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Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1948: Beach plum growers association created; 1996: A new home for Nauset Light; 2001: High-speed ferry service to Vineyard approved
In response to: 1948: Beach plum growers association created; 1996: A new home for Nauset Light; 2001: High-speed ferry service to Vineyard approved
I had a ton of rosa ragusa in Duxbury, and made awful jelly every year that people happily accepted and then probably never ate more than a bite of. My mother used to make brandy from them, and it, too, was awful.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Homemade Pizza - YUM!
In response to: Homemade Pizza - YUM!
If you fold the dough over at the end before you cook it, all your toppings won't slide off.
Ana... a pineapple pizza around these parts is usually paired with ham and listed as a Hawaiian Pizza. It's quite common.
Ana... a pineapple pizza around these parts is usually paired with ham and listed as a Hawaiian Pizza. It's quite common.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Today is last day to register to vote in special state primary
In response to: Today is last day to register to vote in special state primary
Jack E. Robinson will be a good guy to have up there if the Senate plays the House in a softball game. He's a little old now, but I bet that he can still get around the bases.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Largest New England Coastal Wind Project begins power generation
In response to: Largest New England Coastal Wind Project begins power generation
An offshore city made up of hotels and casinos with windmills on top.... that's what Ted wanted.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yarmouth Police Department announces Citizen Police Academy alumni sessions
In response to: Yarmouth Police Department announces Citizen Police Academy alumni sessions
Nice... I hope I get in the class with the black guy who can do all the sound effects.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cops raids newspaper offices; New GlobeReader adds puzzle and is puzzling
In response to: Cops raids newspaper offices; New GlobeReader adds puzzle and is puzzling
Waler needs to invent internet coupons, have TV listings, work in a crossword puzzle, and he'll be all set.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 2003: Favorable SJC ruling on gay marriage for Orleans couple. 1905: First Lepers arrive on Penikese Island. 1851: "Moby-Dick" published
In response to: 2003: Favorable SJC ruling on gay marriage for Orleans couple. 1905: First Lepers arrive on Penikese Island. 1851: "Moby-Dick" published
They were orginally going to callit Mocha Dick for a famous whale who lived off the isle of Mocha, but Mocha Dick's lawyers got involved, and in the end it was just cheaper to use a likeness.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Para-sites? Time means a lot to Helen Shah; Last day to register; Falmouth turns off 756 street lights; Casino committee angst; Dog support at Board of Health; No one hit in Mills shooting
In response to: Para-sites? Time means a lot to Helen Shah; Last day to register; Falmouth turns off 756 street lights; Casino committee angst; Dog support at Board of Health; No one hit in Mills shooting
By the way.. at any teaching college, that Sandwich class would be cited as a good example of modern, hands-on, interactive education.
When judging that teacher, balance your view by imagining some tired old teacher doing the same section of the curriculum by pointing at a blurry overhead projection for 5 minutes. Imagine the same kids in each classroom. Which group better understands the subject matter afterwards?
When judging that teacher, balance your view by imagining some tired old teacher doing the same section of the curriculum by pointing at a blurry overhead projection for 5 minutes. Imagine the same kids in each classroom. Which group better understands the subject matter afterwards?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Sandwich teacher criticized for doing her job
In response to: Sandwich teacher criticized for doing her job
I was teaching up in the city, and they had me do a science class. I just happened to pick it up during Sex Ed, but that's a story for another comment.
A Maverick-esque charter fisherman friend of mine from Green Harbor was admiring this hand-held anenometer (?) that I had acquired somehow. I recalled this when he was asking me about Dissection class, and some stuff may have traded hands that day which resulted in me owning a Blue Shark carcass.
So.. we drag it out on the pier, and I lead the class through the proverbial "half-assed autopsy on a fish." We dumped what we didn't use (and what we did use, now that I think about it) off Pier 4.
The next day, I get a call during my off period. It's the program that one of my students lives at, after he nearly murdered his sister or something.
"Is Johnathan lying when he tells us that he got that heart from a shark dissection?"
They thought he may have taken the organ from a child, or had maybe slaughtered a cat.
We all had a good laugh, and from that day forward I kept a better eye on the organs we were eviscerating.
A Maverick-esque charter fisherman friend of mine from Green Harbor was admiring this hand-held anenometer (?) that I had acquired somehow. I recalled this when he was asking me about Dissection class, and some stuff may have traded hands that day which resulted in me owning a Blue Shark carcass.
So.. we drag it out on the pier, and I lead the class through the proverbial "half-assed autopsy on a fish." We dumped what we didn't use (and what we did use, now that I think about it) off Pier 4.
The next day, I get a call during my off period. It's the program that one of my students lives at, after he nearly murdered his sister or something.
"Is Johnathan lying when he tells us that he got that heart from a shark dissection?"
They thought he may have taken the organ from a child, or had maybe slaughtered a cat.
We all had a good laugh, and from that day forward I kept a better eye on the organs we were eviscerating.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Police investigate armed robbery at Bourne bank Tuesday, arrest made in Mashpee
In response to: Police investigate armed robbery at Bourne bank Tuesday, arrest made in Mashpee
He makes deposits.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Police investigate armed robbery at Bourne bank Tuesday, arrest made in Mashpee
In response to: Police investigate armed robbery at Bourne bank Tuesday, arrest made in Mashpee
That'd be funny if they catch the girl later and she's like "he told me he had to go in and make a withdrawl."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Single Parents part 2
In response to: Single Parents part 2
Tom Brady can be forgiven for his fumble of DNA into Ms. Moynahan... he, uhm, gets hit in the head a lot.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: ATTA GIRL, MARTHA!
In response to: ATTA GIRL, MARTHA!
Someone thought I was Cru once, so I guess all things move in some Great Circle.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The REAL Reason WGBH-FM is Cancelling Naomi Arenberg's Folk Show?
In response to: The REAL Reason WGBH-FM is Cancelling Naomi Arenberg's Folk Show?
LOL on the Ritter joke.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Holy Potato Chip
In response to: The Holy Potato Chip
If Jesus or Mary's image appeared on a potato chip in my house, the Colonel would probably eat it before the Enquirer showed up.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Postmortem
In response to: Postmortem
Remember, poor homeless folks... when you sleep on the beach, always sleep above the high tide mark.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Ace Frehley: House Of Blues, November 11, 2009
In response to: Ace Frehley: House Of Blues, November 11, 2009
The 16 Second Stare is what I gave the Colonel when he told me that he wanted a motorcycle. Needless to say, he didn't get a motorcycle.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Political Correctness and Associated Costs
In response to: Political Correctness and Associated Costs
If Thomas Jefferson had access to Internet porn, we'd have an extra Right. Ol' TJ sure did love his brown sugar, and was always something of a technocrat.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Flu: big spikes in absenteeism; Harwich wind turbines get thumbs-up; Wellfleet Bay couple want a turbine; Bridge brouhaha; Teenager shot in back; U.S. May Wind Up Green With Envy
In response to: Flu: big spikes in absenteeism; Harwich wind turbines get thumbs-up; Wellfleet Bay couple want a turbine; Bridge brouhaha; Teenager shot in back; U.S. May Wind Up Green With Envy
Even after being out of the classroom for 5 years, I have maintained my Teacher Immunity, and never get sick.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Governor and liberals show misguided priorities
In response to: Governor and liberals show misguided priorities
I believe in complete, 100% financial support for illegal immigrants who want to attend college... but they have to go to the University of El Salvador.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Gas main break, avoid Great Western Road in Dennis Monday
In response to: Gas main break, avoid Great Western Road in Dennis Monday
I avoid it every day.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 18-year-old suspect arrested for Saturday morning shooting in Dennis
In response to: 18-year-old suspect arrested for Saturday morning shooting in Dennis
Yeah.. up the river, and inmates coming to se him in the shower.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Hieroglyphs
In response to: Hieroglyphs
That shot of the bridge half-shrouded in mist would have been better without cars. You should snap one from the bike path the next time you get those same atmospheric conditions.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: It's Lights Out!
In response to: It's Lights Out!
I've rolled aound with Ana a few times on these missions, and rarely encounter someone who is unhappy to meet her.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Urban Legends and the Harm They Do
In response to: Urban Legends and the Harm They Do
he was actually a cleverly-disguised Jew.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1935: Henry Ford takes our favorite windmill
In response to: 1935: Henry Ford takes our favorite windmill
He was upset that we pronounced his name "Fahd."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Chapter 72-Evansville
In response to: Chapter 72-Evansville
If you read the lesser-known Gospels, you will find that God commanded that schools play tackle football. "He who plays touch football is an abomination, and shall suffer my wrath." (Madden, 2000:10). I think touch-football heretics are "cast into God's chowder" on Judgement day.
God is very interested in the NFL, and generally roots for the Saints.
If Martin Luther wasn't such a lazy Protestant guy, there would have been a 96th Thesis, and it would have been about tackle football.
God is very interested in the NFL, and generally roots for the Saints.
If Martin Luther wasn't such a lazy Protestant guy, there would have been a 96th Thesis, and it would have been about tackle football.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Christopher Manoloules, 17, blames uncle for Hyannis murder; EPA Sends Global Warming to President; Abortion services limited on Cape; NRG Energy buys Bluewater Wind; Ugly, tasty, but not endangered
In response to: Christopher Manoloules, 17, blames uncle for Hyannis murder; EPA Sends Global Warming to President; Abortion services limited on Cape; NRG Energy buys Bluewater Wind; Ugly, tasty, but not endangered
I'd buy Manoloules' story if his uncle were a butler.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: AMVETS raise the roof for Veterans Day
In response to: AMVETS raise the roof for Veterans Day
I've come closer to getting shot when I was teaching in Dorchester than my husband has come campaigning in Mogadishu, but I only won by like a yard or so. He has the lead in being shot at overall.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Hit and Run History lends a hand to Cape Verde
In response to: Hit and Run History lends a hand to Cape Verde
You should act all concerned and stuff... but you should conduct the entire trip while wearing a space suit, and shout all your questions from a boat offshore.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: AA's 100% Success Rate?
In response to: AA's 100% Success Rate?
"I would generally yield to her on most things."
- Napoleon, when asked about how a conqueror handles home life.
- Napoleon, when asked about how a conqueror handles home life.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: All-Aboard just a few more times
In response to: All-Aboard just a few more times
Bring your girl, and run a train on her
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Posin' at PAAM Last Weekend!
In response to: Posin' at PAAM Last Weekend!
"Here it is...PAMM.. and you say 'God Damn.... this is the dope jam.'"
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: AA's 100% Success Rate?
In response to: AA's 100% Success Rate?
One of my GFs gave her husband the Two step Program. The two steps were:
1) Stop drinking.
or
2) I'll kill you in your drunken sleep.
1) Stop drinking.
or
2) I'll kill you in your drunken sleep.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape to Confront Hate; Ptown half lit; Oceans fall ill, bureaucrats squabble; Nauset Beach pact ready; A star is born; Something fishy this way comes; All Senate candidates but one endorse Cape Wind; Test your Cape Cod IQ
In response to: Cape to Confront Hate; Ptown half lit; Oceans fall ill, bureaucrats squabble; Nauset Beach pact ready; A star is born; Something fishy this way comes; All Senate candidates but one endorse Cape Wind; Test your Cape Cod IQ
Chowder is a French creation, I might add.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Markey to Obama Admin: Cape Wind decision needed by Copenhagen
In response to: Markey to Obama Admin: Cape Wind decision needed by Copenhagen
I'm still waiting for my toy windmills. Don't hurry or anything... the girls will really enjoy them when they're in their 20s.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: GM meeting lights the Hot Stove: Red Sox to be major players
In response to: GM meeting lights the Hot Stove: Red Sox to be major players
If Papi starts the juice now, he should be finished and pissing clean by spring training.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Governor's Briefing on Tribe's Nantucket Sound claim
In response to: Governor's Briefing on Tribe's Nantucket Sound claim
Since the originally sold us the land and we f*cked them out of the payment, it becomes like a ortgage issue or something. The Wamps should apply for a bailout.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Mountaintop Turbines & More
In response to: Mountaintop Turbines & More
Due to NIMBY stuff here, New Hampshire beat Cape Cod to mountaintop wind farms.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Life in Progress
In response to: Life in Progress
They're harvesting that bog near my cottage, if you want to go Bog Wild with the camera.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Marching toward a milestone on Martha's Vineyard
In response to: Marching toward a milestone on Martha's Vineyard
I would throw it from a great height.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape to Confront Hate; Ptown half lit; Oceans fall ill, bureaucrats squabble; Nauset Beach pact ready; A star is born; Something fishy this way comes; All Senate candidates but one endorse Cape Wind; Test your Cape Cod IQ
In response to: Cape to Confront Hate; Ptown half lit; Oceans fall ill, bureaucrats squabble; Nauset Beach pact ready; A star is born; Something fishy this way comes; All Senate candidates but one endorse Cape Wind; Test your Cape Cod IQ
I got 5 of 10 on that quiz, but two here history questions and one was food.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Accident, Work and Traffic
In response to: Accident, Work and Traffic
Be careful you don't stumble upon a prison work detail doing those photoessays.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Buzzards Bay Theater
In response to: Buzzards Bay Theater
I wish that movie house worked... I was sad when it closed.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Leno lampoons tribe; Carly sings pain away; Forked tongues; Bus route money; Some H1N1 vaccine available; Barnstable changes town charter; Wind turbine to save MMR $6000k a year; Groping Fire Chief keeps pension; Willowbend pay in discrimination case
In response to: Leno lampoons tribe; Carly sings pain away; Forked tongues; Bus route money; Some H1N1 vaccine available; Barnstable changes town charter; Wind turbine to save MMR $6000k a year; Groping Fire Chief keeps pension; Willowbend pay in discrimination case
Offshore casinos with windmills on the top. Everyone goes home happy.
Walter might get a paddle-by arrow shooting for that cartoon.
Walter might get a paddle-by arrow shooting for that cartoon.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Getting Ready for the Holidays--Target Style
In response to: Getting Ready for the Holidays--Target Style
This is probably a joke on me and i'm going to look very, very Duxbury Snob... but I've never been to a Target, and am not really sure what they sell there.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Can You Make a PB-J Sandwich?
In response to: Can You Make a PB-J Sandwich?
Teachers have to get all their data ducks in a row, and then crank out 200 report cards in a very short time frame. While I could have gone on for days about any student, time generally limited me to work in technical-sounding briefs..."lacks focus"..."is animated by hands-on work"... "shows a capacity for greater workloads."
Many teachers are brief on purpose, and prone to understatement. "Has difficulty working with others" may actually mean "has no other future other than Mob Enforcer." I've written "Has difficulty maintaining focus" about a kid who would come to class eating mescaline half the week.
If your child has an IEP, the school is obligated to meet every aspect of it. Make sure that they aeren't trying to get off cheap, and that your kid is getting everything he/she needs to thrive. You have a right to an advocate, and I'd suggest finding a teacher friend who'll go in and do the ass-kicking for you when negtotaiting an IEP. Get to know the teachers/system, and stay in contact.
No one should be surprised when a report card comes home.
Many teachers are brief on purpose, and prone to understatement. "Has difficulty working with others" may actually mean "has no other future other than Mob Enforcer." I've written "Has difficulty maintaining focus" about a kid who would come to class eating mescaline half the week.
If your child has an IEP, the school is obligated to meet every aspect of it. Make sure that they aeren't trying to get off cheap, and that your kid is getting everything he/she needs to thrive. You have a right to an advocate, and I'd suggest finding a teacher friend who'll go in and do the ass-kicking for you when negtotaiting an IEP. Get to know the teachers/system, and stay in contact.
No one should be surprised when a report card comes home.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Can You Make a PB-J Sandwich?
In response to: Can You Make a PB-J Sandwich?
One... the author of that report card could be a great teacher, a loser, a hard-driver, a guy who lost his spunk 20 years ago, a tyrant, an incompetent, someone who just can't handle 30 kids at a time 7 times a day, a kind soul, someone wielding misdirected authority with good intentions, or a creative soul trying to give your kid a little kick in the ass. About half of them feel that anything short of MS shouldn't count as SPED.
You never know, which is why you should ALWAYS go to Open house and everything. get to know the teachers, even if only a little bit. If your kid has an IEP, you should actually be in constant contact with the school.
Then, keep that knowledge of the teacher in mind when reading the report card.
Then... number Two... try to visualize that teacher writing the report card. I'll recuse myself from the IEP of the discussion because of my direct involvement in IEPs as a shrink, and go back to when I was actually just a history teacher in a big public school.
These comment sections should be longer, Walter.
You never know, which is why you should ALWAYS go to Open house and everything. get to know the teachers, even if only a little bit. If your kid has an IEP, you should actually be in constant contact with the school.
Then, keep that knowledge of the teacher in mind when reading the report card.
Then... number Two... try to visualize that teacher writing the report card. I'll recuse myself from the IEP of the discussion because of my direct involvement in IEPs as a shrink, and go back to when I was actually just a history teacher in a big public school.
These comment sections should be longer, Walter.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Can You Make a PB-J Sandwich?
In response to: Can You Make a PB-J Sandwich?
I spent a lot of time teaching in SPED programs, and have sent home enough report cards to speak as an authority here.
Generally, teachers get into the field because they like kids. Once in the field, they encounter lots of kids. Some are great, some are awful, most are somewhere in the middle.
We are sensitive to the report card blues. I know for a fact that report cards I have sent home have grounded enough girls that the teen pregnancy statistics in that community were lowered. I've ruptured high school football point spreads by sending home an awful report card for an exceptional athlete. While it hurts to think such a thing, I've probably gotten a few kids beaten up by their angry parents.
The best advice I can give you... and i may come up short on space here, and have to lurch into a concurrent comment... is to remember two things when you are reading a report card.
Generally, teachers get into the field because they like kids. Once in the field, they encounter lots of kids. Some are great, some are awful, most are somewhere in the middle.
We are sensitive to the report card blues. I know for a fact that report cards I have sent home have grounded enough girls that the teen pregnancy statistics in that community were lowered. I've ruptured high school football point spreads by sending home an awful report card for an exceptional athlete. While it hurts to think such a thing, I've probably gotten a few kids beaten up by their angry parents.
The best advice I can give you... and i may come up short on space here, and have to lurch into a concurrent comment... is to remember two things when you are reading a report card.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A Cape Cod Life: Bill Snowden
In response to: A Cape Cod Life: Bill Snowden
I think the let-me-introduce-myself blog entry I did when I started playing here may still be the best one ever. I forget the details, but I recall it involving attack helicopters and Hell's Angels.
The best diss left for me in the comments section... "Soup kitchen? That's four-star dining in Bourne."
The best diss left for me in the comments section... "Soup kitchen? That's four-star dining in Bourne."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Bourne Fire Department
In response to: Bourne Fire Department
If I were a bit taller, that broken clock would be set at 4:20 all the time.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Clipper Pride has Changed Our Mood
In response to: Clipper Pride has Changed Our Mood
I already have $1000 bet on the Duxbury/Marshfield Thanksgiving game, and I haven't even done the de facto HS class reunion the night before the game at the yet-to-be-named local pub.
If one of those kids botches a punt or something, my family may be catching and eating seagulls for Thanksgiving dinner. It goes without saying that the offending player will be maimed by one of my associates afterwards, but we don't want to unwrap that present until it's under the tree.
If one of those kids botches a punt or something, my family may be catching and eating seagulls for Thanksgiving dinner. It goes without saying that the offending player will be maimed by one of my associates afterwards, but we don't want to unwrap that present until it's under the tree.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Swim wear & Sun Glasses, served with a Shrimptini Cocktail
In response to: Swim wear & Sun Glasses, served with a Shrimptini Cocktail
Ahhh... progress is a beautiful thong, uhm, thing!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: CC Films Gwen Wynne interviewed; Bay Scallop Haul Best In Decades; Fifth grade sent back to Middle School; Truths we know; 'Golden Elders' upset with tribe leadership; Bourne 'Drug surveillance' probe; Tree trimmer dies after fall
In response to: CC Films Gwen Wynne interviewed; Bay Scallop Haul Best In Decades; Fifth grade sent back to Middle School; Truths we know; 'Golden Elders' upset with tribe leadership; Bourne 'Drug surveillance' probe; Tree trimmer dies after fall
Regarding the Bourne case...
A person could have a perfectly good reason for showing up at a house that the police are watching for drug sales.
My cottage in BBay was on the same street as a house that a drug dealer lived in for a while, and- once you got past the "willing to kill" part- they were always nice boys.
Regardless of whether they were selling cocaine or not, I still brought them some cookies over the holiday season, just like I did with all my other non-pushing neighbors. It's how things are done in France, and it's how things are done wherever I happen to be at Christmas.
I never bought any yayo, but I most likely ended up on some police file somewhere... especially where I was handing the dealers a foil wrapped package. I have a pretty good nose for cops lurking around, so I immediately went over to the rented surveillance house nearby and gave the detectives some cookies, too. I like to have both ends covered.
A person could have a perfectly good reason for showing up at a house that the police are watching for drug sales.
My cottage in BBay was on the same street as a house that a drug dealer lived in for a while, and- once you got past the "willing to kill" part- they were always nice boys.
Regardless of whether they were selling cocaine or not, I still brought them some cookies over the holiday season, just like I did with all my other non-pushing neighbors. It's how things are done in France, and it's how things are done wherever I happen to be at Christmas.
I never bought any yayo, but I most likely ended up on some police file somewhere... especially where I was handing the dealers a foil wrapped package. I have a pretty good nose for cops lurking around, so I immediately went over to the rented surveillance house nearby and gave the detectives some cookies, too. I like to have both ends covered.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Wampanoag challenges Boston Globe Editorial
In response to: Wampanoag challenges Boston Globe Editorial
Unless Frank lives in a tipi or a long house, I bet the second story of his house obstructs more burial ground views than an offshore wind farm or windmill-sited-casino would.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Marching toward a milestone on Martha's Vineyard
In response to: Marching toward a milestone on Martha's Vineyard
When you find the geocache thingy, what exactly is it? Is it like a box with cookies in it or something?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Urban Legends and the Harm They Do
In response to: Urban Legends and the Harm They Do
The USA should just go Totally Evil for a generation and rob/steal/exploit the weaker nations in order to support our Americanized lifestyle. People might say that we're already doing this, but I see our current efforts as Half-Hearted.
