SANEsters,
Betsey's brief stint in the slammer to the contrary notwithstanding (rumors that she drew a gun on the state trooper who pulled her over for doing 110 in a 45 zone is apparently "unfounded"), there's no stopping the LobsterClamsterMania train. So, drop the RR crossing bars and let's ride this loco locomotive to Gloucester, baby!
This glorious, fun-filled event is scheduled for Saturday, 2 August 2014, and we really don't want to plan for a rain date, so please pray for good weather. The event, as usual, will be held in rocky Gloucester, MA, just yards away from Ipswich Bay in one direction, and Rockport in the other. Historically, we ask people to arrive at noon, and clams will be ready around 2:00 and lobs around 2:30. I think. Maybe. The timing may be adjusted, to taste. But the date, hey, that's firm.
We'll start with a brief survey: Please send me (so I can tally up the results and forward them to the hostess with the mostest) answers to the following:
1) How many in your party will be attending? (If zero, alas, you can go straight to #5... We'll miss you!)
2) How many lobsters will your party want to enjoy? Please note new sub-questions for #2:
2a) How many 1.25-pound lobsters (smaller, less expensive – as usual, we are reimbusing BW for these)
2b) How many 1.50-pound lobsters (larger, a tad more expensive)
(The overall response to 2a and 2b may influence the final order in as-yet-undetermined ways.)
3) How many servings of clams would your party like to enjoy?
4) What else would you like to bring to this shindig? The usual? Something more exotic? Less exotic?
Extra credit question:
5) If you were U.S. president, what would you want to accomplish during your last term?
Again, please send your answers to me (just hit "Reply" (not "Reply All" pls) and I'll give Betsey a compiled list.
Thank you, and hope to see you soon. Like Saturday, 2 August, in Gloucester, for example.
R
July 20, 2014
June 19, 2014
Thah Best LobstahClamstahFest of 2014 (Sat., 2 Aug.)
Mary came prequipped with tiny blank books to get us started at our June meet-em-up, and Betsey had a passel of tiny stamps. We had a good turnout, and cranked out a lot of teeny books... probably a whole inch of shelf space! All in all, a satisfying project that many of us were handily able to complete.
Plans for the LobstahClamstahFest are in motion: the tentative (barring monsoon, earthquake, meteorite, supernova, etc.) is Saturday, 2 August, with a please-Crom-don't-let-it-rain date of Sunday 3 August. The sched is the usual: arrive noon, happytizers and drinks, clamstahs 2ish, followed hard upon by lobstahs, a luxurious swim, and then desserts. Pleasant conversation throughout, then eventual, tearful departure.
Everybody who attends must bring exactly what they have brought for the last 37.4 years, without exception (unless you'd like to bring something different for a change). Ponder this in your stomach of stomachs.
Soon will come the time where we count noses and lobstahs and estimate clamstahs and sign up for the same-old-thing-to-bring, but that time is not yet now. Now is the knowing, and the fullness of the knowing, and the anticipation of the fullness. And putting in the screens and window air conditioners.
February 25, 2014
SANE Meeting Tues 25 Feb 2014
If you're looking for a project, we'll have something for you to do! Design your own suit of cards!
I'll have paper with playing card-sized blanks on which to draw/stamp/collage your own suite, from (Ace) to (King).
What do I need to do? I hear you ask? Simple, I say, looking around to see where your voice came from. This is it:
First you have to come up with a suit: it could be spades, hearts, clubs or diamonds. Or it could be any handy symbol: swords, cups, wands or coins, (from Tarot) characters (crack), bamboo, circles. (from Mah Jongg), or any handy, easily reproducible symbol: shells, paws, squares, fingerprints, shoes, toilets, daisies, light bulbs, etc.
When you're picking a suit, keep in mind that you'll have to reproduce it many times: on 13 cards, you'll use this symbol in it's normal size 55 times on the cards 1-10, and 6 times on the "face" cards, and maybe at a much larger size on the "ace." Then there are smaller versions of the same symbol on the indices (upper left/bottom right corners) another 26 times. So you'll want a quick & dirty way to reproduce this symbols in several sizes: a rubber stamp (or two, or three) might help. Print a bunch and cut & paste 'em. Pick a symbol you can draw and color easily.
Then pick a color. Black or red, purple or puce, and bring a crayon/stamp pad/Sharpie of that color.
Hmm, then you'll have to figure out the images on the face cards: For the suit of claws, the K/Q/J could be a lion, tiger and cheetah. The Coins suit could feature an Eisenhower dollar, a quarter and a dime. The toilet suit could feature a king on a toilet, a queen wearing a toilet on her head, and a jack with his head stuck in a toilet. Ya dig?
So, for our project, you'll have a chance to create your own suit -- I'll generate a pattern for the backs, and we can reproduce these on card stock (I may have a way to do this), cut them neatly, and we'll have as many suits as SANEsters, and when you play cards next, you can pick the four suits you like best to play with.
