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.

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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.

Boston...

... is so cool.
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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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  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!!!!

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.

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

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.

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.

Good Old Days

Lobstering in a Swampscott Dory.
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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.

Conference Call...

... with the Big, Dumb, Swedish Meatballs.
You know who you are.

"Agitate, Agitate, Agitate"

- Frederick Douglass,

American Abolitionist, 1817-1895

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.

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.

Isabelle and Ronick

Hundreds of my avid Blog followers have begged me to put up pictures of our cats, Ronick and Isabelle. Can't let the peeps down, so I took this picture in the rare monment when they are within a few feet of each other.

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Ronick is a get along good guy. Izzy is a bitch.

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She has to eat first and always hisses when Ronick prances by. Ronick could kick her ass if he wanted to, but he just puts up with with her "me first" attitude. They are brother and sister from the same litter and are about 12 yrs old.

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Katelyn likes to talk to them in cat talk that only she can understand, which is a subject for a future blog post.

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah - The Clash

A cute little ditty that we all sing when guests come over to the Nestor house.

JimBob and Kathy Peabody especially like this one. After being inspired by Ryan and his great renditions of "Johnny B Good" at his own wedding and others, Jim wants us to sing "Casbah" at Alison's wedding some day. It will take some practice just to memorize the words, let alone sing it while we're bombed. Hope Alison marries a guy with a sense of humor.

Practice Makes Perfect.
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Now the king told the boogie men
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
Has been shakin' to the top
The sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a-cruisin' down the ville
The muezzin was a' standing
On the radiator grille

CHORUS:
The shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah

By order of the prophet
We ban that boogie sound
Degenerate the faithful
With that crazy Casbah sound
But the Bedouin they brought out
The electric camel drum
The local guitar picker
Got his guitar picking thumb
As soon as the shareef
Had cleared the square
They began to wail

CHORUS

Now over at the temple
Oh! They really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the wind changed direction
The temple band took five
The crowd caught a whiff
Of that crazy Casbah jive

CHORUS

The king called up his jet fighters
He said you better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between the minarets
Down the Casbah way
As soon as the shareef was
Chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned toT
he cockpit radio blare
As soon as the shareef
wasOutta their hair
The jet pilots wailed

CHORUS

He thinks it's not kosher
Fundamentally he can't take it
You know he really hates it

Patriots Handle Miami

Ho, Hum. Another Pats Victory. It's been so nice to be a Pats fan over the past five years or so. Record is now 4-1.
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Kate and Jay were here, Nathaniel stayed downstairs with Mike and Dale/Buck and Gail dropped over. Did the wings, mussels etc. Joanne did a fantastic job on the food, but my Buffalo Wings continue to rule.
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Kate checked out the blog and I offered to remove her last posting for a fair price, but she didn't rise.
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I was really tired after fishing though. After the game, we did the usual, Dark and Stormies, a couple of episodes of Curb your Enthsiasium and then some Kareoke.
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Dale/Buck doesn't sing good.
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I kept dozing off, then went to bed. I don't know what happened after that.

Tuna Takes Another Victory

Once more, the Tuna's cheated death. Can you believe we got skunked AGAIN!!!
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We did everything right. Left Salem Harbor at 5:00 AM with a full moon and calm harbor. Outside Marblehead, the sea was relatively calm with long 6 ft swells that the boat went smoothly over. We were on the NW corner of Stellwagen by sunrise. It was cloudless and beautiful with the dawn sun in front of us and the full moon behind. We were psyched.

Bruett, Mike and Nathaniel put out the squid spreads, and shortly after, we saw a neighboring boat hook up, although we didn't see a fish landed.
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Then nothing happened.
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We saw a couple of footballs hit the surface and that's it. Deadheaded for home at noon after 5 hrs. on the bank.

But I saw a large swan swimming at Village Wharf, which to me as a Birder was significant.

Mark Vona was supposed to come, but didn't show at the landing. So we never got to take a picture like this.

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Don't you think Mark is a big, freaking, show off? Who cares about your, big, stupid tuna.

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We don't need no stinking tuna!!!

Casting Rigs to Complement the Shimano 80's

Mike and I made the trek to Fisherman's Outfitters in Gloucester to get some casting equipment in case we get into football tuna tomorrow.

Joe set us up again, changing out striper hooks for tuna hooks on the plugs that we bought. He also fixed us up with two sick Shiman0 Thunnus casting rigs. Sweet.

Mike, Nathaniel, Greg and I will be heading from the Village Wharf at 4:30 AM tomorrow morning to the NW Corner of Stellwagen.

