Mission Accomplished.

So this morning, I powerwashed off the weird gelatinous organisms that had thickly accumulated on the lobster  traps.  They were starting to really putrify and stink, plus Joanne was starting to give me dirty looks.  The Powerwasher worked pretty well and the traps are ready for next year.   They don't smell nearly as bad either.
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Then I finished lettering the Nanepashemet warehouse sign, routed the main channels, then got out the chisels and started carving the letters into the mahogany blank that I glued up two weeks ago. Sometimes when I carve signs, I get on a roll and this was one of those times.  3/4 of the carving is done and there's a good chance that I can finish it tomorrow.
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You would think that I accomplished enough today, and you would be wrong.
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Because I finished gluing the screw caps on Kate's Adirondack chair, completed the final sanding and applied the first coat of West System Special Coating Epoxy Resin.   This treatment will be absorbed into the wood and will bond well with the marine varnish coats that I intend to spray in the next few days.
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I guess it's time to proclaim once again what a Mountain of a Man I am.  But I won't because I'm feeling a bit modest and humble despite the enormity of the day's accomplishments.
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However....  I will reward myself with a couple or three classic autumn cocktails - Seagrams, Cranberry and Lime.  Then maybe terrrorize a Halloween Trick or Treater... or two.

Tuna Lips P.O.'d

Tuna Lips is pretty pissed because somebody falsely used his name to post a comment to this Blog.  I don't blame him.  TL puts a lot of thought into his crude and lewd comments and he doesn't deserve to have one of you Yahoo Peeps putting words in his mouth.  Besides, none of you has his level of crassness, bigotry and buffoonery.
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So don't send in any phoney comments.  We will hunt you down like the dog you are.

Maria Rowen said...

Outrageous...this world is hardly big enough for one Mountain of a Man and a tuna with lips...

POTW Week 44

I realize that I've been guilty of some Blog neglect lately.  Maintaining this Blog doesn't really take a lot of time, but it does take a little attention.
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And my attention has been elsewhere.
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So Deal With It.
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ANNOUNCING....

Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 44th week of 2009.

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Kelsey O'Shea

Eric Johnson

Bill McCarthy

Thomas Menino

Mike McQueen

Janet Davis

The Blog is not the only thing that has been neglected.  I have to steam and power wash the lobster traps, and store them for the winter, and Katelyn's Adirondack Chair still doesn't have a coat of varnish on it.  Plus the Nanepashemet warehouse sign needs to be carved.  It's Halloween tonight and we have to terrorize the Trick or Treaters, and then we have to head over to the Crawford "C" Party.
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Can't imagine getting all this done this weekend because we also have to get some Fresh Ayer in tomorrow.

Adrenaline Push

It's been a while since I've rolled out a major program with a new customer, and I had forgotten how much adrenaline it tends to consume.  There is a rush to forge relationship bonds based upon the trust that has been offered, and the attention to detail and willingness to go the extra mile is an all encompassing and exhausting enterprize.
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At times like this, I feel damn fortunate to be a Mountain of a Man.  There's no chance of mistep or faltering here.

Nice Landing

We won a significant portion of the job that we pitched earlier this month.  It's a nice move forward for Nanepashemet Telecom.  Plus, we got an excellent review from our largest client today with the indication that orders will increase.
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I learned years ago not to get too excited or too depressed.  Things are never as good as they seem nor are they ever as bad as they seem.  Despite the peaks and valleys, we tend to land in the middle ground.
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But that doesn't mean that you can't celebrate victory from time to time.   And a celebration is in order.
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So, we'll have a good 4th Qtr. and a tremendous backlog heading into next year.

After Adirondack

Made a lot of progress with Kate's Adirondack Chair today.  It's all assembled, and I have to glue some screw plugs, sand, and begin the finish work.
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I've deviated from the traditional Adirondack chair based upon the most complicated through mortise and tenon joinery that I've ever attempted, the meranti mahoghany that was used instead of pine or cedar, and a more daring, eclectic back pattern.
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It's one of the better pieces that I've done, and depending upon the outcome of the varnish work, I may submit photos to Fine Woodworking to see if they will publish it.  This is the first piece that I have felt that confident with, although I was really happy with Will's Toychest that I built a year and a half ago.
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Course, I'll share some photos with you Peeps before I let Fine Woodworking expose the work to the rest of the woodworking world.
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Next up for projects is the Nanepashemet Sign that I was carving for our warehouse, and I've got to finish the fence in the backyard before the weather really turns.
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Sometime after that, the Marblehead Gunning Dory will be back on the priority list.

