My View of Life on the Dock
Fred Bodin writes-
Saturday night I had a visit from these wonderful women, all from Cambridge and the North Shore. L-R: Lauren (granddaughter from Reading), Elaine (daughter hailing from Newburyport), Jean Ann (the Mom, from Lynnfield), Lynn (daughter on Rocky Neck), and Charlene (daughter in Cambridge). When I asked them to gather for a photo, they spontaneously picked up Jack Sullivan’s 48" gold leafed Cod. So Gloucester! They’re now friends of GMG and you’ll see them at my gallery events.
Michelle Klaver forwards-
We found one of your buoys yesterday that washed up on the shore of Hampton beach. Nh.
What you are looking at is a mirage.
This isn’t really happening because as we all know Marine Industrial Activity and Non-Marine Industrial Activity Can’t Co-exist. You can’t have all this marine industrial activity and loud cranes operating right in front of the area where people are eating their lunch on an open air deck. That’s just preposterous!!!
What’s Next? Dogs and Cats Living Together?
From Ghostbusters-
Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, “biblical”?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes…
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!
Mayor: All right, all right! I get the point!
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BTW, that Fishing boat in the left of the frame? Must have also been photoshopped, you can’t have fishing oats tied up at places where there are open air-restaurants. No-way- No how! Photoshopped or mirage- you make the call.
I’m rooting for Microsoft I really am. I’m an unabashed fan of Windows 7. I don’t like Windows 7 OS, I LOVE it. But the more I read or can’t read about Windows 8 the more it makes me think it’s going to be an abysmal failure.
Before Windows 7 came out there was a bunch of videos showing what it could do in slow real time usage explaining the features of the Windows Live essentials suite of apps it came with. With Windows 8 there are a couple of videos out but it’s all super fast animations without explanations as if they are hiding things. Why? if you are so proud of it why not plaster what makes it so great in easy to understand demo videos rather than videos of people dancing around with the newly released Surface?
I want it to be great, I really do but my gut tells me it’s going to be horribly accepted.
The Latest Review of What Microsoft CEO said was going to be the best laptop ever- the Surface from Gizmodo-
It doesn’t look good. Is it time to short MSFT?
Here is the stock quote from the minute I composed this post-
It’s been as low as 24 and as high as 32.95 but it is relatively cheap selling for only 15 times earnings.
So here we go, Microsoft Over/Under Poll-
On April 24, 2013 will Microsoft stock be over or under $28.01 per share?
I want to be wrong. I want Windows 8 to blow me away with how awesome it will be for the next desktop or laptop I’ll be buying. Maybe I’m just frustrated that I haven’t been able to see a laptop unit operate using it. Please Microsoft, prove me wrong, I’m rooting for you. My gut tells me you’re putting way too much stock into a touch interface much like the TV industry put too much stock into creating 3D TVs that no one cares about.
Hi Joey,
I found this old postcard of downtown Gloucester at a flea market in New Hampshire recently. I thought you would be interested. It is great that Gloucester still has so many of the old buildings – beautiful! Alice
Cape Ann Youth Hockey Invites Kids Age 4-9 to Talbot Rink in Gloucester to participate in Try Hockey for Free Day on November 3rd.
Cape Ann Youth Hockey invites boys and girls ages 4 to 9 years old to Talbot Rink on Saturday, November 3rd at 8am for a Try Hockey for Free clinic to experience ice hockey for the first time and learn the basics of the sport in a fun, safe environment.
Try Hockey For Free Day is part of Come Play Hockey Month. This program, designed to provide youth hockey associations a national platform to introduce new kids to the sport, is a joint‐effort between USA Hockey, the National Hockey League, and NHL member clubs. With Total Hockey and Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports, the official sponsors of Try Hockey For Free Day, USA Hockey has 500 locations offering kids between the ages of 4 and 9 years old this unique opportunity.
CAYH looks forward to introducing new families to our sport! Every participant will receive a special gift from CAYH and a hockey jersey from USA Hockey.
