Stella wrote her name in the snow in ten seconds. Her new name is “Spot”.
Tag: Rubber Duck
Rubber Duck Escaped to Sunday River
Rubber Duck likes the Foggy Google (That’s the bar on the mountain.) The actual mountain is behind the little hills in the photo.
She likes the taps. Duck, Honk, Mohawk.
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More Chamber of Commerce
Oops, Rubber Duck told Ed the rolls were a food challenge.
What I like about this island, the natives are so staid and honor decorum. All photos after this were a blur of 200 napkins.
Fifteen minutes earlier Joey was helping unload the last boat. Cleans up pretty good.
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Rubber Duck’s Sistah Goes Skiing
Mount Sunapee Ski Resort just a two hour drive from Gloucester. Leave at 6:30AM and that leaves you with a half hour to buy a ticket, get your boots on and be the first on the lift. This Wednesday it was half price Wednesday (no idea if they do it every Wednesday) so even if you bail like RD’s sistah and hit the bar at noon for a Blue Moon it’s still a deal.
Rubber Duck stayed home. Still recovering from the New Year’s plunge.
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Joanie On A Pony
Rubber Duck: “So when they installed Joanie did the town fathers consider that fact that every visitor to Gloucester’s first impression would be a very large horse’s ass or was it so Joanie could salute the Legion Hall?”
Kevin the Panda: “Sounds like a win win Rubber.”
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Toodeloos Kevin Safe and Sound
Kevin is back in front of Toodeloos enjoying his perpetual tea party. Rubber Duck was so happy to see him back she brought some of her friends by.
All of Kevin’s stuffing seems to be in the right place and except for a touch of lipstick on his collar none the worse for wear. Actually Kevin’s fur seems a little shinier than it was yesterday and when asked where he was all night he just grins.
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New Years Day Rocky Neck Plunge Video w/ GMG Stars
After shooting plunge prep, the Zip Line Kid gave me his camera to shoot all the brave souls who took the plunge with a warm ending at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center with gracious hostess, Karen Ristuben.
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200 Days until the Blackburn Challenge
The timer is set. You’re sitting there on your butt thinking of a New Year’s Resolution today. How about joining the Cape Ann Rowing Club Blackburn Challenge in a paddle around the island on July 23rd? That butt a little too big for the kayak? Divide the lard you need to drop by the 29 weeks until the paddle. You can lose a half pound a week can’t you? You get a great sense of accomplishment and a wicked cool T-Shirt. The Essex River Race on May 11th is only 130 days away. Put down that Nacho. The Cape Ann Rowing Club puts on a great event. If Rubber Duck can do it the last three years, you can too.
Put down the Nacho, Beat the Duck; Paddle!
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New Year’s Plunge Rubber Duck Style
Rubber Duck had some sand kicked in her face her last year so she is bringing her big brother to the New Year’s Plunge.
If you’re lost, here’s a map to the beach. The plunge is at 11AM. The A01 buoy is recording the exact same temp as last year, 46F.
There is actually a hole in the middle of big brother duck which is the exact size of Paul’s ass. Don’t be late as someone might blow a seal. No glass or sharp objects allowed on the beach near inflated rubber ducks.
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Christmas Day Brussels Sprout
First word plural, second, not. I looked it up. Plenty left over for New Year’s Day post Rocky Neck, Oak Grove Beach plunge. Fingers are numb from snapping these off. Too cold for even the Rubber Duck to come out to harvest. (Her joints stiffen up.) Sirloin Roast, mashed potatoes, brussels sprout. New Christmas tradition at RD’s house.
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Rubber Duck is Done
Christmas Shopping. Done in 60 minutes. Bananas, Fred Bodin Photo, The Cave, then a speed run in Rockport to finish it off at Tuscan Designs and stocking stuffers at Tucks Candies.
If you screwed up, don’t have that killer gift then go to Rockport and hit the last store on the right before you turn to Front Beach. Grab anything. They go with everything and you can put pasta on them, olive oil in them, then hang them on the wall when you’re done because it’s art. Rubber Duck doesn’t even clash and the blue really shows off her eyes.
Started today at 1PM and got to the dock to pick up lobsters by 2PM. Martini time.
