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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ED!!!! Guess The Old Geezers Age!
You know those community people who are always there volunteering to help make all the good stuff happen around town?
Well we’ve got quite a few of them who just so happen to be part of the GMG team but my buddy Ed Collard is ALWAYS the first guy to jump in and volunteer his time to make others enjoy themselves in our community.
I couldn’t even begin to list all the stuff he has helped out on and if I tried to I’d never make it out of the office today. All done with a smile. The guy is truly special and I can’t begin to express how lucky I am to have him as a friend and confidant.
So be sure if you see the guy with the porno stash today you wish him a happy birthday. We will have some breakfast at Passports at 8:45AM and then he will be setting up the lights and buoys on the Lobster trap tree.
Happy Birthday Buddy!
Write how old you think he is in the comments to this post.
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Ed Is Ready To Perform Your Exam
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Greasy Pole Work Begins
Pearson Pilings are being used. The pearson pilings use a proprietary formula which makes their pilings stronger than steel even though it’s much lighter.
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Kathy Chapman took this picture of the pilings loaded on the barge last week-
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Ed Collard’s House Doctors Offer To Sponsor One Female and One Male Greasy Pole Walker For Greasy Pole Rebuilding Fundraiser Next Saturday
Ed knows his limitations apparently and is willing to sponsor the first female and male who write in the comment section of this post that they would like to do it.
Here’s the deets-
Greasy Pole Fundraiser Event Fall Classic Newell Stadium
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HOLY COW We’re Gonna Walk the Greasy Pole at the Football field. For the Greasy Pole Fund, Contact Joe Novello, Peter "Black" Fronterio for walker and all other info, Rain Date Nov.19 Fundraiser Event Newell Stadium
Saturday, November 12, 2011 12:00pm-4:00pm
Here’s the article in The Gloucester Daily Times-
Have you ever wanted to walk Gloucester’s famed Greasy Pole?
Come Nov. 12, you’ll have your chance.
Launching its fund-raising effort to restore the Greasy Pole and its pier — damaged during Tropical Storm Irene, then dumped onto its side by high winds and tides Sept. 30 — the St. Peter’s Fiesta Committee is offering 120 people the chance to walk the pole during a program planned that day for Gloucester High School’s Newell Stadium.
"Out of the whole Greasy Pole structure, we were able to save the actual walking pole," said St. Peter’s Fiesta Committee President Joe Novello, whose group is seeking to raise $85,000 to fully cover the construction, permit fees and other costs connected with restoring one of Fiesta’s centerpieces. The drive has already received a $35,000 lift from The Boston Foundation, Novello said.
In the Nov. 12 benefit, the pole and its flag will be extended from a flatbed truck some 3 to 4 feet off the ground, with rubber padding beneath it to cushion the inevitable falls. And the first 120 people who sign up and cough up the $25 donation will get to walk the pole, in three groups of 40, Novello said.
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ATTENTION RESTAURANT OWNERS- SOGGY FRIES SUCK ASS
So mid morning I get a call from Ed (do I even have to say his last name any more) Collard
He asks about lunch and I tell him to swing by and we will discus our plan of attack. We settle on cheeseburger plates from a local joint and I call in the order.
Me on the phone-
I would like two bacon cheeseburgers with thousand island dressing and two orders of fries. Oh and could you please be sure to leave the container open because I don’t want the fries to get all soggy on the drive back to the dock?
The woman assures me that they would put the fries in a separate container.
Ed heads out to pick up lunch.
One thing you can count on down the dock is that the very minute take-out arrives there will be two or three boats that hit the dock to be offloaded at that very moment. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t had a boat pull up to offload for two hours- the precise moment when the delivery guy shows up and you hand him your money you can place all your money on the fact that there will be a boat to offload within your first bite of anything you order. That’s just the way it is and I’ve come to expect that.
So sure enough Ed returns with lunch in two large paper bags containing our burgers and fries and heads up to the office to eat and at the very same time two small boats hit the dock. It takes only about 10 minutes to offload them and put the lobsters away and I bound up the stairs to the office where my burger and fries await.
Mr Wonderful Ed Collard hearing me on the phone asking the waitress to please leave the container open so my fries wouldn’t get soggy decides to pull a prank on me.
