March coming in like a Lion

Just watched today's weather report, wintry mix, rain sleet and snow, for the next few day. Also Monday into Tuesday 2 to 5 inches of snow here on the Cape and about a foot of snow at work in Randolph about an hour way. When will the winter be over so I can start working out side?

I just want to put the snow shovels way

It been cold again and seems even colder down here on the Cape due to the bay, water temp was 37 this morning. We missed the snow this past weekend, but the rain was cold. February is almost over and we only have March to make it through, I hope we don't have to use the snow shovels till next snow season.

Who's your Valentine !!!!!!

The art teachers were at it again today, they made a cupid outfit for Alan the gym teacher to wear as the kids were coming and leaving school today.

A Child of Atom - Cully's post from Monday 02.09.09

This was too good to not pass around

I never really thought of the amount of people it takes to put a production together. During the past years the National Endowment of the Arts has been cut to the bear bone and has to stop.



Dear Senator McCain
They just don't get it do they? In the debate over the stimulus package today John McCain was quoted as saying "$50 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts - all of us are for the arts, but tell me how that creates any significant number of jobs?"The arts community immediately mobilized and began sending him messages via his website. Here is mine:Senator,How does funding the arts create any significant number of jobs? Let me just give you one small example. I am a scenic designer who frequently works for a small children's theatre in Manhattan. The theatre produces 7 shows each year, mostly during the school season. Each show employs 4 Designers, a stage manager, a director, a technical director, two carpenters, a stage manager, 5 office assistants, 8 to 12 actors, a music director, a choreographer, two box office assistants... in other words nearly 30 people per show.This doesn't even begin to account for the people who work for the lighting rental houses, the fabric stores, the paint stores, the costume rental houses, the printers, the lumber suppliers, the hardware store, and dry cleaners who receive funds from each of our shows.We pay royalties for book rights, to the playwrights, and the musicians. We hire accountants and use ticketing firms.We are a SMALL theatre company and in all each of our shows pours 30 or $40,000 back into the local economy, and that is simply what we ourselves generate. That doesn't account for sales at nearby stores or restaurants, sales at book and toy stores because the children want the book our show was based on, taxis, subways, babysitters, strollers... the bottom line is that art IS business. Please stop treating art like a luxury that the country can live without. Art drives the economy just as surely as manufacturing or service, and it is time that that was recognized and "stimulated" along with everything else.
Posted by Cully at Monday, February 09, 2009 2 atoms bonded
Subjects: politics

Randy Price is leaving Channel 7 News, WHDH-TV Boston, MA

For the last 12 years Randy Price has been the anchor on Channel 7 Evening News in Boston. Yesterday I heard it on the Zito and Karen Blake radio show on the way to work, that Randy Price was retiring, but this morning on their show I heard there was another side to the story. It sounded like it was a mutual departure.

Going to miss him on the evening news.

I was in "Kenneth in the 212", Blog this morning and he had the article by Johnny Diaz of the Boston Globe, from Sunday 8 February. Johnny Diaz gave the full story.

Super hero

Today I was on Famous Like Me - It's listed under My Blog List, he had The Hero Factory, I made my own Super Hero, this is my guy, it was fun. I couldn't figure out how to up load it so I have posted the site below.

http://www.cpbintegrated.com/theherofactory/

From the Canal

This afternoon after work Michael and I stopped at Joe's Lobster Mart in Sandwich for fish, after getting fresh fish at Joe's which is on the mouth of the canal and bay, I can never get fish at a super market.

Below is the Coast Guard Station across from Joe's

Can never leave out the power plant, what and incredible land mark in the town.

This is the mouth of the canal

Monday morning

Here are a couple of pictures of the yard from Monday morning before going to work - it wasn't quite dawn yet but light enough. It was in the 50's down here on Monday and most of the snow was gone. Tuesday came and with it came a snow storm, we got about 6 inches of snow. Hoping that most of the snow will be gone this coming weekend, temps will be in the 40's low 50's.

I'm back from the dark side

Work this past week was hard and long, not in a good way at all but glad I'm back !!!
There was so much to get caught up with, I had so many emails and didn't know which one to open first. My mail box (sail mail) was chocked full, most were lock boxes, so it went to Cookie, lucky woman.
I received an email from Zita Cousens, I went to Billerica High School with her, she owns and runs the Cousen Rose Gallery on Martha Vineyard Island during the summer (black artisans) the rest of the time she's a guidance councilor at Boston Latin in Boston, the oldest public school in the USA. Boston Latin only takes the best of the best and is very hard to get into there.
Watching the Super Bowl and saw the most amazing interception the guy ran almost 100 yards, it was just outstanding to see.