Is It Astounding In 2013 That Someone Would Ask This Question Rather Than Google “Hard Merchandise T-Shirt”?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I got this email last night (name removed as to not embarrass the nice person)-

where can i find t-shirts for the hard merchandise?  cant find it on this place, or im looking in the wrong place.  help me out ok?  thanx

 

In no way shape or form am I trying to be a prick here.  It’s just interesting to me and I thought I’d share the fact that there are HUGE numbers of the population that haven’t figured out how to do an online search using a search engine.

I mean it had to take more energy for this kind person to type out the email asking where they can find Hard Merchandise T-Shirts than the energy it would have taken to type “Hard Merchandise T-shirt” into a search engine.

So you know they truly don’t understand how.  They’re not being lazy, they just don’t understand that they could Google it.

Here’s a Public Service Announcement for those folks that haven’t figured out how to search for stuff online (an everyday life tool I think you should know about)-

There are other Search engines such as www.bing.com and www.lmgtfy.com you can use to perform searches for things you would like information about or products to buy.

I understand that many of you already understand this but if you saw how many questions a day I get with simple questions that can be answered with far fewer keystrokes you would understand that there are huge chunks of the population for which this tutorial will help immensely.

If we can help just one person understand how to perform an internet search that previously didn’t know how I’ll consider this post a smashing success.

thank you for your time and understanding

Joey C

Community Stuff 5/26/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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North Shore Arts Association  proudly presents

Featured Artist Member Exhibitions: Susanne E. White

Gordon Grant Room Gallery

First Floor

May 24 – June 13

Opening Reception

Sunday May 26, 2:00 – 4:00

www.susannewhite.com

Joey C Kickstarter Project Number One- GMG Vajazzling Studio Project

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

With the number of Kickstarter campaigns spiraling into the stratosphere I’ve decided to launch my own Kickstarter campaign for the very first dedicated Vajazzling Studio In Gloucester.

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Let’s be honest, if Short and Main can raise $22K to pay for a Pizza Oven, my drumming up the dough for a Vajzzling Studio should be a no-brainer.

If Duckworth Bistrot can enter a contest for a new door, if EJ can pull off a Kickstarter for her Owl and The Pussycat book, if some crazy cat lady can get a felt costumes for kitty cats project funded, then there’s no way in hell we would fail in our quest to raise enough dough for a fancy local  Vajazzling studio.

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It’s all the rage. Screw this lobster business crap.  Stinky bait, angry lobstermen, early morning start time and long hours vs Vajazzling coochies for a living.  Hmmm this is not a very difficult decision.

I’ll just need a back up man to take care of the not-so-attractive patrons.  Paulie Walnuts is looking for work.  Bingo!  Paulie Walnuts and me Vajazzling coochies all over the North Shore.

Help me make my Vajazzling dream a reality.  Look for my upcoming Gloucester based Vajazzling Kickstarter campaign which will be forthcoming.  I will offer many levels of pledges starting with base level backers and working our way up to more comprehensive “rewards” for more substantial backers. 

Short and Main offered a $100 option for-

Receive a signed copy of Food & Wine’s latest cookbook, “America’s Greatest New Cooks” featuring Nico and Amelia Monday. You’ll also receive a menu from opening night and a thank you video from Matt in his lobster suit.

Hell I’ll toss in a signed GMG DVD, a couple Homie Stickas and a video of me in a monkey suit singing the start spangled banner for a hundred bones.

Disclaimer: woman I live with and may or may not be related to through marriage will not be pledging.

If Jennifer Love Hewitt is all in for Vajazzling it’s good enough for me.

If this works out (and obviously it’s money in the bank) we’ll get Kim Smith in there to penizzle up dude’s man-parts.

We could take over the world Vajazzling and Penizzling women and men all over the North Shore.

Editor’s note:

Over/Under on the amount of time before we see a Kickstarter project for the Paint Factory project offering people the right to come in and paint or landscape the joint for a mere $100,000? 

I’m saying within six months and I’m taking the under.

Vernon Sanders Law Quote Of The Week From Greg Bover

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

May 23, 2013

“Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first, and then the lesson.”