We should erase the border with Mexico and add them as a 51st state.... but we will exact a generation of their youth as soldiers for our New World Order. Once the Mexis serve their 18 years, we invade south America and work the same Mojo... sending 100 million Brazilians off to fight the Chinese.
Absorbing Mexico would be a huge burden on our welfare system, but we could make up the difference with a very aggressive foreign policy that gives us 100% control of the world's natural resources.
While the Mexican youth are in the Army (e take them from the cribs, like Sparta), we can also force them to learn English and stuff.
Of course, this plan will leave a lot of lettuce unpicked in California, but that's what Canada is for. I never trusted Canada, and they have a dangerous amount of natural resouces per person. We'll take that, friends.
We should erase the border with Mexico and add them as a 51st state.... but we will exact a generation of their youth as soldiers for our New World Order. Once the Mexis serve their 18 years, we invade south America and work the same Mojo... sending 100 million Brazilians off to fight the Chinese.
Absorbing Mexico would be a huge burden on our welfare system, but we could make up the difference with a very aggressive foreign policy that gives us 100% control of the world's natural resources.
While the Mexican youth are in the Army (e take them from the cribs, like Sparta), we can also force them to learn English and stuff.
Of course, this plan will leave a lot of lettuce unpicked in California, but that's what Canada is for. I never trusted Canada, and they have a dangerous amount of natural resouces per person. We'll take that, friends.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Lost Bumper, Lobsters and Traffic.
In response to: Lost Bumper, Lobsters and Traffic.
That bumper on the guardrail is essential to preventing sledders from skidding onto Route 6
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Trick or Treat
In response to: Trick or Treat
Before you laugh at her, make sure that she doesn't know Tae Kwon Doe or something.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The tribes' claim seems unsupportable
In response to: The tribes' claim seems unsupportable
Gordon should hook it up with the Wampas, against the common enemy of The Man. They should then seek to build offshore windmill casinos.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: GOP decries Maritime Museum's $100k stimulus; Brewster bike path; Dental Care cut; Hospital denies choke hold used; Are Cape's oaks the next to go? Study may reduce turtle bycatch
In response to: GOP decries Maritime Museum's $100k stimulus; Brewster bike path; Dental Care cut; Hospital denies choke hold used; Are Cape's oaks the next to go? Study may reduce turtle bycatch
Looks like the key to everything will be the same thing that came up all the time when restraint was used on students.... they are going to have to prove that an imminent threat to someone existed.
If he was going in there to bully his wife or something worse... then restraint is needed.
If a psycho managed to hurt several nurses, he must have been pretty tough. I realize that I'm pitching a cigarette into the pool of gasoline that is Ana and Crusader... but I wonder if this guy was black?
Too much smoke to be no fire.... but the visual isn't working for me yet. I'm torn between:
- a bunch of Nazi nurses perhaps busting protocol in areas of detention and restraint
- a sort of Halloween II scenario where some big (blo)gger was running wild through the hospital to get at the helpless girl in the hospital bed.
- The DA is totally ignoring the perfectly illegitimate possibility that the deceased and the strangler nurse somehow, during the examination, came to an agreement that they would settle the matter via an impromptu Ultimate Fighting match. Anything goes, then.
If he was going in there to bully his wife or something worse... then restraint is needed.
If a psycho managed to hurt several nurses, he must have been pretty tough. I realize that I'm pitching a cigarette into the pool of gasoline that is Ana and Crusader... but I wonder if this guy was black?
Too much smoke to be no fire.... but the visual isn't working for me yet. I'm torn between:
- a bunch of Nazi nurses perhaps busting protocol in areas of detention and restraint
- a sort of Halloween II scenario where some big (blo)gger was running wild through the hospital to get at the helpless girl in the hospital bed.
- The DA is totally ignoring the perfectly illegitimate possibility that the deceased and the strangler nurse somehow, during the examination, came to an agreement that they would settle the matter via an impromptu Ultimate Fighting match. Anything goes, then.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
They had Jesus on camera weaving his car through the parking lot.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
Instead of the biggest nurse who strangles people the best, they should have had the fastest nurse watching him... and, when he went for his car, they should have just beat him to it and slashed his tires.
Granted, that would have cost them some money. Having a crackhead or an undiagnosed, unmedicated schizophrenic die in the choke hold of one of their employees will cost them some BIG money...even if they win every lawsuit.
It was fairly clear when I was teaching.. you want to have a DAMNED good reason for putting your hands on a student. The same should be true in a hospital.
Granted, that would have cost them some money. Having a crackhead or an undiagnosed, unmedicated schizophrenic die in the choke hold of one of their employees will cost them some BIG money...even if they win every lawsuit.
It was fairly clear when I was teaching.. you want to have a DAMNED good reason for putting your hands on a student. The same should be true in a hospital.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
Between cops, schools, and hospitals, it isn't unusual to see someone die ina restraint hold. Sh*t, look at MMA... when you REALLY want to f*ck someone up, you use chokes and arm breakers.
While I have no figures handy, I'd bet that the number one cause of deaths in street fighting (sans weaponry) is blunt force trauma to the dome. I'd bet number two is via strangleholds.
I'm sure a similar scene may have been enacted ecently at some bar somewhere... a man was going for his car who was in no condition to operate it. Someone intervened. Someone got hurt.
Balance it off against society's "need" to keep certain people away from the general population. Eliminating the whole mental health system puts genuinely dangerous people on the street, or puts not so harmful people in jail.
While I have no figures handy, I'd bet that the number one cause of deaths in street fighting (sans weaponry) is blunt force trauma to the dome. I'd bet number two is via strangleholds.
I'm sure a similar scene may have been enacted ecently at some bar somewhere... a man was going for his car who was in no condition to operate it. Someone intervened. Someone got hurt.
Balance it off against society's "need" to keep certain people away from the general population. Eliminating the whole mental health system puts genuinely dangerous people on the street, or puts not so harmful people in jail.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
That said, I'm troubled by what I read in this story.
The cops didn't drag him in, and it doesn't look like he got any sort of extensive psychological examination.
I had days of restraint training, and we never learned chokes. In fact, we were trained to avoid the head and throat. Once you know what you're doing, it's more fun twisting an arm anyway.
Making a guess on 3 paragraphs of info is bad but fun to do, so let's play...
- Dude shows up at the hospital, and is obviously out of his mind.
- He is kept against his will without either a policeman or a doctor present.
- He is most likely being watched by the biggest male nurse, an hourly employee with limited restraint training.
- The hospital is afraid to let the guy go out onto the streets, perhaps in his vehicle. They see an imminent threat.
- Dude puts 2+2 together, decides to run for it, and manages to get past the nurse. The nurse can only restrain him via a choke hold.
- If they let him go, someone may die. Instead, they keep him, and someone DOES die. "We had to destroy this village to save it."
The cops didn't drag him in, and it doesn't look like he got any sort of extensive psychological examination.
I had days of restraint training, and we never learned chokes. In fact, we were trained to avoid the head and throat. Once you know what you're doing, it's more fun twisting an arm anyway.
Making a guess on 3 paragraphs of info is bad but fun to do, so let's play...
- Dude shows up at the hospital, and is obviously out of his mind.
- He is kept against his will without either a policeman or a doctor present.
- He is most likely being watched by the biggest male nurse, an hourly employee with limited restraint training.
- The hospital is afraid to let the guy go out onto the streets, perhaps in his vehicle. They see an imminent threat.
- Dude puts 2+2 together, decides to run for it, and manages to get past the nurse. The nurse can only restrain him via a choke hold.
- If they let him go, someone may die. Instead, they keep him, and someone DOES die. "We had to destroy this village to save it."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
In response to: DA's office coverup death in Cape hospital, Trooper drunk driving
Should be an interesting read when everything comes out. I'd advise holding off judgement, as both sides have some Juice depending on if the facts fall this way or the other.
I had to deal with restraint constantly when I was teaching, both before and after I was trained to do so. I've refused jobs where children were hurt as part of the design (see Judge Rottenberg Center), and I've held students down against their will with no remorse on my part whatsoever.
I was utilizing restraint in a school environment, had undertaken extensive training in psychology, was entirely familiar with the student being restrained, and 100% of the time was doing so just to prevent imminent violence... violence of a far worse nature than me getting some 9th grader in a double arm bar until the police arrived.
I had to deal with restraint constantly when I was teaching, both before and after I was trained to do so. I've refused jobs where children were hurt as part of the design (see Judge Rottenberg Center), and I've held students down against their will with no remorse on my part whatsoever.
I was utilizing restraint in a school environment, had undertaken extensive training in psychology, was entirely familiar with the student being restrained, and 100% of the time was doing so just to prevent imminent violence... violence of a far worse nature than me getting some 9th grader in a double arm bar until the police arrived.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Sagamore Bridge Madness
In response to: The Sagamore Bridge Madness
You should start a series where you interview drivers stuck at the rotary, like you walking up to their car with the camera and stuff.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Miss ToTheRescue Pays Bourne A Visit.
In response to: Miss ToTheRescue Pays Bourne A Visit.
Oh good... another one of you who wears sunglasses all the time.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: CC Hospital moves to guard against flu, limits visitor access to those 18 and under
In response to: CC Hospital moves to guard against flu, limits visitor access to those 18 and under
You're on our list, wise guy. We've got 500,000 coffins in Georgia for people who don't Play Along With the System.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: End of the World (or, solving the mystery of 2012, Nibiru, and online validation)
In response to: End of the World (or, solving the mystery of 2012, Nibiru, and online validation)
Did the Mayans say anything about the Arizona game this weekend, because i just can't make up my mind on the over/under.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1988: There's a Cape Cod town for every character. 1985: Bourne Bridge gets final touch; 2004 Red Sox win World Series
In response to: 1988: There's a Cape Cod town for every character. 1985: Bourne Bridge gets final touch; 2004 Red Sox win World Series
That road there, while handy and everything, pretty much destroyed the Cranberry Highway as a business district.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 3,652 mile long Route 6; K-9s nip car-nappers; Coyote walk; Sandwich beach erosion and Doc sweetener; Internet "Mews"; Chatham's market saved; Latest Alliance cynical gimmick
In response to: 3,652 mile long Route 6; K-9s nip car-nappers; Coyote walk; Sandwich beach erosion and Doc sweetener; Internet "Mews"; Chatham's market saved; Latest Alliance cynical gimmick
It's only 3175 miles if you slice through the other lane on turns and stuff.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Truro, Wellfleet & Ptown Police work together to nab two after a rash of home break-ins
In response to: Truro, Wellfleet & Ptown Police work together to nab two after a rash of home break-ins
Remember, kids... if you kick in Door A... when you got to kick in Door B, try to be out of auditory range from Door A. If there is going to be a Door C, make sure it is out of range of both A+B.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Sagamore Bridge Obstacle Course!
In response to: Sagamore Bridge Obstacle Course!
They ought to get whoever is defacing that public property and string them up by their Buster Browns.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Group to protect Hawksnest State Park meets with state officials
In response to: Group to protect Hawksnest State Park meets with state officials
David Thompson lost to Dr. J in the last ABA dunk contest. He was in the NBA a while before he got into the Yayo.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1983: Can Old Cape Cod still be saved? 1993 report explains Thresher sinking
In response to: 1983: Can Old Cape Cod still be saved? 1993 report explains Thresher sinking
"The house next door to me's been sold to bloggers..."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape family loses son in Afghanistan; BIG pumpkin; Richard Hatch claims Cape Cod 'witch hunt'; Maria drives badly; Corn, tomatoes and oysters; Globe circulation drops 18%; Keeping customers; Tribe loses casino clout; Man gets 9-12 years for rape
In response to: Cape family loses son in Afghanistan; BIG pumpkin; Richard Hatch claims Cape Cod 'witch hunt'; Maria drives badly; Corn, tomatoes and oysters; Globe circulation drops 18%; Keeping customers; Tribe loses casino clout; Man gets 9-12 years for rape
They should have pulled Maria out of the car and roughed her up a bit.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Reminder from the Falmouth PD: don't make it easy on the criminals, lock your cars
In response to: Reminder from the Falmouth PD: don't make it easy on the criminals, lock your cars
I leave mine unlocked with the windows open... but if the GPS is removed without the right code being typed in first, this big spear comes out of the trunk at like 200 mph.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Long, Strange Terrapin Season
In response to: Long, Strange Terrapin Season
My turtle would kick that turtle's ass...if it wasn't, like, in the shell and everything.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: KUMBAYA!
In response to: KUMBAYA!
I like disbanding the Army, building SDI, then making some Space Cannon that we can bully everyone with. The first thing I would do is to make 'them" change the name of their game to Soccer.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Local health professionals urge Cape Codders to protect against swine flu
In response to: Local health professionals urge Cape Codders to protect against swine flu
Shoulda played football, Mav
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: More Traffic with no Sunday Break.
In response to: More Traffic with no Sunday Break.
It might be a South Shore thing, but I was raised to call seagulls "wharf rats."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Triple shooting at 72 Nautical Way in Hyannis Saturday morning
In response to: Triple shooting at 72 Nautical Way in Hyannis Saturday morning
"Then the s**t stops when I foiled the plot/neighbors called the cops cuz they heard mad shots."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Enviro, Labor, claim Tribe's claim to Nantucket Sound is "legally baseless"
In response to: Enviro, Labor, claim Tribe's claim to Nantucket Sound is "legally baseless"
They can put windmills on top of the casinos.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard transports injured fisherman from 100 miles off Cape Cod
In response to: Coast Guard transports injured fisherman from 100 miles off Cape Cod
"Santa Queen" forsakes those sooty chimneys and instead just comes in the back door.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Truth, Justice and The American Way, Or Pearls Before Swine
In response to: Truth, Justice and The American Way, Or Pearls Before Swine
Little known fact... Superman's city, Metropolis, is supposed to be in Delaware.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY
In response to: EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY
Just walk into Town hall with a bullwhip and start calling out the slackers.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Assault & Battery charges top Yarmouth arrests for the week
In response to: Assault & Battery charges top Yarmouth arrests for the week
I generally side with the police in these matters, but I can't look at Jorge Llerena and see a guily man. I'm thinking that he most likely had a Damn Good Reason to assault that guy with the metal table.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Researchers disentangle 30-foot humpback on Stellwagen Bank
In response to: Researchers disentangle 30-foot humpback on Stellwagen Bank
They're bringing hump Back!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1819: First missionaries leave for Hawaii. 1988: Cape Cod debates rules to prevent progress
In response to: 1819: First missionaries leave for Hawaii. 1988: Cape Cod debates rules to prevent progress
A reporter went along, to find out the Missionary postion on the matter.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Mass. Hospitals Ban Kid Visits Amid Flu Concerns; Selectman is aghast at geese in Provincetown; Pay Orleans taxes online; Clash: red wine & some fish; Wellfleet pig farm proposal; Segal, leader of team that developed Norplant, dies in Woods Hole;
In response to: Mass. Hospitals Ban Kid Visits Amid Flu Concerns; Selectman is aghast at geese in Provincetown; Pay Orleans taxes online; Clash: red wine & some fish; Wellfleet pig farm proposal; Segal, leader of team that developed Norplant, dies in Woods Hole;
"I swing fast and bust ass, like I was Sheldon Segal"
Wrong Segal? my bad.
Wrong Segal? my bad.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yoga to help you deal with the Cold, Rainy, Dark, Damp Cape Codness that happens in October
In response to: Yoga to help you deal with the Cold, Rainy, Dark, Damp Cape Codness that happens in October
I prefer the Endonesian method, which, translated to our alphabet, is called Wakenbake.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Hyannis man arrested by Falmouth Police, considered a suspect in several burglaries; Assault & battery suspect crashes into Falmouth police cruiser
In response to: Hyannis man arrested by Falmouth Police, considered a suspect in several burglaries; Assault & battery suspect crashes into Falmouth police cruiser
They should take that guy out back and beat him on the kidneys with a truncheon.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Angels/Yankees: a series made in baseball heaven
In response to: Angels/Yankees: a series made in baseball heaven
Baseball?? They still play that?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Paul Niedzwiecki will be special guest at Harwich Democratic Town Committee meeting in November
In response to: Paul Niedzwiecki will be special guest at Harwich Democratic Town Committee meeting in November
Before it was removed by challenge, I got like 275 points by landing "Niedzwiecki" on a triple word score.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Want to live longer?
In response to: Want to live longer?
I'd honestly settle for "die quickly and painlessly," even if I had to bargain away 8 months or something.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: How will you be paying for that?
In response to: How will you be paying for that?
The actual real physical location of the money pit turned out to be my old house in Monponsett.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: How CIA is Murdoch?
In response to: How CIA is Murdoch?
We're all in on it... and we're coming for you next, hippy!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Bourne Dep. Fire Chief charged with rape; H1N1 vaccine delayed; Financial broker stole $350K; Mass vs. NJ; Harwich PD makes history; D-Y schools up; Bluefin tuna: big fish, low price; Nantucket Lightship sold for $1; No new trial for DJ Barry Scott;
In response to: Bourne Dep. Fire Chief charged with rape; H1N1 vaccine delayed; Financial broker stole $350K; Mass vs. NJ; Harwich PD makes history; D-Y schools up; Bluefin tuna: big fish, low price; Nantucket Lightship sold for $1; No new trial for DJ Barry Scott;
"He offered to let me slide down the fire pole, but we were only on the first floor."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Total Chaos at the Scenic Highway
In response to: Total Chaos at the Scenic Highway
"Why am I such a Misfit?
Why am I such a Misfit?
You can't fire me- I quit
Why don't I fit in?"
Why am I such a Misfit?
You can't fire me- I quit
Why don't I fit in?"
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Medical Marijuana- Science Versus Politics
In response to: Medical Marijuana- Science Versus Politics
I smoke weed all the live long day, but I still can't imagine that the local sawbones doesn't have something better for your cancer than some cheeba cheeba y'all.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Dump truck carrying tree branches rolls over at Orleans Rotary Monday
In response to: Dump truck carrying tree branches rolls over at Orleans Rotary Monday
Dumped truck
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The US Mission in Afghanistan is...?
In response to: The US Mission in Afghanistan is...?
I had cause to read extensively about Afghanistan during my college years. One of the more unique sports in the coutryside is the practice of tethering a goat in a valley, between two men standing atop hills (Americans call these "mountains"). The men then trade shots towards at each other, with the object of the game being to see "who can miss the other's ear by the least amount." Goat dinner for the winner.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Bourne Bridge Evening Accident
In response to: Bourne Bridge Evening Accident
Check your email, and if you come over tonight, bring your camera.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: One injured in Bourne rollover accident on Route 25; Car vs. tree in Pocasset
In response to: One injured in Bourne rollover accident on Route 25; Car vs. tree in Pocasset
I just like saying "Mister Bishi," to be honest. If the guy didn't flip, I might have praised it.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Harvest Time On Old Cape Cod
In response to: Harvest Time On Old Cape Cod
I've shot a pumpkin before, with one of the Colonel's guns.
Well... maybe shot AT a pumpkin is a better way to describe it. It wasn't that far away either. I'm good at Other Things.
Well... maybe shot AT a pumpkin is a better way to describe it. It wasn't that far away either. I'm good at Other Things.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: One injured in Bourne rollover accident on Route 25; Car vs. tree in Pocasset
In response to: One injured in Bourne rollover accident on Route 25; Car vs. tree in Pocasset
I never liked those Mister Bishis anyway.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Buzzards Bay Disturbance
In response to: Buzzards Bay Disturbance
"Don't move, child/got a big black stick..."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Obama and Communism
In response to: Obama and Communism
Barry O'Bama will get us out of this jam, just you wait and see.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A Columbus Day Reflection on Christianity and Corporatism in America
In response to: A Columbus Day Reflection on Christianity and Corporatism in America
I can get you an attorney who will have someone killed, but you have to wait until he gets out of jail.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Attorney asks judge to throw out firetruck driver's testimony; Offshore wind: US vs. Canada; Cape Air emergency landing in PA; Vehicular homicide charges in 195 accident; Invasive vines; Navy diver from Chatham killed in Hawaii; Hatch to be released Fri.
In response to: Attorney asks judge to throw out firetruck driver's testimony; Offshore wind: US vs. Canada; Cape Air emergency landing in PA; Vehicular homicide charges in 195 accident; Invasive vines; Navy diver from Chatham killed in Hawaii; Hatch to be released Fri.
I cheered for hockey in high school, but I quit when the girl next to me in the lineup got hit in the face with an errant puck. She went from homecoming queen to Sea Hag in one unfortunate deflection.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Attorney asks judge to throw out firetruck driver's testimony; Offshore wind: US vs. Canada; Cape Air emergency landing in PA; Vehicular homicide charges in 195 accident; Invasive vines; Navy diver from Chatham killed in Hawaii; Hatch to be released Fri.
In response to: Attorney asks judge to throw out firetruck driver's testimony; Offshore wind: US vs. Canada; Cape Air emergency landing in PA; Vehicular homicide charges in 195 accident; Invasive vines; Navy diver from Chatham killed in Hawaii; Hatch to be released Fri.
The RR was the only thing I could get to grow on the beach side of the house.... even if we planted in soil, the spray from the ocean storms would get whatever we planted. I could probably go buy some Prunus Maritima, but I could just wander down the beach and take a few free cuttings of RR.
When I moved to Monponsett, I immediately went back and stole a bunch of RR for my yard. It was the first instance of Plant Nostalgia in my life.
