Happy Easter to my Christian Peeps.
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This holiday is the cornerstone of Christianity. If Christ rose from the dead, he most certainly was divine and his teachings were those of God.
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I believe this. And I also believe in teachings of the Buddha and other incarnations of the Divine who have appeared from time to time to try to help humanity in sorting out this crazy existance that we share on Earth.
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Why must religions be at odds? Can't they all have certain Universal Truths that are interpreted through their respective historical and cultural prisms?
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Imagine how may lives would have been saved if people didn't kill in the name of their religion.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Latest Nanepashemet Truths
Successful Organizational Management
Peeps...
I bet you didn't know that I am an enlightened manager. But it's true. Over the years, I've discovered the optimal ways to organize an enterprize and get the most out of employees.
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And since I'm feeling particularly magnanimous tonight, I've decided to share some of my enligtened management techniques with you.
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First and foremost.... hire good people. Hire the best you can find. And for God's sake, hire people who are smarter than you.
Many managers secretly are afraid of their employees, and purposefully hire mediocre people who are dumber than them and will never eclipse them.... wicked insecure and a stupid move. Smart people will rise you up. Mediocre people keep you in the status quo at best.
Second.... figure out the people that you can trust, and get rid of anybody that you don't. Peeps... even if Einstein works for you, if he is an asshole, it will inevitably get disastrous in time.
Third... after you trust the smart people who work for you.... empower them. That means create an environment where they have to make their own decisions.... and allow them to make mistakes.
Once your people realize that you have their backs and won't throw them under the bus if they make a mistake... a magic thing happens. Their productivity freaking soars. They are able to use their intelligent creativity on your behalf and they take initiative that you could never even conceive of. The whole organization moves upward.
And Finally... Fourth... support and promote your people. Make them believe that you would jump on a grenade for them... because you actually would. Protect them from the predators that lurk in large organizations.... like HR and Contracts Administration. If they are winners, help them move up through the organization. Even if they leave your direct control, they will remember and help you because of the support and assistance that you gave to them.
Then... repeat the process.
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BTY... this is an alien and radical method for many large corporations and many senior managers will be severely threatened by this approach. But you don't really want to work in those types of organizations anyway.
I bet you didn't know that I am an enlightened manager. But it's true. Over the years, I've discovered the optimal ways to organize an enterprize and get the most out of employees.
~
And since I'm feeling particularly magnanimous tonight, I've decided to share some of my enligtened management techniques with you.
~
First and foremost.... hire good people. Hire the best you can find. And for God's sake, hire people who are smarter than you.
Many managers secretly are afraid of their employees, and purposefully hire mediocre people who are dumber than them and will never eclipse them.... wicked insecure and a stupid move. Smart people will rise you up. Mediocre people keep you in the status quo at best.
Second.... figure out the people that you can trust, and get rid of anybody that you don't. Peeps... even if Einstein works for you, if he is an asshole, it will inevitably get disastrous in time.
Third... after you trust the smart people who work for you.... empower them. That means create an environment where they have to make their own decisions.... and allow them to make mistakes.
Once your people realize that you have their backs and won't throw them under the bus if they make a mistake... a magic thing happens. Their productivity freaking soars. They are able to use their intelligent creativity on your behalf and they take initiative that you could never even conceive of. The whole organization moves upward.
And Finally... Fourth... support and promote your people. Make them believe that you would jump on a grenade for them... because you actually would. Protect them from the predators that lurk in large organizations.... like HR and Contracts Administration. If they are winners, help them move up through the organization. Even if they leave your direct control, they will remember and help you because of the support and assistance that you gave to them.
Then... repeat the process.
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BTY... this is an alien and radical method for many large corporations and many senior managers will be severely threatened by this approach. But you don't really want to work in those types of organizations anyway.
The List of Truth - a New Nanepashemet Service
Everyday, in every way, I'm getting better and better.
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It's true Peeps... and to demonstrate this, the Mountain of a Man has a new Blog feature.... a page to the right dedicated to an organic and growing list of Nanepashemet Truths and Facts..
So now... before you send me a neurotic vm, text, or email, please consult this list and your pathetic inquiry may be already answered, and you won't have to wait to contact me.
Here's the current sample and there's a lot more to come.
