Southern Coastal Plain of New Jersey: A Case Study on Water Quality Issues Past, Present, and Future
Introduction The eastern seaboard of the United States is unique in many ways, and over millions of years, sinking crust returning to the ocean has allowed for a unique geography to form along that precarious area where land becomes sea. The state of New Jersey is located within the mid-Atlantic region almost entirely within…
Same old, same old.
In the year 2071, climate change has altered the planet. Familiar barrier islands and wetlands now reside permanently under water, resulting a shoreline some 20 miles inland (Rutgers, 2019). As the human species recognized the inevitable, mass migration began. The resulting buyouts of millions of housing units and subsequent demolitions allowed nature to reclaim the…
Localism and its Implications
This is an essay I wrote for my geographical thinking class This week talked about the context and the “what” of the idea of place, from the humanistic ego and ethnocentric approach, environmental determinism, and the laws of spatial behavior. The meaning of “home” as well as ego, stereotypes, and ethnocentric ideology reminded me a…
The Seven Levels of Surfer
Original writing my Thomas Mitchell, taken from KenRockwell.com. Obviously satirical and humorous in nature, but I also found it to be fairly accurate. If the shoe fits…. Soul Surfer – Level 7 This is the highest level, the pinnacle of surfing spirituality equivalent to Nirvana, Satori, Total Enlightenment, etc. and is rarely attained. The Soul…
Bottom Contours
In my readings about surfboard shaping, whether it be entirely hand-shaped or CNC-machined, there are a myriad of choices that must be made in the process. These are: the standard length, width, thickness, but also rail shape, nose type, tail, fin boxes, and bottom contours. It seems that a lot of these choices are fairly…
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