When I moved to Monponsett, I immediately went back and stole a bunch of RR for my yard. It was the first instance of Plant Nostalgia in my life.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Flight release of Northern Bobwhite quail
In response to: Flight release of Northern Bobwhite quail
When i was little, I actually managed to hit a seagull with a rock. I cried when i saw him fall, and have never thrown a rock at a bird since.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Bourne Recycles
In response to: Bourne Recycles
Ana Banana... you know that we HAVE to make one of those and display it in public somewhere. I'll be in touch.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Flight release of Northern Bobwhite quail
In response to: Flight release of Northern Bobwhite quail
If anyone brings a slingshot, i'll have them beaten.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Attorney asks judge to throw out firetruck driver's testimony; Offshore wind: US vs. Canada; Cape Air emergency landing in PA; Vehicular homicide charges in 195 accident; Invasive vines; Navy diver from Chatham killed in Hawaii; Hatch to be released Fri.
In response to: Attorney asks judge to throw out firetruck driver's testimony; Offshore wind: US vs. Canada; Cape Air emergency landing in PA; Vehicular homicide charges in 195 accident; Invasive vines; Navy diver from Chatham killed in Hawaii; Hatch to be released Fri.
Rosa Ragusa always worked on Duxbury Beach, and you can make jam and brandy from the berries.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Attorney asks judge to throw out firetruck driver's testimony; Offshore wind: US vs. Canada; Cape Air emergency landing in PA; Vehicular homicide charges in 195 accident; Invasive vines; Navy diver from Chatham killed in Hawaii; Hatch to be released Fri.
In response to: Attorney asks judge to throw out firetruck driver's testimony; Offshore wind: US vs. Canada; Cape Air emergency landing in PA; Vehicular homicide charges in 195 accident; Invasive vines; Navy diver from Chatham killed in Hawaii; Hatch to be released Fri.
Rosa Ragusa always worked on Duxbury Beach, and you can make jam and brandy from the berries.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A visit to the Big Apple, in Wrentham, MA, that is
In response to: A visit to the Big Apple, in Wrentham, MA, that is
I was eating an apple as i read this.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Opulence Of Highfield Hall
In response to: The Opulence Of Highfield Hall
... looks a little cramped to me.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Orleans Citizens Forum: Cutting your electric bill; Nauset Beach ORV trails closed; Chatham road paving notice; Dennis street light shut off hearing; Chatham seasonal flu clinics canceled
In response to: Orleans Citizens Forum: Cutting your electric bill; Nauset Beach ORV trails closed; Chatham road paving notice; Dennis street light shut off hearing; Chatham seasonal flu clinics canceled
Don't worry, Dennis... you can now rent a street light for 25 a month (after the 150 dollar replacement fee, of course). I wish I knew the town better, because I'd love to see how the street light blackout list is gerrymandered to lighten the blow on the wealthier residents. You'll go into the 100K house neighborhoods and see people walking around with torches and stuff.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Lonely Days
In response to: Lonely Days
You should try Ruggish Thuggish Bone or First of The Month if you are going to use BTH clips.
Trivia... one of the BTH rappers was kidnapped as a child, and was rescued after being shown on America's Most Wanted or something.
Trivia... one of the BTH rappers was kidnapped as a child, and was rescued after being shown on America's Most Wanted or something.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: I Think I am Getting the Hang of This.
In response to: I Think I am Getting the Hang of This.
You want to run them around after dinner a bit, wear them out. After my kids finish dinner (and the obligatory after-dinner cigarette), I take them out in the yard and make them do 400 stomach crunches while I stand over them and go "Come on, fatty.... FASTER!"
Not only are they sound asleep at bedtime, but, if they aren't, they fake it.
They hate me now, but they'll learn to love me when they're at dating age and have 1% body fat.
Not only are they sound asleep at bedtime, but, if they aren't, they fake it.
They hate me now, but they'll learn to love me when they're at dating age and have 1% body fat.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1978: Mashpee Wampanoags sue for recognition
In response to: 1978: Mashpee Wampanoags sue for recognition
White Americans intermarry as well... my husband is Irish, I'm French... and the history teacher in me can list dozens of traditions that white folk have failed to maintain since 1685 (if you celebrate Christmas with anything more than a Mass, for instance). If they played this fairly, SEMASS would be split between some Wampos and a few dozen English families.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Federal aviation officials change course on wind turbines; New committee explores pros & cons of Ptown school regionalization; Manatee visits New Jersey; Boy charged with threatening classmate; Dunford to run for state rep
In response to: Federal aviation officials change course on wind turbines; New committee explores pros & cons of Ptown school regionalization; Manatee visits New Jersey; Boy charged with threatening classmate; Dunford to run for state rep
About 80% of the time I caught a student with a weapon, it was (claimed) for self-defense. My personal record was taking a knife off a 3rd grader when I was working at the Marshall School in Dorchester.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yarmouth street light deadline approaches; Pre-Town Meeting in Wellfleet; Bourne Special Town Meeting; John Mucci named Dennis Employee of the Year; Tax due dates in Orleans
In response to: Yarmouth street light deadline approaches; Pre-Town Meeting in Wellfleet; Bourne Special Town Meeting; John Mucci named Dennis Employee of the Year; Tax due dates in Orleans
Dennis should scrap the employee of the year award and instead have a 1-900 number where citizens could vote from a list of criminals in town to decide on who gets to be the Dennis Menace.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A Columbus Day Reflection on Christianity and Corporatism in America
In response to: A Columbus Day Reflection on Christianity and Corporatism in America
he should have run as "Barry O'Bama," and just hid behind Joe Biden whenever a camera was taken out.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Florida Exodus Under Way (10/13/09)
In response to: Florida Exodus Under Way (10/13/09)
I'm taking a train to Florida this year for my brother's wedding. I refuse to fly, and answered any query into the matter by lowering my voice to sound like Mr. T and saying "I ain't flyin' in no plane." I may have said it 500 times since the wedding was announced.
The good thing about a mantra is, that if you stick to it enough, people eventually stop bothering you and you get to take a nice train ride. The last time I flew, my nanny had to choke me out when the car got into that airport tunnel thingy. My husband told the stewardess that I was dead drunk.
The good thing about a mantra is, that if you stick to it enough, people eventually stop bothering you and you get to take a nice train ride. The last time I flew, my nanny had to choke me out when the car got into that airport tunnel thingy. My husband told the stewardess that I was dead drunk.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape and state organizations pen letter to Salazar and Birnbaum on behalf of Cape Wind
In response to: Cape and state organizations pen letter to Salazar and Birnbaum on behalf of Cape Wind
Maverick knows a lethal and terrifying form of kung fu that utilizes fish as bludgeons.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1999: Woman named Chief Justice; 2003: Cranberries help pols win elections
In response to: 1999: Woman named Chief Justice; 2003: Cranberries help pols win elections
My brother hired Gary Coleman to represent his Florida restaurant supply company in an ad in a magazine. It cost him $100 and lunch.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: "Diver Dave" goes missing; Dogfish killing foodfish; Xiarhos remembered fondly; Sandwich School Committee delays vote on latex; William Y. Brown to take the helm at the Woods Hole Research Center
In response to: "Diver Dave" goes missing; Dogfish killing foodfish; Xiarhos remembered fondly; Sandwich School Committee delays vote on latex; William Y. Brown to take the helm at the Woods Hole Research Center
I'd leave a faux ransom demand for Diver Dave, but I can't have the police showing up here until the place airs out a bit. I was thinking Scarecrow Liberation Front before I put two and two together vis a vis the endo smoke.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Two arrested in Falmouth double stabbing; Yarmouth Police seek assistance from public with unsolved shooting; Dennis officers awarded medals, new sergeant pinned
In response to: Two arrested in Falmouth double stabbing; Yarmouth Police seek assistance from public with unsolved shooting; Dennis officers awarded medals, new sergeant pinned
If at first you don't succeed, stab, stab again.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Howard Zinn on President Barack Obama Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
In response to: Howard Zinn on President Barack Obama Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
I think it was Kissinger of whom the Soviet guy said "Sending him to a peace conference is like setting the goat to guard the cabbage."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Human Condition
In response to: Human Condition
I have a confidence in humanity similar to that of a 70 year old man who takes a 18 year old wife and buys a 5 bedroom house next to the high school.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Monopoly Mash (or, Hasbro, Google, and games of world domination)
In response to: Monopoly Mash (or, Hasbro, Google, and games of world domination)
There'a a Wood's Hole, a Martha's Vineyrad, a Nantucket and a Three Sisters Lighthouse thingy that is supposed to be Nauset on the Second life video game.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Public option saved my life; Goodbye to the Oyster R rule?; Towns join fight against legislation to aid tribes; Non-res boaters may pay premium for slips in Harwich; Hypothermic turtle rescued on Cape Cod; Shore Road dispute over bear bush
In response to: Public option saved my life; Goodbye to the Oyster R rule?; Towns join fight against legislation to aid tribes; Non-res boaters may pay premium for slips in Harwich; Hypothermic turtle rescued on Cape Cod; Shore Road dispute over bear bush
I've never been able to tolerate topiary animals since I read The Shining.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A. Leslie Ross magazine illustrations at Cape Cod Museum of Art
In response to: A. Leslie Ross magazine illustrations at Cape Cod Museum of Art
"If you want to ride.... don't ride the white horse."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Another Gotcha Moment
In response to: Another Gotcha Moment
I'm trying to get onto the Town Of Bourne Wiffleball Committee.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Neighborhood Party Turns Wild as Loggerhead “crashes”
In response to: Neighborhood Party Turns Wild as Loggerhead “crashes”
Tortoises are slower than hares, but much smarter. Whenever they race, the tortoise always picks the Marine Rescue Center as the end destination of the race. Then, while the rabbit is hopping down the bunny trail, the turtle just hangs out on the beach until some tree hugger gives him a ride to the MRC.
The rabbit gets to the MRC, sees the turtle is already there, and is so befuddled that he wanders out into traffic and gets smashed by one of those huge Peterbilt rigs. If God is feeling ironic, it is carrying carrots at the time.
Anyhow.. this is why you always see tortoises beached, and why you always see rabbits mashed on the road. Glad i could help.
The rabbit gets to the MRC, sees the turtle is already there, and is so befuddled that he wanders out into traffic and gets smashed by one of those huge Peterbilt rigs. If God is feeling ironic, it is carrying carrots at the time.
Anyhow.. this is why you always see tortoises beached, and why you always see rabbits mashed on the road. Glad i could help.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: $17.9 Million in Recovery Funds to Reduce Homelessness
In response to: $17.9 Million in Recovery Funds to Reduce Homelessness
For 17.9 million dollars, they should have just bought all the homelss a house.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Sailboat search off Ptown, Wayne Francis of Eastham died in California crash
In response to: Sailboat search off Ptown, Wayne Francis of Eastham died in California crash
It could be Bison Dele.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1804: Snow hurricane wipes out crops, livestock, ships at anchor
In response to: 1804: Snow hurricane wipes out crops, livestock, ships at anchor
We could use a good October blizzard, to really put an exclamation point on the end of tourist season.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Is it Flat or Round?
In response to: Is it Flat or Round?
You should stop thinking about stuff like this and instead concentrate on my upcoming birthday.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Falmouth car ends up in Green Pond
In response to: Falmouth car ends up in Green Pond
Some supermechanic should scuba dive down to it, repair it so that it can be driven underwater, then start a beach-directed pizza delivery service.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Pit Bull Regulation; Was Bourne School Business Manager a scapegoat? Woman's Week films; Motorcycle crash injures Cape man; What to do with the dune shacks?
In response to: Pit Bull Regulation; Was Bourne School Business Manager a scapegoat? Woman's Week films; Motorcycle crash injures Cape man; What to do with the dune shacks?
You could go backdoor on Penn State all game long... Rene Portland never figured out how to deal with it.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Buzzards Bay Halloween Spirit
In response to: Buzzards Bay Halloween Spirit
At midnight on All Soul's Day, those scarecrows will come to life and stalk Buzzards Bay. They don't actually hurt anyone, but crows leave town en masse anyhow.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Barack Obama win 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
In response to: Barack Obama win 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
I'd kill for a Nobel peace prize.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Hand Me My Geek Diploma, Please
In response to: Hand Me My Geek Diploma, Please
Basically, you can explain me by knowing that:
- I didn't speak American for the first few years I lived in America
- TV was always difficult for me, as I was always a half-second behind any comedy, drama, suspense, romance, etc... Sports was more of a non-verbal medium, and were thus more enjoyable for me.
- My father was the same way I was, and we bonded watching sports. By my own conservative estimate, we watched 2100 Red Sox games together.
- As you might imagine, I became a tomboy. I stopped growing at 5 feet, but it's five feet of fury. My mother intervened once, putting an immediate stop to my plans to try Pop Warner football. "She is a natural free safety," pleaded my father. I later became the first girl in Duxbury High School to send another girl to the hospital in a Powderpuff football game.
- I transferred from Smith to Bridgewater State College partially because I didn't make Smith's soccer team.
- I started teaching, and ended up coaching the boy's basketball team.
- I married a sports fan, amazingly.
- My husband's best friend is a bookie.
- I didn't speak American for the first few years I lived in America
- TV was always difficult for me, as I was always a half-second behind any comedy, drama, suspense, romance, etc... Sports was more of a non-verbal medium, and were thus more enjoyable for me.
- My father was the same way I was, and we bonded watching sports. By my own conservative estimate, we watched 2100 Red Sox games together.
- As you might imagine, I became a tomboy. I stopped growing at 5 feet, but it's five feet of fury. My mother intervened once, putting an immediate stop to my plans to try Pop Warner football. "She is a natural free safety," pleaded my father. I later became the first girl in Duxbury High School to send another girl to the hospital in a Powderpuff football game.
- I transferred from Smith to Bridgewater State College partially because I didn't make Smith's soccer team.
- I started teaching, and ended up coaching the boy's basketball team.
- I married a sports fan, amazingly.
- My husband's best friend is a bookie.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Consider Yourself Carded!
In response to: Consider Yourself Carded!
All products from Staples will become self-aware during the 2012 campaign and start urging their owners to vote for Romney.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Three Cheers for the Planning Board
In response to: Three Cheers for the Planning Board
I like when the bikes are forced onto main streets, where I can run them off the road when the mood strikes me.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Mothers are so mothering part 1
In response to: Mothers are so mothering part 1
When I was teaching in Plymouth, I once had a 95 pound girl who needed to take home 45 pounds of books.... and she walked.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Christopher Manoloules, 17, accused of killing uncle in Hyannis
In response to: Christopher Manoloules, 17, accused of killing uncle in Hyannis
coughdrugrobberycough
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1867: Schooner ashore in Eastham; 1998: The day the tide started rising
In response to: 1867: Schooner ashore in Eastham; 1998: The day the tide started rising
I hope they have this solved by 2700 AD, which is when it would start bothering my shorefront property.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Bourne to lose Mashnee; Hyannis man found slain; Tribe still bets on casino; Mohegan eyes reduced licensing fees; State AG is asked to review trooper crash; Jacob Sears Library nominated to National Register of Historic Places
In response to: Bourne to lose Mashnee; Hyannis man found slain; Tribe still bets on casino; Mohegan eyes reduced licensing fees; State AG is asked to review trooper crash; Jacob Sears Library nominated to National Register of Historic Places
They should silence that Bourne woman in the car crash by giving her a legitimate Get Out Of Jail Free card.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Public Good or Private Interest - Net Neutrality at crux of the question
In response to: Public Good or Private Interest - Net Neutrality at crux of the question
We pay taxes, too.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Handmade dollhouse auction to benefit Wellfleet Council on Aging
In response to: Handmade dollhouse auction to benefit Wellfleet Council on Aging
That absolutely rocks.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: StriperFest 2009
In response to: StriperFest 2009
You can cast out of your car window from the traffic jams.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Two rescued after sailboat capsizes in Falmouth
In response to: Two rescued after sailboat capsizes in Falmouth
Was that the Howells?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Chatham limits Chain Stores; Falmouth man charged in $1M tax evasion; Man frees whale, fined $500;Program nets 200 tons of sea debris; Danish Self-Sufficiency; Banker Faces Fraud Charges; 4-week old survives abuse; Mass. health care law compliance spotty
In response to: Chatham limits Chain Stores; Falmouth man charged in $1M tax evasion; Man frees whale, fined $500;Program nets 200 tons of sea debris; Danish Self-Sufficiency; Banker Faces Fraud Charges; 4-week old survives abuse; Mass. health care law compliance spotty
Jim Gordon should provide fishermen with CLEAN POWER NOW stickers to slap on whales that get too close to the boat.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Public Good or Private Interest - Net Neutrality at crux of the question
In response to: Public Good or Private Interest - Net Neutrality at crux of the question
The corporations should have to pay US to use it.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Ten Million Pound Gorilla At Town Meeting
In response to: The Ten Million Pound Gorilla At Town Meeting
Only white people should have to pay for health care, but that and the black president is literally all we owe the black man. In return, they let us play cornerback now and then.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Around Town
In response to: Around Town
One poorly-tossed cigarette, and that scarecrow will look like Joan of Arc.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Successfully navigating the way through special education
In response to: Successfully navigating the way through special education
I taught 40 kids over 4 years at two SPED schools in Charlestown/Boston... 6 of them have killed since I left.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Warrants, Cocaine charges top Yarmouth Police weekly arrests
In response to: Warrants, Cocaine charges top Yarmouth Police weekly arrests
Shame on Nunes for selling drugs to the brother man instead of the Other man.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Faces at the Scallop Festival
In response to: Faces at the Scallop Festival
As someone with some experience photographing kids on amusement park rides... I urge you never stand too far under the ride, as kids eat a lot of snacks at the fair and so forth.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Fox25 Boston Runs Anti-Spanking Story?!
In response to: Fox25 Boston Runs Anti-Spanking Story?!
Few people go to a dominatrix and ask to be grounded.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: OMG LOL
In response to: OMG LOL
I know a dude who looks like Dax, should you ever decide to take them live-action.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: I've Seen Enough New Yorkers This Summer
In response to: I've Seen Enough New Yorkers This Summer
Are you Barnstable Sports on 98.5?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Tough Love
In response to: Tough Love
"Stacey fom Duxbury" and "Barnstable Sports" are currently adding a Cape Cod Today presence to 98.5 the Sports Hub radio show.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Sagamore Bridge Saga...
In response to: The Sagamore Bridge Saga...
I guess the one day work stoppage is over.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Unfolding of the Scallop Fest
In response to: The Unfolding of the Scallop Fest
They should try to have that Scallop Fest on a weekend where, oh, I don't know, maybe the Army is tearing up one of the bridges, so traffic is diverted to the nearby Bourne Bridge, and anyone trying to approach the festival will be facing 2 hours of gridlock.
Oh, wait... they did.
Oh, wait... they did.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Health Care-How Poilitics Destroys Common Sense
In response to: Health Care-How Poilitics Destroys Common Sense
Whenever I get sick, I go to the doctor, claim to have forgotten any pertinent information, and just give the name "Julie Brooks."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: I've Seen Enough New Yorkers This Summer
In response to: I've Seen Enough New Yorkers This Summer
I'm pretty schoolteacherish for a cool person. I'm actually retired, sort of.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Seymour Oakland
In response to: Seymour Oakland
They were going to film in Worcester, but it didn't look enough like Worcester.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Happy Labor Day!
In response to: Happy Labor Day!
A) The guy from the decoy shop was asking me about you.
B) Joe the Trucker was by, and more orange juice fell off of his truck into my kitchen than I can drink. Come over, and you're good for at least a few gallons.
B) Joe the Trucker was by, and more orange juice fell off of his truck into my kitchen than I can drink. Come over, and you're good for at least a few gallons.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Truck fire on Willow Street in Yarmouth Friday morning quickly extinguished
In response to: Truck fire on Willow Street in Yarmouth Friday morning quickly extinguished
The bottom pic looks like the ol' fire-extinguisher-to-the-face trick that i s popular among the more better humored firefighters.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Of Medicinal Leeches & Poisons
In response to: Of Medicinal Leeches & Poisons
I forget which group of South/Central American injuns it was, but they used modern trepanation techniques at a time when Europeans were still burning vampires.
It may have been the Mayans, which makes me worry about that whoel 2012 thing.
Leeches are still used today in some exceptional medical circumstances.
It may have been the Mayans, which makes me worry about that whoel 2012 thing.
Leeches are still used today in some exceptional medical circumstances.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: JFK Hyannis Museum offers free admission for the next two days
In response to: JFK Hyannis Museum offers free admission for the next two days
It'd be funny if Ted's hearse missed a turn and went into the drink off a small bridge.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Bill was a bust, but will Danny do some damage?
In response to: Bill was a bust, but will Danny do some damage?
Oh Danny Boy... the Cape, the Cape is calling....
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Knuckleheads of Genesis
In response to: Knuckleheads of Genesis
The Old Testament started to suck when they replaced Curly with Shem.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Smitty's Fruit Stand in Buzzards Bay
In response to: Smitty's Fruit Stand in Buzzards Bay
... and BOOOOO to whoever is tearing down to movie theater.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Smitty's Fruit Stand in Buzzards Bay
In response to: Smitty's Fruit Stand in Buzzards Bay
It might be a good idea if you bought some of those plums and came over to visit me.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Belly Check-In
In response to: Belly Check-In
The G-Men were our team before we got the Patriots, so welcome aboard.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1909: Pilgrim Monument is finished. 1938: Jimmy Stewart at Falmouth Playhouse and on to glory. 1991: Plovers close Cape Cod's best beaches
In response to: 1909: Pilgrim Monument is finished. 1938: Jimmy Stewart at Falmouth Playhouse and on to glory. 1991: Plovers close Cape Cod's best beaches
On really clear days, I could see the Pilgrim Monument across Cape Cod Bay from Duxbury.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: We aren't that Gull-ible
In response to: We aren't that Gull-ible
They should make it like UNICEF or whatever that is, and each of is is responsible for the healthcare of one immigrant. If he dies early or is perhaps murdered... you're off the hook.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: What IS capecodtoday.com?
