Monday, August 4, 2008

"made you look"

o Some condominium complexes have been set up not a long time ago to accommodate the 55+ crowd, those mostly retirees. However, the process of debate and change-acceptance may have excluded the possibility of sociological disruption and incredibly the new dwelling format has been set up here in Martin County directly following the meterological hurricanes disruption of 2004 and 2005. In addition to the sudden clustering effect already tightened with the introduction of AARP, condo complex pools are now said to have 'clubhouses' as a term used to designate the buildings situated beside each swimming pool. Locked much of the time, intra-complex club members monopolize the premises.

Debates are routine among political cadidates. Shouldn't public debate be just as routine when introducing new dwelling formats? It is all too common an attitude to 'try' a change simply becuase no arguments can be immediately formulated to stop the 'innovation'. Such innovations affect directly the most youthful members of a community who are especially helpless to voice opposition or defind themselves against proponents of sudden change.

o Moving along Kingswood Terrace Road a night ago, a police patrol car deliberately passed by a snake on the road and a large toad was observed upon the asphalt entryway within the condo complex 'private property'. A resident in a silver car appeared to have pulled onto the sandy trailway near the non-fenced part of the retaining pond so the officers could more easily bypass her, as well. Today, though, an indigenous corn snake was found in the grass alongside the same road in direct sunlight, its head covered with crawling ants and black dirt as if the beast took a header into the berm. Why is this note-worthy? ...

o A PCV pipe with the size of an average metal property-marker is observable near a mini-plaza addressed on SE Ocean Boulevard near the previously-described concrete-encased palm tree. Suddenly, the capped top of the pipe has been broken off such that the remaining pipe yet embedded in the soil now resembles a spear that might impale pedestrians and sidewalk bicycle riders, if not wandering alligators or bears. The potentially hazardous tip has been covered with a plastic Coca-cola bottle modified with quick cuts to form a cap, but where is the missing pipe top, broken off with its own sharp tip carried where? Into a prison? In a backpack? On a bus? Staking a claim?

o Last but not least, thanks to whoever left the plastic cola bottle on the bench nearby.

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