Is there a tuna swimming 20 miles from shore tonight that is enjoying it's last night on watery Earth? I certainly hope so.

Equal Time for Katelyn

I felt guilty mentioning Mike and Ryan's business without also giving kudos to Katelyn, who is heading up the legal recruiting for Beacon Hill Staffing Group in Boston and doing a great job by all accounts.

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If I didn't mention Kate, she would probably give me a pissed off look like the one below.

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So we're good, right Kate???

Morning Walk

Joanne and I took a nice morning walk around the West Shore Drive neighborhood.
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1.71 Miles averaging 2.8MPH.
I took my GPS. The eTrex Legend by Garmin.
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Emerson, Thoreau, Robert Frost - they were big on walking. It gave them inspiration and clarity. I wonder if they would have been screwed up if they had GPS's.

Horoscopes and Psychic Ability

I read my horoscope everyday. Just to see if it has any "validity". I also look at the Aires reading for Joanne. I figure if she scores, or is miserable, then I will get some fallout from it.
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Many times, the Sagittarius forecast seems to have relevance to the stuff going on in my life. Sometimes it is outright uncanny.
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There is no logic that can convince me that horoscopes have any validity. But I still read them everyday.
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On the other hand, I firmly believe in psychic abilities and it would seem that science will eventually find empirical evidence that proves that they exist. Its pretty simple to see why you can see forward and backward in time. Just look at the stars. The small dots of light that you see are explosions that occurred millions of years ago. The light is just reaching our eyes after years of traveling through space. We are literally seeing something that happened back in time.
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People with refined psychic abilities have insight into a frequency that keys into, or transcends, the speed of light. That is why they can see events that happened at different points in time. Empirical scientists have yet to discover this frequency, but it must exist.
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Now that I've logically proven this, I'd be happy to share the Noble Prize with Stephen Hawking.

Ryan and Mike in Business

Even though he has a tendency to wear funny pants, Ryan is exhibiting signs of business acumen and is showing his brother, Mike, the ropes at Executive Compensation Group on Huntington Ave. in Boston. It's great to see them working together as a team.

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If this was the old country, they would be taking over the farm now, and I would be free to relax most days at the Pub in quiet retirement.

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It's not the old country.

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Nice Fishing Dorys from the Mystic Seaport Archives

Long Weekend Agenda

The long weekend poses some definite objectives.

I want to finish off the sanding and base epoxy coats on the interior of the Herreshoff Yacht Tender, and I want to dispatch some Giant Bluefin Tuna to fish heaven. This is also a great opportunity to get three solid days in on the "Buff Up Jay by Thanksgiving" program. Hope the Bike holds up.

Weekend Agenda....

Saturday

1. Sand the Interior of the Tender.
2. Apply 3rd coat of interior epoxy resin.
3. Get on the exercyle ( go 30 min. or so and avoid heart attack all costs).
4. Eventually take a shower.
5. Blog.
6. Worry about Operation Moon Shadow.
7. Dinner at Cafe Italia with O'Shea's and Peabody's

Sunday

1. Boat out to Stellwagen
2. KILL TUNA
3. Sand the Interior of the Tender.
4. Apply 4th coat of interior epoxy resin
5. Exercycle
6. Shower
7. Blog
8. Pats game with Kate and Jay and anyone else.
9. A few glasses of Lagavulin (the King of Scotch).

Monday

1. Fish for Blues
2. Cut and apply Breasthook and Interior Gunwales
3. Exercycle
4. Shower
5. Blog
6. Operation Moonshadow
7. More Lagavulin
8. Blog

I know that a lot of people who read my Blog think that I am cool.
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The above list proves two things.

1. The fact that you read it means that you are a loser.
2. I am not cool.

Columbus Day - A Paid Holiday at Darwin Partners

Should be a nice weekend in New England. I really want to get some things done.

I keep forgetting that Monday is a paid holiday - Columbus Day. Although there is a lot of evidence that a host of others visited the New World - Egyptians, Chinese, Norsemen, Irish Monks, even the Knights of Templar - Columbus at least made a lasting impression. He was the first to bring European germs to the native Americans (also known as Indians to my politically unsensitive friends). That, combined with European technology and a brutal christian religion that allowed the Indians to be defined as Satanic, spelled doom for the breathren of Nanepashemet. They were subjugated and annialated, and it remains to be seen if casino gambling will finally revive them.
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Italians love Columbus. Rightfully so. Their kinsman was brave enough to change the world.
American Indians have a right to be pissed though.

Ponce de Leon...

...didn't know jack about the fountain of youth.
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Here is my prescription.

