{"id":1757,"date":"2008-12-01T18:06:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T18:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/01\/the_middle_of_n\/"},"modified":"2008-12-01T18:06:47","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T18:06:47","slug":"the_middle_of_n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/01\/the_middle_of_n\/","title":{"rendered":"The Middle of Nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As long as I\u2019m fantasizing<\/strong> about <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/archives\/2008\/11\/secret_world_he.html\" title=\"Secret World Headquarters\">secret lairs<\/a>, I guess I should also consider a <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5100166\/set-up-your-mad-science-lair-on-the-most-remote-islands-on-earth\" >remote island<\/a>. While there&#8217;s certainly something about the aptly named <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inaccessible_Island\" >Inaccessible Island<\/a> that appeals to the comic-book fan in me, I\u2019m more tempted to keep it in the family (my mom&#8217;s side, at least) and seize <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gough_island\" >Gough Island<\/a> for my sinister retreat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/img\/685px-Tristan_Map.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tristan da Cunha\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/img\/685px-Tristan_Map-thumb-480x420.png\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\"  vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btinternet.com\/~sa_sa\/gough_island\/gough_island.html\" >which part of the island<\/a> would make the best spot for my lair? Quest Bay? Hag&#8217;s Tooth? Cave Cove? Perhaps even something around Snug Harbor, just for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sailors%27_Snug_Harbor\" >old time&#8217;s sake<\/a>? So many possibilities!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As long as I\u2019m fantasizing about secret lairs, I guess I should also consider a remote island. While there&#8217;s certainly something about the aptly named Inaccessible Island that appeals to the comic-book fan in me, I\u2019m more tempted to keep it in the family (my mom&#8217;s side, at least) and seize Gough Island for my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/01\/the_middle_of_n\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Middle of Nowhere&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ultrarandom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}