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Be Sure To Tell Da Godmuddah Happy Birthday!  We Love You Baby!

Photo David Cox

Cape Ann Skeptics in the Pub will meet August 16th. The program will be “A Skeptical Look at  Economics

– What to make of all the conflicting theories being espoused today?” In this presentation, Mark Warhol will present an uncommonly commonsensical guide to the follies of economics. His talk is based on the work of Ha-Joon Chang, professor of economics at the University of Cambridge, England.

The meeting will be held at the Dog Bar, 65 Main St., Gloucester. As usual, we will gather at 6:00 to meet each other and order dinner and drinks. The program will begin at 6:45.

We hope to see you there. What better time to look skeptically at economics? www.capeannskeptics.com

I was gonna go on a long rant after reading this but with my Bhuddhism and all the kinder and gentler Joey will just pass this along for your amusement.

Thank you to the dozen or so of you who have forwarded me this story from the New York Times about the guy in the Upper West Side of New York who has been selling freshwater crawfish meat as lobster for at least 15 years (I guess New Yorkers wouldn’t know the difference anyway)

Lobster Salad, but a Key Ingredient Was Missing

Only the name has changed. The ingredients remain the same: wild freshwater crawfish, mayonnaise, celery, salt and sugar.

For at least 15 years, Zabar’s, the Upper West Side grocery with the big crowds and even bigger prices, sold that as lobster salad — thousands and thousands of pounds of it, by itself in a plastic tub or on a bagel or a roll. Apparently no one noticed.

Then Doug MacCash, a reporter from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, stopped at Zabar’s while vacationing in Manhattan last month.

“Lobster salad on a bagel: Why not?” he wrote on Aug. 1 on the newspaper’s Web site. “It was delicious, but the pink/orange tails seemed somehow familiar.”

He checked the label. “Wild fresh water crayfish?” he wrote. “Really? At $16.95 per pound?” He photographed the label, just to be sure.

Mr. MacCash had discovered a fact of New York culinary life that New Yorkers had not: There was no lobster in the lobster salad at Zabar’s.

click here for the rest of the Story at the New York Times website

Hey New Yorkers, for future reference:

Seafood For Dummies:

This is a lobster-

This is a crayfish-

from wikipedia

This is a steroid user-

"Insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result."
Albert Einstein <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein>  (1879 – 1955),
(attributed)
Born in Germany of non-observant Jewish parents, Einstein is often cited as
the most powerful scientific thinker since Isaac Newton, whose mechanical
model of nature he replaced with nuclear, and later quantum, physics. His
theories of general and special relativity, Brownian motion, and the
photoelectric effect, for which he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in
Physics, form the basis of the generally accepted perspective on the
universe. He is credited with warning Franklin Roosevelt of Hitler’s plans
to build atomic weapons, thus setting the Manhattan project into motion,
although he was previously an ardent pacifist, having left Germany in the
1930’s for The Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.  Einstein spent
much of his later years searching for a Unified Field Theory, which would
encompass gravitation, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear
forces. This unification has still not been achieved.

click pic for Albert Einstein Wiki Page

All winners go to Lunenburg:
Mixed doubles
1. Linnea Williams/Jimmy Tarantino
6:19 (win by default)
Juniors
1. Randy Parisdi/LJ Robertson 6:05
2. Joey Ciolino/Kyle Edmonds 6:30
Women
1. Karen Conan/Heather Fraelick (by
default)
Over 40
1. Mike Harmon/John Scola 6:01
2. Lenny Billante/Jay Prince 6:01
3. Tim Oakes/Tommy Conrad 6:03
All three right on top of each other
at the finish
Seniors 1 mile course
1. Erik Dombrowski/Glenn Harrington
2. Joe Sanfillippo/Jeff Muise
Another photo finish. I forgot to
write the times down on the paper I
brought home. (9:16, 9:17 ???)

Some pre-ball photos I was able to grab before my battery died.  We all know Ed Collard has great hair, but check him out here.  A blast was had by all, and the costumes were amazing.  Rocky Neck rules the wild, crazy and fun realm.  David Cox was taking most of the photos, so here’s a nice photo of David taking photos.  Also a nice pre-ball photo of the Madfish Wharf girls taken by guest artist, Caroline Stella.   I think the wig suits Ed better than me.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

