Joey,
Jenn just showed me your new GMG sticker, which has a black and white homie. It reminded me of the attached photo I took this spring in Jensen Beach, FL. The best looking gull I’ve ever seen. It’s a Laughing Gull in summer plumage.
Bob Cullen
Month: December 2011
We Three
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Christmas Eve Sun Rise from Rafe’s Chasm
The sun was rising as always from the east but when I looked towards the west and the pink sky with Boston in the background, again what a great place to live
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Our Tree
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Looking for book recommendations
Coming up on my first time off in 8 months and I’m looking for some book recommendations.
Let me tell you what I’m not interested in reading-
Murder mysteries, true crime mafia books, how-to books, I’m not interested in any history books or anything like that.
In the past my favorite books were mafia books, but I’d read about Whitey and Sammy The Bull and Gotti and I’d lose a little bit of faith in humanity every time I read those true crime books. Not exactly feel good stories.
I’m looking for the male versions of Chelsea Handler- comedy. Last year the Mrs had one of Chelsea’s books and I couldn’t put it down and literally busted out laughing every time I turned the page.
So does anyone have any suggestions for some humorous books for light reading?
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Shark! Get out of the House!
This was the coolest thing my sister gave my nephew for Christmas. It is a remote control helium filled shark that cruised around the house all day looking for people to attack. It was very lifelike and alot of fun for all ages. I wish we’d had cool stuff like this when we were kids. A major advancement in Christmas day fun from etch-a-sketches, playdough and slinkies.
E.J. Lefavour
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Ring Out, Wild Bells
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more,
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws. Ring out the want, the care the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in. Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be. -Alfred, Lord Tennyson Our daughter Liv posted this Christmas poem on her blog Boston to Brooklyn. The sentiments expressed befit our times equally as well as when Tennyson wrote Ring Out, Wild Bells in 1850. Jonathan Dove (1959), the contemporary British composer of opera, choral works, plays, films, and orchestral and chamber music has written a beautiful arrangement to Ring Out Wild Bells, performed in this video by the Antioch Chamber Ensemble.
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more,
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws. Ring out the want, the care the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in. Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be. -Alfred, Lord Tennyson Our daughter Liv posted this Christmas poem on her blog Boston to Brooklyn. The sentiments expressed befit our times equally as well as when Tennyson wrote Ring Out, Wild Bells in 1850. Jonathan Dove (1959), the contemporary British composer of opera, choral works, plays, films, and orchestral and chamber music has written a beautiful arrangement to Ring Out Wild Bells, performed in this video by the Antioch Chamber Ensemble.
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gimmesound New Year’s Rockport Eve Family Giveaway
Watch the video and hear the first trivia question in our New Year’s Rockport Eve Family Giveaway sponsored by the New Year’s Rockport Eve organizers
Here’s how the contest works:
Every day we’ll have a trivia question (Today – Friday)
Be the first person to submit all five correct answers on Friday (look for the ANSWER link right under Friday’s video) and win 2 adult and 2 child buttons to New Year’s Rockport Eve.
You’ll also hear the story of how Rockport got it’s HUGE tree at the last minute this year from the man who found it.
And don’t forget to stop in and see The Bandit Kings at the Rhumb Line tonight.
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Christmas in St. Ann’s Church
A few shots from St. Ann’s church on Christmas eve:
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Introducing The Latest Good Morning Gloucester Contributor- Snoop Maddie Mad
What, you thought I was gonna waste time getting a camera into her hands?
See there’s always an ulterior motive. Get her a camera for a Christmas present and put her to work right away. Boom. That just happened.
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According To The City of Gloucester Website There IS NOT Trash Pick Up Today
The City’s Website is much much improved over what it was a couple of years ago.
here is the info directly from the site found here
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Christmas Morning Sunrise from Brianmoc
click the photo to see it larger.
Know how tough it is to get the detail in those clouds with the sun bearing down the barrel of your lens? Not many do it better than Brian.
Check out Brian’s Site Here
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Molly Ferrill’s Time Lapse From The Dock
The timelapse I did the other day was performed differently. I took video footage, imported it into windows live movie maker and sped it up 32 times.
Molly set her camera up using an intervalometer, taking lots and lots of still photos taken at a specific time apart, imported those into iMovie, stitched them together to make a timelapse of photos.
Very cool.
My clouds one below, Molly’s lobster boats leaving the harbor one above.
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The Joy Within
THE JOY WITHIN
It’s hard for a foul mood to light around here,
no matter the cause: a personal slight,
feeling poorly, some minor frustration or
irritation that binds my mind from time to time.
How can the joy within not be brought to a brilliant
glow when I start the day by walking the dog
to the cadence of the gong in Ipswich Bay
or the sound of the horn at the Annisquam Light;
when, in summer, at night, I drift off to the
music of the sibilent surf, like a great
white- sound machine that calms my busy
monkey brain when it swings from one thought to
another, from one worry to another.
It’s hard to be morose when a walk on the
beach brings me the ocean’s incense, the
busy shore birds, the breezes tinged with salt;
when the sun setting on a dune and a tree shaped
by the sea wind has me on my knees in awe.
Marty Luster
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The love of family, friends and hope for the world
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Merry Christmas from all of us at gimmesound.com
Here is a special treat thanks to Local Music Seen with Allen Estes. If you want to see the full show you can see it on Cape Ann TV at 3pm & 7pm today on channel 12.
Merry Christmas
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Happy Christmas!!!!
Happy Christmas!!!!
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Merry Christmas!
The parish choir (directed by Tom Misuraca) sang before Mass yesterday night, offering a sort of recap of the Christmas concert held earlier in the month. Here are some highlights.
Unfortunately, in one or two places there is a little bit of feedback in the microphones which mixes with the higher frequencies in the music and makes it sound a little off-pitch, but the choir sounded great.
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Too Much Eggnog Rosie
Dog sitting for my daughter’s dog and saw her this morning and thought..
too much partying and eggnog .. She is such a sweet dog.
Merry Christmas all
Donna
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Christmas Eve Baked Stuffed Lobsters
Yummy Baked Stuffed Lobsters for Christmas Eve Dinner from the one and only, Joey. Captain Joe & Sons, always has the best lobster! I hope everyone is enjoying time with friends and family.
Merry Christmas!
~Alicia
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