CapeCodToday Blog Chowder

Amen Peter.

Garden variety misogyny... nothing more to see here. Move along.

"There is nothing different about these families at my son's school other than they have made a commitment to family."

This is said from a place of such blind privilege that it is hard to know where to begin.

What a bunch of holier-than-thou crapola.

(That should read "to know how")

It doesn't do us much good to how how bloody important it is to get vaccinated if we can't get any bloody vaccine, now, does it?

Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick.

I love it!

We could do a "War on Christmas" edition for the holidays :).

I was with you until 9:05 -- but dude, NEVER give in to a demand for a snack after bedtime. You really don't want to reward the kid for getting out of bed after you've put him there.

I've had hunters shoot deer within just a couple hundred feet of my home (illegal), having trespassed to get there. It's a little hard to muster sympathy or enthusiasm for advancing their cause.

Hey now. Your "simmering pubic resentment" belongs on another kind of blog altogether.

It's true about the parenting magazines. In fact the tagline for the one called "Parenting" is "what matters to Moms." As if Dads just needn't bother.

Really?

I see women out mowing lawns all the time.

No. No, I don't want to hear about the puking stories.

Nice to meet you ifawsupporter.

My thought was that this post brings to mind that quote. Have you any thought on the matter?

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." - W. James, American psychologist and philosopher

Glad to meet you, Marla.

I dunno. The last Governor who became POTUS hasn't given the tradition much to recommend it. Maybe it's time to try a Senator after all.

Airport, sorry. Not AFB.

Vermont? Barnes AFB is in Westfield, MA.

Violet! You're turning violet, Violet!

Northampton.

How exactly do you modify an iguana into something more conventional? Although, more conventional than an iguana is perhaps not a stretch.

I was totally surprised by how good Red Truck is. Granted, I expected it to taste like transmission fluid... but still. It's more than the miracle of low expectations.

"just call me angel
of the morning
BAY-BEEE"

sigh

I must've missed where it was called a Celebrity murder.

Does anyone know how Ava is doing?

Right on dude. The CCTimes is a worthless rag, on its best day.

capemom, it was Sandwich in which just over half the voters went for Bush in 04.

mlee, there's a ton more where that came from. The kid's a riot.

Still better than Mary Worth! Geez, and you thought *I* gave ya a backhanded compliment! :)

Thank you for this, Ms. Hughes. I appreaciate having learned more about her.

What a loss for Pakistan.

Prepare for the Airing of Grievances!

Whoa.

Understood.

However, are you really phoning up friends who sent you cards saying "Peace on Earth" and telling them to wake up and smell the coffee?

Seems to me a step in the right direction would be to accept the greeting in the spirit it was given :).

So flashy cars, silky hair and designer clothing are indicators of good values?

That explains a lot.

I think you're on to something re: resentment, in particular. And I think capemom is right on re: fear of change.

But this post comes too awfully close to blame-the-victim-for-their-illness for my BS meter, which has burst into flames.

Why did you change to a different photo of Cynthia? First one not unflattering enough?

For all I know, everything you're saying is true, but stuff like that (and "reign of terror"? Puh-leeeze!) makes it not so credible.

"WWID" -- heh.

That marks the first time I have ever so much as chuckled at this comic. So... good one, finally.

How is it that there are still people so stupid as not to be wearing their seatbelts? How, Carol Mullen-Couto, how?

Any South Floridians who see these videos are gonna really wonder why they have "batter" and "roar" in the titles.

It's windy. Meh.

There's an ass for every chair.

I hope they both have a lovely lunch.

commercial property tranSFers, that is. Sorry.

1. Having a Superfund site nearby isn't necessarily bad or sinister. What it usually means today is that there WAS a problem at that location -- yes, maybe a bad problem -- but that federal money has been spent to clean it up. It's my understanding that there aren't many new Superfund sites, as program funding has been cut by the current administration (shocking, I know).

2. Maybe just semantics, but to clarify, there is no such thing as a "21e test." MGL c.21E regulates the cleanup of hazardous waste sites in MA... what conditions must be reported to the DEP, how things are handled thereafter.

