Category Archives: Seafood

John Waters Reads About Moby Dick’s Dick

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Scott Huffines

In This audio chapter from the “Moby Dick Big Read,” John Waters reads the shortest chapter of “Moby Dick,” Chapter 95, “The Cassock,” which is about how the whaling crew cuts off and skins a whale’s giant jet-black penis and turns it … Continue reading →

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Clam$ by Jeff Alphin

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Scott Huffines

“A Baltimore entrepreneur’s very fishy idea has several unexpected consequences in Jeff Alphin’s hilarious novella, featuring a wonderfully colourful cast of characters.” (Fiction on the Web, 7/24/2012) Adlai Dallas situated his ball in the divot-scarred tee box of the 13th … Continue reading →

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Sizing up Terrapins

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Scott Huffines

A man measures terrapin’s for a suitable restaurant candidates, 1927. (© Jacob Gayer/National Geographic Society/Corbis) Tags: terrapins

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Maryland Has A Bounty For This Killer Fish Invading America

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Ashley Lutz, (Business Insider, 4/6/2012) Maryland is offering a bounty for a killer fish that can survive on land, the Daily Mail reported The state’s Department of Natural Resources is hosting an annual contest with a $200 reward for … Continue reading →

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Maryland’s 1969 Clam Queen

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Scott Huffines

(Found via Ebay.com) “This is Lynda Hartley, of Severna Park, who popped out of a huge shell to open the annual clam festival in Annapolis. She is ending a year’s reign as Clam Queen.”

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