Fox43.com – A bite from a certain kind of tick, could give you an allergy to meat.  The so-called Lone Star tick, which has a single white spot on its back, is the one to watch out for.

The ticks have a sugar that humans don’t have called Alpha-Gal. The sugar is also in red meats and some dairy.

Jeffrey Tucker, an urban entomologist in Houston, explains how a human becomes allergic to meat.

“It develops antibodies, a way to fight those foreign antigens, it could happen weeks or months or years later. You eat some meat, that sugar is also found in meat and your body reacts to it,” said Tucker.

“As an allergist, it’s unbelievable,” said Dr. Clifford Bassett, Medical Director of Allergy and Asthma Care of New York. “What it means is, if you have a Lone Star tick, and it bites you, within several days, things are occurring in your immune system and you actually may develop delayed reactions to red meat.  That includes beef, pork and lamb.”

Oh cut the shit will ya science. Yesterday we posted about the new disease being spread by deer ticks and someone posted a link to this article in the comments. I figured it was from The Onion, but then I click and find out that this shit is real? You can actually be forced into vegetarianism from a tick bite? This obviously poses a very serious question.

Would you rather get lyme disease or become allergic to meat?

I know most of you are probably going to say that Lyme disease is much worse, with really painful symptoms etc. but hear me out. While it is probably much more painful, it doesn’t last forever. It can be treated and its victims go on to live more or less normal lives.

There is nothing normal about a life without cheeseburgers and steak tips. I’m pretty sure that I would develop the symptoms of Lyme disease if I didn’t have meat every few days anyway. A stiff neck, chills, fever, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, fatigue, muscle aches, and joint pain are nothing compared to what I’d go through after a few days without my salami pizza.

Before we put this to a vote, don’t be fooled by the name Lone Star either, these pricks are in the northeast just like deer ticks.

So what will it be, let’s decide by popular vote shall we?

P.S. This vegetarian tick bite disease is the weirdest thing I’ve heard of since that chick that developed a french accent from a car accident.

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HP – A Maine lobsterman says he and his 14-year-old daughter caught a one-in-two-million crustacean: a blue lobster.

The story has a happy ending for the lobster. Meghan says she is naming it Skyler and donating it to the Maine State Aquarium, far from any dinner rolls or pats of butter. The aquarium says it has three other blue lobsters and an orange one.

Oh hey isn’t that cute, a blue lobster and they named it and everything. How amazing that only one in two million lobsters are blue like that, what a crazy story.

Hey Maine, why don’t you suck on this one in 30 million calico lobster that’s here on The Cape.

CCT – The calico lobster is indeed special. According to experts, calico lobsters are the second rarest lobsters–second only to albino lobsters. Calicos, with a mottled orange and black shell, are a one in 30 million find, according to the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine. Other rarities include blue, yellow, split color and albino lobsters.

Chris King encourages folks to stop by Cape Tip Seafood at 18 Old Colony Way in Orleans to take a peek at this fascinating find.

The second most rare lobster in the world, and we didn’t even bother to name it. So go ahead and throw a parade or something for your precious little “Skyler”, but do us a favor and tone it down a little until you have an albino or two OK?

Don’t forget to tip your waiter Maine, because you just got served. Your move Maine, your move.

P.S. How do you not name that blue lobster “Violet” after the girl in Willy Wonka, just an absolute no brainer…

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Onion – In a surprise predawn raid Monday, heavily armed FBI agents stormed the notorious Kennedy Compound in Massachusetts, reportedly arresting more than two dozen key members of the faction and exposing many of the bizarre inner workings of this insular fundamentalist organization.

According to officials, agents in full SWAT gear disembarked from patrol boats just off Cape Cod and quickly advanced upon the 6-acre oceanfront compound. The raid followed a multiyear investigation into illicit activities by the secretive Kennedy group, which are said to have included substance abuse, rampant promiscuity, and carefully formulated plans to seize control of the United States.

Well, well, well. The Kennedy’s sure have been getting a ton of press lately. Teens dating pop singers, dudes trying to find Katy Perry on the compound, Ethel challenging Obama to an ice bucket challenge. Maybe I was right and they are grooming a Kennedy to restore Camelot!

How else do you explain all of these stories popping up recently and keeping them in the news. Mark my words, we are one Marilyn Monroe away from another JFK coming out of nowhere. Bring back the swagger and you bring back Camelot.

P.S. If you comment or email us complaining about the validity of an article in The Onion then you need to do some serious soul searching.

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CapeCodOnline.com – Cape health officials are seeing increases in tick-borne disease this summer — and it’s not just Lyme disease anymore.

Cases of newly emerging illnesses anaplasmosis and babesiosis continue to rise, while a recently discovered disease also transmitted by the bite of a deer tick — miyamotoi — has been detected in more than a dozen Cape Codders.