In response to: What IS capecodtoday.com?
I killed the Osterville Advertiser myself. I never liked those sons o' bit*hes.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Hurricane Bill closings: Dennis beaches, Sesuit Harbor, Chatham and Island beaches closed; May close ORV trails; Governor releases statement about storm; Tropical Storm Warning for Cape
In response to: Hurricane Bill closings: Dennis beaches, Sesuit Harbor, Chatham and Island beaches closed; May close ORV trails; Governor releases statement about storm; Tropical Storm Warning for Cape
The Colonel asked me to remind all of you that the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges are closed as a matter of policy when wind speeds attain 70 MPH. If Bill veers west, try to evacuate like, uhm, earlier or something.
You can now go back to your scheduled programming. Thank you for your time.
You can now go back to your scheduled programming. Thank you for your time.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Execution of second search warrant in a week nets drugs and cash at Falmouth home; Dennis issues hurricane restrictions
In response to: Execution of second search warrant in a week nets drugs and cash at Falmouth home; Dennis issues hurricane restrictions
Kids... if the cops are watching your drug house with enough interest to have raided it that week... you maybe might wanna like not bring the drugs back in and open up for business again until a bit of time has passed. If you're too stupid to read a calendar, just wait until the next full moon or something. It's how the Sioux used to deal cocaine, back before they had watches and stuff.
I mean, I smoke up every day, and even I have no sympathy for that guy. Had I known it was going down, I would have rooted for the cops.
I mean, I smoke up every day, and even I have no sympathy for that guy. Had I known it was going down, I would have rooted for the cops.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Who's Watching Out for Us?
In response to: Who's Watching Out for Us?
John Kerry votes with the wind, and is never short of ketchup.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Old rods catch new fish; Nauset lifeguards win; Comcast finishes wideband for Cape; Doug Bennett bredux; Bug prices fall; So do home prices
In response to: Old rods catch new fish; Nauset lifeguards win; Comcast finishes wideband for Cape; Doug Bennett bredux; Bug prices fall; So do home prices
You try but cannot deny Bennett For Senate.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Only Boring, Poorly Endowed White People And Non Celebrities Cross That Silly Bridge
In response to: Only Boring, Poorly Endowed White People And Non Celebrities Cross That Silly Bridge
Nice to see you.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Strike Up The Band!
In response to: Strike Up The Band!
Once a year, they should re-name the town "Manwich" and do all sorts of macho stuff like axe-throwing and beer-swilling for a day.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Mosquito clouds; Cape Cod skies; Cop kills cat; Ptown partying; Cape rudeness; $10 M savings in sheriff bill; Shriver Bedside Vigil Continues
In response to: Mosquito clouds; Cape Cod skies; Cop kills cat; Ptown partying; Cape rudeness; $10 M savings in sheriff bill; Shriver Bedside Vigil Continues
The Colonel actually explained the 4 shots thing to me in a manner that makes sense and absolves the shooter somewhat.
You see... the sight on the gun is actually designed for shooting people from a greater distance than one used to dispatch a crippled cat. At close distances, you actually want to line up the bore hole to the target.
"It's all training. Until someone explain s it, you're not aware of it. Once they train you in that, it comes naturally," said the source of 50% of my children's DNA.
I started to say something snarky about the cop, but the Colonel cut me short. In his own humorless way, he implied that we should be pleased that our police officers aren't trained in a manner of shooting that is only useful when executing a bound prisoner.
Add in the fact that the officer was most likely concentrating more on not having his shots ricochet into a preschool or something, and you could see why the man may have had to unload the clip.
Either that, or the man just hates cats and looks for a chance to empty his Chief's Special into one. I really don't know.
You see... the sight on the gun is actually designed for shooting people from a greater distance than one used to dispatch a crippled cat. At close distances, you actually want to line up the bore hole to the target.
"It's all training. Until someone explain s it, you're not aware of it. Once they train you in that, it comes naturally," said the source of 50% of my children's DNA.
I started to say something snarky about the cop, but the Colonel cut me short. In his own humorless way, he implied that we should be pleased that our police officers aren't trained in a manner of shooting that is only useful when executing a bound prisoner.
Add in the fact that the officer was most likely concentrating more on not having his shots ricochet into a preschool or something, and you could see why the man may have had to unload the clip.
Either that, or the man just hates cats and looks for a chance to empty his Chief's Special into one. I really don't know.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Maria Shriver visits mother, goes for a sail
In response to: Maria Shriver visits mother, goes for a sail
Hot, yes... but Ahhhhnold can do better than that.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Subject: [bt-dimeadozen-org] WBCN- more info- Sat & Sun schedule
In response to: Subject: [bt-dimeadozen-org] WBCN- more info- Sat & Sun schedule
I'll miss their annual Christmas Eve broadcast.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Patrick going too far with gun regulations - will hurt public safety
In response to: Patrick going too far with gun regulations - will hurt public safety
The Colonel said that he saw several Kuwaiti injured in just such a manner, Ana. It's really better to just shoot collaborators.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Retest If You Must, But Be Fair About It
In response to: Retest If You Must, But Be Fair About It
You see kids putting it in reverse by accident and driving into a CVS shop window all the time.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Patrick going too far with gun regulations - will hurt public safety
In response to: Patrick going too far with gun regulations - will hurt public safety
We need to have it so you can get guns like, uhm, instantly.
Why, just the other day, this (blo)gger was in my yard, but he was too far away from the NO TRESPASSING sign to see that he was on my property... so I went into the Arsenal and got one of those Mossberg shotgun things that the Colonel is always showing off to his Army buddies.
I managed to sneak up to within a couple of yards, and shot him as he started saying something about UPS. His head turned into a fine pink mist, but it got all over my hydrangea and made it all yucky and stuff.
Now, this most likely has very little to do with whatever Representative Perry is up to these days, but I sense that the disappointment I felt as I hosed down my garden was very much like the emotion Rep. Perry was feeling when he did that thing the article was about.
Why, just the other day, this (blo)gger was in my yard, but he was too far away from the NO TRESPASSING sign to see that he was on my property... so I went into the Arsenal and got one of those Mossberg shotgun things that the Colonel is always showing off to his Army buddies.
I managed to sneak up to within a couple of yards, and shot him as he started saying something about UPS. His head turned into a fine pink mist, but it got all over my hydrangea and made it all yucky and stuff.
Now, this most likely has very little to do with whatever Representative Perry is up to these days, but I sense that the disappointment I felt as I hosed down my garden was very much like the emotion Rep. Perry was feeling when he did that thing the article was about.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Photo of the Week- Dawn at Chatham's Stage Harbor
In response to: Cape Cod Photo of the Week- Dawn at Chatham's Stage Harbor
Did you have to wade out and stand really still?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Scam artists target tourists; Cape Paintings from Eldred's; New Wareham PD Chief, sort of; New Harwich bike paths; Biofuels facility coming; Bluebirds fly; Thieves know how to Twitter too;
In response to: Scam artists target tourists; Cape Paintings from Eldred's; New Wareham PD Chief, sort of; New Harwich bike paths; Biofuels facility coming; Bluebirds fly; Thieves know how to Twitter too;
It's the Gateway, blogga. If they're in the baseball league, they count.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard, tugs free the Tall Ship Unicorn from the rocks off Woods Hole
In response to: Coast Guard, tugs free the Tall Ship Unicorn from the rocks off Woods Hole
Trade the sailboat for a castle, and you basically have the plot of Sir Gallahad's tale from "The Holy Grail."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Baked or Boiled....its Clam Heaven
In response to: Baked or Boiled....its Clam Heaven
The Portagees are very good at washing the dishes after, too.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Hyannis Sound rocked the Cape this weekend at their 15th anniversary show
In response to: Hyannis Sound rocked the Cape this weekend at their 15th anniversary show
"The mobb come equipped for warfare..."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: New Level 3 Sex Offender in Dennis; One arrest in Truro this weekend
In response to: New Level 3 Sex Offender in Dennis; One arrest in Truro this weekend
That dude must have had to use a hammer or a jar of ether.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Falmouth Service Center - The House that Faith Built
In response to: Falmouth Service Center - The House that Faith Built
If Falmouth were a movie town, the evil boss would have shown up and fired everyone... although he would have gotten his in the end.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Swipe From The Best!!!
In response to: Swipe From The Best!!!
A firm, jutting jaw was one of the Colonel's selling points during our courtship.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Heredity
In response to: Heredity
That shot of the cat must be from like 1999 or something, because Hunter went about 75 pounds last time I saw it.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: O'Leary's wisdom; Patrick's numbers; Barnstable's whale; Cape's turkey shoot; Vineyard's sharks
In response to: O'Leary's wisdom; Patrick's numbers; Barnstable's whale; Cape's turkey shoot; Vineyard's sharks
The turkeys from plymouth sort of lord over the other state turkeys, due to the whole Thanksgiving thing.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Senator Kennedy goes for a sail, working on Health Care bill
In response to: Senator Kennedy goes for a sail, working on Health Care bill
They should just choose 3 or 4 able Senators, and then just run the country from the Mya until Ted croaks.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Harwich Police nab laptop thief
In response to: Harwich Police nab laptop thief
"Pass the Dutcher to the left hand side..."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: An Extended Reach
In response to: An Extended Reach
Nice to see you back in the saddle... hit me up on the phone soon.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Family claims boy's '03 death was murder; Tribe ties to casino area questioned
In response to: Family claims boy's '03 death was murder; Tribe ties to casino area questioned
As the site's resident Monponsett expert, I can say that Wamsutta was actually trespassing on Sioux land, which is why the Pilgrims snatched him up.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape's Tanionos presents Agganis Award to Orioles' Markakis
In response to: Cape's Tanionos presents Agganis Award to Orioles' Markakis
I need a gyro after reading that headline.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1959: The Year Everything Changed
In response to: 1959: The Year Everything Changed
Patty is slammin' like Iron Shiek
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Fishpond USA joins HSUS, MSPCA in urging an end to Monster Shark Tournament
In response to: Fishpond USA joins HSUS, MSPCA in urging an end to Monster Shark Tournament
When I was teaching Science in Charlestown, I traded a hand-held anenmometer to a fisherman friend of mine for a small shark that he had just caught. My students and I then took it out to the barren end of Pier 5 and did what "Jaws" mayor Vaughn called a "half-assed autopsy on a fish."
We were hoping that he'd eaten a human on his way to us, so that we'd open his stomach and like Jimmy Hoffa would fall out opr something... but our shark either hadn't eaten anything before being captured, or I had us ripping o0ut the wrong internal organs. I was actually employed by the school as a psychologist at the time, but I was teaching Science because the real science teacher got hit in the face with a football and quit. I had the least clout among the available staff, so it was off to teach science I went.
We later just chucked the shark's remains off Pier 5 (the one next to Tavern On The Water) when we felt no one was looking. I'm told it was illegal, but I'm not afraid to live outside the law when the situation merits it.
We were hoping that he'd eaten a human on his way to us, so that we'd open his stomach and like Jimmy Hoffa would fall out opr something... but our shark either hadn't eaten anything before being captured, or I had us ripping o0ut the wrong internal organs. I was actually employed by the school as a psychologist at the time, but I was teaching Science because the real science teacher got hit in the face with a football and quit. I had the least clout among the available staff, so it was off to teach science I went.
We later just chucked the shark's remains off Pier 5 (the one next to Tavern On The Water) when we felt no one was looking. I'm told it was illegal, but I'm not afraid to live outside the law when the situation merits it.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yarmouth Police arrest Marijuana grower
In response to: Yarmouth Police arrest Marijuana grower
You have to be careful with LSD, PCP, MDMA, and other things with initials. Once, when I was in college, a friend of mine invited me over for an S+M party. I was like, "Awesome... Spaniards and Mexicans."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Arrest in early morning fatal stabbing in Bourne; Five arraigned in Falmouth District Court in connection with stabbing
In response to: Arrest in early morning fatal stabbing in Bourne; Five arraigned in Falmouth District Court in connection with stabbing
Kids....when you go to trade hands, let the outcome speak for itself. Trial by combat, acceptable under the terms of both Chivalry and Hip-Hop. Don't go for the Poker.
If the Earp Vendetta Ride had a soundtrack by Cypress Hill, it would look like the other night in Sagamore.
If the Earp Vendetta Ride had a soundtrack by Cypress Hill, it would look like the other night in Sagamore.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Crime scene investigators search for murder weapon in Sunday's stabbing; White Hen robbed in Falmouth; Yarmouth Police Officer receives recognition after recent investigation and arrest
In response to: Crime scene investigators search for murder weapon in Sunday's stabbing; White Hen robbed in Falmouth; Yarmouth Police Officer receives recognition after recent investigation and arrest
If I've ever seen a pair of punks that the responding officer should have just beat the shi* out of and left, it's Fluff'n'Nutter and Mr. Jenkins.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Harwich Port Boat Yard becomes a shark free marina
In response to: Harwich Port Boat Yard becomes a shark free marina
"Naw... she jumped onto the boat and took a bunch of sleeping pills."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Boston’s Red Sox got you down? Try the team from Yarmouth-Dennis
In response to: Boston’s Red Sox got you down? Try the team from Yarmouth-Dennis
When the Yankee fans start talking about their 27 championships, you can be like "Eff you... we rule lower-central Cape Cod."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Arrest in early morning fatal stabbing in Bourne; Five arraigned in Falmouth District Court in connection with stabbing
In response to: Arrest in early morning fatal stabbing in Bourne; Five arraigned in Falmouth District Court in connection with stabbing
Sad and all, yes.... but it's still sort of nice to see the family go out and seek vengeance together. A good vendetta bonds a family.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Of Constables and Fences
In response to: Of Constables and Fences
That's why they made the Second Amendment and the .44
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Coast Guards finds man missing in North River
In response to: Coast Guards finds man missing in North River
Marsh vegas, representin'!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Olympic medal swimmers meet Cape Cod Willy's East Team Swimmers
In response to: Olympic medal swimmers meet Cape Cod Willy's East Team Swimmers
They should bring Phelps by with the cheeba cheeba.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Reception for Christy Mihos, Republican candidate for governor
In response to: Reception for Christy Mihos, Republican candidate for governor
He spends most of his day looking for people named "Rod" to make fun of.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Healthcare and a Few Stubborn Facts
In response to: Healthcare and a Few Stubborn Facts
The key to it is to go on vacation somewhere, and- instead of returning- IMMIGRATE back into the country... and then demand health care and free cars and stuff.
If I were to leave France again, this would be eggs-actly how I'd handle.
If I were to leave France again, this would be eggs-actly how I'd handle.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 10 best ice cream shops; "The cause" of Ted Kennedy's life; Recent bird sighting on Bay State
In response to: 10 best ice cream shops; "The cause" of Ted Kennedy's life; Recent bird sighting on Bay State
http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/clam_shack_map/
in today's Globe
in today's Globe
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Community College to be an active participant in Obama's new community college initiative
In response to: Cape Cod Community College to be an active participant in Obama's new community college initiative
While it may seem impossible now, future generations will look back and realize that what really got us out of this jam was a suddenly forming army of realtors and Papa Gino's managers.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 19' Aquasport boat stolen in Chatham, recovered in Orleans; Orleans officer promoted to sergeant
In response to: 19' Aquasport boat stolen in Chatham, recovered in Orleans; Orleans officer promoted to sergeant
They should let him go, because he looks really, really sad.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Comments On A Wise Latina, White Males And Jim Crow States' Rights
In response to: Comments On A Wise Latina, White Males And Jim Crow States' Rights
The unwise ones sneak into Mexico from California.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Historic Mission Ahead-Cape Codders among the many brave Americans fighting for freedom in Afghanistan
In response to: Historic Mission Ahead-Cape Codders among the many brave Americans fighting for freedom in Afghanistan
I just want to be the first here to send a FAT shot-out to the boys and girls in the field.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: O'Leary and Peake to hold office hours in Harwich
In response to: O'Leary and Peake to hold office hours in Harwich
We should send a cleverly disguised Aaron Malloy down there with a prepared agenda to raise hell with Peake.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard towing fishing vessel Rost to safety
In response to: Coast Guard towing fishing vessel Rost to safety
"Rost" is what happens to Astro from the Jetsons when he comes to Cape Cod and there isn't a Sagamore rotary anymore.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Keep It Real
In response to: Keep It Real
The only other thing to do on the island is to rape Ginger with Mr. Howell, so maybe boozing is a good Plan B.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1959: Stockholder sues Cranberry Association
In response to: 1959: Stockholder sues Cranberry Association
They were spraying down the bogs near my cottage today, by helicopter.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: SLEUTH has many good and some bad moments
In response to: SLEUTH has many good and some bad moments
My husband made it through 3 songs of Miss Saigon before he tried to get up and "get a hot dog." I just let him go by himself to NASCAR stuff now, and I go to the theater with my nanny.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape couple in latest TV scam; Brewster's graveyard guru; Ted's son returns to Congress; Cape mail sorting center closing
In response to: Cape couple in latest TV scam; Brewster's graveyard guru; Ted's son returns to Congress; Cape mail sorting center closing
The Kennedys should get that Forbes island and they should operate it somehow along the lines of how Monster Island is operated in the Godzilla films. We'd all be safe, and the Ks would be cool after a few generations of inense inbreeding. "Jesus Christ... Ted is somehow his own uncle."
The uglist Kennedy daughter should be married off to Dice-K.
The uglist Kennedy daughter should be married off to Dice-K.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Halladay season for the Red Sox? Don’t count on it
In response to: Halladay season for the Red Sox? Don’t count on it
If you're going to dump the whole farm system, you might as well get that Hamstring Ramirez kid to play 160 MVP games at shortstop.
I'd make Dice stay in Pawtucket until he apologizes for Hiroshima.
I'd make Dice stay in Pawtucket until he apologizes for Hiroshima.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1958: Fifty whales stranded on Cape Cod; 1969: Jet Age Stirs 'Vineyard'
In response to: 1958: Fifty whales stranded on Cape Cod; 1969: Jet Age Stirs 'Vineyard'
I like going up to beached whales and slapping them... "Not so tough now, are you?"
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Ptown's sewer woes persist, 14 arrests over weekend; 6% of Nantucket for sale; State Treasurer Cahill's party switch complicates Mihos bid; Regional Technology Development Corp, MBL team to create Cape jobs
In response to: Ptown's sewer woes persist, 14 arrests over weekend; 6% of Nantucket for sale; State Treasurer Cahill's party switch complicates Mihos bid; Regional Technology Development Corp, MBL team to create Cape jobs
They should get some pics of the P-town arrestees.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Health Care or Health Scare ?
In response to: Health Care or Health Scare ?
Just always have someone on speed dial who can acquire Oxycontin, and you really don't need doctors and stuff unless your appendix, like, uhm, breaks or something.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yarmouth Police arrest woman for multiple domestic violence attacks
In response to: Yarmouth Police arrest woman for multiple domestic violence attacks
If you call the police to report someone throwing a sandwich at you, the police should Mace you when they get there. The exception being the Knuckle Sandwich, of course...
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Portuguese Pride and Provincetown
In response to: Portuguese Pride and Provincetown
Jesus (looking at bottom pic)... no wonder they go out to sea so much.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Live Improv YouTube Video: W. K. Mahler July 8, 2009
In response to: Live Improv YouTube Video: W. K. Mahler July 8, 2009
You should beat down whoever filmed that YouTube video.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Arial Banners & Cucumber Salad
In response to: Arial Banners & Cucumber Salad
roll that up in a pita or tortilla or something, and you won't have to wash as much silverware.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1822: Billingsgate - The island that cost $100. 1989: Americans skimping on vacations helps Cape
In response to: 1822: Billingsgate - The island that cost $100. 1989: Americans skimping on vacations helps Cape
Is someone being shot in that upper pic?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Let's market Cape Cod Mackerel; Judge rejects Wampanoag land suit again; Ice Cream Sampler; Real Estate number down big time; Evictions test new federal law; CCBL - the closest thing a college baseball all-star game
In response to: Let's market Cape Cod Mackerel; Judge rejects Wampanoag land suit again; Ice Cream Sampler; Real Estate number down big time; Evictions test new federal law; CCBL - the closest thing a college baseball all-star game
I may be wrong, but even children will see through "Cape Cod Mackerel... from Gloucester!"
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: MA sues US over Gay Rights; Baker vs. Mihos vs Patrick vs Cahill; Cape woman arrested in Taunton parking lot; 1 in 7 MLB players from CCBL; Bugs eat Cape; Patrick Kennedy says he's sober
In response to: MA sues US over Gay Rights; Baker vs. Mihos vs Patrick vs Cahill; Cape woman arrested in Taunton parking lot; 1 in 7 MLB players from CCBL; Bugs eat Cape; Patrick Kennedy says he's sober
Again... Ted from Hyannis Port was my idea, he's best used in mirth, and you should really leave him to me.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Breaking and Entering arrest in Harwich; Driver charged in Bourne fatal crash; Chatham traffic notice for Post Office Road today
In response to: Breaking and Entering arrest in Harwich; Driver charged in Bourne fatal crash; Chatham traffic notice for Post Office Road today
My best wishes to everyone at Barlow's in this sad time... and hurry up and get back to work, because I really want some Lobster Tails ice cream.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Operator charged in Chatham July 4th crash; Assaults, OUIs and warrant arrests top YPD weekly arrests
In response to: Operator charged in Chatham July 4th crash; Assaults, OUIs and warrant arrests top YPD weekly arrests
I've never seen anyone look Innocent in these photos.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1961: Cape's Congressman Keith's National Seashore Bill passes House. 1989: Three Cape towns are 350 years old
In response to: 1961: Cape's Congressman Keith's National Seashore Bill passes House. 1989: Three Cape towns are 350 years old
Duxbury and Plymouth are sneaking up on 400.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Eric Singer Of KISS On 2009 Release of New Songs
In response to: Eric Singer Of KISS On 2009 Release of New Songs
I prefer GWAR, although there's most likely a more modern band who dress up in costume... the Gorillaz, maybe.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Weekend Update: Three arrests in Truro; Harwich weekly arrests; Falmouth car vs. building; Yarmouth Police arrest multiple offender drunken boater; Harwich investigates liquor store break; YPD nabs another 4th offense drunk driver
In response to: Weekend Update: Three arrests in Truro; Harwich weekly arrests; Falmouth car vs. building; Yarmouth Police arrest multiple offender drunken boater; Harwich investigates liquor store break; YPD nabs another 4th offense drunk driver
Jeffrey Daluz should be the mayor of cape Cod, just based on that mug shot.
