Category Archives: Rant

Rating and Ranting- The Lobster Rolls From Tasting Table’s Lobster Roll Rumble

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

There are some real abortions here and yet I was pleasantly surprised to see some purists leave perfection alone and keep it simple. Here’s a run-down and rating of all 20 Lobster Rolls served at the Tasting Table’s 2013 Lobster … Continue reading →

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Donna Piraino Rants About The Dun Fudgin Boat Ramp

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

Donna writes- Boating is supposed to be FUN…right? We use our boats to ride to the beach & play in the sun, dance in the water and spend time with friends & family. Some use boats to head out on … Continue reading →

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Is there anything worse when you’re dining out and…

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

Is there anything worse when you’re dining out and the person you are eating with doesn’t say please or thank you to the wait staff? Like when the waitperson asks what you would like to eat and the person you’re … Continue reading →

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Jim Dowd and The Why Gloucester Is Hipster (and that’s not a bad thing) Rant

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Jim Dowd submits- I want to talk about an ugly word in the English language that’s come back into common usage. It’s a word that ends in “er” and is thrown around as a blanket descriptor to disparage a specific … Continue reading →

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AP Poll Shows 4 in 5 Americans Don’t Think The Redskins Should Change Their Name

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a rough offseason for the Washington Redskins, and not just because of the knee injury to star quarterback Robert Griffin III. The team’s nickname has faced a new barrage of criticism for being offensive to … Continue reading →

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Defy Terror This Weekend

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

As I pointed out in this post, non-violent defiance is the best weapon against tyranny.  This weekend we all have a chance to defy the terrorists by going out as planned.  If you haven’t yet made plans, there’s even more going on … Continue reading →

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Jim Dowd responds to the attack on the Boston Marathon

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

[Two products of our fair city. Both will kick your ass.] Oh man, you screwed up, didn’t you? Yes, your little RadioShack experiment for evil hurt and killed some people and got you the attention you were obviously so desperately … Continue reading →

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What Kind of Bizzaro Government Spends Billions Beefing Up Airport Security and Then Goes and Passes A Law Allowing Knives On Planes?

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

Are you fucking kidding me with this???? TSA to Allow Pocket Knives On Planes Take off your shoes, belts, jackets, laptops, iPads, packs of gum, but don’t worry bro, you’re all good on the knives. I can’t even begin to … Continue reading →

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Pickles and How The PC Police Runs Rough Shod Over America

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

First off let me say that calling a black person a nigger if you don’t know them and know that they would take offense to it is of course wrong.  I’ve greeted one of my closest friends, a black man … Continue reading →

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New York Times puts Gloucester’s big debate on the front page

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

The home page of today’s New York Times website features a story on Gloucester’s big debate about what to do with our waterfront (see story here). Mayor Kirk is quoted a number of times promoting her vision of our port supporting … Continue reading →

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Outrage! Monopoly Cuts Iron Token and Adds Cat Token (undoubtedly at the hands of crazy emotionally unstable cat hoarding women)

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

From CBS Boston this morning- Monopoly Fans Vote To Add Cat Token, Get Rid Of Iron PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Scottie dog has a new nemesis in Monopoly after fans voted in an online contest to add a new cat token … Continue reading →

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A Couple Of Notes About The 2013 Golden Globes

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

As far as award shows go ever since Ricky Gervais took over 4 years a go and now with Amy Poelher and Tina Fey taking over the hosting duties along with the nominations and award winners I feel like even … Continue reading →

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On Flu Hysteria and The Self Admitted Creepy Guy On Twitter (oh and a poll too)

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

So yesterday I’m reading all the hysteria about the flu on twitter and suddenly now that Menino announced it as a crisis I guess everything that every man woman and child knew about  this flu season  became real for folks. … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Health Experts Back Ban On Big Sodas and I’m Outraged

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

@GlobeDavidD: We do like to ban things here in Mass., don’t we? Latest: health experts back ban on big sodas in Cambridge. http://ow.ly/gG2b6 Shared via TweetCaster Now normally I’d be all over these Commies for trying to take away our … Continue reading →

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Poop and Lysol- The Poll

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

  I’d just like to throw out there the premise that the smell of fresh poop masked unsuccessfully by Lysol is far more offending to the senses than straight up poop. Am I wrong in my thinking here? Like if … Continue reading →

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Breaking Freaking News: Gwenyth Paltrow Selling New Diet Book In Which You Can Eat Something Like Three Things

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Are people this stupid that they will buy this book? I mean really. You can basically eat salmon, hummus or vegetables. It seems the whole premise of this diet book is based on how few items you can eat. You … Continue reading →

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In This Day And Age…

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

I just don’t understand how freaking hard it is to install the equipment necessary to have wifi on all aircraft. Wifi makes a flight go by what seems 3-4 times faster. You know how airlines charge extra for checked luggage? … Continue reading →

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Someone Seems To Think I’m In Need Of A Blow Up Rubber Duckie

Posted on December 23, 2012 by

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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Why?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

In this day and age would it be safe to say that 97% of all restaurant leftovers get reheated in  a microwave? So why in the world do restaurants use aluminum to-go containers that will cause sparks to fly if … Continue reading →

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Stupidest Thing I Did Today

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

Went to grab a sub at the supermarket as I was in a hurry and on the way out of the store picked up a bag of Doritos. I haven’t eaten a bag of Doritos for at least a year. … Continue reading →

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Tired of folks trying to get me to be vanilla

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

It’s exhausting responding to people that can’t get the obvious humor or freak out at a swear word. Seriously.  Exhausting feeling like I have to defend obvious outlandish statements like- “Don’t forget to bring your children down to Art Haven … Continue reading →

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P&V LOL #3: Health advice changes with the direction of interest rates

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Last Monday we introduced the mathematical concept of inverse proportions, as part of our new series Peter & Vickie’s Laws of Life (LOL).  This week’s LOL is an example of  another mathematical concept, the one-to-one-correspondence, A.K.A. bijection, and could be … Continue reading →

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Stuff I Don’t Get- Why People Stay In Places

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

There are certain things that I just don’t get. One of these things is why anyone stays in a horrible ghetto-like neighborhood where there is a ton of drugs and gangs and crime. What is it that keeps people there?  … Continue reading →

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Note To Sandwich Makers Everywhere (Rant)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

If you go and pile all the meat in the middle of the sandwich so you can cut it in half and make it look like you use all that large amount of meat throughout the sandwich but leave the … Continue reading →

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The Genius Who Redesigned Gum Packaging Should Be Publicly Flogged

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

I took this cell phone pic this morning as I was getting ready for work.  That pack of gum was not propped to look like the mess it is.  That’s the way it came out of my pants last night … Continue reading →

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