward John Kerry. Imagine if all the Pennsyltuckians finally removed their blinders? I guess it takes a few years for news to reach those colonies out there.

More good news today: according to Stephen Hawking, he was wrong. Black holes are NOT destroyers of everything, but fire out matter and energy in a mangled form after they eventually disintegrate and die. Isn’t that great? Now all we have left to worry about are meteors, extremists, debt and…well, just open a newspaper.

Speaking of debt, here’s a fun NJ fact: the state in which I live and work ranks among the five most indebted states in the nation. I have to say, my dear wife has seen to it that there is no credit card debt in our house, so unlike our neighbors, we don’t seem to own much of anything. I have trouble accepting that that’s good in the long run.