Katelyn Nestor said...

I love it!

Sap for Senator

There was not much chance that I was going to vote for Democrat Steve Pagliuca for US Senate to fill the seat vacated by Ted Kennedy.
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But now there is no chance in Hell.
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Naturally, he calls himself a "Progressive".  Whatever.....
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But what clinched my distaste for him was when he declares that he was against "Bush's War in Iraq" in his sappy campaign ads.
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Steve - you tout yourself as a smart business man, but obviously you can't count too well.   Congress voted for the war.   Lots of people.  Even Leftys like Hillary Clinton.   The war is an AMERICAN war.  Supported and fought by AMERICANS.  It wasn't the Republican Army who sent the dictator Hussein to huddle in a dirt hole until he was captured and executed for his atrocities to human beings.   It was the AMERICAN armed forces.
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I hate the way that Democrats treat us like idiots.
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Looks like you have money to burn in your quest to bring your "Progressive" Values to the Senate, Steve.  But you can't buy my vote.

Hauling

Mike Murphy and Dave Bruett took in some Fresh Ayer yesterday.   A nice gesture from some good friends.
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After taking care of some obligations this morning, I'd like to take one more ride in the WhaleEye to see if I can find the traps that were missing around Marblehead Rock.  I'd hate to think that they were lifted like Billy Oliver said they would.  He said that the professional lobstermen would see the quality of my traps if they pulled them by "accident". and would take them.
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But losing three of eight traps is probablyacceptable given the level of neglect that I showed in pulling them this season.  Fresh Ayer and Nanepashemet Telecom demands caused the lack of lobstering diligence, but a Mountain of a Man makes no excuses.
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Ryan Marine will be hauling the WhaleEye out next week.  We'll get em next year.

Gay Progressive

First, the homosexual community walked off with the word "Gay", which used to denote happiness.  Remember the Flintstones jingle???

When you're,
With the Flintstones,
Have a Yabba Dabba Doo Time,
A Dabba Doo Time,
You'll have a GAY ole Time.

It's pretty clear that Fred and Barney were not Homos.... and I'll bet that Betty and Wilma were straight too.  So you have to conclude that you'll have a happy ole time with the Flintstones when you're with them.

Now, the Democrats have stolen the word "Progressive".  It used to mean "moving forward, making progress".  Now you have Moonbats calling their lefty notions "Progressive" all the time.  And they call themselves "Progressives".
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So are all Homos "happy", and are all Democrats "forward moving"????  I'm sure that isn't 100% of the case.  Granted, I know some Homos who are happy alot, and Democrats aren't wrong all of the time.
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But they have stolen the words "Gay" and "Progressive" from the English language.  Not sure if that should be legal.

Maria Rowen said...

All those progressive democrats have a gay ole time drinkin' koolaid...choo choo cherry, jolly olly orange, rootin-tootin rasberry (guessing TL's favorite) and goofy grape. The next thing they will want us to believe is Fred and Barney were step brothers. *_*

Jim Lundgren. said...

Jay, you have to admit Fred and Barney were pretty damn close over the years! Oh, shit! Did I just use profanity! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  

This isn't freaking Facebook.  You are free to talk dirty here, Jim.

 

Torture for Terrorists

So the Town Council of Amherst, MA  wants to give a warm welcome to Terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Associated Press reports.....

Amherst leaders are backing a resolution offering the Massachusetts college town as a possible resettlement home for two Guantanamo detainees if they are released from the military prison.
The board voted 2-1 yesterday to endorse a warrant article filed on behalf of the two men by the group Pioneer Valley No More Guantanamos. The resolution would require approval from town meeting. It also calls on Congress to lift a ban on relocating former Guantanamo prisoners — even those cleared of wrongdoing — from resettling in the U.S.

That solves the problem for me.
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For a while now, I have been wondering what we could do to make those terrorists miserable for life.   Sticking them with the Amherst Moonbat Liberals  is a suitable torture.
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Do you think the Town would see it in it's heart to open its doors for released pedophiles and rapists as well?  I can't keep dwelling on this or I'll find myself at the Salem Hospital Emergency Room with a serious bleeding heart.
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Maybe Amherst could start up some aid programs for the American families that lost loved ones in the 9-11 attack.  I'm sure they see all sides of the equation.
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Amherst, Massachusetts - Moonbat Heaven.

