Carnival of the New Jersey Bloggers 14

Welcome to the Dawg house!

As you may have already read here, one of my new favorite toys is Google Earth, which allows users to zoom in on our planet and look at our cities, states and countries as seen from satellites. I've chosen to bedeck this week's Carnival with shots of a few places of interest in our fair state, along with some sites inspired by Carnival bloggers. Enjoy! And thanks to Enlighten-NJ for the SloppyDawg avatar.


In order to truly pay homage to our mascot and figurehead, Tillie, we visit his home -- before it was demolished -- Palace Amusements. Down the Shore fills us in on some restoration and redevelopment news at Wesley Lake, on the Asbury Park border. A gorgeous old linen postcard helps us imagine what it looked like back in the day.


Gigglechick is looking for some help from her friends to get credit for this email image, (whew, when ya gotta go...) so let's show her some CotNJB love.

Dynamobuzz lauds environmental groups for pressing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine to clarify his position on Petty's Island.

Media In Trouble suggests that Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Forrester may be talking out of both sides of his mouth when it comes to people he does business with.



Here's the home of Mister Snitch! No, not the blogger. The original Mister Snitch! column ran in the Jersey Pictorial newspapers (before they became the Hudson Reporter papers), based on Broad Avenue in Fairview. These were their offices. Speaking of Mister Snitch!, the Trench-Coated One wonders why you never see these two guys together at the same time.


"Dying is easy. Comedy is hard," as the saying goes. Sluggo lets us know exactly how hard clowning around can be.

Xpatriated Texan (X-Tex? Smile when you call him that, pardner) takes a look at a couple of money/honey scandals brewing in N.J. politics.

Kate (of KateSpot) and Liz (of This Full House) each blog delightfully about spending the day together with the kids and doing all sorts of fun things, including getting a flat tire.

Ryan bemoans the plethora of advertising one has to wade through before getting to the meat of the PoliticsNJ Web site.


What's this? It's a Parkway Rest Stop. Jim writes about certain illnesses peculiar to New Jersey. I happen to know for a fact that all of them are real. BTW, the rest stop pictured here is Cheesequake. Nathan's and Starbucks under one roof. What more could you ask for?


You really can buy just about anything through Amazon.com, as Dossy finds.

Dave, of The Political Dogs, questions a link on the Corzine Web site. And eCache wonders about the choice of entertainment at a Corzine campaign event.

The Opinion Mill takes a trip inside the right-wing mind. On his writing site, Steven Hart talks about Long Branch honoring native daughter Dorothy Parker.

Be on the lookout for a new, New Jersey-based literary e-zine with a metaphysical flavor to be published later this year, according to NJ Spoken Word's Nordette Adams.


One question: If Harold and Kumar live in Hoboken, why didn't they just go here?



More on the Shore: The Jersey Shore Real Estate Bubble goes Condo Crazy; Rix talks about his vacation planning.

Karl's Corner ponders the anti-war candlelight vigils that took place -- seemingly everywhere -- last week.

Hondo reminisces about his cars his Dad bought over the years.

Mr. Bingley has something to say about social promotion, at Coalition of the Swilling.


F Cooperstown! The original home of baseball at the intersection of 11th and Washington in Hoboken. This week, Dan takes a look at minor-leaguer Rick Short, who's batting -- really -- .400.


Just because you're the governor, doesn't mean that you have to root, root, root for the home team, says The Jersey Side's John Shabe.

A Texas Marine is denied residency status while applying to a local community college because of the two tours he serves in Iraq. That rightly pisses off Blue State Conservative blogger USMC_Vet.

Which is a better investment, stocks or real estate? Northeast Corridor lets us know.

Cripes, Suzette berates brother (and sister) bloggers to begin ballgown boutique bashing.



Moving down the Parkway from our earlier stop, we eventually wind up here. It doesn't really exists, but I guess this is as close as you could come to Exit Zero. Mary takes to task Cindy Sheehan and "those who presume to speak for the dead."



Meanwhile, Jersey Days urges President Bush to meet with Cindy Sheehan.

Jersey Writers' Maureen Berzok has got it goin' on with a tribute to the band Fountains of Wayne and info on the New Jersey Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Burglars? Ghosts? Burglar ghosts? Shamrocketship isn't sure what's walking around her place.

Jane at Armies of Liberation fisks Al Qaeda.



When I trained for the 2003 Marine Corps Marathon, The Wild Duc(k)Pond area (in Ridgewood) of Saddle River County Park, was the starting point for all my long runs.


There were a sleepless couple of days for Bill Power last week.

Tata shows her Poor Impulse Control for Sept. 11 ghouls and Pentagon party planners.

The Princeton parking garage and the Dems' Homeland Security funding mess are two things that have Fausta upset.

Although Clifton has the cheapest gas in the state, Clifton Blogs urges everyone to take a stand on gas prices.



Two empty buildings in DoJo Mojo country: one a symbol of the greed of overdevelopment, the other a symbol of preservation and hopeful things to come. On the left, 111 First Street, on the right the Powerhouse. Some Downtown businesses are doing well, others not so well. DoJo Mojo is keeping an eye out to see who's opening and closing.


Double plus good is the advance word on The Dubliner, a new Hoboken bar, according to Philly2Hoboken.

There's quite a difference between the eating habits of America today versus 40 years ago. Coffeegrounds explores the difference.

More on the neighbors from hell from A Planet Where Apes Evolved From Man?!?.

Mamacita brings us "The New Fascism".



The Montclair branch of Starbucks. I'm sure you'd be able to find a Barista or two in here. Find out what's so important that road construction crews were working on Valley Road through the night.



CobWebStudios' Dimitri turns on the "Night Light."

A very serious Daniella takes a look a religion and says no thanks.

What I love about blogs: Amidst all the political trash-talking, blog-watching and navel-gazing, if you're looking to find something to replace the plums and apricots in your garden, MucknMire is the place to find it.

Have birds gotten lazy? Janet, at The Art of Getting By, wonders why birds don't fly.

It's "Dear Riss: Part Two" over at Tequila Shots for the Soul. A Dear Abby-like Riss dispenses advice to her readers.



The Atlantic Highlands Muse must have worked her magic here, the First Avenue Playhouse. The Muse interviews a local humorist who's recently been published by McSweeney's.




IP attorney Ron Coleman takes a look at the litigation surrounding the ClearPlay parental control technology.

CJ takes a look at the TV commercials of yesteryear at Attack of the 15.24 Meter Blog.

Joe's Journal looks forward to the BENNY exodus, cooler weather and football -- in other words, Autumn.

The Nightfly has a surreal drive home one night.



And last but not least, the entire Garden State, as seen from 210 miles up. People of all political persuations are represented within these borders, those from the left, those from the right and those in the middle. This is quite a Jersey Perspective, isn't it? Pretty Enlightened, if you ask me. And if you look closely, right smack in the middle you can find The Center of NJ Life.

Sam, of Jersey Perspective, reports on the racial achievement gap present at his school, Montclair High.

Enlighten-NJ criticizes the President's critics and suggests that Bush, in the War on Terror and FDR, in WWII have more in common than meets the eye.

Alas and alackaday, Sharon of the Center of NJ Life is on vacation this week.



If there are any errors, or anyone who's been left out, please let me know.


Thanks everybody!