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Someone Seems To Think I’m In Need Of A Blow Up Rubber Duckie
Attention People!
I’m not the goddamn duck guy. That would be the mad scientist Paul MF Morrison.
Packages arriving every day now. The madness needs to end.
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Rubber Duck Poll Analysis
The votes are in Rubber Duck is not voted off the island!!
Rubber Duck was worried but the breakdown of voting shows that she has a lot of support out there and although she might have some over exposure problems for some, she is tolerated, if not loved, by 64%.
The breakdown:
326 votes questioning Paul’s paddling ability! Wow, he is now downloading Youtube videos in an attempt at paddling on both sides of the kayak equally.
32 votes for more stories about RD and Homie love life. Rubber Duck pledges to write more about Homie if Homie would stop hanging out at the pier picking at dead clams with his pals.
28 votes wondering if RD is the GMG mascot. Homie really needs to kick it up a notch to keep his rightful place on the GMG sticker.
23 votes for 24/7 cable channel for Rubber Duck while 13 voted that there has been too much Rubber Duck. This also correlates to the 13 votes who would like to see 2013 without a Rubber Duck sighting. I think the cable channel wins and this is where the 64% positive rating comes from.
17 votes wonder about Joey’s fear of Rubber Ducks and 16 want to send more Rubber Ducks to the dock to cure Joey of his fear. Not a huge number unless 16 people actually send Joey Rubber Ducks to the following address:
℅ Joey’s Rubber Ducks
Captain Joe & Sons
95 East Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930-3860
One last comment: There were more than 1,800 views of the Rubber Duck Poll.
Not sure what to make of that. It might mean that most of us do not have both oars in the water. And that’s OK. (RD says so.)
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Is there such a thing as too much Rubber Duck?
Rubber Duck and her sister were chatting before Thanksgiving about, wait for it, … … …
Rubber Ducks.
RD was wondering if she was suffering from over exposure and so she thought that a poll might be worthwhile to gauge what the GMG reader thinks. This is a multiple choice poll so you can vote for any or all. Here at GMG we listen to our readers.
[edit] I have received email and text requests for the address to send Joey a Rubber Duck. It’s easy. Click here to select multiple cheap ducks or go to Toodeeloos and then ship to:
℅ Joey’s Rubber Ducks
Captain Joe & Sons
95 East Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930-3860
Click and mail as low as $2.95, or 26 ducks at a time. Do it now.
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GMG Christmas Party Fotos
The iPhone 5 can do marvelous Panoramas but when my nose is as big as Joey’s head something horrible has happened. Really, it’s that big? (Click to embiggen if you are masochistic.)
Mayor Kirk explaining to Rubber Duck the newly minted Gloucester DPW Duck.
Melissa Cox brought a platefull of cute penguins made of olives complete with a shark which was devouring them as quickly as the party participants. Rubber Duck knew when the party had jumped the shark. 
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All We Are Is Ducks in the Wind …
24 hour Countdown to Santa in Rockport
In 24 hours, Saturday at 3:45PM the Freemantle Doctor will round up and head into Rockport Harbor. You can open this post (click the header) then refresh the photo to get the most up to date view of the goings on.
Sandy Bay Yacht Club has two Net Cams click here. But better to get down there in person to meet Santa, enjoy some hot chocolate complete with mini-marshmallows, enjoy the caroling in Dock Square and the lighting of the most awesome tree to ever grace Dock Square.
While you’re at the Sandy Bay Yacht Club web site go ahead and sign your kids up for sailing lessons next summer. Sailing season will be here before you know it.
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Red Sox Going to Trade Lester?
So I was listening to Toucher and Rich this morning on the Sports Hub 98.5 (because Dennis and Callahan on WEEI suck so bad), and they were talking about a possible Red Sox trade of John Lester.
What? Trade John Lester? So I went over to Fenway Park to find out if they really mean to do something as drastic as trading John Lester and found two feet of snow in the park.
I guess we are back to the good old Red Sox we grew up with. You know, the one where it would be a cold day in hell before they won the World Series? That one.
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Donna, Duck!
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Video- Downtown Gloucester Black Friday Flight of the Bumblebee Rubber Ducks
Tomorrow, the Lobster Trap Tree Build in 3 minutes.
Good Morning Gloucester 