Joseph Montanez should be sheriff, also because of his mugshot.
Again, based on the mugshot.. . Kevin O'Brien should be euthanized.He looks like a Manson Family nephew.
Joseph Montanez should be sheriff, also because of his mugshot.
Again, based on the mugshot.. . Kevin O'Brien should be euthanized.He looks like a Manson Family nephew.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: BREAKING NEWS - Multi-Vehicle Accident on Sagamore Bridge during holiday rush
In response to: BREAKING NEWS - Multi-Vehicle Accident on Sagamore Bridge during holiday rush
It's the goddamned liberals fault, for building that stupid bridge.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The tall ship “Kruzenshtern” arrives at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy
In response to: The tall ship “Kruzenshtern” arrives at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Stunning Steve at the gas station told me that at least 4 groups of Russian sailors came in today, asking for directions to Wal-Mart in Wareham to "must get laptops."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: BREAKING NEWS - Multi-Vehicle Accident on Sagamore Bridge during holiday rush
In response to: BREAKING NEWS - Multi-Vehicle Accident on Sagamore Bridge during holiday rush
I broke this story in the comments section before you got to it, Old Man.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: In depth Jim Gordon interview;
In response to: In depth Jim Gordon interview;
I can't go, but my people tell me that there's a car hanging off the Sagamore Bridge, and a 15 mile backup.
They just removed it.
They just removed it.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Enough already with the Michael Jackson distortions
In response to: Enough already with the Michael Jackson distortions
B word, A word, N word.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape woman charged with child rape; Bourne crash victim dies; Saving more turtles; Budget may close schools; Guns for Groceries; Swan Fest coming
In response to: Cape woman charged with child rape; Bourne crash victim dies; Saving more turtles; Budget may close schools; Guns for Groceries; Swan Fest coming
Why someone would ride a moped is beyond me, especially a full-grown man.
Sad footnote to the story.... I'm familiar with the Barclay family in Duxbury. I actually knew Brett Barclay, who I believe also died in a motorcycle accident.
Sad footnote to the story.... I'm familiar with the Barclay family in Duxbury. I actually knew Brett Barclay, who I believe also died in a motorcycle accident.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Part II - Power Clashes on Beacon Hill
In response to: Part II - Power Clashes on Beacon Hill
That's wht I shy away from radio.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A Drive in Movie & Lobster Newburg
In response to: A Drive in Movie & Lobster Newburg
I've spent a quarter hour in a Georgia-area Dairy Queen, lecturing some teenager about the difference between a Frappe and a Milkshake.
Most southerners don't have a particular name for syrup whipped into milk. They call it chocolate milk, and no doubt see the whole milkshake/frappe thing as some carpetbagger/Jew trick designed to pull their farm profits up to Madison Ave.
There is a good possibilty that- because of my particular manner of speech- she thought I was speaking of a French term for milkshake, although "frappe" actually translates to "shaken" or "chilled."
I gave up, and just order milkshakes now whenever I go south of Falmouth.
Most southerners don't have a particular name for syrup whipped into milk. They call it chocolate milk, and no doubt see the whole milkshake/frappe thing as some carpetbagger/Jew trick designed to pull their farm profits up to Madison Ave.
There is a good possibilty that- because of my particular manner of speech- she thought I was speaking of a French term for milkshake, although "frappe" actually translates to "shaken" or "chilled."
I gave up, and just order milkshakes now whenever I go south of Falmouth.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: EPA: $185 Million in Recovery Act Funds for state's water quality
In response to: EPA: $185 Million in Recovery Act Funds for state's water quality
They should solve the windmill problem by giving Ted kennedy his own lake to sail in. I offer him East Monponsett Lake in Halifax. She can easily be rechristened "Lake Kennedy," and her 286 acres will provide all sorts of room for the Myrna, or whatever snooty name he affixed to that boat.
It won't affect me any. You see, there are TWO Monponsett Lakes, and I used to live on the West one. Everyone goes home happy.
It won't affect me any. You see, there are TWO Monponsett Lakes, and I used to live on the West one. Everyone goes home happy.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Indigo Girls and the Sea
In response to: Indigo Girls and the Sea
I may be wrong, but didn't the Alabama get sunk in 1864 or so?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Vineyard SWAT makes its first house call
In response to: Vineyard SWAT makes its first house call
I hope they used the Tazer on the guy... i bet he deserved it.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: First Annual Quahog Day; The Old Cape Magic; Ex-coach indicted; Wampanoags want new deal; Older drivers may get retested - finally; 10 Secluded beaches; 4 days on the Wampanoag Canoe Passage; Commission sues - again
In response to: First Annual Quahog Day; The Old Cape Magic; Ex-coach indicted; Wampanoags want new deal; Older drivers may get retested - finally; 10 Secluded beaches; 4 days on the Wampanoag Canoe Passage; Commission sues - again
Ted is funnier when I work the screen name, Wally!
Note that the Wampanoag Canoe Trail goes right through Monponsett Lake. I may demand tribute.
Note that the Wampanoag Canoe Trail goes right through Monponsett Lake. I may demand tribute.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Extra! Extra! Globe Editors Can't Edit
In response to: Extra! Extra! Globe Editors Can't Edit
I love sports radio, but Dennis and Callahan blow like the mighty north wind.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Kinlin Grover GMAC sold to Rhode Island powerhouse
In response to: Kinlin Grover GMAC sold to Rhode Island powerhouse
Move over Rover, and let Kinlin Grover take over!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Flora to Fauna: A Garden Metamorphosis
In response to: Flora to Fauna: A Garden Metamorphosis
Float like a butterfly... sting like a bee.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Part II - Power Clashes on Beacon Hill
In response to: Part II - Power Clashes on Beacon Hill
Many people feared a Fourth Reich.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 29th Annual Cape Cod Chowder Festival this Sunday
In response to: 29th Annual Cape Cod Chowder Festival this Sunday
I was going to attend, until I saw that there were clowns on the bill.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Smoltz’s return gives Red Sox options, not a 6th starter
In response to: Smoltz’s return gives Red Sox options, not a 6th starter
If the Europeans could be forced to like baseball, the Yankees could one day conceivably have 162 different starting pitchers. we should begin to get ready for this eventuality, the sooner the better.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Starfish eating our shellfish; Breakthrough continues to change bay; State Push For Turbines Gathering Wind; Clean Harbors sports complex at MMA to start
In response to: Starfish eating our shellfish; Breakthrough continues to change bay; State Push For Turbines Gathering Wind; Clean Harbors sports complex at MMA to start
One of the benefits of growing up on the beach is playing Ninja on the beach with dried-up starfish as shuriken.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Something Fishy This Way Comes
In response to: Something Fishy This Way Comes
You should have to give 1/3 of your catch to a random landscaping crew.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Something Fishy This Way Comes
In response to: Something Fishy This Way Comes
I favor Keelhauling for punishing fishing-based offenses.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Something Fishy This Way Comes
In response to: Something Fishy This Way Comes
You'll be subject to an administrative Drool Fee.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: eCape, Inc. launches CapeCodPets.com
In response to: eCape, Inc. launches CapeCodPets.com
Thank you.
As much fun as we have goofing on him, I don't think I'd want to make the Colonel cry again.
As much fun as we have goofing on him, I don't think I'd want to make the Colonel cry again.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Local Cape Chambers Collaborative presents award to MOTT
In response to: The Local Cape Chambers Collaborative presents award to MOTT
Spyro's full name is worth like 800 points if you hit it on a Triple Word Score while playing Scrabble.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yarmouth Police capture stabbing suspect
In response to: Yarmouth Police capture stabbing suspect
You don't REALLY want to kill someone if you're stabbing them in front of an ambulance depot. It's like starting your diet at Dairy Queen.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1925: Joe Lincoln's Cape Cod movie gets a thumbs down; 2006: Turtles off Endangered List
In response to: 1925: Joe Lincoln's Cape Cod movie gets a thumbs down; 2006: Turtles off Endangered List
I have a Musk Turtle! One of my students gave it to me as a baby shower present.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: NY Times seeking buyer for Globe; Supreme Court appoved Chrysler deal today; Sturgis HS #27 in nation; MBL pick CCBL payer; Oyster Cult; Southeast Mulls Offshore Wind; The 3rd. time for Christy's of Cape Cod; Y BOTHER?
In response to: NY Times seeking buyer for Globe; Supreme Court appoved Chrysler deal today; Sturgis HS #27 in nation; MBL pick CCBL payer; Oyster Cult; Southeast Mulls Offshore Wind; The 3rd. time for Christy's of Cape Cod; Y BOTHER?
I want a ten foot rubber band to attach to that big Y, and I want to use it to lob boulders across Mass Bay at Marshfield, Massachusetts.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Red Sox draft so ‘high school’
In response to: Red Sox draft so ‘high school’
BC is sending forth a fine catcher in Tony "Dirty" Sanchez, who I believe is playing in the Cape league this summer. While i doubt that my luck could be this good... is that Stasburg kid with the 100 mph heater playing on the Cape this summer? My people tell me that he is Godlike.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Fighting for democracy at the Democratic State Conventions
In response to: Fighting for democracy at the Democratic State Conventions
Mary just pulled your Ho Card.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Art-related program for people living with Alzheimer's at CCMA June 15th
In response to: Art-related program for people living with Alzheimer's at CCMA June 15th
I actually started laughing just thinking up a joke for this, to the extent that I now can't think of one. Do you think they might have an extra set of crayons for a French stoner?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Poll shows strong support for a new management system for groundfish
In response to: Poll shows strong support for a new management system for groundfish
The Colonel went out fishing on our anniversary once... he came back with a striper, and I hit him with it. He's much more careful with dates, now.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Hyannis Green Drinks: Redefining what it means to be local and green
In response to: Hyannis Green Drinks: Redefining what it means to be local and green
I went to school here, from elementary to college... I was married here, and live here... my children were born here, and go to school here... I plan to die here.... and you wouldn't even consider calling me a local 5 seconds after I open my mouth.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Patrick Administration seeks feedback on wind power potential for state-owned lands
In response to: Patrick Administration seeks feedback on wind power potential for state-owned lands
The wind farm messes up Deval's plan to put up a series of toll booths in Nantucket Sound. You could have paid with money, credit, or fish.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Draw of the Cape & Yummy Potatoes
In response to: The Draw of the Cape & Yummy Potatoes
If you want to ound snooty when you serve it, you can call it "la cocotte en terre de pommes de terre rissolees." I fool the Colonel with sh*t like that all the time.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1990: Passengers Evacuated After Cruise Ship Runs Aground Off Cape Cod; 2006: Rare Pygmy Whale
In response to: 1990: Passengers Evacuated After Cruise Ship Runs Aground Off Cape Cod; 2006: Rare Pygmy Whale
Stunning Steve tells me that the map in the Best Read Guide saves 20 tourists a week just out of his shifts at the gas station.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Toward a Creative Economy
In response to: Toward a Creative Economy
That font you're using is so robotic and mechanical, my IPod wants to f*ck it.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Hope I'm Not Embarrassing Anyone
In response to: Hope I'm Not Embarrassing Anyone
Just like women who get abortions, Ned's not having it!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Sandwich Republican Town Committee's Annual Yard Sale to be held this Saturday
In response to: Sandwich Republican Town Committee's Annual Yard Sale to be held this Saturday
They're selling McCain 2012 stickers realllllllllllll cheap.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Boston Globe's Business Realities Should be Totten's Focus
In response to: The Boston Globe's Business Realities Should be Totten's Focus
If the NY Times owed me a lot of money, I'd let them pay it off a little at a time by running full page ads testifying to my greatness. Some dollars spend out at like $1.05 happiness, and this would be one of them.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: State of the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry: report from Fenway Park
In response to: State of the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry: report from Fenway Park
I'm so happy after last night, I may have to pull a new Yorker out of his car and beat him with a bat.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: eCape, Inc. launches CapeCodPets.com
In response to: eCape, Inc. launches CapeCodPets.com
Way to launch this after my border collie died... sniff.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Falmouth Police seek assistance in identifying a witness; West Barnstable shed burns to the ground
In response to: Falmouth Police seek assistance in identifying a witness; West Barnstable shed burns to the ground
It's a Dodge Scoundrel.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Arnold's curious crustacean; Bear sighted in Plymouth; Trooper was fishing, suspended; Dangerous food; Sea level on rise; CG assists Air France search; Route 6 snafu; Craig's List scam targets summer renters;
In response to: Arnold's curious crustacean; Bear sighted in Plymouth; Trooper was fishing, suspended; Dangerous food; Sea level on rise; CG assists Air France search; Route 6 snafu; Craig's List scam targets summer renters;
A) The Sagamore Bear should be named "Huggy."
B) Citizens should be wary, as the bear has a propensity for stealing pic-a-nic baskets.
C) Southern plymouth County is now like 54% less likely to suffer a forest fire.
D) I had a Colonel joke, but Elle was here before I was.
B) Citizens should be wary, as the bear has a propensity for stealing pic-a-nic baskets.
C) Southern plymouth County is now like 54% less likely to suffer a forest fire.
D) I had a Colonel joke, but Elle was here before I was.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Arnold's curious crustacean; Bear sighted in Plymouth; Trooper was fishing, suspended; Dangerous food; Sea level on rise; CG assists Air France search; Route 6 snafu; Craig's List scam targets summer renters;
In response to: Arnold's curious crustacean; Bear sighted in Plymouth; Trooper was fishing, suspended; Dangerous food; Sea level on rise; CG assists Air France search; Route 6 snafu; Craig's List scam targets summer renters;
There's a fairly good chance that the Sagamore Bear was actually the Colonel jogging with his shirt off.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: George the Brave, Gentle Maine Coon
In response to: George the Brave, Gentle Maine Coon
Sorry to hear about George. I just had to have Sloppy Dog put to sleep, and the heartbreak has proven to be long-lasting.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: "Part-way Charlie" Girard: Failure may be his thing
In response to: "Part-way Charlie" Girard: Failure may be his thing
He is more man than most, my countryman.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Ptown's new urgent care; Sex life of horseshoe crabs; Our prettiest golf course; Big come-back for Right Whales; Kayak, boat access to Ockway and Popponesset Bays; DEP fines Cape firm; Willow St. input wanted; Gay hater pleads; Listen to Veckatimest
In response to: Ptown's new urgent care; Sex life of horseshoe crabs; Our prettiest golf course; Big come-back for Right Whales; Kayak, boat access to Ockway and Popponesset Bays; DEP fines Cape firm; Willow St. input wanted; Gay hater pleads; Listen to Veckatimest
I wish that dude jumped the wrong two lesbians and got stomped silly, although it looks like somebody did the job on him before that pic was taken.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Join the "Miles for Memories" Walk for Alzheimer's Services this Sunday
In response to: Join the "Miles for Memories" Walk for Alzheimer's Services this Sunday
The black dog and the shy kid rule.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Pot package nets Dennis Police over 10 lbs--street value $30K
In response to: Pot package nets Dennis Police over 10 lbs--street value $30K
Ten pounds for $30K, must have been the Kush.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Ted views Figawi from a sinkpot; Memorial Day homage
In response to: Ted views Figawi from a sinkpot; Memorial Day homage
Ted was honoring fallen soldiers who were into sailing.... and, as we all know, the senior Senator is the veteran of many a well-fought bottle.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Ptown hate crime; Dunkin' Donut dust-up; Fumes close Harwich Town Hall; Ted skips Figawi; Auto dealer vows to fight; Capt. Phillips honored at MMA
In response to: Ptown hate crime; Dunkin' Donut dust-up; Fumes close Harwich Town Hall; Ted skips Figawi; Auto dealer vows to fight; Capt. Phillips honored at MMA
Hopefully, he'll be sodomized in prison. Karma is funny like that.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Four rescued; Diver's body found; Boat ends up in trees; Brewster to chop down Christmas Tree; How Route 6 got named
In response to: Four rescued; Diver's body found; Boat ends up in trees; Brewster to chop down Christmas Tree; How Route 6 got named
I hope the tree falls on whoever cuts it down.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Scofflaws stealing Railtrail iron couplings
In response to: Scofflaws stealing Railtrail iron couplings
Iiiiiiiiiiiiiii been ripping off the railroad, all the live-long dayyyyyyyy
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Finally, the ultimate Photo-Journalism book about Cape Cod
In response to: Finally, the ultimate Photo-Journalism book about Cape Cod
Chuck's missus?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Ducklings recuperating at Cape Cod Wildlife Center in Cummaquid
In response to: Ducklings recuperating at Cape Cod Wildlife Center in Cummaquid
shoulda ducked...lol
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1986: Summer Labor Panic. 2008: Sen. Kennedy rushed to hospial. School segregation ends... in 1855
In response to: 1986: Summer Labor Panic. 2008: Sen. Kennedy rushed to hospial. School segregation ends... in 1855
They were almost desperate enough in 1986 to offer a White Man Wage.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Red Sox loss throws Ortiz ‘o-fer’ in stark relief
In response to: Red Sox loss throws Ortiz ‘o-fer’ in stark relief
If it is true that he can no longer hit home runs without steroids, he should retire immediately and be made Mayor-for-life of Boston.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: GM to close 1 in 8 Mass. auto dealers; Bankruptcy could nullify franchises without compensation
In response to: GM to close 1 in 8 Mass. auto dealers; Bankruptcy could nullify franchises without compensation
The Fast And The Furious III will be about guys who race hyped-up bicycles.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Balloon reaches Cape; Ex-Asst. Harbormaster gets probation; European cafe opens; An insult to our immigrants; Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum opens; Bay State gets $2M stimulus
In response to: Balloon reaches Cape; Ex-Asst. Harbormaster gets probation; European cafe opens; An insult to our immigrants; Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum opens; Bay State gets $2M stimulus
Q) How many dishwashers are there in barnstable county?
A) a Brazillion
A) a Brazillion
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Best wishes from across the pond
In response to: Best wishes from across the pond
There once was a man from Brewster... who had a really big coc, uhm, Rooster
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Discovery by state marine biologists explains sharks’ seasonal disappearance
In response to: Discovery by state marine biologists explains sharks’ seasonal disappearance
I had one of those SOBs swim right past me while I was on a raft. I literally walked on water back to shore. When I got there, I started to cry.
The best part? Some d-bag comes up to me and goes "No need to cry, little girl (I was like 14, and looked 10). It's only a Basking Shark... it's harmless."
I slapped his face.
The best part? Some d-bag comes up to me and goes "No need to cry, little girl (I was like 14, and looked 10). It's only a Basking Shark... it's harmless."
I slapped his face.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Manny Ramirez tests positive for PEDs; suspended for 50 games
In response to: Manny Ramirez tests positive for PEDs; suspended for 50 games
Williams may have hit .706 if he had the courage to Get All Swole.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Manny Ramirez tests positive for PEDs; suspended for 50 games
In response to: Manny Ramirez tests positive for PEDs; suspended for 50 games
I kind of look at guys like Ted Williams and Yaz as slackers, who lacked the courage needed to operate along the edge of the law to Get Big.Say what you want about Williams, but Manny brought home titles.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Burned by Rays, Red Sox hope to spank Yanks
In response to: Burned by Rays, Red Sox hope to spank Yanks
I'm so psychyed, I may go out and beat a Yanker fan down with a Louisville Slugger!!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Paradise Pizza is aptly named
In response to: Paradise Pizza is aptly named
No expense was spared when selecting the design for les plates des papier.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, the whole nine yards...
In response to: Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, the whole nine yards...
This was like 1991 or so, so leg warmers were on.
Once you dig deep enough to find Stan Johnathan fights, you invariably go to the Related Links section and come upon a Probert masterpiece.
Once you dig deep enough to find Stan Johnathan fights, you invariably go to the Related Links section and come upon a Probert masterpiece.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: "Hit and Run History" premieres in Marshfield next Wednesday
In response to: "Hit and Run History" premieres in Marshfield next Wednesday
I grew up near there... the correct name of the town is "Marsh Vegas."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, the whole nine yards...
In response to: Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, the whole nine yards...
I (and most of the squad) were basically dressed like one would see Luge participants dressed at the Olympics, just with a letter sweater and a plaid skirt as the outermost layers.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod senior softball players take home the coveted Triple Grand Slam
In response to: Cape Cod senior softball players take home the coveted Triple Grand Slam
I may be wrong, but that Bill Page guy looked a little bulked up to me. I bet he's on the roids. God bless him.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Tourism sector thinks sales tax OK; Mass Pike wind turbine; Lower Cape homeless gala; GOP has an issue
In response to: Tourism sector thinks sales tax OK; Mass Pike wind turbine; Lower Cape homeless gala; GOP has an issue
Deval should tax the homeless somehow.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: CDC confirms Cape's first case, another with a Cape connection, 4 in state; Over 400 US Schools closed; 615 cases now in 15 countries
In response to: CDC confirms Cape's first case, another with a Cape connection, 4 in state; Over 400 US Schools closed; 615 cases now in 15 countries
Deval plans to tax swine flu victims one cent per sneeze.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Motorcycle crash in Bourne sends one to hospital; Plymouth firefighters quickly knock down fire at nursing/rehab facility; Counterfeit cash passed in Eastham Wednesday; Wellfleet Fire & Rescue HQ ribbon-cutting to take place this Sunday
In response to: Motorcycle crash in Bourne sends one to hospital; Plymouth firefighters quickly knock down fire at nursing/rehab facility; Counterfeit cash passed in Eastham Wednesday; Wellfleet Fire & Rescue HQ ribbon-cutting to take place this Sunday
The motorcycle crash guy in Bourne was actually just building up speed to jump the Cape Cod Canal when he slipped on some blood (from the last guy who tried the jump). The last guy to successfully jump the Canal (on a Vincent Black Shadow) was Nice McBryce, who actually- by both accident and extraordinary coincidence- concurrently jumped over the supertanker named after Condoleeza Rice.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: MA Senate passes Sheriff Transfer Bill
In response to: MA Senate passes Sheriff Transfer Bill
Things work best when the sherriff works for the prominent local businessman, a la Roscoe P. Coltraine and Boss Hogg.