Battle of the Titans

I thought that an innocent post like "Seize the Day" would give the Peeps a little motivational push.
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Instead, it appears to have stimulated a heated exchange between Tuna Lips and Maria Rowen,
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In French no less!!!
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I find it refreshing to see such keen intellects locking horns in a desperate struggle of wit and wisdom.

Maria Rowen said...
The gloves are off. As the French say in Italian...Può la vittoria dell'uomo migliore...Viva l'italia!

Tuna Lips said...

I likes me a frisky lass. You is an unreformed politics fool, Boomhower. Ye likes that, Miss Senorina Rowen?

Handle It

POTW Week 43

Another Friday.  For the most part, I've done a good job this week of clearing the Nanepashemet Telecom decks for action.   Got a nice indication that there will be a storm of activity from next week to Christmas.  Should take us to a great position by the 1st qtr. of next year.

Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 43rd Week of 2009

Jorge Quiroga
Oprah Winfrey
Dick Cheney
Steve Pagliuca
Bernie and Phyl's "Kids"
Maria Rowen

BTW.....Clearing the decks is a shitload of work in and of itself.

Traps and Hits

Pulled the traps today, lost three and the others had so much creepy organic growth that we had to cut the ropes and toss the gelatinous mass overboard.   The stuff was squirting water and was really squishy and gross.  Plus there was all these crustacean like things with long legs waving through the mass.  It really looked alien.
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All the while, we harvested seven keeper lobsters so we will be having lobster rolls with Tommy O and Linda this evening.
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BTW, hits on this blog went over the 60,000 mark today.  That's sixty thousand times that you Peeps have sought to access the Nanepashemet Blog in order to find meaning in your humdrum, everyday, pathetic existences. 
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I just don't get it.

Maria Rowen said...


60,000 plus One... the existential journey...un-identifiable organic matter...that's who we are...at times humdrum...maybe even pathetic...but never boring...let 'em eat lobster rolls!

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Thanks for clearing things up Maria.  I'm starting to understand now.

Seize the Day!

Everything that you've done in your life has lead you to this time and place right here and now. A place of power... a time of action.

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Carpe Diem!

Tuna Lips said...


I thinks here and now I need to cop me a squat. I thinks it was the fandango burrito with hellfire sauce and bottle of tekeller that led me to this place.

Maria Rowen said...

'Carpe'someone you love and enjoy the 'diem'!

Tuna Lips said...

Well senora, or senorina, I am in line with yer cogitatin. Tell ole TL yer hopes and dreams. Shhhh. Ise keeps it a secret . . . .

Lauren Rathbone, POTY, said...

FYI- Oprah Winfrey is interviewing Sarah Palin on a show airing nov 14....Thought you and your peeps may want to tune in. I certainly will be.

Maria Rowen said...

A signore...with the indulgence of this blog's author...I respond in kind...Questa buona singnorina voule l'amore di buon signore...it's that simple...and it's no secret...*_*

Tuna Lips said...

My o my, Missy Rowan, you even parlay the French. Can ye cook a fine fricasee ta boot?!




 

Calling It Quits

Much as I hate to admit it, the boating season is drawing to a close, and I have to pull, clean, and store the lobster traps in the next few days while the weather holds.
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Not the most productive fishing season due to the demands of Nanepashemet Telecom and Fresh Ayer.
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We'll get them next year.
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In the meantime, if I get the urge to wet a line, I can always launch the Tender in Marblehead Harbor to see if some Stripers or Blues are lingering inshore.

No More War

The War in Afganistan is Bullshit. Trying to bring democracy to people who prefer to live in the Middle Ages. 

Enough. 

No more American kids should die. We have already proven to Al Queda that we can kick their ass, so let's declare victory and leave.

There is no economic reason to continue to be there, no political reason, and no threat to America.   We  can't force these people to like us, or want to adopt our way of life.  I was happy to see our involvement in eliminating the maniac Saddam Hussein. And we have sent Bin Laden to live hidden in holes.   This was the noble and suitable thing to do for the time.  But we have made our point.  

We can't stop future Husseins or Bin Ladens from emerging.  But now they know what will happen to them if they take a run at us.   Let's get our troops back here and out of harm's way.

Now.

We can't solve the problems, so let's manage them with vigilance and readiness.   But let the Iraqi's and Afgan's have their camel paths back.