The rotten prick duct tapes the edges of the styrofoam container.
Now you might think that because they punched a few holes in the top of the container that that is enough to let the steam escape and to salvage the fries but let me assure you that that just isn’t the case.
ATTENTION RESTAURANT OWNERS
Fries to go should be in either cups or those white clam boxes in a separate bag. I don’t care if you punched holes in the top to let the steam out, when you stack another box on top of it the steam still doesn’t have any where to go except into the moisture receptacles formerly known as french fries.
Limper than an eighty year old dude’s dick.
You might as well have poured some gravy over the goddamn things because they were like eating mashed potatoes.
I owe you one Ed.
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Here’s What’s Up Today- 2011 Essex Clamfest! Live Blog
The Essex Division of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the twenty-ninth annual Essex ClamFest on Saturday, October 22nd (rain date: Sunday, October 23rd), from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Shepard Memorial Park in Essex.
The highlight of the day will be the Clam Chowder Tasting, a competition that pits area restaurants against one another to determine who serves the best chowder on Cape Ann. Many of the area restaurants are expected to serve up their favorite chowder recipes starting at 12:00 noon and ending at 2:00 p.m. The public (for a nominal fee of $5 per person) will also have the opportunity to sample and vote on their favorite chowder.
In addition to the Chowder competition, an interesting variety of activities has been planned, including an arts and crafts area; entertainment throughout the afternoon; the Lions Club food pavilion; an Ipswich Ale station; organization, church, and non-profit tables; a number of games for children and a health fair which will include flu shots. The crafts area and the rides will be open to the public starting at 11:00 a.m.
For more information contact Tim Burton at 978-283-1601 or by email at tim@capeannchamber.com.
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Donna Ardizzoni reports live 9:45AM set up-
11:40
Ed Collard Live Blogs-
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25th Blackburn Challenge; Joey: Send me a photo!
The morning of the Blackburn Challenge and Joey was having a GMG meltdown. Or maybe he was was giving birth to puppies. But we were getting ready to go for a long paddle and Ed and I had not sent him any photos. I was trying to set up my iPhone to send a GPS signal so GMG could track us go around Cape Ann but Joey was sending me a text message every five minutes which would kill the GPS app.
I did get a photo but forgot that it was on HDR setting. I emailed it to Joey and he never received it since it was so large. Today, I finally figured out how to get it yanked from my outbox. Here we are discussing racing strategy. Once Ed realized I had Sue set up to deliver us cold beers as we rounded Andrews Point we were all set.
Only 290 days left to the 26th Blackburn Challenge.
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Live Blogging Celebrate Gloucester 2 From Lat 43
Click here or pic for live feed from Lat 43!!!!
MAKE NO MISTAKE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PLACE TO BE TONIGHT!!!!
GET THERE EARLY TO GET A TABLE!!!!!
COME PARTY WITH US!!
WAY TO GO TEAM!!!!!
Screen Construction- Ed Collard on Lead with help from Joey and Frank Ciolino,Paulie Walnuts, Thom Falzarano, Donna Ardizzoni and Rick, Sista Felicia, BJ and Amandacakes!
The Café is starting to take Shape!
It’s ALIVE!!!!!!!
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Video- Final Day Screen Building
A few modifications explained by Ed Collard. hope to see y’all tonight at Lat 43!
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Lat 43 GMG Bash To Renew Newell Stadium At Latitude Updated Outdoor Café Floor Plan- Click Picture to Enlarge
It’s very simple, once you walk through downtown for the Block Party, swing on tdown to Lat 43 and the outdoor seating theatre which we will be creating in the parking lot facing Rogers Street. If you can’t get a table downtown there will be plenty of hand food that you can grab and watch the free show and The Team at Lat 43 is offering food at family friendly prices-
Clam Chowder $4
Chicken Wings $4
Pizza $4
Pulled Pork Sliders $4
Sushi $8
Popcorn $2
Matt Burke From the Gloucester Daily Times Will be presenting Awards To the top 25 Gloucester High School Gridiron Greats and we will have photos of lots of the award winners blown up 25 feet on the big screen as Matt gives out the awards.