If that isn't feasible, the best option is to just give the badge to the baddest guy in town, like they do in every Clint Eastwood movie.
If that isn't feasible, the best option is to just give the badge to the baddest guy in town, like they do in every Clint Eastwood movie.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: PA Senator switches party, Obama to have super-majority in US Senate
In response to: PA Senator switches party, Obama to have super-majority in US Senate
He'd rather switchhhhhhhhhhhhh than fight.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, the whole nine yards...
In response to: Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, the whole nine yards...
I needed an extra letter to get my letter jacket as a sophomore, and cheering for hockey was the only time slot I had open (basketball games were Tuesday and friday, while hockey was Wednesday and Saturday).
I lasted one season. It was awful. While soccer outside in November is technically colder than hockey inside played on a rink, you're also moving around more in soccer. As near as I could tell, our principal activities in Hockey Cheerleading were Chanting in Unison and Keeping Warm.
I showed less skin than a nun. Tights, mittens, scarves, hats, sweaters... I rocked it all. We were also working on bleachers, so there were no backflips or pyramid building. I never got to do one kick, ever.
The reason I ended up quitting... the girl 2 down the line from me got hit in the face with a puck. She went from Prom Queen to Sea Hag in one errant deflected slap shot.
Momma was born at night, kids... but not last night. I quit the team after one season and instead began smoking a whole lot of chron. Many years later, my unmarked face and I feel that we made the right decision.
I lasted one season. It was awful. While soccer outside in November is technically colder than hockey inside played on a rink, you're also moving around more in soccer. As near as I could tell, our principal activities in Hockey Cheerleading were Chanting in Unison and Keeping Warm.
I showed less skin than a nun. Tights, mittens, scarves, hats, sweaters... I rocked it all. We were also working on bleachers, so there were no backflips or pyramid building. I never got to do one kick, ever.
The reason I ended up quitting... the girl 2 down the line from me got hit in the face with a puck. She went from Prom Queen to Sea Hag in one errant deflected slap shot.
Momma was born at night, kids... but not last night. I quit the team after one season and instead began smoking a whole lot of chron. Many years later, my unmarked face and I feel that we made the right decision.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: I'll Take One Of Those, And One Of Those...
In response to: I'll Take One Of Those, And One Of Those...
Hi Sportz! Nice to see you.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 2006: Ptown still troubled by murder. 1997; Second storm in a week batters Cape and Islands
In response to: 2006: Ptown still troubled by murder. 1997; Second storm in a week batters Cape and Islands
That storm on April 1st effed up my Duxbury house somethin' fierce.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: MassBike to hold first ever Cape Cod Bicycling Forum
In response to: MassBike to hold first ever Cape Cod Bicycling Forum
Those dudes should trade slightly slower top speeds for slightly less silly outfits.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: MLB suspensions require suspension of disbelief
In response to: MLB suspensions require suspension of disbelief
They should make better/safer helmets, so that the pitcher can create the enjoyment of the Head Shot for the fans with relative impunity.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Non-Residents and Public Benefits
In response to: Non-Residents and Public Benefits
God damn immigrants... they ought to go back Immigrantville.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Driver's Licenses for Illegals - NO!
In response to: Driver's Licenses for Illegals - NO!
The honorable Rep. Jeff Perry is signing copies of his book in Sammich this weekend or something.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Buzzards Bay house fire, two cats rescued; Yarmouth resort room fire squelched by manager
In response to: Buzzards Bay house fire, two cats rescued; Yarmouth resort room fire squelched by manager
That's like 50 yards from my cottage.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Witness reports seeing pipes fall from Sagamore Bridge
In response to: Witness reports seeing pipes fall from Sagamore Bridge
I just take the tunnel.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: MMA president holds news conference on Capt. Phillips rescue
In response to: MMA president holds news conference on Capt. Phillips rescue
MMA and Buzzards Bay should team up to promote a very interactive Somali Pirate theme park. You pay your money, and then choose to be either pilot or sailor.
That's just the bare bones of the idea, but we can flesh out the small details after the Bourne Chamber of Commerce sends me out a little War Chest money.
That's just the bare bones of the idea, but we can flesh out the small details after the Bourne Chamber of Commerce sends me out a little War Chest money.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Stop the Industrialization of Nantucket Sound
In response to: Stop the Industrialization of Nantucket Sound
If the fishing boats suddenly grow legs and stay in the Sound permanently, i'm all for taxing the SOBs.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Baseball, The Dead Ball Era
In response to: Baseball, The Dead Ball Era
I like breaking baseball up into the All White Guy era, the Dead Ball Era, and the Steroid Era. We're currently in the Latino Guy era.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Van vs. House in Wareham; Truro to hold Safety for Women in the Workplace workshop
In response to: Van vs. House in Wareham; Truro to hold Safety for Women in the Workplace workshop
You'd normally bet on the house in one of those battles...
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape Coast Guardsmen perform at Fenway; State funds N. Harwich Affordable Housing; Another Complaint Against Chatham Selectman: No Vineyard vacation for Barack; Peeing Policeman to make restitution
In response to: Cape Coast Guardsmen perform at Fenway; State funds N. Harwich Affordable Housing; Another Complaint Against Chatham Selectman: No Vineyard vacation for Barack; Peeing Policeman to make restitution
The Brewster 5-0 should retain that cop to coerce confessions from people with his scalding and costly urine.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Smoked Trout
In response to: Smoked Trout
I owned the only blanket (covered myself and any amount of students) freshwater fishing license in MA history, and I got it by yelling at Mitt Romney.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Globe raises price 50%, pay publisher $1.9 million
In response to: Globe raises price 50%, pay publisher $1.9 million
The other plan was making the Globe be like a quarter, but you have to drive up to Morrisey blvd to get one.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Spring Cleaning And The Dignity Of Work
In response to: Spring Cleaning And The Dignity Of Work
With all those unemployed 18-22 year old college students, somebody should open a Hyannis Port Ballet.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Panic in the streets: Red Sox lose Game Two, 7-2
In response to: Panic in the streets: Red Sox lose Game Two, 7-2
Fortunately, we have the Rising Son to play Stopper to this losing streak. First pitch, 7... what's that? They already played? How'd they do? Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A Great Story of Community Involvement
In response to: A Great Story of Community Involvement
I'd like to see those people set upon by a pack of Rottweilers.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: B & E outside Powderhorn; Haz-Mat at Harwich school; Plymouth Two-Alarm; Nauset Warriors Fish Fry Fund Raiser sponsored by the Eastham Police Union; Yarmouth support the troops on Town Meeting day
In response to: B & E outside Powderhorn; Haz-Mat at Harwich school; Plymouth Two-Alarm; Nauset Warriors Fish Fry Fund Raiser sponsored by the Eastham Police Union; Yarmouth support the troops on Town Meeting day
Buzzards Bay representin', blogga!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Globe bankruptcy looms - investors say the situation "hopeless"
In response to: Globe bankruptcy looms - investors say the situation "hopeless"
Typical management trick to try to sway union support. Don't worry about the Globe, yet.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Opening day expectations for the Red Sox and beyond
In response to: Opening day expectations for the Red Sox and beyond
I have a bad feeling about this year, as I do about every year. I can't shake the thought of a steroid-free papi batting without SuperManny protecting him in the lineup. Ya never know, though....
Who do you like in the NCAA game?
Who do you like in the NCAA game?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: These are Taxing Times
In response to: These are Taxing Times
I want coffee and Lottery taxed another dollar before they hit cigarettes again. I mean, what the fock??
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1982: April blizzard with 14 inches of snow and 75 mph winds
In response to: 1982: April blizzard with 14 inches of snow and 75 mph winds
When I went to Worcester State, the locals still talked about a 20" blizzard on April 28th, mid-to-late 1980s.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Public supports casinos in state; M-boro axes casino supporter; Man stabbed in head; Where have the pogies gone?; Air travelers revolt
In response to: Public supports casinos in state; M-boro axes casino supporter; Man stabbed in head; Where have the pogies gone?; Air travelers revolt
When AOL sent me to Texas to cover the All Star Game a few years ago, I took a train while my husband flew down at the last minute.
I took the train home, as well. My husband dropped me off at the train station, then flew home from Houston, with a stopover in Atlanta.
I was quite surprised to see Abdullah and Stunning Steve picking me up at South Station. The Colonel was still asleep, they told me.
As it turns out... the Colonel landed in Atlanta... then sat on the runway for 17 hours, due to inclement weather. he said that, at one point, he could see a tornado on the horizon.
I left Houston by train, crossed the mighty Mississippi in Missouri, briefly de-trained in Chicago and Buffalo, and finally ended up in Boston at 2 PM the next day. The Colonel flew, and beat me by home by about 10 hours.
I took the train home, as well. My husband dropped me off at the train station, then flew home from Houston, with a stopover in Atlanta.
I was quite surprised to see Abdullah and Stunning Steve picking me up at South Station. The Colonel was still asleep, they told me.
As it turns out... the Colonel landed in Atlanta... then sat on the runway for 17 hours, due to inclement weather. he said that, at one point, he could see a tornado on the horizon.
I left Houston by train, crossed the mighty Mississippi in Missouri, briefly de-trained in Chicago and Buffalo, and finally ended up in Boston at 2 PM the next day. The Colonel flew, and beat me by home by about 10 hours.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 78 Legislators urge Interior Secretary to approve Cape Wind a.s.a.p.
In response to: 78 Legislators urge Interior Secretary to approve Cape Wind a.s.a.p.
Only 78?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Elder Cape Codders/Beware the Con Men! They're Still Out There!!!
In response to: Elder Cape Codders/Beware the Con Men! They're Still Out There!!!
Next time you meet some little old lady being bilked like that, get in touch with me. I'll send someone over to break the "financial advisor's" arms.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cedric Cromwell featured in Indian Country April 8th
In response to: Cedric Cromwell featured in Indian Country April 8th
Head Wampanoag In Charge
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: NOAA announces interim measures to reduce overfishing; Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen support ruling
In response to: NOAA announces interim measures to reduce overfishing; Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen support ruling
Maverick can keep all the fish he catches, but he has to catch them by sticking his face in the water and biting them like a grizzly at a stream.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Abortion and the Moral Consensus
In response to: Abortion and the Moral Consensus
Depending on when you think that Life truly begins, I know some chronic mastrubators who are damned like 100000 times over. Many read my column.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Alliance stripped of Soundkeeper designation
In response to: Alliance stripped of Soundkeeper designation
They'd hire Gordon, except they may bring up the old Soviet quote about Nixon at a peace summit... "It's like sending a goat to tend to the cabbage."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Special Program: Your pet in an emergency
In response to: Special Program: Your pet in an emergency
I've sent the kids to my sister's, and stayed in a house thru a Nor'Easter that flooded two stories of the house... because I didn't want the dog to be scared and alone.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cinderella gets her dress in Mashpee
In response to: Cinderella gets her dress in Mashpee
The girl in blue is pretty, but she'll be striking when the glasses come off and the seamstress is done.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod whales spur radical wind turbine blade design
In response to: Cape Cod whales spur radical wind turbine blade design
Everyone in Barnstable County should get free electricity, then. If there's any power left after that, it can be sold elsewhere and the profit can be split between Cape Wind and NSTAR. If Gordon coughs that up for us, you can count me as being in CW's corner.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Domestic assaults and warrants top YPD arrests last week; Dennis PD joins the 2009 Road Respect Mobilization; Tsunami Alert Test this Thursday at 9 a.m.
In response to: Domestic assaults and warrants top YPD arrests last week; Dennis PD joins the 2009 Road Respect Mobilization; Tsunami Alert Test this Thursday at 9 a.m.
JP actually Rafused the breathalyzer.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yarmouth Police battle 107% increase in residential burglaries in March
In response to: Yarmouth Police battle 107% increase in residential burglaries in March
Monsieur Jenkins has apparently lost at least one fight to a righty.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Mr. President, There Is Absolutely Nothing Funny About Cannabis Prohibition
In response to: Mr. President, There Is Absolutely Nothing Funny About Cannabis Prohibition
Even a strong anti-drug person should be rooting for a society where harmless marijuana isn't persecuted, but coke and heroin dealers are run from town due to overwhelming police attention. Instead, they 5-0 are wasting their time persecuting a mellow section of the populace. Every cop looking for marijuana should instead be parked outside of the town's taverns, giving the Breathalyzer to each person who tries to drive out. THAT would be effective policing, and would remove a wave of crime and death from our streets. Instead, we have to pay some freeloader to sit in court waiting 5 hours to testify against someone who picked up a Z in front of a furiously overpaid detective.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1930: Provincetown rum-runners nabbed by Feds
In response to: 1930: Provincetown rum-runners nabbed by Feds
making things that the people want illegal works so well historically, you see...
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Getting an off road permit; 1/4 of world's Right Whales are here; Can't sell his house so he quits TM job; Student homeless camps; MMA trains to fight pirates
In response to: Getting an off road permit; 1/4 of world's Right Whales are here; Can't sell his house so he quits TM job; Student homeless camps; MMA trains to fight pirates
Arming merchant vessels is something that the entire Monponsett Media Society is behind. Those Somalis will sing a different tune when they get a TOW missile in their ass from a mile off. It could also lead to fun exchanges when the Exxon and Gulf supertankers pass each other on the high seas during a period of intense rivalry.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: If it looks like a slot, and sounds like a slot, it must be a slot
In response to: If it looks like a slot, and sounds like a slot, it must be a slot
Instead of reverse 911, the cops can just go to the slot machine places to scare elderly people.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Human remains found in East Falmouth bog
In response to: Human remains found in East Falmouth bog
Words in short jokes are like breasts... you often don't need more than two.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Gay “Marriage” As An Exercise In Ideological Extremism - Part II
In response to: Gay “Marriage” As An Exercise In Ideological Extremism - Part II
"Gay marriage? Doesn't bother me any... Hell, both guys can watch the hockey game during the honeymoon."... former NHL MVP Mark Messier
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: An Evening with Senator Scott Brown
In response to: An Evening with Senator Scott Brown
Nice broad shoulders... I could cast multiple votes for him.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: WHOI Director Susan Avery appointed co-chair of MA Climate Advisory Committee
In response to: WHOI Director Susan Avery appointed co-chair of MA Climate Advisory Committee
Mindy Lubber consistently refuses to get onto a boat.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: CCMA announces 2009 spring classes and workshops
In response to: CCMA announces 2009 spring classes and workshops
Assemblage With Wood sounds fun. Co-ed?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Fire destroys Animal Hospital
In response to: Fire destroys Animal Hospital
One of the cooler cats must have been smoking near the gas valve.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Common Loon
In response to: The Common Loon
I hate those effing loon calls... i used to live right on Monponsett Lake, and had to hear that every day.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard tows fishing boat after it encounters problems 115 miles off Nantucket
In response to: Coast Guard tows fishing boat after it encounters problems 115 miles off Nantucket
I do the same thing when my car breaks down.. call the spouse, sit tight, and wait for the calvary.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: That hawk almost got my duck
In response to: That hawk almost got my duck
I was just reading the hawk's blog, and he said that he let ol' Daffy go there because you were crying like a little girl. "I'm a raptor, not an cruel, vicious animal" said the hawk, who is actually named Luther (not that you bothered to ask or anything). he usually makes more of an effort to avoid striking people's pets, but we all lose the lottery some time.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to:
In response to:
I'm actually quite comfortable with being one of the few nations with atomic bombs, because the other option is to be a nation that doesn't have atomic bombs in a world where other people Do.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Coyote Wars
In response to: The Coyote Wars
You should buy a Rottweiler, then dress him up like one of your pet ducks... then leave him chained loosely by the edge of the forest.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: March 09, 2009: In The Changer This Week
In response to: March 09, 2009: In The Changer This Week
I read a review of that concert.. one of my favorite lines ever.."There was notable tension between Clapton, who had gone through hell quitting heroin, and Page, about whom such things have never been said."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: March 09, 2009: In The Changer This Week
In response to: March 09, 2009: In The Changer This Week
My favorite Heroin performance, by Jimmy Page...with Paul Rogers singing. Look for drooling and stumbling from JP, as well as the mid-song guitar switch....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDC_6bg4oSc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDC_6bg4oSc&feature=related
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Say One Thing About Bruce Springsteen
In response to: Say One Thing About Bruce Springsteen
in the land of Dust, the girl with the Dustbuster is Queen.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod's own "mini-Madoff" pleads guilty
In response to: Cape Cod's own "mini-Madoff" pleads guilty
Windle has the best middle initial ever in Scoundrel hstory.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1978: Eurasian curlew flies across Atlantic to The Vineyard
In response to: 1978: Eurasian curlew flies across Atlantic to The Vineyard
.. tastes like chicken.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Big jump in Cape unemployment numbers; Heroism at the Animal Hospital; Fishing Rule change
In response to: Big jump in Cape unemployment numbers; Heroism at the Animal Hospital; Fishing Rule change
Ken LaCasse rules... just wanted that on the Internet somewhere.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Gas main break closes Route 28 in Dennis
In response to: Gas main break closes Route 28 in Dennis
The heavy smell of gas was actually traced to a table at Alberto's where someone had ordered the chicken/broccoli alfredo.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Does Hyannis have a new Pontiac dealer?
In response to: Does Hyannis have a new Pontiac dealer?
Beard Chevrolet should open in Provincetown and give every guy who buys a car from them a woman to pretend to be his wife so he can get promoted at work and stuff.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Intuitive Abstract Artists Exhibit at the Brewster Ladies' Library in March
In response to: Intuitive Abstract Artists Exhibit at the Brewster Ladies' Library in March
"Bonnie Brewer" would be a terrific limerick rhyme if The Man From Nantucket didn't cut such a wide swath around here.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Dutch treat: Netherlands the feel-good story of the WBC
In response to: Dutch treat: Netherlands the feel-good story of the WBC
Awesome show by the Euros, but it's hard to build a Miracle On Ice when the Bad Guys are some itty-bitty island colony nation, even if they do kick ass at baseball.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: CPN Clean Power Now Once Again calls upon Senator Kerry to fulfill his promises
In response to: CPN Clean Power Now Once Again calls upon Senator Kerry to fulfill his promises
I'd be upset if I were married to Peckham, too.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Manny, Barry, A-Rod stretch logic to the limit
In response to: Manny, Barry, A-Rod stretch logic to the limit
Did you ever broadcast Duxbury HS soccer, early 1990s?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Get your green on!
In response to: Get your green on!
God made whiskey to keep the Irish from conquering the world.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1970, a total solar eclipse seen from Nantucket
In response to: 1970, a total solar eclipse seen from Nantucket
Meant as an insult, that joke actually makes the guy smile... because if the bitch is writing songs about you after you leave, it means that you can always come back.
If the Colonel left me, I would murder him, bury his body in the forest, and just not speak of him afterwards. No Grammy, but the dance ends with me leading.
If the Colonel left me, I would murder him, bury his body in the forest, and just not speak of him afterwards. No Grammy, but the dance ends with me leading.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Boston Globe's OT strikes OUT; Times' "Bonehead move of the week"
In response to: Boston Globe's OT strikes OUT; Times' "Bonehead move of the week"
The Globe f*cked up and didn't bring aboard Stacey Effing Monponsett.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Mustang Ranch bailout; Old "Splash"; Whales strike our cruise ship; Cape is "affordable"
In response to: Mustang Ranch bailout; Old "Splash"; Whales strike our cruise ship; Cape is "affordable"
"Dawson's Creek" was set on Cape Cod, but they filmed it in North Carolina because Cape Cod didn't look enough like Cape Cod.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Wonders of the Cape Cod Bike Trails 11
In response to: Wonders of the Cape Cod Bike Trails 11
I'd walk through mire for a vertical spire.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Help My Really Pretty Friend and The Ol' Barking Dog Play
In response to: Help My Really Pretty Friend and The Ol' Barking Dog Play
Elle- who is paid to cook for my family- refuses to cook for the Colonel, Steve, and Abdullah at the same time. "I'll just throw steaks into the pit."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape criminal records follow men to Vineyard; World's shortest St. Pat' Parade here; Cape silence; More layoffs at Cape Cod Times
In response to: Cape criminal records follow men to Vineyard; World's shortest St. Pat' Parade here; Cape silence; More layoffs at Cape Cod Times
Literacy is less important than being able to watch TV really well, you Allosaurus.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to:
In response to:
If Rush gets the upper hand on you, just throw a bunch of painkillers into his lap and watch him fall to pieces.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Decongestant and a belly warmer
In response to: Decongestant and a belly warmer
According to my friend who works outside, the best cheap (under a dollar)decongestant is to eat a bag of Andy Capp Hot Chili Cheese Steak Fries really quickly, with no drink.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: New Hazardous Materials Squads Will Cut Response Time on Cape
In response to: New Hazardous Materials Squads Will Cut Response Time on Cape
She really needed ebony hosiery of some kind with that business suit/boots thing. We can work on her posture afterwards. Every town should have one French employee for this kind if situation.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Man finds teeth in Wal-Mart wallet; Shipwreck placed on National Historic Register; Ptown cop loses gun; Sir Ted; Research says state wants casinos
In response to: Man finds teeth in Wal-Mart wallet; Shipwreck placed on National Historic Register; Ptown cop loses gun; Sir Ted; Research says state wants casinos
"St. Ides"
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Manny – happy? – returns to Dodgers
In response to: Manny – happy? – returns to Dodgers
Although he may become a sympathetic figure by being Fashionably Late getting to first base....