Dr. Laurel Miller, medical director of infectious disease services for Cape Cod Healthcare, said a Norwood laboratory that has developed a test for miyamotoi has diagnosed 13 to 14 people from the Cape with the tick-borne illness this summer.

“We’re starting to see miyamotoi. It’s not huge numbers,” Miller said. The disease was first documented in U.S. residents in early 2013.

Oh great, we’ve got beaches closing because of Great Whites, people are getting murdered in the streets and now we have brand new diseases coming out of the woods. Is there anywhere safe on Cape Cod anymore?

I don’t know about you but I’m getting on Zillow right now, it’s time to move somewhere safer, maybe Roxbury or something.

P.S. I’m 78% sure I ordered the Miyamotoi at a Thai food place the other night.

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So last Sunday I was watching the road race and I started twitching. I couldn’t figure out what the problem was, and then I remembered. It was my body telling me that it was time for a cucumber Bloody Mary with two strips of bacon and a tornado potato and cheese skewer. So now it’s been almost a full two weeks since the nectar of the gods has entered my system and can feel myself weakening. I’m pretty sure there is only on thing that can cure what ails me. That’s right, tomorrow I am all in at Liam Maguire’s. It is going to be The Great esCape all the way…

As usual, you can build them exactly to your taste with about a bazillion different options while you listen to some chill acoustic music from The Silent Trees from 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. this Sunday at Liam’s on Main St. in Falmouth. It really has turned into THE spot to be to start your Sunday Funday. The crowd is always in a great mood and there’s no better way to get the cobwebs out of your head, especially after all the weekend festivities you are sure to partake in.

No worries if you don’t like Bloody’s, there’s plenty of other great stuff to choose from and the brunch menu is deee-lish! I’ve had everything on it at this point and there is no bad choice. Here’s the menus…

Sunday Brunch

Breakfast Burrito

Scrambled eggs, bacon, cheese, and two hash browns with an avocado chipotle aioli.

Irish Breakfast

Two eggs cooked to order, two rashers, two bangers, black and white pudding, home fries, and a fried tomato. Served with brown bread.

Crab cakes Eggs Benedict

Two English muffins topped with jumbo crab cakes, Irish bacon, poached eggs and our own homemade hollandaisesauce. Served with home fries.

French Toast

Three slices of thick cut Sourdough bread dipped in our own cinnamon French toast batter. Served with a side fresh fruit.

Chicken & Waffles

Habanero Guinness waffles with two fried chicken breasts, smothered in Southern style white gravy, made with our own bangers. Served with REAL New England Maple syrup and pickled vegetables.

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Boston.com – Fun fact: The mayor of Boston is required by law to notify the City Council whenever he leaves the city. He’s also required to say when he’s coming back.

Marty Walsh forgot about this before heading out to Cape Cod earlier this week, according to The Boston Globe, but the issue was resolved on Friday when a member of his staff filed an official letter with the clerk’s office.

Press secretary Kate Norton told The Globe that Walsh will spend two weeks on the Cape. He’ll travel to and from Boston intermittently during that time.

Marty Walsh needs permission to travel to Cape Cod? What is he going to get grounded or something? Is he on house arrest? It doesn’t seem to make much sense, it’s not like he’s leaving the country.

Anyway, Marty is like the anti-fun police mayor. He has fought for bars in Boston to be open until 4 a.m. and the T runs much later now because of him, which fixed one of the more ridiculous problems in Boston. I like to call him Mayor Marty “The Party” Walsh.

So on behalf of all of Cape Cod, I’d just like to say that you are welcome here anytime Mr. Mayor. Maybe you could visit some of our local politicians and teach them a thing or two about making rational decisions that make people actually want to live in and visit your district.

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CCT – On this day in 1923, it was colder than on any August day in memory. The Cape Cod Cranberry Company reported that the temperature the previous night was 27 degrees.  The story in the newspapers the next day are below:

Yesterday was the coldest August 23 on record in many parts of the country. The lowest temperature recorded here was 53, the same as Wednesday’s minimum. Thermometers at Poughkeepsie registered as low as 36 degrees yesterday morning and a light frost was seen, which observers said was the first August frost in eighteen years…

I would puke on myself if I woke up this morning and it was 27 degrees out with frost on the ground. As if it’s not depressing enough that it’s already Labor Day weekend, at least it’s sunny in the 70’s. Anybody with a brain knows that fall is the best time of year on Cape Cod, and if Mother Nature were to take that away from us this year, especially after the winter we had last year? Well, I would probably punch her in the tit.

So cheer up all you doomsday, summer is over pessimists. Things could be much worse, we could be in 1923. It’s going to be a beautiful holiday weekend, sunny with a 100% chance of tons of beer!

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