I would recommend checking the page for new entries daily.... some of you should look hourly.
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It's true Peeps... and to demonstrate this, the Mountain of a Man has a new Blog feature.... a page to the right dedicated to an organic and growing list of Nanepashemet Truths and Facts..
So now... before you send me a neurotic vm, text, or email, please consult this list and your pathetic inquiry may be already answered, and you won't have to wait to contact me.
Here's the current sample and there's a lot more to come.
- The Shroud of Turin is a true image of Jesus Christ.
- UFO's and Extra-Terrestrial Beings exist.
- Liberals who label others as racist are struggling with their own psychological beliefs.
- Climate change exists, but it has nothing to do with Republicans.
- We dodged a bullet when the people of Tennesee prevented Al Gore from becoming President.
- Abortion is Capital Punishment to unborn human beings, legal or not.
- The Pyramids are not tombs, but are undiscovered advanced ancient techologies.
- God has no preference for either straight or gay people.
- Christian leaders who interpret the will of God have lost their way in the Universe.
- Some Psychics have true ability to foresee the future, others are phonies.
- No race of humans is morally better than the other... given the same situations and technologies, each would exploit the others in the same fashion.
- All religions pervert the path to God that humans strive to take.
- Barach Obama is a product of hope and redemption for past racist policies of America.
- Reincarnation is real... we've all been here many times.
- BigFoot is real... so is the Loch Ness Monster.
- Every living thing has the spark of the divine, but some people are consumed by evil.
- There is no such thing as eternal hell.... the Hindu's have it right.... Earth is the place to work off offenses to the Universe that you have committed.
- It is a lot more terrifying to be born than to die.
- The underlying state of life is a feeling of daily pure joy.
- Revenge is pointless and self destructive.
- Everything happens to everybody according to God's Universal Plan.
- Every skill takes discipline and practice... we are always bad before we get good.
- Honesty to yourself and others is the highest virtue.... but everybody tells lies everday.
- Liberals Feel, Conservatives Think... the world needs both kinds.
- Everyone should have a cat or a dog.
- Mountain climbing is a stupid sport.
- The Bible should be two books... the Old Testament is a tribal record with some crazy stuff, and the New Testament is the Chronicle of a Perfect Master.
- Male child molesters should be castrated.
- Obamacare is an idea executed with extreme incompetence.
- The President and his Family are not royalty, and we should not pay for more than one reasoable vacation per year.
- Republicans stand on their own... Democrats need a Village.... our society needs both.
- Struggling against Obesity is a big improvement over dying from malnutrition.
I would recommend checking the page for new entries daily.... some of you should look hourly.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Nanepashemet Nod to Lynch
Peeps...
I'm not going to screw my head into the ceiling over this mounting Massachusetts race for US Senate.
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After the Democrat Machine engineered the campaing for a phony Cherokee to put a honest and talented guy like Scott Brown back on the pine, I lost my taste for investing any emotional capital in this.... so I concede the race to the Democrats.
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The Nanepashemet Nod in this one goes to Stephen Lynch, who I think is a more independent thinker than the headline seeking and rather pompous Representative Ed Markey, who seems to feel that he should be the anointed one for this Liberal owned Senate seat.
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When Markey proudly boasts that he is endorsed by Planned Parenthood, I gladly choose his opponent.
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I'm not even going to discuss the Republicans. Nobody like Scott will sneak up on these guys, because even they are not as presumptuous as Martha Coakley.
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So that's it. Leave me alone on this one.... OK???? The Nod has been executed and there is nothing left for me to pontificate to you about.
I'm not going to screw my head into the ceiling over this mounting Massachusetts race for US Senate.
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After the Democrat Machine engineered the campaing for a phony Cherokee to put a honest and talented guy like Scott Brown back on the pine, I lost my taste for investing any emotional capital in this.... so I concede the race to the Democrats.
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The Nanepashemet Nod in this one goes to Stephen Lynch, who I think is a more independent thinker than the headline seeking and rather pompous Representative Ed Markey, who seems to feel that he should be the anointed one for this Liberal owned Senate seat.~
When Markey proudly boasts that he is endorsed by Planned Parenthood, I gladly choose his opponent.
