Month: April 2013

How much do you tip on a $14.89 pizza delivery

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I ordered a lg pepperoni and onion from a pizza joint a mile and a half away from my moms condo in Naples. Tipped $2.11 and git attitude from the deluvery person.

Was that not enough? How much would you tip on that order?

Some photos from my archive

Posted on by Matthew Green

I took these almost a year ago and never got around to editing and publishing them until now…

– Fr. Matthew Green

Poll: Does It Make Me A Bad Perspon If I Don’t Wanna Clean Up Someone Else’s Pee On A Public Toilet Seat

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here’s the scenario:

You walk into a public bathroom to relieve myself (number 1) and the one toilet in there has the toilet seat down and someone else’s pee all over it.

I’m just not gonna be the guy who grabs toilet paper and cleans off someone else’s pee.

Would you clean off the toilet seat first?

Community Stuff 4/10/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – April 12, 2013 (10am) – rescheduled from snowed out March date

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Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these free monthly presentations at the Rose Baker Senior Center. This month – “Ghosts of Vincent Cove:

The Shipbuilders and their Vessels” See images and hear about the ship builders and their vessels in Gloucester’s Vincent Cove, the area now filled in where the Senior Center now sits. (Program supported by New England Biolabs Foundation). For more information – call Schooner Adventure @978-281-8079.

Somebody Tell Paul! It’s an R.D. Invasion

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey,

When visiting Chatham on Sunday we spotted a familiar yet unsettling sight: an army of R.D.’s has invaded Chatham. So we felt it vitally important to alert Paul and the rest of the GoodMorningGloucester audience. The R.D. army has set up shop in a new toy store on Main Street in Chatham. There are doctor ducks, chef ducks, bride ducks, groom ducks. No way to know what their next move is but Ruby and Luke recommend keeping them under close surveillance.

– John McElhenny 

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"Letters, E-Mail, Texts — What’s Next?", a podcast episode of "On Point with Tom Ashbrook"

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From NPR-

Letters, E-Mail, Texts — What’s Next?

Letters are dead. E-mail outdated. Text messages so passé. What’s going on with how we communicate?

http://onpoint.wbur.org

Text messages passe?  Jeeze I’m a huge fan of the simple text message to get my point across in a pinch.

Letters totally dead.  Email outdated?  I’m a dinosaur I guess.

A very special meeting of the Gloucester Area Astronomy Club April 12

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club is delighted to have Dr. Mario Motta as our speaker for the April 12 GAAC meeting. Mario will address the serious threats to our dark skies (and our health!) here on Cape Ann and elsewhere.

Dr. Motta will discuss the human health issues caused by light pollution, and will outline important reasons for good lighting practices, which include energy savings, better seeing at night, and a variety of important environmental problems. This will be a fun and informative meeting on an issue that is critical to us all.

Mario has worked on light pollution issues since 1990, was instrumental in getting a light pollution policy adopted by Gloucester, and is working for similar legislation statewide. He is a founding member of NELPAG (new England Light Pollution advisory group), is on the IDA board, and has gotten both the Massachusetts Medical Society and the AMA to adopt light pollution measures for health reasons. He is on the AMA Council of Science and Public Health, and led a 2 year effort on a compilation of light pollution’s health issues that was adopted by the AMA as policy in 2012.

GAAC meets on the second Friday of every month at the Lanesville Community Center at 8:00pm. There is no cost. We’re on the web at http://gaac.us and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/gaacpage

Amazing! Jesus Face On This Piece Of Seaweed

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Just picked this up off the beach. Didnt alter it one bit.
Is it a sign?

Do you see Jesus’ face or are you going to hell?
Cuz the way I see it, it’s one or the other.

Bodin Gallery Boarded — by the Australian Coast Guard!

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After the Easter Parade and Egg Hunt, I had a visit from Craig Longmuir, Acting Chief of the Rescue Coordination Centre, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Emergency Response Division (equivalent to our US Coast Guard). He’s here on official business to observe and learn from how we handle maritime rescues. He visited USCG Boston, and is headed next to New London, CT. One interesting issue he’s working on is how to rescue four to six thousand people from a cruise ship in distress (like the recent Carnival Cruise ship disaster in the Gulf of Mexico). But Craig came to Gloucester for enjoyment, and really liked our city and the clam chowder at the Gloucester House. Originally from Scotland, he’s very friendly, and will hopefully send interesting material from “CG Australia” for us to see. He’s taking one of my 1924 photos of Good Harbor Beach home, plus the sticka’, and is now on our gallery e-vite list. Ya’ just never know what’s gonna’ happen here! His employer is www.amsa.gov.au. Their patrol area encompasses 10% of this planet’s oceans. 
 
Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

Lecture Tonight at the Seaside Garden Club

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Lecture Tonight at 7:30 at the Manchester Community Center: Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! ~ Notes from a Gloucester Garden.

Cabbage White Butterflies mating in Cornus florida ©Kim Smith 2009

Cabbage White Butterflies Mating in the Native Flowering Dogwood Foliage 

The lecture tonight is based on the book of the same name, which I wrote and illustrated. In it I reveal how to create the framework, a living tapestry of flora, fauna, and fragrance that establishes the soul of the garden. Using a selection of plant material that eliminates the need for pesticides and herbicides, and guided by the plants forms, hues, and horticultural demands, we discuss how to create a succession of blooms from April through November. This presentation is as much about how to visualize your garden, as it is about particular trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, and annuals. Illuminated with photographs, and citing poetry and quotations from Eastern and Western cultural influences, this presentation engages with an artist’s eye while drawing from practical experience.

For a complete lit of my 2013 – 2014 programs and workshops, visit the Programs and Lectures page of my blog.

Cecropia Moth ©Kim Smith 20009

The Cecropia Moth, or Robin Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) is the largest moth found in North America, with a wingspan of up to six inches. He is perched on the foliage of our beautiful native Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay Magnolia), one of several of the caterpillar’s food plants. You can tell that he is a male because he has large, feathery antennae, or plumos, the better for detecting scent hormones released by the female. This photo was taken in our garden in early June.

The Manchester Community Center is located at 40 Harbor Point, Manchester.