While Joanne and I are in Northern NH this weekend, we should in no way be compared to the Fortier Family. Dave's version of hiking (see left) and mine are diabolically at odds.
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Saturday, October 14, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Beyond Horror
Police discover body believed to be missing UVM student
The body believed to be that of missing University of Vermont student Michelle Gardner-Quinn has been found near a winding country road in Richmond.
I will never second guess my parental emotions again.
The body believed to be that of missing University of Vermont student Michelle Gardner-Quinn has been found near a winding country road in Richmond.
I will never second guess my parental emotions again.
FYYFF
Saw this spelled out on a t-shirt in New Orleans a few years ago. Pretty funny. My mother-in-law, Mary LeBlanc, figured it out, so you should also be able to.
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DiMatteo had it monogrammed on some Baseball hats and gave them to the clique when he retired from GD four years ago. Chandler saw me walking out of the building with mine and asked me what the letters stood for. I told him. He was not amused... probably thought that the sentiment was aimed at him. I didn't think it was then, but I do now.
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DiMatteo had it monogrammed on some Baseball hats and gave them to the clique when he retired from GD four years ago. Chandler saw me walking out of the building with mine and asked me what the letters stood for. I told him. He was not amused... probably thought that the sentiment was aimed at him. I didn't think it was then, but I do now.
Epistle of John to the Darwinians
Got to get into Darwin and knock out the Backlog and Outlook numbers. Publish the weekly epistle and try not to get crucified upside down. ~
Have I mentioned that we are kicking ass? The ship is raising sails and moving out of the harbor. It will be interesting to see how we weather a stiff wind and a moderate chop. I imagine some will get seasick.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Boston...
... is so cool.~
When I was growing up, people were fleeing the cities. Surburban sprawl was the watchword of the Seventies. City Planners and Urbanologists theorized that the sprawl would continue indefinitely and spread to the exurbs. The condition of the "Inner Cities" was the sourch of considerable social tinkering by the Federal Government.
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But then the City seemed to rediscover itself. Now it is a highly desirable place to find yourself.
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In the telecom biz, I get to stay in Marriott Courtyards all over the United States. Other places have appeal, especially San Francisco and Seattle, while you couldn't pay me enough to live in Cincinnatti or St. Louis. The desert in Arizona and New Mexico is neat, and the mountains in Denver are awesome.
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But I'm always happy to fly back to Boston. Ocean, Fields and Woodland, Mountains, History, Straight Talking Rude People. This is my home.
First Blog Poll Results
After tallying literally thousands of votes from around the world, the results of the first Nanepashemet Peeps Poll showed overwhelmingly the need to maintain our high levels of daily inspiration to you, our Peeps.
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The Nanepashemet Blog....
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The Nanepashemet Blog....
Irritates Me 13%
Inspires my Everyday Thoughts 50%
Makes me question my sexual preference 0%
Creates Outright Hostility 38%
Is Nauseous and Sickening 0%
Please participate in our future polls. The quality of our message depends on your constant feedback. Our next poll seeks to answer the pressing question of what to do when you have finished building your Herreshoff Columbia Yacht Tender.
Gay Jokes
Just about all of my friends, as well as my kids, like to joke about gays, call each other gay, and mention homo stuff a lot. My guess is that none of them go the other way, so why do these references always come up?
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It would appear that heterosexuals are natural homophobes. The urges and thoughts that the average hetero gets about the opposite sex are so constant and prevailing that the very thought that these feelings could be aimed at a same sex situation, by people so inclined, causes a humorous, angry, or fearful reaction. Hence, gay jokes are used to defuse the impact of these emotions.
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I think gay jokes are pretty funny. As a caring, feeling, human being, I don't want to hurt the feelings of gay people, but I'm not phony about laughing about gay stuff.
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I've known gay people, and I don't feel that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice.
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If you are confronted with a couple of provocative naked people, you can't choose whether a male or a female will give you the familiar tingle. You have no choice. So gay bashing obviously doesn't make any sense, outside of the basic human tendency to attack people who are different or who you do not understand.
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In this sense, homophobia might be a tribal thing.
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BTW - I'm in the Hetero Tribe and Blogging is NOT GAY!!!!
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It would appear that heterosexuals are natural homophobes. The urges and thoughts that the average hetero gets about the opposite sex are so constant and prevailing that the very thought that these feelings could be aimed at a same sex situation, by people so inclined, causes a humorous, angry, or fearful reaction. Hence, gay jokes are used to defuse the impact of these emotions.
