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Creating an Abundance of peace and well-being to your life!

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Mexico Day One…

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Day One

I’m super planner guy when I travel.  Have just the right bags (four wheel 22 inch spinner and messenger style style second bag that slides over the handle of the spinner) with everything packed just right. Anyone who knows me knows about my obsession with staying dry and comfortable so I get up early, shower,  and power the hell out of my nuts to avoid that sticky nuts sensation you get on long flights where they get stuck to your leg and you gotta peel them off when you finally let the boys free.  I didn’t have any baby powder so I used this product that Kim Smith gave me last year which is a corn starch based powder.    I pre download several podcasts including the Tony Kornheiser Show, Joe Rogan and Adam Corolla podcasts onto my ipad.

imageAll set to go. Everything’s perfect.

We’re close to the last people boarding and our seats were toward the back of the plane but you could see that overhead compartments were all filled up at the back of the plane so I was worried about them having to check our carry ons if all the overhead compartments got filled.  We purposely took carry on luggage to avoid having to check bags and lose an hour after getting off the plane waiting at the carousel instead of working our way through customs and ultimately to our hotel.  So I toss the carry ons up into the last couple of open compartments which are about 15 rows ahead of our actual seat assignments.

We have the middle and window seat and there’s already a guy in the aisle seat of our row and he gets up and we get settled into our seats but both of us really had to pee.  Feeling terrible about making the guy get up twice because we had to go pee like five minutes after we made him move the first time,  I give him our assurance that I won’t make him get up again,  not wanting to be a total pain in the ass.

So now we’re three hours into the flight and I’m really bummed out because my ipad which had my downloaded podcasts stored on it is stored in the carry on that is 15 rows ahead in the overhead compartment and I had given this guy in the aisle seat my assurance that we wouldn’t get up again and he’s like like a water saving camel. I figured at some point he’d have to get up and go pee which would give me a chance to go grab my ipad but no, the guy is like a rock.  Staring straight ahead the whole time, never once reaching for his seat belt or giving any signs that he’s gonna budge.

It’s a total test of wills but at this point.  I’ve had this monster frontal wedgie where my nuts have been all mashed up into my body and because I used so much corn starch thinking it would keep my nether regions dry,  I realize that it’s created a corn starch /nutsack sweat-like paste between my balls and my inner theigh/taint area because I’m sweating from contracting my prostate for so long to hold in the pee because I don’t want to bother the half camel /half man creature sitting in the aisle seat.

Finally I can’t take it any more and I ask to get up because I’m just too uncomfortable and the big goofy ginger in the front row of our section wearing a Washington Wizards basketball jersey stinks so bad that my eyes are watering from his uncomprehensible BO.  And the reason I say it’s uncomprehensible is because he’s with a girl, not completely unattractive who you would think might tell him that he needs to take a frickin shower before you go on a four hour flight to an eighty five degree destination.  You have to wonder how the not-completely unattractive girl is with Stinky, Neanderthal, Washington Wizards Basketball Tank Top Wearing Ginger Stinky Guy.  No joke we were five rows behind him and could smell his BO.

So I work my way past stinky guy and get to the bathroom, lock the door behind me which slides the vacant sign to “occupied” on the other side of the door.  Not even 10 seconds into the bathroom the door handle starts jiggling uncontrollably and someone is trying to get in.  I figure they’re going to realize immediately that it’s locked a) because the door won’t open and b)  because the goddamn sign shows in their face that the frickin bathroom is occupado!  But no, not one but two more rounds of crazy handle jiggling at which point I fully expect an ax to come flying through the door and Jack Nicholson to poke his head into the chasm created by the ax,  screaming “Heeeeere’s Johnny!”

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I finally finish my business and Super K is waiting for me on the other side of the door and I ask her if she was messing with me but, no it wasn’t her.
At the very least I got my frontal wedgie unstuck and relieved myself and we are starting our descent to our final destination.

Weeeee!

 

Currently Gloucester’s Community Developement Office Twitter Account Has 8 Followers. Let’s change that GMGers

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The Latest GMG Stats -Past Month 1,736,952 Views -Past Week 314,063 Views

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Here are some of the latest numbers from Feedburner (which is the email blast that people who have subscribed to GMG  get emailed to them at the end of the night) and The GMG Facebook Feed. These numbers don’t include the stats of people who directly visit Good Morning Gloucester via the blog itself by clicking a direct link to it.

The Gloucester Daily Times Used To Carry Our Feed Along With Other Local Blog Feeds On It’s Home Page.  Then They Got Rid Of That Feature.

Offer Stands To Use Our Feed If They’d Ever Like To Bring It Back And Offer Their Readers Our Pretty Interesting Content

Fecebook Engagement Vs Gloucester Daily Times, Cape Ann Chamber Of Commerce and Discover Gloucester.

