If there’s one thing that pisses me off about the 4 or 5 weather apps I own on my iPhone, it’s that none of them ever make me laugh. “Really” you ask? “NO” dipstick, and nobody on this planet has ever thought that either. Well…until now that is.
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some weather and l love me some comedy. But for the life of me, I can’t figure out why a website dedicated to funny viral-videos would want to cash in on the weather app game. Isn’t weather hilarious enough on it’s own? Nothing says funny like a good ole’ life smashing storm. When a hurricane or tornado hits, I bet the app gets pretty gut busting’ funny on the quick.
I haven’t downloaded it yet, so I don’t know how amazingly hilarious this app is going to be. But I sure hope it pushes out some funny weather quirkiness like this:
CAPE ANN FORCAST:
FRIDAY
It’s friggin colder than a gawdamn witches ti*@y
during the Salem winter solstice parade.
SATURDAY
Whatya you think d-bag? It’s still friggin cold!
SUNDAY
Who cares, the Pat’s are in the Supa Bowl ya dink! And since none of yuz or ya boyz can afford tickets to Arizoner, get ya broke ass ova to ya neighbors house, he’s the one with the stolen cable ya bum!
You get the idea. Perhaps we need our own “Glosta” weather app. One that speaks to us on a local level!
GLOSTA FORCAST:
MONDAY
It’s friggin blowin out daya, so ya nowt fishin. Go hit Pratty’s or the Nest for a pop.
TUESDAY
Crappy, rainy, but in the 80’s…so get dressed, you have the greasy pole to walk today. And get drinkin, it’s almost noon!
WEDNESDAY
Really? Look out da window a shmuck, there’s da weda right in ya face! It’s perfect out, call in sick and go to da sox game…and oh yeah..Yankees suck!
Who’s in? Any developers out there for iPhone apps?
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id943270323?mt=8&&referrer=click%3D8f1cbe38-3914-41cc-adbe-7566b66468ea
Hey Peter Lovasco, what say you???!!!!!
Good Morning Gloucester 
Why this crass language and attempted humor. It is poorly written and damaging this great blog!
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We’re just having some fun. Humor, by nature, can be crass… And, You also forgot proper punctuation. We pride ourselves on the diversity of our community, as well as value our broad blog fan base. With that said, thank you for reading, Gail.
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You must be a newcomer to this Blog. This is Tame compared to some other posts. Just go with it. If you don’t like this post just skip it.
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This man is know for him potty month and poor writing! and no we do not need are own app thanks for axing.
Please learn some better grammar
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Any app would be better than GMG’s weather blogger’s forecasts.
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Sometimes we need a brake and this gave me some relief after a very long week – thanks Craig…I think Paul hit it also we have two eyes, two ears, and only one mouth…I think of things like two ears one to go in and If I like it attached – if I don’t it goes out the other! 🙂
I read this in the Stars & Stripes…A whole new prospective: I choose to cut and paste because, I make way too many mistakes easier on your eyes Long but there are points in all this as much as I despise (hate)…I was moderated on a blog for saying we should the babies to settle hate – because they are untouched by this learned behavior…
“Just ask Thomas Jefferson. Some speech appears useless, but that too is subjective, judged by differing purposes and ideals. In a country with free expression, we won’t like everything we hear or see. The growing cultural diversity of our country means a growing diversity of ideas, but a difference of opinion is not always grounds for taking offense. We have the freedom to ignore rather than ignite.”
http://www.stripes.com/blogs/spouse-calls/spouse-calls-1.9571/free-but-not-easy-1.324104 Link and Open text longer as sometimes links
Free, but not easy
Freedom of expression requires listening, discerning, and sometimes ignoring what is offensive
By Terri Barnes
Stars and Stripes
In military families we speak often of freedom, and we know what it costs. We’ve seen the price of liberty paid by those we know and love, but I wonder whether we can truly appreciate our freedom unless we’ve felt its absence. For those who have always had it, freedom is easy to overlook, as is the cost.
As Americans, we’re allowed to worship, speak, live and act as we choose. The Declaration of Independence says our creator endowed us with the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We hold these truths to be self-evident, but when Thomas Jefferson wrote about them, “these truths” were radical. The signers of the Declaration were revolutionary in every sense of the word. More than 200 years later, these truths have become commonplace — perhaps until the recent terrorist attack in Paris. Our freedoms, particularly free expression granted by the First Amendment to the Constitution, have fresh meaning.
The Jan. 7 murders of 12 people in Paris remind us that for some in this world, freedom is still a radical and dangerous idea. Expressions opposed by Islamic fundamentalists proved fatal for 10 contributors to a satirical magazine. Masked gunmen entered the office of Charlie Hebdo — a publication known for lampooning all faiths and creeds — called several of the writers and artists by name, shot and killed them. Terrorists marked these journalists for death for publishing satirical cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Ten people were killed for self-expression, along with a bodyguard and a police officer. Millions rallied in Paris, and millions more are speaking out on social media against the massacre, showing that the attempt to dampen free expression only encouraged more of it. Totalitarian regimes and ideologies don’t allow freedom of speech or press, because they empower. Control of information and knowledge is a way for those in power to stay in power, while free expression allows individual discernment, thought and action.
Discernment is necessary, because when free expression is allowed, not all messages will be ones we want to hear. This truth has been less recognized in the worldwide demonstrations of support for the fallen satirists.
In a New York Times opinion piece, writer David Brooks pointed out that much of what Charlie Hebdo publishes — barbs aimed at Jews, Muslims, Christians and others — would be considered hate speech by some Americans. Support for freedom of expression has to include freedom for words and images we consider offensive, even hateful. Free expression must be extended to unpopular opinions, to expressions that attack institutions, beliefs and principles.
Free expression for peaceful artists and satirical writers also requires freedom for hateful, name-calling protesters. When we classify some speech as unacceptable because it is offensive, all freedom of speech is diminished. Our Constitution does not grant freedom from being offended. Freedom of speech and of the press means plenty of us will be offended about one thing or another. It means we have the right to speak out when we are offended, but not the right to silence the offenders.
Sometimes speech considered offensive and radical serves a purpose. Just ask Thomas Jefferson. Some speech appears useless, but that too is subjective, judged by differing purposes and ideals. In a country with free expression, we won’t like everything we hear or see. The growing cultural diversity of our country means a growing diversity of ideas, but a difference of opinion is not always grounds for taking offense. We have the freedom to ignore rather than ignite.
Freedom of expression is a right worth exercising, and that means more than tweeting #JeSuisCharlie. It means freedom to be informed, to access a plethora of news sources, to explore ideas, to write letters to the editor, to laugh at cartoons. It means freedom to protest injustice, to discuss issues openly.
Freedom of expression is one of the rights our military is sworn to uphold, and like any freedom it is not free, even for those not in uniform. The cost might include listening with respect and discernment, deciding between arguments that are worth having and those that aren’t.
Free expression means that we all will be offended by something. That’s the bottom line. In the aftermath of Charlie Hebdo, it seems a small price to pay.
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