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I think gay jokes are pretty funny. As a caring, feeling, human being, I don't want to hurt the feelings of gay people, but I'm not phony about laughing about gay stuff.
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I've known gay people, and I don't feel that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice.
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If you are confronted with a couple of provocative naked people, you can't choose whether a male or a female will give you the familiar tingle. You have no choice. So gay bashing obviously doesn't make any sense, outside of the basic human tendency to attack people who are different or who you do not understand.
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In this sense, homophobia might be a tribal thing.
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BTW - I'm in the Hetero Tribe and Blogging is NOT GAY!!!!
Bloggers Honor Roll
Peeps -
Please welcome new bloggers who will be looking to Nanepashemet to bring relevance and meaning to their lives.
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Jeremy Johnson
Bill Shanahan
Ivan Salaberrios
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The first step is always the hardest.
Please welcome new bloggers who will be looking to Nanepashemet to bring relevance and meaning to their lives.
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Jeremy Johnson
Bill Shanahan
Ivan Salaberrios
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The first step is always the hardest.
WiMax and Wireless
Saw some old friends at the trade show at Boston's World Trade Center.
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La plus ca change, la plus ce le meme chose.
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More to come as we reveal how Ivan got his WiMax Certification
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La plus ca change, la plus ce le meme chose.
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More to come as we reveal how Ivan got his WiMax Certification
Poll Results
The Nanepashemet Blog poll, which will run until Fri., currently shows overwhemingly that my peeps need the Blog to formulate their everyday thoughts and the blog in no way threatens their sexual predisposition.
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Some people are taking it more seriously than others.
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No surprizes here.
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No surprizes here.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Boston's North End
Heading into the North End tonight with the Darwin team after the WiMax conference.
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DiMatteo is an expert on North End Italian Ristorante's. That alone is reason enough to put up with his daily annoying antics.
North Korea
Here we go again.Why can't we just get along???
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Funny how a country about the size of Mississippi can scare the hell out of the world. Nukes in the hands of a whack job, with Japan sitting right next door.
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The Japanese must be freaking out.
BTW - That is one ugly national emblem that they have. Plus their leader has a serious problem with bad hair days.
WiMax World Conference - Boston
"Although analysts vary on their estimates of the size and growth of the WiMAX market, recent projections are that the WiMAX market will grow to $20B to $100B in the next few years" - WiMax World
Looks like there are some french fries which could fall off of that plate. Should keep the Seagulls busy.
Looks like there are some french fries which could fall off of that plate. Should keep the Seagulls busy.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Good Old Days
Lobstering in a Swampscott Dory.~
No E-mail, no Cell Phones, no Blogs, no Powerpoint Presentations, no Skymiles.....
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How the hell did they pull it off?
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What did they Google with?
First Person Singular
Main Entry: 1 sin·gu·lar
Etymology: Middle English singuler, from Anglo-French, from Latin singularis, from singulus only one
a : of or relating to a separate person or thing
b : of, relating to, or being a word form denoting one person, thing, or instance
c : of or relating to a single instance or to something considered by itself
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Want to annoy me? ...It's not hard at all.
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Anytime someone in a group situation characterizes the group output with the first person singular pronoun "I", it disempowers the contribution of all of the other team members, not matter how important or trivial their role.
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In the network deployment business, I have often heard people address the team effort with a phrase such as... "I can install x units in x days", or "I can lease x sites", or "I can get my proposal to you in two weeks" etc., etc., ...when the dufus couldn't do jack without a whole team in place.
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This seemingly small habit annoys the hell out of me.
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Sometimes it not only annoys me, but really pisses me off. Generally the perpetrators are not bad people, and are not intending to disempower, belittle, and embarrass the rest of the team. But they do.
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When I get pissed off, I get irrational.
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Not now, though. Now I'm just mildly annoyed.
Etymology: Middle English singuler, from Anglo-French, from Latin singularis, from singulus only one
a : of or relating to a separate person or thing
b : of, relating to, or being a word form denoting one person, thing, or instance
c : of or relating to a single instance or to something considered by itself
_______________________________
Want to annoy me? ...It's not hard at all.
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Anytime someone in a group situation characterizes the group output with the first person singular pronoun "I", it disempowers the contribution of all of the other team members, not matter how important or trivial their role.