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Manny – happy? – returns to Dodgers
In response to: Manny – happy? – returns to Dodgers
Even when the 1980s Lakers had Magic, Kareem, Worthy and all the stars, no one showed up until the second quarter of Laker games. There are too many benefits to being Fashionably Late for a guy like Manny to cancel them out by not hustling to first base.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Dennis Village Improvement Society Endorses Christy's, Yet NIMBYism and Other "Issues" Persist
In response to: Dennis Village Improvement Society Endorses Christy's, Yet NIMBYism and Other "Issues" Persist
Wasn't he selling all his stores?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to:
In response to:
One of my uncles did the same thing, and stole like 20 milly. He never gave up the cash, did 2 years in a country club, never gave up the cash, and should be murdered before he gets to spend much of it. He never gave up the cash, either.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Shells & a Blue Fin Cocktail
In response to: Shells & a Blue Fin Cocktail
I took a glass lamp and filled it with seaglass, sea shells, and pretty rocks that the kids and I found walking the various beaches around here. The end product strongly resembled Maverick after a day's work... very aesthetically pleasing, but smelling strongly like mackerel.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to:
In response to:
The economy went from Clinton boom to Bush bust in just two terms. The GOP had 6 years of undisputed power, and they screwed it up so badly that people were happy to hand his job off to a rookie Senator with no experience. Barry O can never fail as badly as Bush, because OB wasn't handed the booming economy as that disgraceful Bush was. He'd have to pick a fight with China or something (and lose) to even come close.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Alliance sues CZM, seeks to stop Cape Wind from moving forward
In response to: Alliance sues CZM, seeks to stop Cape Wind from moving forward
The North Sea doesn't get many hurricanes. Trust me, I grew up on it.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Dollars for Deceit and Disaster
In response to: Dollars for Deceit and Disaster
____T___T___T___T___T___T____T___T___T__T... funny
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Our pols' earmarks; Lazy legislators; Brady marries; Pipers coming; Salvation Army off cape office is not closed;
In response to: Our pols' earmarks; Lazy legislators; Brady marries; Pipers coming; Salvation Army off cape office is not closed;
Well, I guess the kids would never forgive me for killing the Colonel..... and that would have had to have happened for me to becoem Mrs. Brady.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Canal bridge tolls; Cape man assaults prison guards; RI school breathalyzer tests; Kitten killer sentenced
In response to: Canal bridge tolls; Cape man assaults prison guards; RI school breathalyzer tests; Kitten killer sentenced
How can you be jealous of a cat?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Historic newspaper say "Goodbye to Colorado" on 150th Birthday
In response to: Historic newspaper say "Goodbye to Colorado" on 150th Birthday
This is a two paper Cape, except that we don't actually use paper.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Mangia! Pasta Nite at La Sala Grande draws devoted diners
In response to: Mangia! Pasta Nite at La Sala Grande draws devoted diners
If your name is Mario Valentino, you should never have to pay for pasta anywhere.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 'Gran Torino,' 'The Visitor' share themes of male loneliness, redemption
In response to: 'Gran Torino,' 'The Visitor' share themes of male loneliness, redemption
He gets to kill more minorities, and all the Dim Sum he can eat.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Ecstasy Lab Bust on Nantucket; DEA disposes of lab materials
In response to: Ecstasy Lab Bust on Nantucket; DEA disposes of lab materials
"They get mad when they come to raid my pad/and I'm out in the nine-deuce Cad."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to:
In response to:
Jazz musicians were the first ones to really be public about smoking weed, and were essential in the weed's rise to prominence.I look at that last paragraph of yours and think " a bunch of jazz guys had to not smoke weed for a while, but everything seemed to go ok."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The Sheriff wants YOU!
In response to: The Sheriff wants YOU!
Benefits of the job include having murderer/accountants do your taxes for you, hosting the occassional deathmatch among the inmates, and front row seats at the Johnny Cash shows.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Christy's Stimulus Plan for Massachusetts
In response to: Christy's Stimulus Plan for Massachusetts
11) Everyone gets one (1) free Big Gulp.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Announces Angie Dickinson Celebrity Guest Conductor for Pops by the Sea
In response to: Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Announces Angie Dickinson Celebrity Guest Conductor for Pops by the Sea
I could.. it was like 60 years ago.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Assault and Battery charges top the list of Yarmouth arrests this past week
In response to: Assault and Battery charges top the list of Yarmouth arrests this past week
Fredrickson looks innocent.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yarmouth man captured after violation of protective order, YPD responding officers commended
In response to: Yarmouth man captured after violation of protective order, YPD responding officers commended
"...and I don't even know what they're chasing me for,
... but I'm dirty like the corner of the bathroom floor."
... but I'm dirty like the corner of the bathroom floor."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Jail house rocks and rambles
In response to: Jail house rocks and rambles
I actually found that before you did, but I decided to forego it to geocache some of the nicer houses nearby. Come up with a DVD and sh*t....
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1828: Famed actor and Bourne resident Joe Jefferson born
In response to: 1828: Famed actor and Bourne resident Joe Jefferson born
I have it under very good authority that Joe's old house is still very, very nice.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: What will we do when (not if) gas prices spike again?
In response to: What will we do when (not if) gas prices spike again?
I plan to hire 8 Nauset high school football players to carry me around in a rickshaw.
I'm not cruel. I plan to pay for 8, and work them in 4 man shifts. The others will be free to fan me, spray me with perfume, help with my nails, and write poems about my beauty.
I'm not cruel. I plan to pay for 8, and work them in 4 man shifts. The others will be free to fan me, spray me with perfume, help with my nails, and write poems about my beauty.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod railroad; Critics assail rental tax bill; Yarmouth inn switches; EPA to get stimulus; More Globe cuts
In response to: Cape Cod railroad; Critics assail rental tax bill; Yarmouth inn switches; EPA to get stimulus; More Globe cuts
This Turner guy really sucks the bag, don't he?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Kennedy, Kerry. Patrick job ratings are up
In response to: Kennedy, Kerry. Patrick job ratings are up
Kennedy's job approval rating skyrockets as he starts to die... hmmm
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Altercation leads to stabbing on Nantucket; Fox Boston Firehouse Friday travels to Centerville
In response to: Altercation leads to stabbing on Nantucket; Fox Boston Firehouse Friday travels to Centerville
The cops should have come faster, before he could stash the drugs he obviously stabbed the other dude over.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Beloved ferry Islander placed for sale on eBay
In response to: Beloved ferry Islander placed for sale on eBay
If Walter had Le Plus Grand Saq, he's buy the Islander and relocate Cape Cod Today's offices to a new cool floating location.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Not to Worry About the Letter I Sent
In response to: Not to Worry About the Letter I Sent
Someone in Ashburnham should pay $.00000000000054 a gallon to support the former Harwich One Room Schoolhouse.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Clan "On Alert" for Ted's condition; Is Vickie being groomed to succeed him?
In response to: Clan "On Alert" for Ted's condition; Is Vickie being groomed to succeed him?
Elle visits the compound 4 times a week, and tells me that Ted is actually quite healthy. The seizures and stuff are merely a ruse to lure in prey.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Dealership takes Saab bankruptcy filing in stride
In response to: Dealership takes Saab bankruptcy filing in stride
Saab: Built From Jets, Destroyed By Debts.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1960: Swedish tanker runs aground off Provincetown
In response to: 1960: Swedish tanker runs aground off Provincetown
Jack Sheedy's book has a funny bit on kedging, as some old salt comes down and offers a bunch of fuzzy-cheeked engineers some advice on how to free some vessel that had got stuck. They ignored him for like 2 weeks, then approached him... and he had it free on the next tide.
Like I said.. Sheedy knows the story better than I do..... hope he sees this, so we can give some old-timer some Propz.
Like I said.. Sheedy knows the story better than I do..... hope he sees this, so we can give some old-timer some Propz.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Gas Tax to soar 19 cents, Christy carps; Sports tops Nauset cuts, $500k slashed; Gun charge dropped against State cop; Cape fishermen first to share
In response to: Gas Tax to soar 19 cents, Christy carps; Sports tops Nauset cuts, $500k slashed; Gun charge dropped against State cop; Cape fishermen first to share
I'll pay for the Nauset High School cheer squad this year, in exchange for them always providing me with at least three cheerleaders who follow me around and rejoice over simple tasks I perform. It's prolly be win/win for both of us, as I drop a lot of motherfuc**ng cash.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: It Only Gets Worse!
In response to: It Only Gets Worse!
I used to blame the Governor for some stuff and the President for the rest, but now I just blame blacks for everything. It's not really correct, but it allows me time for other things.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Local weeklies parent whacks web geek; CC Times profit down 30%
In response to: Local weeklies parent whacks web geek; CC Times profit down 30%
Nothing against the man, but he could have found a more entertaining way of shooting himself for the photo. Mao!!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Devil's Dictionary - UPDATE
In response to: Devil's Dictionary - UPDATE
In their own way, pro wrestlers do practice the only True sport.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Sox to raise Rice to the rafters; should open the door to others
In response to: Sox to raise Rice to the rafters; should open the door to others
Instead of retiring Rice's number, they should just put up a big Frown, sort of like the microphone that the Garden uses to honor Johnny Most.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Supa Bowl!!
In response to: Supa Bowl!!
I'll be in Maine, come to think of it.. would Elle be an acceptable substitute? Hit me off at Monponsett@aol.com for further info.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Coast Guardsmen are Valentines for Island Seniors
In response to: Coast Guardsmen are Valentines for Island Seniors
That's why I get the big bucks.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: "Sexting" teens suspended; FAA's "presumed hazard" for Cape Wind; 'Rockefeller' wants trial here; Coast Guard escorts New Bedford boat, NOAA team
In response to: "Sexting" teens suspended; FAA's "presumed hazard" for Cape Wind; 'Rockefeller' wants trial here; Coast Guard escorts New Bedford boat, NOAA team
During wind-free periods, you'll be able to read at night by the fires caused by crashing Cessnas.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Rep. Patrick's position on the gas tax
In response to: Rep. Patrick's position on the gas tax
When the auto guys went to ask for the bailout, they should have done the last few miles in a symbolic convertivble with no tires on it that was being carried by a bunch of American workers.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Pity the poor Piping Plover
In response to: Pity the poor Piping Plover
They should kill all the birds, gather the carcasses, and leave them all around the Pilgrim nuclear plant. That'd put everybody off the trail, as long asd they can get the "uranium 23 cuts birds in half radioactively" hypothesis. I can help Gordon spin this, but I got mouths to feed.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Subaquatic Santeria Sentiment!
In response to: Subaquatic Santeria Sentiment!
Ain't no fairy story
Ain't no skin and bone
But you give it all you got
Weighing in at nineteen stone
Ain't no skin and bone
But you give it all you got
Weighing in at nineteen stone
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Penguins, Noah, iron all receive WHOI investigation
In response to: Penguins, Noah, iron all receive WHOI investigation
F*ck them. If they were really emperors, they'd have somewhere else to go.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1974: When Cape Cod considered secession. 1851: Slave seized
In response to: 1974: When Cape Cod considered secession. 1851: Slave seized
The Colonel seized me from a bar in Marsh Vegas once, but I was in a fistfight... so I can sort of let him slide on THAT one.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Cromwell wants to see Patrick; AAA says vacations will still come; You Can Have It All; Stop & Shop Peanut product recall;
In response to: Cromwell wants to see Patrick; AAA says vacations will still come; You Can Have It All; Stop & Shop Peanut product recall;
I'd recommend that Cedric try pushing Deval around a bit. I met the current Governor, and A) he isn't that much taller than me (and I ain't that tall, folks), and B) he has a voice that, since this is a family paper, I'll say makes me think "B word, A word, N word." If Cedric could somehow muscle him into a corner, I bet he could get Somerset back.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: "Sexting" teens suspended; FAA's "presumed hazard" for Cape Wind; 'Rockefeller' wants trial here; Coast Guard escorts New Bedford boat, NOAA team
In response to: "Sexting" teens suspended; FAA's "presumed hazard" for Cape Wind; 'Rockefeller' wants trial here; Coast Guard escorts New Bedford boat, NOAA team
One of Elle's friends was partying with the crew of the Kennedy in the Bahamas recently. She said they drink likes fish, but are home at 10:30 PM, sharp.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Canal was early "bailout"; Pea Crabs YUCK! Handcuff snafu; Pol offers voters Viagra; Mall on the ball
In response to: Canal was early "bailout"; Pea Crabs YUCK! Handcuff snafu; Pol offers voters Viagra; Mall on the ball
As long as the Sagamore Mall doesn't kick out the kid at the Chinese food place, thgey'll be all right. He's good people.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Subaquatic Santeria Sentiment!
In response to: Subaquatic Santeria Sentiment!
Ned likes him a Whole Lotta Rosie!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Coast Guardsmen are Valentines for Island Seniors
In response to: Coast Guardsmen are Valentines for Island Seniors
The last Seamen that old lady had prior to that dance was in the Carter presidency.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A-Rod ’fesses up to Gammons
In response to: A-Rod ’fesses up to Gammons
We sure could have used a 225 pound shortstop with lightning reflexes in the playoffs last year.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Winter In Bourne
In response to: Winter In Bourne
Let's meet there during a busy time and have a full-out public hockey fight.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1942: Huge fire at Camp Edwards destroys 125 vehicles
In response to: 1942: Huge fire at Camp Edwards destroys 125 vehicles
Barack should dam and then undam the Cape Cod Canal, thus creating thosands of jobs for anyone with a shovel and a strong back.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Buzzards Bay tractor trailer rotary rollover
In response to: Buzzards Bay tractor trailer rotary rollover
The sand thing was a joke, W...
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Thief desecrates dead whale
In response to: Thief desecrates dead whale
What came first, the whale or the egg? I ate the whale, and then I ate his tail.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A-Rod news a double ’roids whammy
In response to: A-Rod news a double ’roids whammy
You should hit the juice when you do this column, then be all like "AHHHHHHH I WANT HIS BLOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!"
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Madmen Are Ruling the Roost
In response to: Madmen Are Ruling the Roost
We should pay for pregnant immigrant mothers, but we should take the children from the ward and develop them into Homeland Security officers.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Franklin and Lucy
In response to: Franklin and Lucy
.. and FDR still got the dime. Maybe they should give Clinton the $10 bill, asn Alexander Hamilton really doesn't merit the position there.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Buzzards Bay tractor trailer rotary rollover
In response to: Buzzards Bay tractor trailer rotary rollover
The roads in the Bay are always heavily sanded.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Callan: Why French women don't sleep alone
In response to: Callan: Why French women don't sleep alone
I don't need to say anything... the woman is 10000% correct, from the top to the bottom of that article.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Inspiration can come from the most unlikely places.
In response to: Inspiration can come from the most unlikely places.
That model looks like someone dressed Bulimia Barbie with a shredded newspaper, then sold her to someone named Tranh who planned on using her to harvest rice.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: New Sport Captures Cape Skaters
In response to: New Sport Captures Cape Skaters
I can skate, but I could never skate gracefully. It's a thing of beauty when it's done right. Big ups to all the girls!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Wingscorton chickens pump out the eggs
In response to: Wingscorton chickens pump out the eggs
"What came first, the chicken or the egg?/I ate the chicken, and then I ate his leg."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: French obsession; Here comes the flood; Wild Turkeys roam; Wampanoag graves obliterated;
In response to: French obsession; Here comes the flood; Wild Turkeys roam; Wampanoag graves obliterated;
if your daughter goes out into the world with a solid education, rudimentary-or-above Home Economics skills, and an absolute working knowledge of Commandments A- E, she's going to do all right for herself out Dare in the jungle.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: French obsession; Here comes the flood; Wild Turkeys roam; Wampanoag graves obliterated;
In response to: French obsession; Here comes the flood; Wild Turkeys roam; Wampanoag graves obliterated;
That woman is like 1005% cor-rect.
A) Always be one step ahead.
B) When they figure out the answer, change the question.
C) Arthurian lore from the era of Courtly Love confirms that the key to happiness is that The Woman Always Has Her Way.
D) Men are primarily motivated by Hunger, Libido, and a sort of Pack Mentality that can best be explained by watching mountain gorilla documetaries. You can control 2 of those 3, and the 3rd one can be manipulated to meet your needs.
E) In the great scheme of things, you really only need men for what we'll call baby DNA. They used to be handy when you needed a mammoth killed, but we've evolved past that stage now. Men are actually not that dissimilar to an appendix, when viewed in that light. It's better that we rear the young.
F) At least one very wealthy businesswoman who has business interests in Singapore that she could not avoid has had her daughter spend her final year of high school living with me, while fully cognizant of the fact that I feel this way. Her daughter is at Dartmouth now, and apes many of my habits.
A) Always be one step ahead.
B) When they figure out the answer, change the question.
C) Arthurian lore from the era of Courtly Love confirms that the key to happiness is that The Woman Always Has Her Way.
D) Men are primarily motivated by Hunger, Libido, and a sort of Pack Mentality that can best be explained by watching mountain gorilla documetaries. You can control 2 of those 3, and the 3rd one can be manipulated to meet your needs.
E) In the great scheme of things, you really only need men for what we'll call baby DNA. They used to be handy when you needed a mammoth killed, but we've evolved past that stage now. Men are actually not that dissimilar to an appendix, when viewed in that light. It's better that we rear the young.
F) At least one very wealthy businesswoman who has business interests in Singapore that she could not avoid has had her daughter spend her final year of high school living with me, while fully cognizant of the fact that I feel this way. Her daughter is at Dartmouth now, and apes many of my habits.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Clay: Works by Cape Cod Potters
In response to: Clay: Works by Cape Cod Potters
I'd like to open the door and roll a tennis ball into there while my border collie was watching.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: In Barnstable, changes to junk dealer regulations are challenged
In response to: In Barnstable, changes to junk dealer regulations are challenged
... and so was resolved the case of Town of Hyannis vs Sanford.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Storm may bring sizable snowfall to Cape
In response to: Storm may bring sizable snowfall to Cape
step to Phil Burt, and you'll be gettin' Real Hurt.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 60 year-old woman Woman critically injured on Rt. 6; Coast Guard plane make emergency landing on Martha's Vineyard; Ice rescue on Upper Mill Pond in Brewster
In response to: 60 year-old woman Woman critically injured on Rt. 6; Coast Guard plane make emergency landing on Martha's Vineyard; Ice rescue on Upper Mill Pond in Brewster
i hear that the plane wouldn't have made the airport, but it got a slight push from the Buzzards Bay wind turbine that provided extra momentum and prevented them from having to jettison passengers... which, sadly, was Plan B.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Charter School will move to Hyannis East
In response to: Charter School will move to Hyannis East
There will be a big milk-money extortion racket rolling there soon.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Craigslist Etiquette in the New Economy
In response to: Craigslist Etiquette in the New Economy
Envision the boss begging you to stay when you leave for a new job... then reverse engineer the situation in your mind... then work the interview as Why You Need To Have Me Here. You should see the houses I own now, Katie.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Supa Bowl!!
In response to: Supa Bowl!!
Wins $100, and takes pride in noting that Warner would fumble at a critical time. If I ever give up the game, you people will be hurtin' for certain.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yankee Doodle Manny?
In response to: Yankee Doodle Manny?
If that happened, I'd bring Schilling back just to bean him.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Rourke is resurrected in 'The Wrestler'
In response to: Rourke is resurrected in 'The Wrestler'
That was cool at the end, where the Mossad shot him for no reason.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1969: Nantucket clamps down on hippies
In response to: 1969: Nantucket clamps down on hippies
For a pot smoker, I sure get a lot of laughs out of cops f*cking with hippies. If COPS were on TV in 1968, it would have been hilarious.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Irreligious Bay State; South Shore towns complain about Canal Plant; Drunk fireman pleads; Highland Light doorstop, $1,750; Wellfleet oysters explained; Wamp it to me, M-boro; Cop scares Judge; Cape jobless
In response to: Irreligious Bay State; South Shore towns complain about Canal Plant; Drunk fireman pleads; Highland Light doorstop, $1,750; Wellfleet oysters explained; Wamp it to me, M-boro; Cop scares Judge; Cape jobless
We're lucky I'm not a cop, because if I ever got that scared, it'd be like this:
"Yo, criminal... like get out of the car or something..."
"What'd I do?"
BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM.... (pause to reload) BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM
"You have the right to remai.. ah, never mind."
"Yo, criminal... like get out of the car or something..."
"What'd I do?"
BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM.... (pause to reload) BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM
"You have the right to remai.. ah, never mind."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Disease, aided by global warming, threatens coral reefs
In response to: Disease, aided by global warming, threatens coral reefs
I was playing a video game, and they had Nantucket, the Vineyard, and Wood's Hole... but Wood's Hole was just a bunch of dunes, no marine research lab.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Rev. Prof. Peter J. Gomes to speak at Cape Cod Community College
In response to: Rev. Prof. Peter J. Gomes to speak at Cape Cod Community College
Bring the kids!!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Execution of search warrant in Dennis leads to four arrests, nets drugs, cash, weapons; Yarmouth drug bust nets heroin, pills and cash; Altercation in Dennis sends two to hospital; Police identify man passing $20 on B-Bus
In response to: Execution of search warrant in Dennis leads to four arrests, nets drugs, cash, weapons; Yarmouth drug bust nets heroin, pills and cash; Altercation in Dennis sends two to hospital; Police identify man passing $20 on B-Bus
Guilty x 4
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Wonders of the Cape Cod Bike Trails 10
In response to: Wonders of the Cape Cod Bike Trails 10
Elizabeth Taylor supported Cape Cod by herself with all those weddings.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Make Them an Offer They Can't Refuse.