• Allopurinol for Gout.


• Lisinopril for High Blood Pressure.


• Aspirin for everything.


• Fish Oil Capsules for (not really sure).


• Pepperoni Pizza with extra cheese, extra pepperoni for stress.


• Reading Runner's World for exercise.


• Single Malt Scotch (Lagavulin is the King) for anything.

Do this faithfully, and you too can feel like you are 48 again.
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Screw you, Ponce!

Dale and Gail

These people are friends of the Nestor family.
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The guy's name is "Dale".
But he thinks it is "Buck".
You are better off going along with it.
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His wife, Gail, is really nice though.
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BTW, their kids, Jeremy and Amanda are awesome. Jeremy is a lawyer in Minnesota and Amanda is a starlett in LA.

Before Photo

This is a picture of me before I got buff and totally jacked.

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OK ... so I'm not buffed up yet, ... but I'm definitely going to be real soon.

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Even in this out of shape condition, you have to admit that I am still a fine figure of a man.

Lynn and Marblehead

Tom DiMatteo, an avid reader of this blog, reminded me that I was not from Marblehead, I was from Lynn. Couldn't be more accurate.

I live in Marblehead.
But I am from Lynn.

I'm equally proud of both for a host of complex reasons which will not be articulated here... not at this time anyway.

At least I'm not from Medford.

Backyard Birds

In the birdfeeder on our deck, we frequently see Gold Finches, House Finches, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Morning Doves and Common Sparrows.
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Plus a couple of kinds that I haven't ID'ed yet.
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I find them to be intrigueing swatches of color from nature's palette.
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Joanne thinks they are messy.
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Which reminds me.... I'm flat out of freaking birdseed.

Sent the SWAG

Shirts to the Paramus guys. Darwin should be styling there soon.
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Seems like a fair trade.... a couple of golf shirts in exchange for millions of dollars of wireless telecom business.
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In other news, best and final pricing to Atlanta, and California here we come.

Brown and Blues

Bobby Brown playing the Blues.

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We'll be looking for Tuna this Weekend.

Preferred Emotions

Dow is at an all time high of 11,850, gas at Perley Burrill's Filling Station was sold at $2.17/ gal this morning.
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Don't hear much celebration. People don't necessarily celebrate when things are good, but they are never short on complaining when the stock market dips, or gas is selling at $3.00 a gallon.
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I wonder why that is?

Iraq - Time to Get Out

Let's declare victory in Iraq and leave.
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That doesn't mean that we shouldn't finish our business with Bin Laden, let's just stop the connection with Iraq.

We deposed Saddam, a figure on par with Hitler. We proved to the world that we would not tolerate mindless assaults on our way of life. We made our points.

Iraq will never be a sane democracy. They don't want it, and by definition, it can't be controlled by us. Kudos to President Bush in doing the right thing and using America's might to rid the world of a dictator that was causing excruciating suffering to some of our fellow Earth dwellers.
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But now, our work is done.
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I don't want to hear of any more funerals for twenty year old American kids who are blown up by Iraqi's. Let them now work our their own problems, with the proviso that if it gets jiggy, we can always kick their ass.

Emerson had it Knocked

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON, “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series

Blogging is NOT Gay!

People who know me, know that I am a MAN, a Man's Man, a Manly Man... the type of man that women immediately undress with their eyes... a real man who doesn't drink martinis or light beer... not a limp wrist in either arm.
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Yet Bobby Brown, Laurel DiMatteo. and my own sons, Ryan and Mike, have of late acccused me of being gay ~(not that there is anything wrong with that!) ~ simply because I Blog.
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Because I am confident in my manhood, and actively maintain an extreme preference for the female gender, I will continue to Blog, and reach out to fill a void in the lives of the thousands of desperate people that seek daily solace from this small piece of cyberspace. I can't let my peeps down, regardless of the personal abuse that is cast upon me.
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Blogging is NOT Gay, and I will remain a proud heterosexual male who Blogs.
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If I was gay, I'd probably still blog, but there would be a lot more gay stuff in the Blog.
Anyway, it doesn't matter because I'M NOT GAY!!!

I hope this ends the confusion.

Weird Affliction

I love small wooden boats. But I don't know why.

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What is it that attracts us to certain interests? Affiliation with previous lifetimes? Environment and exposure to subtle pyschological promptings?

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What attracts people to pursue certain aims and ignore others? Is there a pre-determined path or destiny to our lives?

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The religions of the world have detailed, highly defined answers that have failed to solve the inner confusion.

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Questions to ponder.