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I'm not even going to discuss the Republicans. Nobody like Scott will sneak up on these guys, because even they are not as presumptuous as Martha Coakley.
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So that's it. Leave me alone on this one.... OK???? The Nod has been executed and there is nothing left for me to pontificate to you about.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Tiger on Top
With his recent victory in the 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational, Tiger Woods has resumed his place as the Number 1 Ranked Professional Golfer in the world.
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I for one, am pretty happy for him.
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Yes, he cheated on his wife, having sex with any gorgeous white woman that came his way.
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Yes, he isn't a "give back to the Hood" ethnic role model trying to inspire other minorities to greatness.
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Yes, he seems a bit too self absorbed and stiff, rather than giving himself shamelessly to an adoring public.
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Peeps, maybe I'm flawed as I'm sure you know, but I don't give a rat's ass about any of that Tiger stuff. All I care about is the uncanny closeness to perfection that he has attained by hitting a dimpled ball around a manicured landscape.
Truth be told, if Lindsay Vonn made a run at me, I can't guarantee how I'd score on the fidelity scale. I'd like to say that my life bond with Joanne would remain unscathed, but Vonn would be a hell of a challenge.
But that wouldn't effect the thousands of you hapless Peeps who read this unsavory blog daily...... would it????
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So that's why I like Woods. Off the course, he's just an asshole like me and you. But on the Golf links... he's something extraordinary that we are priviledged to observe.
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.... Just like this Blog.
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I for one, am pretty happy for him.
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Yes, he cheated on his wife, having sex with any gorgeous white woman that came his way.
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Yes, he isn't a "give back to the Hood" ethnic role model trying to inspire other minorities to greatness.
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Yes, he seems a bit too self absorbed and stiff, rather than giving himself shamelessly to an adoring public.
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Peeps, maybe I'm flawed as I'm sure you know, but I don't give a rat's ass about any of that Tiger stuff. All I care about is the uncanny closeness to perfection that he has attained by hitting a dimpled ball around a manicured landscape.
But that wouldn't effect the thousands of you hapless Peeps who read this unsavory blog daily...... would it????
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So that's why I like Woods. Off the course, he's just an asshole like me and you. But on the Golf links... he's something extraordinary that we are priviledged to observe.
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.... Just like this Blog.
The Vikings
I've become a fan of The Vikings series currently being aired on the History Channel.
The historical context and acting is interesting, and the wooden long ships are the balls.
The historical context and acting is interesting, and the wooden long ships are the balls.
Contrary to popular opinion, the Vikings did not wear helmets with horns sticking out of them.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Spring Projects
Spring is here. I don't care about the temperature, I'm done with winter and the cold weather as well. And I've also rolled out my list of spring projects, few of which I can afford nor have the time to accomplish.
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Unfortunately, most of the stuff has to do with maintenance and remodeling, as well as getting the boats up to par. The Aquaponics project is as the end of the list, and the Marblehead Gunning Dory can't even fit, so there is no real sex appeal.
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But if I can get in a good push, maybe those will see some life before summer is over.
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Unfortunately, most of the stuff has to do with maintenance and remodeling, as well as getting the boats up to par. The Aquaponics project is as the end of the list, and the Marblehead Gunning Dory can't even fit, so there is no real sex appeal.
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But if I can get in a good push, maybe those will see some life before summer is over.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Dory Power Alternative
Torqeedo Electric Outboard motors.This might be the way to go with the Marblehead Gunning Dory. They have a solar charge option and are equipped with GPS which measures the distance that you can cover with the remaining charge.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Luck of the Irish
Happy St. Patrick's Day, or Lá Fhéile Pádraig if you are conversant in Gaelic.
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This is probably the most popular unofficial American holiday, and I'm told that it is more popular here than in Ireland.
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Fully 24% of Americans claim they have some Irish descent in them, with another bump claiming the heritage on this day. The fact that this day is so popular would have been enigmatic in the earlier days of this country when the Irish were vilified and discriminated against.
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Every Boston kid with an Irish name knows what "No Irish Need Apply" means as the Yankees sought to subjugate and hold back the surging Irish Immigrant population. I remember my mother clearly teaching me this fact at a young age. And if you look at the history of the Irish, the phrase "Luck of the Irish" is enigmatic to say the least.