Families are finding it tough to find the extra funds to allow the kids to try hockey. Pure Hockey is going to help make the day exciting for the kids and take some of the financial pressure off the parents by offering pre-registered participants a goodie bag containing a tee shirt, lanyard, sticker, bracelet and a coupon for a 50% discount off their youth starter package (while supplies last). The package contains a helmet with mask, shoulder pads, elbow pads, gloves, shin guards, pants, stick and bag. They also throw in a free pair of skates!
Advance on-line registration is required and space is limited.
To register for Cape Ann Youth Hockey’s Try Hockey for Free clinic, please visit www.TryHockeyForFree.com.
Please contact Kristin Michel at registrar@capeannyouthhockey.com with any questions.
New and consigned apparel and equipment for skiing, skating, hockey, snowboarding and horseback riding!
Earn money for your previously used equipment and stock up for the upcoming season. Great deals for children and adults!! Vendors will be here too, selling new merchandise at great prices.
Please email skiskateboardandride@gmail.com for more information or to pre-register as a consignor.
Pre-registration is strongly recommended, but you may also register on the drop-off days.
Consignors receive 70% of sales. Donations are also welcome.
Like us on facebook:
facebook.com/SkiSkateBoardRideConsignmentEvent
Saturday, November 3rd, 9am-4pm
Sunday, November 4th, 12-3pm
Cutler Elementary School,
237 Asbury Street, Hamilton
Drop-off hours will be held:
Tuesday, October 30th, 4-8pm
Thursday, November 1st, 4-8pm
Friday, November 2nd, 10am-2pm
Pre-Sale for volunteers ONLY:
Saturday, November 3rd 7-9am!
No Pressure But You Don’t want To Come Off With Some Generic Lamo Christmas Card This Year Do You?
Well the time is now to start planning.
It isn’t enough to lug your kid/s to the mall and plop them down on the lap of that homeless alcoholic who plays Santa every year and pay the $30 bucks for a few 8x10s.
In today’s world of competitive momming you gotta bring you’re A-Game. You have to do something completely unique or let’s face it, you just don’t love your kids. You’re a bad mom, a terrible mom. Maybe the reason you’re lugging your kids to the mall is because you have a secret homeless alcoholic Santa fetish and while your kids are innocently sitting on homeless alcoholic Santas lap you’re thinking about getting all freaky during alcoholic homeless Santa’s coffee break.
Anyway, I digress. If you want to avoid getting all caught up in your alcoholic homeless Santa fetish I suggest you get started on your beautiful children’s Christmas Cards immediately.
We go to Sona Revette’s Love and Life Cards
I did a video interview with Sona last year-
Sona can completely customize your Holiday Card so you don’t get cast off into the uncaring unloving mother pile of Moms who don’t go the extra mile for their children.
They are cheap and she donates dough to plant trees with every order. So you can assuage your guilt about destroying the ozone with your aerosol cans of hairspray by rocking with Sonas Custom Holiday Cards as well.
Here’s a preview from Sona-
The holiday season is upon us… well, almost! It is still October, but some of you very organized people (you know who you are) have already started thinking about holiday cards and have even put in a holiday order. You would think as a card designer, my cards would be done well ahead of time, but alas, I have no idea what my family holiday card will look like. The card design is so much fun for me, but getting just the right photo is another story! So instead of stressing about how I’ll ever get my kiddos to photographed, I’d rather have fun designing the perfect card for you and your family.
Below is a sneak peak of some of our 2012 holiday designs. We’re really excited to offer more designs this year!
Simple and stylish "Crafty Collage"
Say it all with "Joy and Love"
Show off your little elves with "Santa’s Little Helpers"
Three perfect photos? "May your days be Merry & Bright"
Classic Christmas "One Ornament"
Simple and elegant "Ball of Joy"
All of these new designs, and more, will be on the web site and ready to go by the first week in November, but of course if you’re ahead of the game, we can get started right away and as always, if you don’t see exactly what you’re looking for on our web site, we will be happy to create a custom design to show off your beautiful family.
Deb writes-
Hi Joey –
Andre the seal Represents! from Rockport (the other one), Maine, looking out over the harbor he was born in.