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Maybe I'll ask Tom what he thinks tomorrow. I also like to aggravate Tom.

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At any rate, I'm attracted to small wooden boats. I like to build them and look at them.

Marblehead's Proud Legacy

Proud Legacy of Marblehead.

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The people of Marblehead played a prominent role in the Revolutionary War and American Independence. They were renowned fishermen and seamen.

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There is a good feeling to be had from living amidst this legacy.

Exercise Bike

30 Minutes a day on this baby should convert me into
the Physical Powderkeg that I was born to be.
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When I get my Heartbeat up to 140 beats per min. for 20 min or so, the furnace really gets stoked, and doesn't cool down until 1 hr. after the workout.

REI at Lunch

Bought a seat for my Ocean Kayak from REI at lunch today. Also another bailing pump to install in the Herreshoff Yacht Tender.

Also saw a weird guy modeling less than manly Camping hats.

Note to self: "Don't make plans to camp with Dave."

A Pitiful Shame

They were concerned that they would not receive the corporate recognition that they have sacrificed their souls for.

They took the instruments from the God Damn musicians who had cutting edge skill of their art.

They gave them to career kiss-ass bureaucrats who only understand one tune , "Corporate Speak".

Now they wonder why the music sucks and everyone hates the band.

Law of Karma, don't fail us now.

Amish Tragedy

What causes such deviant behavior such that a gunman randomly kills Amish schoolchildren?

Even in a tamed, civilized society, we must retain animal, defensive instincts as a basic survival tool. The possibility of such attacks detroying our lives is a constant reminder of our natural past of hunter and hunted.

Stellwagen Tuna

Ryan and Mike saw tuna all over Stellwagen yesterday, but came up short hooking one. We'll seek revenge Saturday.

Atlanta - Nokia and Cingular

Encoraging meetings.
The Nokia guys are so open and reasonable. Never had such an upfront and candid conversation with Cingular supply chain. Sustainment could break sooner than expected.

Plane the Doorjamb - Check the Tender

Had to go to Sundance this evening to plane an entrance door jamb that was sticking. When I was collecting my planes and chisels in the garage, I noticed that the epoxy had filled the cut open fiberglass bubbles nicely on the Yacht Tender.

I ordered 50 sheets of 5" hook and loop sandpaper at 80 grit for the Porter Cable Random Orbit sander from Amazon. This should do the trick in smoothing the interior epoxy resin surface.

By the time I get back from Atlanta, the sandpaper should be delivered. It would be nice to get some progress by the weekend.

Now I'm a little more optimistic on a Thanksgiving Marblehead Harbor Tour.

Nokia Atlanta

Nokia has moved into services and has landed the T-Mobile UMTS account. Let's see what the Finns know about deployment. If they can avoid the Ericsson arrogance, maybe they will pull it off. Not anticipating much, but it is worth a try.

Meanwhile the whole GD french fry plate is about to hit the beach. The Gulls will be ready.

Cardinals

To my non-birder friends.

The female cardinal is not very red.

Does Bigfoot Exist?

Ever see a baby pigeon?

Me neither.

But they must exist even though we have never seen one.

Ever see a baby seagull? Same deal.

Substitute for Nathaniel

Nathaniel and his girlfriend Megan were over to watch the Pats with Mike and Kim. I told Nathaniel that I would upload his Bluefish picture, but couldn't find it, so I put Ryan's St. Michael's lacrosse team up instead. Then I finally found the picture of Mike and Nathaniel.

BTW - Pats Manhandled the Bengals 38-13 for a 3 and 1 record. Season is shaping up

Herreshoff Columbia Tender Status

Interior is taking longer than expected. I laid one side of the glass early in the morning when the temperature was rising. Then I went fishing. Numerous gas pockets caused bubbles in the fiberglass. Now I have to remove these bubbles, saturate the area with epoxy and sand forever.
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Next Steps

1. Sanding the epoxy and adding coats until the interior is smooth and the interior glass is transparent.
2. Cutting and Scribing the breasthook, transom angles. and interior gunwale rub rails. Installation and Epoxy.
3. Build and Install the Centerboard Case.
4. Spray 1st coat of interior varnish.
5. Sribe and install the floor rails with epoxy. Cut and install the floor boards.
6. Install Seating Cleats, Scribe and install Seats.
7. Install polystyrene foam under seats
8. Install Mast Supports.
9. Install sliding seat removable system
10. Install Rod Holders
11. Install Oar locks
12. Spray varnish coats 2-5

I'm starting to question the Thanksgiving launch date.

Can't take time off from Darwin. Too much business to close before the end of the year.