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The brutalizaton of the Irish and attempted genocide by the British over the past three centuries, causing widespread immigration to America, Latin America and Australia was a bit high on the unlucky scale. (And for the record, the potato famine of the mid 1800's could have easily been abated by the British, who stood by and watched millions suffer without offering aid).
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Maybe the Irish are looked at as "Lucky" because they persevered over egregious treatment by the British and then the American Yankees. All the while, keeping their spirit, music, and culture alive and vibrant.
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I guess if you have that stamina and persistence, you are indeed lucky.
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The Americans and their friends who lift a brew and toast the patron Saint of Ireland today are the prodigy and embodiment of a people who could be bent but could't be broken.
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This is probably the most popular unofficial American holiday, and I'm told that it is more popular here than in Ireland.
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Fully 24% of Americans claim they have some Irish descent in them, with another bump claiming the heritage on this day. The fact that this day is so popular would have been enigmatic in the earlier days of this country when the Irish were vilified and discriminated against.
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Every Boston kid with an Irish name knows what "No Irish Need Apply" means as the Yankees sought to subjugate and hold back the surging Irish Immigrant population. I remember my mother clearly teaching me this fact at a young age. And if you look at the history of the Irish, the phrase "Luck of the Irish" is enigmatic to say the least.
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The brutalizaton of the Irish and attempted genocide by the British over the past three centuries, causing widespread immigration to America, Latin America and Australia was a bit high on the unlucky scale. (And for the record, the potato famine of the mid 1800's could have easily been abated by the British, who stood by and watched millions suffer without offering aid).
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Maybe the Irish are looked at as "Lucky" because they persevered over egregious treatment by the British and then the American Yankees. All the while, keeping their spirit, music, and culture alive and vibrant.
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I guess if you have that stamina and persistence, you are indeed lucky.
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The Americans and their friends who lift a brew and toast the patron Saint of Ireland today are the prodigy and embodiment of a people who could be bent but could't be broken.
Erin Go Bragh!
Ireland Forever!
Weighing In
Lately, Peeps, everytime I run into one of you, I get asked about the status of my weight loss program. Which has it's own immitable message to me. Obviously it doesn't look like I've dropped anything substantial.
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But that's ok... I started at a pretty hefty size, and this is a marathon, not a sprint. I've allocated a considerable block to time.... up to Katelyn's September wedding date... to acheive my weight loss goal.
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The first three weeks or so, I was a bit manic....watching every morsel consumed, counting calories and weighing myself constantly. That was good to convince myself that weight loss was attainable. And it gave me a more indepth insight into the amount of calories that we can pack in without even knowing it. But it also brought on an unacceptable level of self awareness and guilt. Who wants to judge every bite that you take, then measure and fret that it might upset your daily goal?
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The most important thing is balance. Watch what you eat, but don't obsess. Enjoy in moderation, and above all, exercise. It is the exercise that is the key to easing the manic issues of counting calories. Plus the exercise makes you feel good immediately... despite the discomfort and pain of the actual effort.
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At this point, I don't know how much I've lost because I'm resolved not to let the scale set my state of mind. I will weigh in when I can fit into my old jeans comfortably. And I hope that is in a month or so of eating and drinking in moderation and daily gym sessions.
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But that's ok... I started at a pretty hefty size, and this is a marathon, not a sprint. I've allocated a considerable block to time.... up to Katelyn's September wedding date... to acheive my weight loss goal.
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The first three weeks or so, I was a bit manic....watching every morsel consumed, counting calories and weighing myself constantly. That was good to convince myself that weight loss was attainable. And it gave me a more indepth insight into the amount of calories that we can pack in without even knowing it. But it also brought on an unacceptable level of self awareness and guilt. Who wants to judge every bite that you take, then measure and fret that it might upset your daily goal?
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The most important thing is balance. Watch what you eat, but don't obsess. Enjoy in moderation, and above all, exercise. It is the exercise that is the key to easing the manic issues of counting calories. Plus the exercise makes you feel good immediately... despite the discomfort and pain of the actual effort.
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At this point, I don't know how much I've lost because I'm resolved not to let the scale set my state of mind. I will weigh in when I can fit into my old jeans comfortably. And I hope that is in a month or so of eating and drinking in moderation and daily gym sessions.
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