This past Sunday’s mug up was amazingly well attended in spite of the deluge of rain we had?  Our beloved leader Joey C. was there, as was Ed Collard and his daughter Amy and her fiancé Adam, Paul and Kathy Frontiero, Paul and Sue Morrison (with Monkey Bread!), neighbor Wendie Demuth of Wendie Demuth Photography, Jane Paznik-Bondarin and Andrew Karlin – FOB’s from Manhattan, FOB Becky Wuenchell brought fruit salad, Donna and Ed Ardizonni, neighbor Stevie Black, Kim Smith looking very coy, Alecia’s guy Mike (sorry to ID you that way Mike, but I don’t know your last name) showed up in the rain on his Ducati motorcycle with canoli’s and éclairs (yummm), Adam Bolonsky and his gal Yvonne brought absolutely delish carrot cake, Pete and Joyce Chamberlain brought bagels with cream cheese and lox, and a bunch of other stuff that I neglected to connect with the bringers.  I’m sorry if I missed anyone.  Of course, my deviled eggs are always a big hit (and this time instead of exploding them on the stove, the refrigerator froze them; but they still turned out fine).  In other words, we had a bunch of awesome people, conversation, new and old friends and an abundance of really great food on beautiful Rocky Neck – what more could you ask for.  Next Mug Up is Sunday, August 14, 10:00 am, 77 Rocky Neck, G3.  Everyone is invited.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Noted author and NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu is coming to Gloucester and will give a talk on Thursday, August 25th, at 7:30 p.m. at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church, 10 Church Street. Not to be missed! Call Annie Thomas, 978-283-7738 for more info. Tickets are $20, $10 for students, with proceeds supporting the work of GWC. (Tickets sold at The Bookstore, online at gloucesterwriters.org and available at the door.)

Reminder: David Rich reads from his new book of poems, Arshile Gorky at GWC, 126 East Main Street, next Wednesday, August 17, at 7:30 p.m.

Thanks to Good Morning Gloucester, Capt. Joe, Paul, and EJ and everyone else for all you have done for Gloucester!  We love your wide range of posts and photos and the artwork is always amazing!  We are so blessed to live here and you capture it and share it so beautifully!

Thanks to our Eco-tour Guide Silvie Lockerova for these great photos of our Dogtown version of Donna Ardizzoni’s “one hour at a time gang”!    This is a great opportunity to hike in woods and explore local historical landmarks while helping take care of a great natural resource which is a key to Gloucester’s future as a mecca for Destination Ecotourism.

Dogtown is known as a mysterious place with a unique history. Walking trails lead us through woods, moraines, vernal pools, marshes and reservoirs. Today’s Dogtown is a deserted settlement, which brings us back to the history of 1650, when the first residence moved in. Today we can find ruins of stone walls and cellars along the way. Beside the trails are large boulders, originated more than 10,000 years ago. Some boulders were carved by workers employed by Roger Babson during the time of the Great Depression. There are written simple inspirational mottos, representing a “book on the stone” in nature.
Cape Ann Healing Center offers hikes accompanied by Eco-Tour Guide Silvie Lockerova and Eco-Tour Dog Atlas. Walks are done by appointment, usual meeting on Mondays and Saturdays morning at a familiar and convenient place. Pick up is possible. 

The walk is designed to exercise, educate and raise awareness to protect our amazing green spaces and history.

Minimum 3 people, Price $25/ adult, children under 12 years $12. 

On our eco-tour we offer a 90% discount for those who would like to spend some extra time cleaning specific sites of Dogtown from trash.  Here, Annette Dion, Dr. Nicole and Atlas clean up at "Whale’s Jaw".  Did you know that the DPW supplies free yellow bags for this service at any time?

Call or text for appointment: Silvie Lockerova: 978 412 5400 or email: silvielocker@hotmail.com

Wear: hiking shoes, long pants, mosquito repellent and bring water, snacks, camera.  The hike is moderate, approx. 3 hrs long.

Please note, hiking is at your own risk!

Thanks for helping us share this great offering!

Yours in Service,

Dr. Nicole

Jen- sbyc@sandybay.org

Hi Joey, 

How are you?  My husband and I have been following your blog for over a year and met you at a block party last year.  Not sure if you remember us Rich and Jess Bean from Medford. 

Well we bought a house in Gloucester and moved up here in the middle of July and we couldn’t be happier! We read goodmorninggloucester every day and have been taking advantage of the great things Gloucester has to offer including the sidewalk bizarre, local craft fairs and artist, block party, music. Everyone has been so nice and friendly and we love the sense of community here (as well as the beautiful ocean, coves, rivers).

I was wondering if you could help me spread the word to locals on my business jessbean.com.   I’m an administrative consultant helping small business and retiree’s with their clerical and administrative needs. It’s for businesses and people who don’t need someone full time but could use some one to come in once in a while to help with filing, data entry, spreadsheets, Quicken, or Quickbooks, etc. 

My contact information is:

Website:  jessbean.com

Email:     jessicambean@gmail.com

Phone:    617-605-3264

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.  And thanks for starting your blog.  It was a big factor in us falling in love with Gloucester!

Thanks, Jess