 

Kerry Russell D'Orio said....

My vote is that we adapt isolationism as our foreign policy. No one ever appreciates the sacrifices that this country makes on their behalf. Screw them all and let them pound down our door when everything goes to hell in a hand basket!

Fine and You?

We all lie daily in our lives.
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You get asked, "How are you doing?" and you answer "Fine and you?"
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It's a lie.
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The real answer is often something like.... "My throat is killing me, I don't want to go to work today, and you irritate the crap out of me."  But instead, we lie and say "Fine and you?"
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This type of lying is acceptable.  Otherwise, all of us would be Larry David knockoffs.... constantly getting into beefs about all kinds of mundane things.  Plus the little lie has no adverse effect.
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Lying is a crime when it causes other people to take action or formulate strong opinions that they wouldn't ordinarily harbor.  Generally, lying is a crime when the perpetrator says the lie to cause others to behave on the liers behalf.  Give attention to an untruth that shouldn't be addressed.  The problem becomes more complex when the liers act so fervently in the continuance of the untruth.
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That Colorado whack  job family with the balloon hoax is a perfect example.  We all know of others.

Lauren Rathbone, Reigning Peep of the Year said...
I finally stopped following the balloon boy on fox news ...enough already.Larry King is still talking about michael jackson..clearly nothing else is going on!..                                                                                                                                                                       ~~

I agree Lauren.  We need a real scandalous issue to liven things up.


Maria Rowen said...


I accept the truth. We all lie. What a paradox. We are socialized from the moment we speak to tell the truth…yet…we all lie. This is (as the author states) a “complex” issue for most rational thinkers. When being truthful hurts [someone], we feel better with the lie. When lying hurts [someone] and we feel good…that is pathological. This is a really interesting and disconcerting subject. That’s the truth…

Tuna Lips said...

Maria: You sounds like the heat of a thousand suns burns in yer Aztec blood. Ise impressicated.

Fine and You?

NCIS

Despite the persistent rumors that my favorite show on TV is "Jon and Kate Plus Eight", my actual choice is NCIS.
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I've actually never seen a Jon and Kate episode, and don't think I ever will.
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On the other hand, I'd go out of my way to catch the latest NCIS.  Good looking women, fast moving plot, interesting characters and storylines.
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Plus the leading character, Gibbs, builds boats in his basement.   Somewhat unrealistically I might add.

Tuna Lips said...

Shoo Fly thunk to build a still in his sextion 8 housing over there in East Memphis back when. But he nearly smoked the whole hovel, I think several elderly types and a Porto Reecan hooker wuz hospitalized. He knowed enuff to rush in there like some sorta hero only to scatter the copper coil and mash he had a brewin. He ended up gettin' a prentice slot on the union job to refixify the place. ..... So ole Shoo makes to knowin' some feller named Satchmo, and Satch, I guess he played the horn in some local gin joint, ole Satch like to partake of the reefer. While drywallin' what wuz to be Shoo Fly's basment, he striked upon some genius and built a compartmentalized room with sun lamps and the right amount of ventilatin. Next, thems fellers ran the sump pump (for the house, being near the bottoms, was always havin water in the basement),afixin it to some tubin with holes, to provide water. Thems created a veritable garden of Eden in that there basement, called it such, and ran more money sellin' that skunk bud than pappy ever did runnin his hooch. True enough about industrializin in basements. Satchmo ended up with a 6 inch blade in his gut and left for parts unknown. Nice feller, that Satch.

Autumn Nip

Starting to feel a bit nippy.  Temps in the low 40's.
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Time to break out the Autumn Cocktail.   Not that we won't continue to pour Dark and Stormies.  Even though they rule in the summer, you can't just stop serving them cold turkey with the Fall rolls around.  So we keep the Stephan's Ginger Beer and Goslings Black Seal Rum on hand for Peeps unable to make the transition to the cool weather.
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But this time of year, I always like to break out the Seagrams and Cranberry, with a squirt of lemon.  I also thoroughly enjoy an Apple Cider and Seagrams.   Both drinks have an autumn tinge to them... fit well with the season.  No need to use VO vs. Seagrams 7.  If I were to have a Seagrams on the rocks, then I'd choose VO, but the juice negates the distinction.
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If I'm going to have whisky on the rocks, then I'm switching to single malt scotch anyway, so there is no issue.