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In the network deployment business, I have often heard people address the team effort with a phrase such as... "I can install x units in x days", or "I can lease x sites", or "I can get my proposal to you in two weeks" etc., etc., ...when the dufus couldn't do jack without a whole team in place.
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This seemingly small habit annoys the hell out of me.
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Sometimes it not only annoys me, but really pisses me off. Generally the perpetrators are not bad people, and are not intending to disempower, belittle, and embarrass the rest of the team. But they do.
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When I get pissed off, I get irrational.
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Not now, though. Now I'm just mildly annoyed.
Search continues in Burlington, Vt., for missing Student
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If it can possibly happen, then you are not overreacting. I sure hope that my grandchildren never crap on their parents for overreacting. Lord, please make that girl be okay.
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Associated Press -
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Fliers went up, police fanned out and students at the University of Vermont hoped against hope Monday as the search for a missing student continued through a second day.
"We're not wanting to jump to conclusions," said senior Allison Bush.
Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a 21-year-old senior from Arlington, Va., was reported missing Saturday after failing to show up for dinner with her parents. She was last seen heading home from a night on the town, and college officials and fellow students alike worried she may have been a victim of foul play.
"She's out of place with no logical explanation for being out of place," said police Detective Kim Edwards. "At this point we do not believe she left on her own free will."
Police said there was concern Gardner-Quinn may have fallen prey to a man who tried to lure a woman into his car at about the same time she was last seen, about three-quarters of a mile away.
That woman told police the man _ in his 20s, driving a white "Subaru-type" hatchback vehicle and wearing a baseball cap and gray hooded sweat shirt _ asked her to get into the car and she refused, according to Police Chief Thomas Tremblay.
According to Tremblay, that happened about 20 minutes after Gardner-Quinn was last seen, but he said it was unclear if that was related and he conceded that investigators were struggling for leads.
"We consider Michelle's disappearance to be highly suspicious and time is essential as this investigation enters its third day," the chief said at an afternoon news conference.
"We're going to remain hopeful until there's a reason not to," said Deputy Police Chief Michael Schirling.
Gardner-Quinn, a senior majoring in Latin American studies and environmental science, went out Friday with a group of friends to celebrate one's 21st birthday at several downtown bars. She parted with the group about 2:15 a.m. to walk back up the hill toward campus, accompanied by a person her friends described as "a random guy."
She hasn't been seen since.
The timing of the disappearance _ during parents' weekend, with her parents at the university to visit her _ fueled fears that something bad happened to her.
Her parents reported her missing Saturday night after Gardner-Quinn failed to show up for a planned visit with them, Edwards said. They weren't immediately available to comment Monday; they asked police not to release their names.
"We have many detectives working on the case round the clock," said Edwards. "We've been here all night and today. We're following a bunch of leads, following up to include or exclude people or vehicles."
Police say the man Gardner-Quinn's friends saw her leaving with is not a suspect in her disappearance.
Fliers with her likeness, name and police contact information were posted on utility poles and in campus buildings Monday and police widened their search beyond the city limits, where officers had canvassed neighborhoods looking for clues or information.
University of Vermont officials sent a campus-wide e-mail alert describing Gardner-Quinn and appealing for help finding her, according to spokesman Enrique Corredera.
Friends said they were very worried about Gardner-Quinn, who has gone on exchange programs to Brazil, Costa Rica and South Africa during her time at the university.
"She's not the type of person who would just disappear," friend Tommy Lang told The Burlington Free Press.
Gardner-Quinn was described as 5-foot-8 inches tall, 135 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair and a pierced nose. When last seen, she was wearing a gray coat, a green cardigan sweater and a light blue T-shirt.
Fellow students were shaken by her disappearance.
"It's definitely nerve-racking," said Kaitlyn Dillon, 21, of Winchester, Mass. "So many things could've happened."
Jason Walker, a 20-year-old senior from Highgate, said people were being more cautious about strangers since Gardner-Quinn's disappearance.
"It's a little bit scary. No one really knows, and that's the scary part. It kinda' makes you wonder how safe things really are."
Anyone with information was asked to call Burlington police at (802) 658-2700.
Tremblay listed some of the young woman's clothes and possessions and asked anyone finding items fitting the descriptions not touch them but call police. Among them were a gray Benetton pea coat with toggle clasps, jeans, a light-blue shirt, green button-up cardigan sweater and a black Puma purse with white straps.