Vernon Sanders Law (1930-    )

An Idaho native ordained in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at an early age, Law pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1950 to 1967. During the 1960 season he went 20-9 with a 3.08 ERA, winning the Cy Young Award and beating the Yankees twice in the World Series. In 1965 his work on and off the field was recognized with the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award. Law is also cited as the originator of the quote “A winner never quits and a quitter never wins.” He is currently the pitching coach at Provo (Utah) High School.

Greg Bover

The Art of DiNo – Mandalas At Cape Ann Giclee June 1- June 21

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Hi Joey,
We have another great art show coming up at Cape Ann Giclee – The art of DiNo – Mandalas in our studio/gallery at 20 Maplewood Ave Gloucester runs from June 1st to June 21st the opening reception is June 1st 4 – 9 pm and all are welcome. Artist John DiNappoli uses technical pens to create intricate mandalas that are out of this world and must be seen.

At Maritime Gloucester

Posted on by Marty Luster

IMG_1566 The topsail schooner LYNX out of Newport Beach California.

http://www.privateerlynx.com/index.html

She can also be seen through the fog in Donna’s post below.

Fogged In

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

On Friday the fog was so thick just had to go out and take pictures.

Took these pictures from Pirate’s Lane.

Reminds me of the movie Goonies
Reminds me of the movie Goonies
City Hall in the Fog
City Hall in the Fog

A Memorial to Evelyn – Vandalized

Posted on by God's Morning

evelyns memorial windowbox

I didn’t know what to do with the windowbox at the gallery this year.  I’d had enough of the flamingos and tiki man, and I didn’t want to deal with planting flowers.  So now it has become a memorial to Evelyn, complete with a standup paddleboard , which she loved doing so much, that I made from a flipflop.  She’ll be with us all season – at Mug Ups, paddleboarding, openings, dancing at Madfish and everything else we’ll do that she loved.  If anyone would like to add anything to the memorial – beach stones, shells, whatever for Evelyn, please feel free.

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I scheduled this post a fews days ago to run on Sunday afternoon.  This morning I arrived at the gallery to discover Evelyn and her paddleboard gone.  They had been glued in place, so they had been forcefully removed.  I try to live by Thumper’s mother’s teaching: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all”, but today I just can’t.  To the lowdown dirty rotten scumbag that stole Evelyn and her paddleboard from this memorial to her memory, bring them back.  If you return them, all will be forgiven and forgotten; don’t return them, and you have some serious shit karma to deal with.  

Unfortunately, the person who did this most likely does not read Good Morning Gloucester because no FOB would do such a thing.  I assume it was someone coming from Madfish last night that didn’t get a good enough dose of Groove Therapy, and maybe too good a dose of alcohol to be thinking rationally or consciously.  If anyone leaving Madfish Grille last night saw or knows who did this, please let them know how badly they have hurt those of us  mourning the loss of Evelyn, and that they can make it right by returning the stolen items to her memorial. 

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

More Stills from Felicia’s Forthcoming Kickstarter Cookbook Project

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

See previous post

Craig and Felicia ©Kim Smith 2012 Craig and Felicia

Pat and Hannah Kimberley©Kim Smith 2013Pat and Hannah Kimberley

Felicia Craig Kickstarter video -12 ©Kim Smith 2013

Felicia Craig Kickstarter video ©Kim Smith 2013

Lovewhip ~ Madfish Grille ~ Tonight 9-12

Posted on by Joanne

Love Whip Photo by Edson Dias Photo by Edson Dias

http://lovewhip.net/fr_home.cfm

madfish

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Madfish-Grille/219110261434146?rf=117896918222946

Grand Re-Opening at The Art Nook’s New Location

Posted on by Matthew Green

Last Saturday, The Art Nook had an opening reception at it’s new location at 58 Bearskin Neck in Rockport.

 

It features a variety of work by local artists, including Kathleen Miller, Stefan Mierz and Larry Martin-Bittman and Micheal Foley.

Kathleen Miller with one of her landscape paintings

 

Stefan Mierz next to one of his works
Larry Martin-Bittman with some of his paintings
Michael Foley at a recent presentation at the Cape Ann Museum - some of these works are being sold at the gallery
Michael Foley at a recent presentation at the Cape Ann Museum – some of these works are being sold at the gallery

Of course, the reception offered delicious food!  As we circulated through the gallery, many of us took a moment to admire the sunset from the gallery’s back patio.

– Fr. Matthew Green