California Wine Dinner with Chili Sullivan
Passports Restaurant
Thursday October 25, 7pm
Thursday October 25, 7pm
1st course – Roasted Pear Salad
w/Spicy Pecans, Blue Cheese, Citrus Vinaigrette
Wine pairing – Sterling Sauvignon Blanc
2nd course – Molten Lump Crab Dip
Wine pairing –The Calling, Dutton Ranch Chardonnay
3rd course – Braised Short Rib
w/Mirepoix, Smashed Gold Potatos & Maple Carrots
Wine pairing –The Calling, Cabernet Sauvignon
4th course – Chocolate Espresso Torte w/Raspberry Puree
Wine pairing – Rosenblum “Rockpile” Zinfandel
They Can Be Thankful That Apple Prices Their Macbook’s So Stupid Expensive For Maybe Saving Microsoft From Completely Sinking Down The Toilet With Windows 8.
I don’t know anyone who has touted Microsoft’s huge victory with Windows 7 more than I have. I’m a HUGE HUGE FAN of Windows 7. But Windows 8 and it’s touch interface and Metro UI looks like a complete disaster.
So Apple comes out with an announcement today for its 13 inch Macbook Pro priced at $1,699 and $1,999. The $1,699 model includes a 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5 processor, 8GB of memory, and a 128GB SSD drive. And the $1,999 step-up boosts the processor speed with a dual-core Intel Core i7 processor and the option to increase the SSD drive’s capacity to 768GB source Gizmodo
Instead of putting its foot on the throat of Microsoft and crushing its larynx Apple leaves the door open for people to continue on with lesser priced Windows based computers.
I contend that if the iPad mini is priced at less that $275 it will be a knock out punch for Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes and Noble’s Nook. Every kid is going to want one and parents that don’t want to spend $500 on a full sized iPad will put one in the hands of their kids for the holidays.
If they price the iPad mini over $350 to start they will leave breathing room for the android devices of the world to survive. There’s no doubt after using both android and Apple devices that the operating system for Apple tablets is far more user friendly and should command a slight premium.
Follow along on the Gizmodo live blog of the Apple Event now here
Update:
They just announced the pricing of the iPad mini base model starts at $329 which IMO leaves the door open for the lesser Nook and Kindle Fire to survive. This is not to say that the Fire or Nook are nearly as good as the ipad Mini but they are able to be priced considerably less. There is a sweet spot of price that most people would be willing to spend for a child’s holiday present and $329 is higher than magic number IMO.
Sort of like the $9.99 lunch, price it over that and you lose a lot of working folks. looks like Apple let up on squashing its competitors on this one as well.
If money were no option you go full sized iPad obvi.
Kerry’s boards.
Photo © Kathy Chapman 2012
I find it hilarious that upscale restaurants charge all the money or Monkfish. Poor man’s lobster, Riiiiiight.
Let’s get something straight- Lobster is lobster.
Rubbery ol’ monkfish- not lobster.
Got it?
If those of you who have Facebook or Twitter or Google+ could share this I’d love to see a really large number of votes to get a true picture of what most people want, Thanks. (You can share it by clicking the little icons below the post)
Holy Canoli Batman there were a lot of responses to this. Some which I think are completely ridiculous due to the space available where Five Guys was located up at Gloucester Crossing.
Anyway here are your options, vote away!
O’Maley vs Rockport
They are 11-0 with a total of 45 goals scored and only 12 goals scored against them. Way to go team and coaches! Four more games!
Front Row (sitting) Mackenzie Plante, Brie Ramsey, Callie O’Leary, Nicole Tocco and Whitney Good
Back Row (standing) Lilly Gray, Jenna Taormina, Maddie McCarthy, Gabby Machado, Rachel Alexander,Kelly Broe, Megan Russo, Sam Cominelli, Sam Orlando, Marissa Enes, Bailey Kirk, Lila Monell, Maggie Destino and Brianna Fernandes
Missing from picture: Emma Lamoureux, Ava Trotman, Haley Glaser and coaches Marcy Plante, Alison Monell, and Ellen Preston.
Sue Good Forwards us some photos of the squad in action!
Trish from Pleasant St Tea and Coffee Co writes-
Hey Joey,
My brother ran the Baystate marathon in Lowell today. All of the siblings were in attendance along with the MUM and nephews, niece and 3 babies in bellies of the two sisters. My brother ran an amazing race with an improvement from the Sugarloaf Marathon in September. 3:16:31
Good Morning Gloucester 