It is good sense to have an environmental site assessment done on a property, and lenders often require one for commercial property tranpers. Precisely what soil and/or groundwater testing is done as part of that assessment will depend on the property's history. You would test for different contaminants if it used to be a metal plating facility than if it was an apple orchard. Current & former uses of adjacent properties are also researched.

That's a beautiful picture.

Rising at 4:30 AM won't catch you any sunsets, though ;).

Good post.

Those landscaping companies... grrrr.

Bill, what do you plan to do?

The Cape Cod Times is suitable only for birdcage liner.

Hi Peter. Looking forward to reading your posts.

Excellent. More like this please. Tell everyone how much it sucks, then all of you stay the hell away. Cool. Thanks!

Welcome, nursenancy.

Having lived in truly crowded places in my ute, I will never understand the whining about Cape Cod "traffic."

It is lovely here. Keep writing :).

lol Buzz, I think I have to change the shelf paper in the linen closet that night.

$10? As IF.

...and there is The Harmonizer, who is compelled by forces unknown to sing harmony to every hymn and anthem in the service while the rest of the congregation belts out a passable melody in spite of it. It makes no difference to The Harmonizer whether they can actually sing harmony well, or not; just that they can sing it loudly. A Harmonizer will always sit one or two rows behind you.

It is cool to see people who love their work this much. Have fun.

Thank you, Officer Hadfield!

You just know he's gonna say the car _looked_ 3.

Just beautiful. Thank you for posting that.

I agree with Deltaman about grammar and spelling. I don't hold everyone to the same standard in that regard, because I understand we are differently talented and not all inclined toward good grammar and spelling, and it doesn't necessarily matter for having substantive debate.

For example, if an interior decorator "sited" a source in her post instead of "citing" it, I wouldn't judge the error too harshly. However if an Assistant Professor of English were to make that mistake, I'd cringe.

1. The blue signs gave me a chuckle too.

2. "...kick a little ass among the herbal tea crowd in Barnstable Village" ... what the heck does THAT mean?

3. At the risk of coming across a little "gee whiz" myself, _is_ traffic on the Cape really that big a problem? Bill says, "So the problem statement has the three parts" [what?? anyway,]
"Do we agree that there is enough of a problem of traffic congestion to do something about it"? I'm going with no, but my mind's open on the issue. DO people really think "something" should be done?

Toys left in the sand are fair game for anyone to play with. Period. That mommy was a condescending dimwit.

I gotta say though, if a busload of kids arrives at the playground, I am GONE. A whole busload of kids of *any* color just stresses me out, and mine are little, so they can't handle the jostling yet.

But if I tell my kids "5 more minutes" -- which as a parent you know works better than "time to go NOW!" -- then it might look as if I were leaving because of what the kids looked like, and that just wouldn't be true.

Anyway. If I see you around I'll say hi. I'll be the mommy that's outside the crowd.

Disgraceful.

If crusader is really a woman who had an abusive husband, then I am especially struck by her willingness to second guess the details of Ann Gryboski's personal life.

Who are any of us to judge?

We can't know what it was like, and it's none of our business.

I've gotten the coupons and not been able to use them before. Now I can. Thanks Christy.

And was the driver of the red minivan in the rte 137 crash a man or a woman?

And what were the genders of the drivers of the Blazer and the smaller passenger car?

Motorcycles Are Everywhere, indeed.

Amen, susan.

I'm wondering why Peter (so witty!) thinks this was a stupid thing for Chatham to have decided. Any proposal to fill that break is just foolishness. Spending taxpayer money to do it is recklessness AND foolishness. Pfffft.

But the study... hm. I'm of two minds on that. On the one hand, yah, here comes the sediment, and you don't need to spend any money to see that. On the other, Chatham's got some tough questions on the horizon about the location of the fish pier, etc., and maybe some basic research might've shed some light on how to best address that, or what the time frame might be. Seems like 150K isn't all that much to throw in that direction. Of course one conclusion of these types of studies is always "further study is needed..." so probably that sentiment was a factor.

Interesting point. Compare the Romneys to, say, the Liddy family. Think what you will about Liddy, nobody can say he doesn't walk the walk.

Good post. I agree. A day-long election would've been fair; much as I love Town Meetings, this wasn't.