The Joker? The SANE logo, with a Jack-in-the-Box might work... But if you're not up to creating a whole suit, then maybe you'll be happy making a joker...
Remember about parking -- two cars in my driveway, and Milly has two parking permits, so we should be set.
I'll attach a .pdf of the "card blank" that is just "cut lines" at the edges of a piece of paper, marking out 9 possible cards, if you want to practice or plan a computery version of your suit.
R
I'll have paper with playing card-sized blanks on which to draw/stamp/collage your own suite, from (Ace) to (King).
What do I need to do? I hear you ask? Simple, I say, looking around to see where your voice came from. This is it:
First you have to come up with a suit: it could be spades, hearts, clubs or diamonds. Or it could be any handy symbol: swords, cups, wands or coins, (from Tarot) characters (crack), bamboo, circles. (from Mah Jongg), or any handy, easily reproducible symbol: shells, paws, squares, fingerprints, shoes, toilets, daisies, light bulbs, etc.
When you're picking a suit, keep in mind that you'll have to reproduce it many times: on 13 cards, you'll use this symbol in it's normal size 55 times on the cards 1-10, and 6 times on the "face" cards, and maybe at a much larger size on the "ace." Then there are smaller versions of the same symbol on the indices (upper left/bottom right corners) another 26 times. So you'll want a quick & dirty way to reproduce this symbols in several sizes: a rubber stamp (or two, or three) might help. Print a bunch and cut & paste 'em. Pick a symbol you can draw and color easily.
Then pick a color. Black or red, purple or puce, and bring a crayon/stamp pad/Sharpie of that color.
Hmm, then you'll have to figure out the images on the face cards: For the suit of claws, the K/Q/J could be a lion, tiger and cheetah. The Coins suit could feature an Eisenhower dollar, a quarter and a dime. The toilet suit could feature a king on a toilet, a queen wearing a toilet on her head, and a jack with his head stuck in a toilet. Ya dig?
So, for our project, you'll have a chance to create your own suit -- I'll generate a pattern for the backs, and we can reproduce these on card stock (I may have a way to do this), cut them neatly, and we'll have as many suits as SANEsters, and when you play cards next, you can pick the four suits you like best to play with.
The Joker? The SANE logo, with a Jack-in-the-Box might work... But if you're not up to creating a whole suit, then maybe you'll be happy making a joker...
Remember about parking -- two cars in my driveway, and Milly has two parking permits, so we should be set.
I'll attach a .pdf of the "card blank" that is just "cut lines" at the edges of a piece of paper, marking out 9 possible cards, if you want to practice or plan a computery version of your suit.
R
November 21, 2013
SANE Winter Solstice Eating & Socializing Opportunity
We had an instructive meeting, molding paper clay into kiwi slices, dice, fingertips, canolis, etc., and trying to figure out what exactly it smelled like -- what could paper clay be made of, anyway? Cellulose, certainly, but perhaps some spackle and spit, too. We also learned that once you tear off a hunk of pc, the outside edges start to dry in a nanosec, so only bite off as much as you can chaw. Also, a little goes a long way.
We picked a time & date for the SANE Winter Solstice Eating & Socializing Opportunity 2013 (WinSolEatSocOpp13):
That date: Sunday, 15 December 2013 (parking is less restricted on Sundays -- woo hoo!)
That time: 5:00pm until whenever (it's a school night) (Pats game (at Miami) starts at 1pm, so it should be over)
That place: Mary & Phil's (didn't have a parenthetical for this line)
That menu (so far):
Mary: Lasagna, chairs & tables, plates, utensils, etc.
Richard: Salad
Betsey: Pie
Leslie: Lemon squares
Pam A: Bread & app
others: TBD
As always, SigOths are invited, so when planning your food items, expect as many as 18 peoples.
Reception for rekindling a Yankee Swap was lukewarm, so there are no plans as yet for same.
Mark your calendars now!!
We picked a time & date for the SANE Winter Solstice Eating & Socializing Opportunity 2013 (WinSolEatSocOpp13):
That date: Sunday, 15 December 2013 (parking is less restricted on Sundays -- woo hoo!)
That time: 5:00pm until whenever (it's a school night) (Pats game (at Miami) starts at 1pm, so it should be over)
That place: Mary & Phil's (didn't have a parenthetical for this line)
That menu (so far):
Mary: Lasagna, chairs & tables, plates, utensils, etc.
Richard: Salad
Betsey: Pie
Leslie: Lemon squares
Pam A: Bread & app
others: TBD
As always, SigOths are invited, so when planning your food items, expect as many as 18 peoples.
Reception for rekindling a Yankee Swap was lukewarm, so there are no plans as yet for same.
Mark your calendars now!!