If it can possibly happen, then you are not overreacting. I sure hope that my grandchildren never crap on their parents for overreacting. Lord, please make that girl be okay.
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Associated Press -
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Fliers went up, police fanned out and students at the University of Vermont hoped against hope Monday as the search for a missing student continued through a second day.
"We're not wanting to jump to conclusions," said senior Allison Bush.
Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a 21-year-old senior from Arlington, Va., was reported missing Saturday after failing to show up for dinner with her parents. She was last seen heading home from a night on the town, and college officials and fellow students alike worried she may have been a victim of foul play.
"She's out of place with no logical explanation for being out of place," said police Detective Kim Edwards. "At this point we do not believe she left on her own free will."
Police said there was concern Gardner-Quinn may have fallen prey to a man who tried to lure a woman into his car at about the same time she was last seen, about three-quarters of a mile away.
That woman told police the man _ in his 20s, driving a white "Subaru-type" hatchback vehicle and wearing a baseball cap and gray hooded sweat shirt _ asked her to get into the car and she refused, according to Police Chief Thomas Tremblay.
According to Tremblay, that happened about 20 minutes after Gardner-Quinn was last seen, but he said it was unclear if that was related and he conceded that investigators were struggling for leads.
"We consider Michelle's disappearance to be highly suspicious and time is essential as this investigation enters its third day," the chief said at an afternoon news conference.
"We're going to remain hopeful until there's a reason not to," said Deputy Police Chief Michael Schirling.
Gardner-Quinn, a senior majoring in Latin American studies and environmental science, went out Friday with a group of friends to celebrate one's 21st birthday at several downtown bars. She parted with the group about 2:15 a.m. to walk back up the hill toward campus, accompanied by a person her friends described as "a random guy."
She hasn't been seen since.
The timing of the disappearance _ during parents' weekend, with her parents at the university to visit her _ fueled fears that something bad happened to her.
Her parents reported her missing Saturday night after Gardner-Quinn failed to show up for a planned visit with them, Edwards said. They weren't immediately available to comment Monday; they asked police not to release their names.
"We have many detectives working on the case round the clock," said Edwards. "We've been here all night and today. We're following a bunch of leads, following up to include or exclude people or vehicles."
Police say the man Gardner-Quinn's friends saw her leaving with is not a suspect in her disappearance.
Fliers with her likeness, name and police contact information were posted on utility poles and in campus buildings Monday and police widened their search beyond the city limits, where officers had canvassed neighborhoods looking for clues or information.
University of Vermont officials sent a campus-wide e-mail alert describing Gardner-Quinn and appealing for help finding her, according to spokesman Enrique Corredera.
Friends said they were very worried about Gardner-Quinn, who has gone on exchange programs to Brazil, Costa Rica and South Africa during her time at the university.
"She's not the type of person who would just disappear," friend Tommy Lang told The Burlington Free Press.
Gardner-Quinn was described as 5-foot-8 inches tall, 135 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair and a pierced nose. When last seen, she was wearing a gray coat, a green cardigan sweater and a light blue T-shirt.
Fellow students were shaken by her disappearance.
"It's definitely nerve-racking," said Kaitlyn Dillon, 21, of Winchester, Mass. "So many things could've happened."
Jason Walker, a 20-year-old senior from Highgate, said people were being more cautious about strangers since Gardner-Quinn's disappearance.
"It's a little bit scary. No one really knows, and that's the scary part. It kinda' makes you wonder how safe things really are."
Anyone with information was asked to call Burlington police at (802) 658-2700.
Tremblay listed some of the young woman's clothes and possessions and asked anyone finding items fitting the descriptions not touch them but call police. Among them were a gray Benetton pea coat with toggle clasps, jeans, a light-blue shirt, green button-up cardigan sweater and a black Puma purse with white straps.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Herreshoff Columbia Tender Progress
Glue up of the Breasthook and installation of the transom supports was todays Tender progress. The breasthook will be mahogany with a oak center accent lamination
The Breasthook will be into the interior stem then planed and shaped until it fits. Fairly time consuming, trial and error, but I find it relaxing.
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Next will be glueing the interior spacer blocks to the interior mahogany gunwales, then fitting them between the breasthook and transom supports. I have to pick up the pace before the cold weather inhibits curing of the epoxy and varnish.
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