We will unveil the 25 foot screen that Ed Collard and I conceived and Ed mostly built with help from Sista Felicia and screen Sam Hartson’s “This Is Fiesta” movie. The Screen will be outside hoisted high up on the pilings in front of Lat 43, show footage of the blue lobsters albino lobsters, golden sea robin, Sunday Senior Seine Boat race, Friday Saturday and Sunday greasy pole footage, Monkey Balls, Craig Kimberly’s Fiesta Videos, Faces Of The Fishermen From EJ, Gloucester’s Finast Kind Calendar, and much much more. The Outdoor café setup in the parking area in front of Lat 43 will be incredibly set up Lat 43 will be practically giving the food away and there will be adult beverage service- NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!
Best of all 10% of all food and beverage sales goes to GFAA to help rebuild Newell Stadium.
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Video- Screen Planning T-Four Days Til The Big Show At Lat 43
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Coming Soon… Building Our 15 x 20 Foot Movie Screen Day 2: Testing
Here are the plans- 
Day 2:
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Ed Collard Returns!!!! Blackburn Challenge 2011 A Video
Ed Collard Returns!!!!
Blackburn Challenge 2011
A Video
Brought to you by; GoodMorningGloucester.org
Filmed on Location by:
Paul F. “Paulie Walnuts” Frontiero Jr.
Graduate of the Ed Collard School of Videography
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Ed Collard Fights through Heavy Boat Traffic to Finish The 2011 Blackburn Challenge
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Video- 2011 Blackburn Challenge Filmed By Ed Collard
Ed uses the Kodak zx3 and Kayalu Salt Waterproof Camera Mount to capture the Blackburn Challenge
The Kodak zx-3 and kayalu salt waterproof camera mount performed perfectly, especially when you consider Ed all thumbs and no eyes Collard was the operator.
I would say you have to give Ed some props for improved camerawork. Nice slow steady pans and no ground shots, Ed is definitely improving with his camera work!
we will be bringing you more creative footage with the waterproof camera and mount in the coming weeks.
if anyone is interested in the gear you can buy them on Amazon here
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Desi Smith Captures Ed and Paul At the Blackburn Challenge
Hi Joey, please share these photo’s on your blog of Ed and Paul.
Desi
Ed gives Paul a push.
Paul and Rubber Duckie prepare for the journey.
Ed battens down the hatches.
Ed gives the thumbs up,saying he’s ready for the challenge.
Ed heads out to meet Paul for their adventure together.
Ed’s Daughter watches as her father and Paul Morrison head out for the Blackburn Challenge.
There’s no turning back now!
all photos and captions Desi Smith
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2011 Blackburn Challenge Coverage From GMG- Live Tracking of Ed, Rubber Ducky and Paul Morrison and More!!!
We will be tracking Ed, Rubber Duckie and Paul Morison via satellite. if you click on the screenshot of the map you will see exactly where they are on the race course as they circumnavigate Cape Ann.
The screenshot below was taken at 6:08 when they boys arrived at the starting line at Gloucester High School. If you click the picture it will show you a refreshed map of exactly where they are as the day progresses.
Ed Collard talking pretty confidently in his interview here but I think we all know he is secretly hoping for the race to be called early due to heat, LOL! I will say this-
If Ed Collard does indeed complete the Blackburn Challenge after only 5 times being in a Kayak I’ll be convinced he can do anything.
A note to all Blackburn Challenger Competitors and their families-
Swing down the dock after the race to get a free Good Morning Gloucester Sticker and have your picture taken for these pages Representing!
The boys have been averaging 5 mph according to our satellite tracker
8:10AM
8:27AM 5mph
8:42AM 4mph
GO ED!!! GO PAUL!!! GO RUBBER DUCKIE!!!
11:09AM 3mph
11:34 Zero MPH BEER BREAK?
12:55PM 4MPH Passing Brace Cove
1:07PM 4MPH The Home Stretch Past The Breakwater
1:38PM 4 MPH Inner Harbor heading For The Greasy Pole!!!!
Finishing Strong 5MPH To Pavillion Beach THEY DID IT!!!!!!!!!!
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WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!! THEY DID IT!!!! Blackburn Challenge 2011
I’m Buyin Ed and Paul!!! Milk for R. Duckie! and thanks to Peter and Vicky Van Ness for getting the video of Ed Hitting the beach!!!
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