Hoppy New Beer!

They are going to add an extra second, a "leap second", to time tonight because the earth is wobbling on it axis. WTF? This is going to screw up the entire space-time continuum not to mention my internal clock which is already fried. I have no idea what to do with the extra second. Perhaps some egg nogg will help to cope.

Oh well, might as well end '08 with a blizzard!

Rudolf Bagged

You KNOW she just had to do it ;)

Pre-Dawn & Mid-Day

Nice to have sunny day after 3 days of blizzards, sleet and ice storms. Click to enlarge and view the quarter moon.

Boston Blizzard Blooper

Seasoned Gratings

Merry Christmas to all my millions of readers! Play some Christmas tunes at Muzik to the right.

Requests for more tunes are invited. Just leave a comment. Below. Where it says "__COMMENTS". You can do so anonymously but leaving your first name is appreciated. Jackster reserves the right to veto any bogus requests (bad music).

Chairs!

Turbaconducken?

Yes, it does exist.

Happy Turkey Day to all of my thousands of readers, even those of you who never leave a comment!



Definition
Vegetarian: A bad hunter. Someone who survives by consuming not food, but the stuff that food eats.
“The vegetarian was forced to subsist on slower prey, such as the broccoli and carrot.”

Recession Recess ?

1992, Great Woods, Mansfield, MA. I was there. The economy was in a recession but Buffett provided a great escape concert. Good seats and cheap tix were easy to get back then. Ahh, the good old days.

Any guesses re what this year's tour might be called? ;)

Live Puppy Cam (click here)

:( Death of a Legend

Captain Tony................. RIP

Former Key West mayor 'Tony' Tarracino dies at 92
The Associated Press

KEY WEST, Fla. -- Anthony "Tony" Tarracino, a former mayor of Key West and legendary bar owner of "Captain Tony's Saloon" whose life was memorialized in a Jimmy Buffett song, has died, according to his wife. He was 92.

Tarracino died Saturday after being hospitalized for about a week with a heart and lung condition, said his wife of 38 years, Marty Tarracino. She and seven of his children were with him, sharing stories in his hospital room shortly before his death, she added.

"He loved Key West and everyone here," she said. "Oftentimes, I've heard him called the conscience of Key West."

He came to Key West from New Jersey in 1948 with $18 in his pocket. Ten years later he purchased a bar on Greene Street and changed its name to Captain Tony's Saloon.

Tarracino was a charter boat captain and raconteur fond of telling colorful stories about the era of the mercenaries of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, who opposed Fidel Castro's communist Cuban regime. He served as Key West's mayor from 1989 to 1991.

Captain Tony's colorful life included marrying four times and fathering 13 children.

His story was recounted in a film titled "The Cuba Crossing," starring Stewart Whitman as Tarracino and in a book called "Life Lessons of a Legend" that Tarracino did with Brad Manard.

Buffett, a longtime friend, sang about Tarracino's exploits in the song "Last Mango in Paris," from the 1985 album of the same name.

A service was scheduled Saturday morning followed by a reception for family and friends at Captain Tony's Saloon. Although the bar retains the "Captain Tony's" name, Tarracino sold it in 1989.

Play Last Mango in Paris.......................................

My Favorite Bar.......................................
I heard a voice call out to me
Son, come have a seat



Capt. Tony and me......................................

Happy Hallowed Weenie!

What is this man saying?

Surf's Up!

Glad they repaired the seawall, yep.

A Safe Place For Your Money In Difficult Times

Hey, Its Neil Diamond! ;) What could go wrong?

The US Economy

BRADY OUT FOR SEASON

THIS SUCKS BIG TIME!

New North River Pix from the mighty Rum Balls

I call this "Snowy Egret on Dock"


Oops, spooked him. Sorry.

MOALR

The Mother Of All Lobster Rolls


the Raw Bar, Mashpee, Cape Cawd, MA

A nice boat in Cataumet. I want it.

Diplomacy

Buh Bye Old Seawall

My New Water Toy

Will It Float?



Sam has to check it out..................



Gus too......................................



It moves big stuff, QUICKLY...........................



Now that's a saw! The last guy to use it is called "Stubby".



They are renovating (finally, thank you!) the 1932 non-reinforced concrete seawall and building a nice rip-rap (big rocks) revetment to protect it. Construction should be finished in August.

Just for you, Terri

Gnu Photos

A Shelf Front moves in, looking west....................



Looking east...................



A rainbow afterward.............



The mighty Rum Balls conquers Buzzards Bay.........................



Rastafarian sea monsters.................

Summahtime (almost) Photos

Young Hillary

Stuff that Blows By

A Tall Ship (big Blowbote).......



It was the Friendship

ITS OFFICIAL! BOB IS OLD

Here We Are, Robert..........................................



HAPPY B'DAY BOB!

Leave your birthday wishes for BOB below, where it says "#comments". Don't be shy. He's not ;)

Weasel

CCR - Misheard Lyrics

Have You Ever Seen Lorraine? ;)

Guess It Just Wasn't to Be :(

The Bruins fall to the Habs in game 7. Damn hosers!

Nevertheless, congrats to the Bruins for showing some real spunk and making them sweat!

BRUINS STUN CANADIENS, FORCE GAME 7!!!

Who'd a thunk it. The Boston Bruins just squeaked into a Stanley Cup playoff spot facing the #1 team (and best at taking dives) in the League, the Montreal Canadiens. Remarkably coming back from a 3-1 deficit in games, the Bruins won back-to-back games, last night winning 5-4 in the final minutes at the new Bahston Gahdin.

Montreal will have the home-ice advantage and, as always, the best officials their money has bought.

GAME 7 MONDAY NIGHT IN MONTREAL



GO B's!

John Oliver on the Daily Show

Easter Seals 2008

Happy Easter and Stuff

The Storm that SHOULD Miss Us Tomorrow

Gulp, its a monster. Were it to track northward, I won't be here.

Why?

[Oh, now I get it. Its an oil tanker]

After the Storm

One More Candle..............

and a trip Around the Sun.

The Lucifer Effect

Stephen Colbert nails another one. He is indeed a Sunday School teacher.

Watch the video till the end.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/lucifereffect

Trouble

When you are in deep trouble, look straight ahead, keep your mouth shut and
say nothing.

Bad Juju

I'm not superstitious. Not at all. Well, except during Pats games. Things have to be just right especially when seeking perfection. From before the first snap of the ball things were not right last night.

Bill Belichick ALWAYS wears a GRAY hoodie sweatshirt. Sometimes sleeves cut off, sometimes not. Doesn't matter. But its always GRAY. Its Bill's trademark look and it signifies that, despite the ups and downs (not a pun) of a football game, the outcome will be a good one.

So last night, amidst a crowd of reporters and photographers, a figure of a man who looks like Bill Belichick walks onto the field sporting a f*cking RED f*cking hoodie. Thats it. Game over. Perfection denied.



So I hope you are happy rest of the world outside New England. You are now facing a full year of being constantly annoyed by not one, but two Manning weasels.

'Scuse Me?

Be afraid, Giants. Be very afraid. "Girly man" gonna kick Eli's Ass!

Nice try Chargers.

Patriots 18 and Oh Yeah!

Bring on the next victims please

New England Patriots 1-0 in the post season by beating the Jacksonville Jaguars. Its really 17-0 through the regular season, a feat never previously accomplished by any team (ever), but Belichick claims its a whole new season and I will not dispute that. In Belichick we trust.



The Pats welcome their newest fan, Flashing Bro from Annapolis



Happy New Year to all my thousands ;) of readers!