Past Week 314,063 Views

Past Month 1,736,952 Views

Video- Crema De Arancello Making and Bottling For St Joseph’s Day 2015 Part II

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Secrets to a ‘Long and Happy Life’

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‘Fukuju’ in Japanese means ‘Long Life and Happiness.’

The Longest Living Woman in the World Just Celebrated Her 117th Birthday! http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/03/04/worlds-oldest-person-117-birthday-japan/24362311/

Misao Ōkawa (大川 ミサヲ) Born March 5th, 1898 is the oldest living woman. She currently resides in a nursing home in Osaka, Japan. (See link above for more of her story.)

When asked her advice on ‘longevity,’ Misao-san answered

  • “Eat and Sleep Well.” Misao-san reports sleeping 8 hours a day, and eating sushi. mackerel (‘Saba’) being her favorite. (Hey Joey, More ‘Good News’ for Gloucester Fisherman!)

Captain Joe Sushi Roll

SUSHI

Benefits Sushi is high in natural Omega-3 fatty acids which has been reported to help decrease inflammation. Information on Omega-3 and health benefits from Mayo Clinic – http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/in-depth/omega-3/art-20045614 Over the past few years we have seen an increase in Sushi offerings on Cape Ann: Latitude 43, The Rudder, Madfish, the Franklin, Midori, and the Studio are some of the Cape Ann Restaurants offering…

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Joey C Off This Week

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GHS Cheerleaders Competing In The States At Wachusett High Today!

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The Gloucester High School Varsity Cheerleaders placed second at Regionals last weekend. Tomorrow they are competing at States at Wachusett High School. Good luck girls!

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Fish Tales

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Seeking Storytellers!

Fish Tales has a few open spots for storytellers for the March 13th show. Please get in touch if you are interested in telling a 5 minute true story around the theme Bad Luck. Maureen Aylward: maureenaylward@comcast.net

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Maritime Gloucester Sea Scouts news

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Hi Joey,

Our troop of Sea Scouts just completed a sea survival course in Groton.  I wonder if there’s anyway you can give them a shout out?  I think they’re very proud of what they did (and had a lot of fun).  What photos we have were taken with a cell phone so are not great, but they get the idea across (I’ve attached some here).

Here’s what we posted on our website about it:

Maritime Gloucester congratulates our North Shore Ship 5 Sea Scouts on completing the Sea Survival safety course at Survival Systems USA in Groton, CT. The course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to enable anyone to care for themselves in a sea survival situation.  

While the skills around hypothermia mitigation were individually challenging and the group sea surface formations enlightening, the highlight of the event was the group raft rescue in simulated rough seas, complete with high gusty winds, lightening, helicopter sheer winds, deafening noises, and driving rain all assaulting the small raft in the dark. Apparently it’s not uncommon for participants to yell “Do it again!” when the simulation ends and they crawl out of the survival raft, all smiles, shaken but happy.

It would be great if you could include them in your posts, but I know you have a lot going on!

Tracy

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The Pulse of Cape Ann Art seARTS Annual Meeting Tuesday March 10

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The Pulse of Cape Ann Art seARTS  Annual Meeting  Tuesday March 10, 6:00-8:30pm, at Bass Rocks Golf Club  Community invited as seARTS reviews the past year and looks ahead to plans for 2015  seARTS will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, March 10, at the Bass Rocks Golf Club, inviting the community to join in a review of the past year and a look ahead to plans for 2015.  -class center for economy by bridging its maritime heritage and a future powered by the arts. We are looking forward to meet the every changing needs of our members but also to provide a public forum for community expression.   Artwhich will feature guest speakers from the arts community and regional and state government, including: – Matt Swift, Owner and Gallery Director of Trident Gallery – Tom Daniel, Community Development Director for the City of Gloucester – Richard Maloney, Assistant Professor and Director ad interim of Arts Administration for Boston University – Meri Jenkins, Program Manager for the Massachusetts Cultural Council  The annual meeting  which begins at 6pm and is scheduled to run until 8:30  is a unique opportunity to learn about cultural happenings across our community and join in discussion about the future of the arts on Cape Ann.  chance to see the Art@Bass Rocks show — works of artists participating in the 2014-2015 Art Loan Program.  seARTS will also vote on new directors including a new Vice-President, Anita Blackaby who has a long history in running non-profit organizations.  Among the 2014 highlights to be spotlighted at the meeting: – The Arts & Cultural Exchange – The Bass Rocks Arts Loan Program – The Partner With an Artist Program  – The Wearable Art & Home Décor Show & Sale – The seARTS Uncorked: The Art of Food and Wine Pairing benefit  – And updates on seARTS cultural partners  The meeting is open to the public.  Light appetizers will be served and there will be a cash bar.  Eventbrite, info@searts.org or 978-281-1222.   About seARTS -class center for working artists.  Established in 2000, seARTS is working to help powered by the arts. For more information on seARTS, visit http://www.searts.org .
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