In response to: Make Them an Offer They Can't Refuse.
My school used to play their Boston-area school in basketball. I forget the score, but they most likely won in a rout.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yarmouth Chief of Police responds to Judge O'Neill's comments about Yarmouth police officer
In response to: Yarmouth Chief of Police responds to Judge O'Neill's comments about Yarmouth police officer
I've long supported unarmed cops dressed in absolutely impregnable armor... with some badass Transporter mother****er back at the station, ready to deal with whoever is stupid/,mean enough to attak an unarmed peaekeeper.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Varitek deal done; Red Sox Nation exhales
In response to: Varitek deal done; Red Sox Nation exhales
We need his clutch .188 playoff batting average back.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: As times grow tight, locals again become welcome at Cape motels
In response to: As times grow tight, locals again become welcome at Cape motels
Those kids in the wave pool would be a good source of cheap labor if the Man won't let businesses truck in people from Brazil to make beds any more.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Truth in advertising, is a discount always a discount?
In response to: Truth in advertising, is a discount always a discount?
Bah... poor wino urine. When it's time to get down and low, I prefer some Wild Irish Rose.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1853: The day Brewster got a Ladies' Library
In response to: 1853: The day Brewster got a Ladies' Library
The men's library is all pop-up books, Superman comics and bound volumes of Hustler magazine going back to 1888.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
Yeah... Barry O has been in office a week, and it's been a week too long.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1814: British warship shells the town of Falmouth
In response to: 1814: British warship shells the town of Falmouth
The Wareham militia fell back, in good order.*
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1814: British warship shells the town of Falmouth
In response to: 1814: British warship shells the town of Falmouth
The same ship also attacked Wareham, where they landed troops and burned a cotton factory. They also did up 4 ships or so which were hiding there from Falmouth and Plymouth, causing $20,000 (comparable to $1 million in today's money) in damages.
The good people of Wareham did form to take a stand, right around where The Narrows restaurant is now, but other townspeople had made a treaty with the British to spare the town. The Wareham militia
Had the fight gone on, it would have ben 12 farmers and fishermen against 200 of the world's best Marines at the time. Bunker Hill was far more even, about 2400 Brits attacking 1500 American farmers.... and the Americans were driven from the battlefield.
The Nimrod actually ran aground off Wareham afterwards, and had to jettison some cannon to get floating.
The good people of Wareham did form to take a stand, right around where The Narrows restaurant is now, but other townspeople had made a treaty with the British to spare the town. The Wareham militia
Had the fight gone on, it would have ben 12 farmers and fishermen against 200 of the world's best Marines at the time. Bunker Hill was far more even, about 2400 Brits attacking 1500 American farmers.... and the Americans were driven from the battlefield.
The Nimrod actually ran aground off Wareham afterwards, and had to jettison some cannon to get floating.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Harwich Democrats host 11th Annual Presidents Day Event
In response to: Harwich Democrats host 11th Annual Presidents Day Event
He looks like ECW Champion Jack Swagger.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Perez and the peeing cop--now it's national
In response to: Perez and the peeing cop--now it's national
It's better to be pissed off than it is to be pissed on.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Priest settles suit for $750k; Zip to a Cape home bargain; 4Cs seeks top alums
In response to: Priest settles suit for $750k; Zip to a Cape home bargain; 4Cs seeks top alums
Foley wasn't that Holy, going for the Five Hole like a goalie.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Blowing in the face of Wind
In response to: Blowing in the face of Wind
She Who Must Be Obeyed will never figure out THAT disguise, my friend.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Retiring Sean Casey a hit on the field and off, on Cape Cod and off
In response to: Retiring Sean Casey a hit on the field and off, on Cape Cod and off
I personally couldn't have written that without a Casey at the bat reference.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Dennis Police seek help in identify man passing counterfeit $20
In response to: Dennis Police seek help in identify man passing counterfeit $20
He wouldn't have got caught, except that his twenties had Joe Biden on them.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Truth in advertising, is a discount always a discount?
In response to: Truth in advertising, is a discount always a discount?
You'd wince if you knew what the wine I had last night cost.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Update:White House: DEA Raids Not Authorized.
In response to: Update:White House: DEA Raids Not Authorized.
Fuc* the President... I do what I want.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: References to collusion conspicuously absent as baseball free agents dangle
In response to: References to collusion conspicuously absent as baseball free agents dangle
You just can't sell a surly, lazy 25 million dollar team chemistry killer any more.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: (Not So) Great Presidential Moments
In response to: (Not So) Great Presidential Moments
In fact...try to dig up a book called "Presidential Anecdotes," as it kicks ass.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: (Not So) Great Presidential Moments
In response to: (Not So) Great Presidential Moments
I love the Cal story, and he has maybe 1000 other ones. "There are 50000 trout in this river. I haven't caught them all yet, but I've intimidated them."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Sandwich Board of Selectmen Need a Reality Check
In response to: Sandwich Board of Selectmen Need a Reality Check
I hate seeing a power plant blighting the area where we dug a 9 mile long canal through a formerly quiet estuary.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Bounding for Bound Brook Island and Brokeback Farm
In response to: Bounding for Bound Brook Island and Brokeback Farm
I never actually saw the movie, but I'm guessing that Brokeback = a brutal sodomy session?
This isn't my first language, and I sometimes get caught up on the edges of it. I apologize for the inconvenience.
This isn't my first language, and I sometimes get caught up on the edges of it. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The end of the age of oil generated electricity
In response to: The end of the age of oil generated electricity
On still days in 2025, citizens will be ordered by the government to Exhale in the general direction of the wind farms. "Every little bit helps," said US President Britney Spears.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Natural Resources Defense Council President on Cape Wind
In response to: Natural Resources Defense Council President on Cape Wind
If whales were into it, a wind farm would make a great place to do a whale version of what they call slalom skiing.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The epic blizzard of 2005
In response to: The epic blizzard of 2005
We had 38" in Monponsett. Channel 7 was there and everything.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Salmonella poisoning here; Casino under new, wider scrutiny; House Speaker blues; Tourist Bureau failure
In response to: Salmonella poisoning here; Casino under new, wider scrutiny; House Speaker blues; Tourist Bureau failure
The peanut butter recall is a very touchy subject in my house. Not only do the girls love PB, but the Colonel is capable of taking a spoon and eating an entire jar in a sitting... which astounded me when he first did it but barely registers on the radar now.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Oh brother! McGwire sibling says he injected slugger with steroids
In response to: Oh brother! McGwire sibling says he injected slugger with steroids
I think that the public is cheated when the athletes don't do steroids. We're paying to see the best, after all.. not some namby-pamby watered down version of the best. The onus should be on making better/safer steroids.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
I really only break one law, and that law is simply not to be respected. "If I'm causing no harm, I shouldn't bother you..."
The new law just makes me not be an Outlaw, unless this Cleon clown gets his way.
The new law just makes me not be an Outlaw, unless this Cleon clown gets his way.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
"I might get ill, roll an 1/8th in one hooter.."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Kennedy woes: Indians mad at Joe Jr., Caroline ignored in NY; Cape woman writes "French women don't sleep alone"; Cape business is upbeat; Scrap casino
In response to: Kennedy woes: Indians mad at Joe Jr., Caroline ignored in NY; Cape woman writes "French women don't sleep alone"; Cape business is upbeat; Scrap casino
I taught Ellen most of this, and she uses it frequently... and she's Scotch-Irish.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Kennedy woes: Indians mad at Joe Jr., Caroline ignored in NY; Cape woman writes "French women don't sleep alone"; Cape business is upbeat; Scrap casino
In response to: Kennedy woes: Indians mad at Joe Jr., Caroline ignored in NY; Cape woman writes "French women don't sleep alone"; Cape business is upbeat; Scrap casino
For instance, in this last calendar year, I've used my Being French to:
- walk away scot-free after driving around a road detail to the extent that the little policeman guy had to jump out of the road. They do a little yelling, I do a little crying, and I act really, really French. Cops hate crying and a foreigner usually means a mound of paperwork. The cops in Bourne don't even pull me over anymore... they just make a sort of "slow DOWN, lady" hand gesture (imagine someone dribbling an imaginary basketball, and you'd have the basic idea), which I respond to with a friendly wave.
- can draw the Colonel into bed even when he just wants to watch the game/etc... while this is a family newspaper, I can probably best describe what I do as a "soft coo."
- My grocer is afraid of me, and actually sets aside high-quality items that he knows I'm likely to use.
- I never pump my own gas since I figured all this out. I just walk over to the first man/boy I see, hand him $20, and say "Vous ferez ceci," which roughly translates into "You will do this."
- walk away scot-free after driving around a road detail to the extent that the little policeman guy had to jump out of the road. They do a little yelling, I do a little crying, and I act really, really French. Cops hate crying and a foreigner usually means a mound of paperwork. The cops in Bourne don't even pull me over anymore... they just make a sort of "slow DOWN, lady" hand gesture (imagine someone dribbling an imaginary basketball, and you'd have the basic idea), which I respond to with a friendly wave.
- can draw the Colonel into bed even when he just wants to watch the game/etc... while this is a family newspaper, I can probably best describe what I do as a "soft coo."
- My grocer is afraid of me, and actually sets aside high-quality items that he knows I'm likely to use.
- I never pump my own gas since I figured all this out. I just walk over to the first man/boy I see, hand him $20, and say "Vous ferez ceci," which roughly translates into "You will do this."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
While all this is going on.... I'm making a list of Who I Can Sneak Out Back And Get High With At The Next Blogger Party.
You'd think a hippy like Ned would have the good stuff... or, failing that, the wealthy stoner housewife.... but kids actually get the really kind bud. They're better connected, and socialize with more people.
Did mav ever run ashore some weed in his hold during the 70s, before the weed market became controlled by the local hydroponic growers? I bet he still has some 1977 Mexican stashed in a drawer somewhere, that old salty dog.
You'd think a hippy like Ned would have the good stuff... or, failing that, the wealthy stoner housewife.... but kids actually get the really kind bud. They're better connected, and socialize with more people.
Did mav ever run ashore some weed in his hold during the 70s, before the weed market became controlled by the local hydroponic growers? I bet he still has some 1977 Mexican stashed in a drawer somewhere, that old salty dog.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
If you've ever heard of the Reggie Cleveland Travelling All Stars, a guy named Cleon Turner should be on it.
"Yes We Cannabis" is funny. The Colonel can do a passable Obama impression, though it may wear thin if OB saves the world and does two terms. Have no doubt, I'm the funny one in the house.
I'm all for legalization of weed... but that weed we got smoke pretty good, don't it? Once the Government and Big Business get involved, they'll probably, to quote some rapper, "fuc* it up and chemicalize it."
"Yes We Cannabis" is funny. The Colonel can do a passable Obama impression, though it may wear thin if OB saves the world and does two terms. Have no doubt, I'm the funny one in the house.
I'm all for legalization of weed... but that weed we got smoke pretty good, don't it? Once the Government and Big Business get involved, they'll probably, to quote some rapper, "fuc* it up and chemicalize it."
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Marshall in court today; Turner toughens pot penalty
In response to: Marshall in court today; Turner toughens pot penalty
I've been smoking weed for 20 years, and I've never even heard of someone lacing weed with PCP/coke/smack... it's a waste of the more expensive drug. "Burn slow, like blunts with ya-yo... peel more skins than Idaho po-ta-to"
An ounce is about as much as you can walk around with and still claim "personal use." It's a fair cutoff point, much more hip to it than you'd expect cops/pols to be.
An ounce is about as much as you can walk around with and still claim "personal use." It's a fair cutoff point, much more hip to it than you'd expect cops/pols to be.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Customers paid $350 million to run Mirant Electric as backup
In response to: Customers paid $350 million to run Mirant Electric as backup
We need A) a nuclear reactor in Hyannis Port and B) a means to process the spent nuclear fuel into weapons-grade Goodness. We then need to secede from Massachusetts and conquer Rhode Island.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Kennedy woes: Indians mad at Joe Jr., Caroline ignored in NY; Cape woman writes "French women don't sleep alone"; Cape business is upbeat; Scrap casino
In response to: Kennedy woes: Indians mad at Joe Jr., Caroline ignored in NY; Cape woman writes "French women don't sleep alone"; Cape business is upbeat; Scrap casino
This Guiliani woman is 100% correct.
Simply put... if I'm dealing with a man (or a lesbian), I get whatever I want, usually without asking... and I'm not really THAT good-looking.
Simply put... if I'm dealing with a man (or a lesbian), I get whatever I want, usually without asking... and I'm not really THAT good-looking.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: A Look into the Soul of Great Loss and Beauty, Vietnam and Cambodia Revisited
In response to: A Look into the Soul of Great Loss and Beauty, Vietnam and Cambodia Revisited
Mon Dieu, did you take a "Holiday In Cambodia?"
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: The North Side - A Seasonal View
In response to: The North Side - A Seasonal View
People from the midwestern part of AOL used to not believe me when I told them that salt water can freeze, until I showed them pictures.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: CCBL's Judy Walden Scarafile honored
In response to: CCBL's Judy Walden Scarafile honored
If you were trying to decide whether Julie Scarafile is hot, the fact the she likes baseball should push you off the fence.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: EEA to Solicit Proposals for Upper Cape Cod Groundwater Restoration Projects
In response to: EEA to Solicit Proposals for Upper Cape Cod Groundwater Restoration Projects
I've kind of got used to the taste of Magneseum in my drinking water.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
In response to: Someone give Cleon a toke, quick!
Go down to Christy's, and score a can of Folgers. That's what cocaine should cost.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Ptown fireman charged; Harwich High cost is $40M; Lobster traded for Crabs
In response to: Ptown fireman charged; Harwich High cost is $40M; Lobster traded for Crabs
If a guy goes that far to steal seafood, you should just let him have it. The next step for someone that desperate is to strong-arm some old lady for her purse or something.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Forum tonight on Canal electric plant
In response to: Forum tonight on Canal electric plant
That top picture of the power plant RULEZ. It's like you had a sportswriter walk across the bridge with her camera or something...
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: "Through the Lens" Art Exhibit to open February 3rd
In response to: "Through the Lens" Art Exhibit to open February 3rd
If I showed up, whoever was teaching the class would commit sepukku(?)
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Ways to welcome birds in winter
In response to: Ways to welcome birds in winter
Put all your birdseed in the middle of a circle of spinning, sharpened wind turbine blades.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Marshall in court today; Turner toughens pot penalty
In response to: Marshall in court today; Turner toughens pot penalty
Anywhere that you can't openly drink beer should also be included in the reefer prohibition, and I smoke every damn day.
Three strikes law? The public spoke clearly, Cleon. Let it go, and use that manpower to snag people driving away from taverns.
Some cops are looking at this New Pot Reality as an affront to what they worked for all these years, when they should look at like a huge weight off their backs.
In fact, the pigs and I have been getting along Just Fine since this marijuana decriminalization thingy. They now have their turf, and I have mine.
Three strikes law? The public spoke clearly, Cleon. Let it go, and use that manpower to snag people driving away from taverns.
Some cops are looking at this New Pot Reality as an affront to what they worked for all these years, when they should look at like a huge weight off their backs.
In fact, the pigs and I have been getting along Just Fine since this marijuana decriminalization thingy. They now have their turf, and I have mine.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Barnstable parents win harassment suit appeal at nation's highest court today
In response to: Barnstable parents win harassment suit appeal at nation's highest court today
I'd have paid $10 to some mean 5th grader to beat the kid's ass while I looked the other way and whistled Dixie.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: NFL CONFERENCE FINALS
In response to: NFL CONFERENCE FINALS
I can't bring myself to do that, and they have no one- not even Asante Samuel- who can stop Larry Fitzgerald. That (blo)gger's ill.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: NFL CONFERENCE FINALS
In response to: NFL CONFERENCE FINALS
You would have taken me to the cleaners, like I did Pecka a few weeks ago. All I can say is that for the last 50 years, you'd have made a LOT of money betting against the Cardinals.... you can forgive the occassional 50 year anomaly in return for 49 years of Sure Things.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Destroying a local newspaper; Own a daily for sale for $1.50
In response to: Destroying a local newspaper; Own a daily for sale for $1.50
Ted is funnier when I'm behind the keyboard.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Three hurt in Bourne accident; Leaving vehicle to warm up results in theft and foot chase at Mall
In response to: Three hurt in Bourne accident; Leaving vehicle to warm up results in theft and foot chase at Mall
The Colonel knows a guy who drives a wrecker, and he said that there were three car vs. trees on Bournedale Road alone... and this was at like 3 in the afternoon, and it has snowed all day since.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Destroying a local newspaper; Own a daily for sale for $1.50
In response to: Destroying a local newspaper; Own a daily for sale for $1.50
All those other papers across the country are also failing because of their refusal to brag on an untested energy source.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: US Auto Makers 12 Step Program
In response to: US Auto Makers 12 Step Program
I actually use Walter to filter out people looking to speak to me, usually police of some sort.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
Nice to see Jack back at bat.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Tisbury wants a drink; Cop pried man off pregnant woman; Porcupines on Cape Cod? Globe cuts 50 more jobs; H-2B shortage, again; Girl Geeks
In response to: Tisbury wants a drink; Cop pried man off pregnant woman; Porcupines on Cape Cod? Globe cuts 50 more jobs; H-2B shortage, again; Girl Geeks
I hope Peter was OK, and what was he doing lingering around the military reservation.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Yarmouth drug raid nets pills, pot and cash; Autopsy results released for missing Cotuit man
In response to: Yarmouth drug raid nets pills, pot and cash; Autopsy results released for missing Cotuit man
A couple of ounces of weed (barely enough to prosecute), less pills than anyone's grandma has, and a pellet gun.... thank God three towns sent forces to take that veritable pharmacy off the streets.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: What the Nova Scotia government has planned for Cape Cod
In response to: What the Nova Scotia government has planned for Cape Cod
Our biggest mistake on the continent- short of not putting up that Mexico fence- would be to allow Canada to become powerful. They should be either states 51-55 or reduced to the power and influence of a big, chilly Belize.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Is it time for a Mayor?
In response to: Is it time for a Mayor?
You need a Queen... but I live about 10 miles north of the job.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: As Winter Winds... & Gourmet Potatoes
In response to: As Winter Winds... & Gourmet Potatoes
My 5 houses are currently enjoying a COMBINED temperature of 65 degrees.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: 1798: Highland lighthouse is illuminated
In response to: 1798: Highland lighthouse is illuminated
Ah, the lighthouse... my favorite coastal phallus.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Another Delahunt stealth move to stop Cape Wind
In response to: Another Delahunt stealth move to stop Cape Wind
It would be funny if Ted somehow squashed the wind farm, and they built Three Mile Chernobyl Island in Hyannis Port.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
Just for grins, know that the country that came out of nowhere 230 years ago with their goofy feet/yard/miles system absolutely and totally dominate Science, Engineering, Medicine and whatever else you might name to the extent- and so rapidly- that the Metric people seem to be bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Why the blogosphere gets dissed
In response to: Why the blogosphere gets dissed
I've had a joke stolen by Bill Simmons before.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: What the Nova Scotia government has planned for Cape Cod
In response to: What the Nova Scotia government has planned for Cape Cod
They produce enough oil, and we can't risk letting them run the continent. I look at them a 4 big, cold states that will get us Hockey gold medals.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Nothing That Reincarnation Won't Cure!
In response to: Nothing That Reincarnation Won't Cure!
They should let the Chinese handle the Middle East. They have no stake in the matter.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Snowstorm, then deep freeze, heading Cape's way
In response to: Snowstorm, then deep freeze, heading Cape's way
Cool blog, Phil. I love weather stuff, especially localized. Keep waxin' dat azz!
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Falmouth Police nab armed robbery suspect; Applicants sought for Bourne Citizens Police Academy
In response to: Falmouth Police nab armed robbery suspect; Applicants sought for Bourne Citizens Police Academy
Now that small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized, it just may be time for me to look into a career in Law Enforcement. I'd do it for free if they let me Taze minorities.
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: BULLETIN: Body of missing Cotuit man found
In response to: BULLETIN: Body of missing Cotuit man found
Pourquoi conduisait-il une voiture?
Monponsett [Member]
In response to: Rotors, Resolutions, and Child Abuse
In response to: Rotors, Resolutions, and Child Abuse
You have to get married, Bree... let me tell you about how it goes when I break down somewhere....
First, the Colonel sees a limo enter our driveway. It's extravagant, but it sends the necessary message, as the Colonel knows I am using his credit cards.
Then...even if the car broke down while I was at the spa, I act like I just got off the Raft Of The Medusa. I've faked a limp to carry this off before, but I have an old basketball injury.
Three... I dispatch the Colonel to collect and repair the car. While my car is broken, I take his car... and let him figure his own way around.
Guess who switches the car seats? If you said "Stacey," you need to go start back at the beginning.
This may seem harsh, but remember that marriage is a series of unwritten societal contracts. I don't recall the priest saying anything about me getting up at 5 AM to ensure that he has a nutririous lunch at work, nor do I recall that ceremony mentioning me dressing up as a Naughty Schoolgirl on his birthday... but these things happen, and I like to have a functioning car afterwards.
First, the Colonel sees a limo enter our driveway. It's extravagant, but it sends the necessary message, as the Colonel knows I am using his credit cards.
Then...even if the car broke down while I was at the spa, I act like I just got off the Raft Of The Medusa. I've faked a limp to carry this off before, but I have an old basketball injury.
Three... I dispatch the Colonel to collect and repair the car. While my car is broken, I take his car... and let him figure his own way around.
Guess who switches the car seats? If you said "Stacey," you need to go start back at the beginning.
This may seem harsh, but remember that marriage is a series of unwritten societal contracts. I don't recall the priest saying anything about me getting up at 5 AM to ensure that he has a nutririous lunch at work, nor do I recall that ceremony mentioning me dressing up as a Naughty Schoolgirl on his birthday... but these things happen, and I like to have a functioning car afterwards.
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