Showing posts with label Peep of the Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peep of the Week. Show all posts

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Anticipation for POTW


Today is a special day for Katelyn Nestor and Roenick the Cat.
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They can't wait for the Peep of the Week Selections this evening.
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I think that Katelyn is more enthusiastic than Roenick.
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The lovely Emily still has the logo contest lead.... even after well over a thousand submittals. There is still time to overtake her, but it will be tough.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Logo Contest Update

This logo, submitted by Emily Ingardia of Lake Tahoe, is clearly the lead of the Peep of the Week logo contest.
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Pristine, don't you think?
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I still have to sort though about nine hundred and fifty additional submittals, but this will be hard to beat.
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Tomorrow, I will have to bite the bullet and make a choice. Whining and complaining by the losers will have no effect.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Competition Heats Up


Lots of great Peep of the Week logo submittals already. So far, these are the best.
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I knew that this would be tough.

Week 29 - POTW

Today was a flurry of breakthrough activity.
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If I didn't realize from my ten years in the business that the telecom business development cycle was so protracted and slow, I would be quite nervous by now. But it always takes a long time for the deals to matriculate.
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The ironic thing is that the procurement process is so slow, but then the customer wants the implementation by yesterday.
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I'm going to reward myself by having a large double cheese with garlic, pepperoni and artichokes from Vesuvius in Marblehead. Easily the best Pizza this side of the Coliseum. I might even throw in a Mike's Hard Cranberry Lemonade. How's that for a celebration dinner!!!

Now for the business at hand.

Announcing.....
The Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 29th week of 2007
  • Emily Ingardia
  • Rob Wise
  • Gail Johnson
  • Patrick Piscatelli
  • David Letterman
  • Mark Vona
Pretty soon, when I am swamped with work, I'm depending upon the Peeps to remind me of my current euphoria.

POTW Logo

I know that today is Thursday, POTW day.
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Seriously... do you think I need a couple thousand of you sending me emails to remind me????
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How Annoying!
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I suppose that it is the price of celebrity.
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What do you think of staging a logo contest for the Nanepashemet Peep of the Week?
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Naturally the sole judge would be me, and the winner would get little or no recognition. I think that it is a really good idea. Start sending your graphic images now.
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Who knows, you might even merit a POTW selection based upon your inspirational/annoying logo submittals.
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Maybe I'll even offer a prize to the Winner.... like a five minute audience with Roenick the cat, or a chance to touch the Tender.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

POTW Anticipation

It's Thursday, POTW Day, and very busy schedule-wise for me. I will get the selections out this evening, but I've got business obligations going until after 9:00 tonight.
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I do have an automatic Lagavulin selection - the first in a while.
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And the Elephant in the Room is still there, but now it's clear, and thus not that important to me anymore. A shame.
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Plus I have to fit in an appointment to the dentist because of that broken molar that I told you about.
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It's a good thing that I have such a high pain threshold.
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Don't worry.... you will see your pathetic/admirable peeps of the week by the end of the day. So get to work and make some money or something.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

POTW Week 27 - Special Selections

Although there was a ton of annoyance this week, I'm naturally taking the high road. As you know, it's not easy being morally superior, and intellectually better. I like to think that I carry it off well. Loud and Obnoxious in public has it's lovable side... don't you think?
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This has been a unique week. The extraordinary irritation requires extraordinary selection. For this reason, I'm breaking with the pattern and adding more names than customary.
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Just so you know..... all of the Peeps this week are inspirational. To throw in the annoying ones would have been way too easy.

Announcing ... A Special Peeps of the Week Selection for Week 27 of 2007....

Peeps who are not idle business acquaintances
  • Mike Rockett
  • Amy Mann
  • Joe Collins
  • Kathy Rowe
  • Bobby Brown
  • Mike Elsier
Peeps Who have Stood Up Big
  • Peter Crawford
  • Will Crawford
  • Laren Crawford
  • Sarah Crawford
  • Christopher Crawford
  • Liz Gill
  • Tyler Gill
Peeps Who Have Shown the Real Stuff
  • Joanne Nestor
  • Mike Nestor
  • Katelyn Nestor
BTW. They will get invited to the next one, whenever that occurs. We've been assured of that.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Week 26 - 2007 Peeps of the Week

I tried to get the new bench installed on the WhaleEye in anticipation of the run out to Stellwagen tomorrow morning with Ryan, Chris and Mike. But the existing helm seats seem to be welded to their pedestals, so I backed off and concentrated on powerwashing the deck and installing the new deck caps.

The POTW selections are all female. That's just the way that it goes. It's not like I can control it or anything. So back off on the gender thing!!! Stupid Jerks.

Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 26th week of 2007

Stacey Butler
Katelyn Nestor
Jill Phillips
Emily Ingardia
Laren Rathbone
Mary Endres

Now I can concentrate on the tuna trip tomorrow.

POTW Day

I've got a lot of stuff to do today.
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Mike is flying home from Charlestown, SC and Ryan wants to go tuna fishing tomorrow morning.
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The cleaning of the deck was begun yesterday afternoon, but the powerwasher ran out of gas, so I have to go the the station, grap some gas and finish this job. Also the leaning post was delivered from Boater's World and I have to frabricate a wooden knob for the sawed off railing on the WhaleEye. The installation of these on the boat will take some time.
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Plus, the Nanepashemet Project balls have to be kept in the air.
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And you expect me to select the Peeps of the Week by this evening???? Shouldn't be too tough with the great candidates this week. I'm open for nominations as long as you don't nominate yourself. Although that would be annoying.... which is a valid category for selection.
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My temples are throbing. I can feel my head starting to explode.
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A lesser man would wilt.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

POTW Selections

I'm wicked tired from priming the deck railings, but it's POTW day, and I know that I have obligations.
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Many are impressed with my dedication to this massive obligation. I don't blame them. Even I have great admiration for my ability to select worthy or annoying Peeps for their contributions for inspiration or irritation over the past week.
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Often I'm asked "How do you do it? How do you muster the intestinal fortitude to make these important selections?" Excellent questions, the answers of which we may never know.... like the mysteries of faith.
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Had enough of this Monkey Dung? Me Too.
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Let's get on with it.
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Announcing
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for 2007 Week 25

Tyler Gill
The Incredibly Screwed up Indian Women in the Unitied Frequent Flyers Call Center.
Kevin Grimes
Eyk Van Otterloo
Amanda Houghton
Kat LoConte

Are you satisfied??? Now maybe I can get some rest.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Week 24 - Peeps of the Week

The easiest week by far to pick the POTW - all for inspirational reasons, which as you know I don't normally disclose.
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Also, because of the overwhelming events, this is the only week when only four Peeps were chosen.

Announcing
Nanepasehemet Peeps of the Week - Week 24 of 2007

William Nestor
Courtney Nestor
Ryan Nestor
Michael Murphy

Next week, we should be back to a mix of annoying choices - and hopefully a Lagavulin lock in.

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week - Week 23-07

Another POTW day.
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I had a number of people this week committing a cardinal sin in the Nanepashemet doctrine.... asking to be a POTW. You would think that people wouldn't be so foolish and crass!!
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I even had Steve Lewis questioning the "no animals" rule. He almost had me though when he asked if his puppy could be Peep of the Week if it came up to me with a bottle of Lagavulin strapped to it.
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I have to admit, that was a conundrum.
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Luckily, it didn't actually happen, so I don't have to adjudicate what could have been a loophole in the Peep Body of Rules and Regulations. It's not a good thing to try to trip me up.
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Announcing
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 23rd week of 2007

Tom Chagnon
Jill Tufts
Ray Bates
Steve Lewis
Lauren Rathbone
Mike Chandler

Better luck next time.

POTW Day

Thursday.
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It must be frustrating for you having to wait until the evening before finding out who the honor/disgrace went to.
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But you must be used to frustration.

Friday, June 01, 2007

Distasteful

Now one of my steadiest, most reliable peeps, Stevie Lewis, wants me to bend the rules to make his new dog a POTW.
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What audacity!! Totally out of the question!!
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Plus, I can't imagine how Steve's nostrils taste. Even if animals were eligible, I'd be reluctant in view of this Pup's "bad taste".
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Now.... Jill still has a shot for next week.

Wrongful Supposition

So Tommy McMahon thinks that everytime he chases an idiot off the field at Fenway Park, he should be a Peep of the Week!!!
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Not even close.
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How many times do I have to tell you???
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The only automatic lock on a POTW slot is to get me a bottle of Lagavulin, 16 yr., Single Malt Scotch.
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BTW, I'm running really low.

POTW Week 22

I have no excuse for the tardiness of the Peep of the Week selections today.
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Maybe it was the full Moon.
Maybe the project management business is pre-occupying.
Maybe the Tender obsession has gotten out of hand.
Maybe I'm just a bad person.
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But I'm human.... like the rest of you... and I make mistakes.
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So KMA! Here they are....
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ANNOUNCING
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 22nd week of 2007

Katelyn Nestor
Nathaniel Philbrick
Mark Ferrante
Kelly Clarke
Diane Sawyer
Mark Ryan

Now get off of your high horse and don't squander your obligation to make this world a little bit better today.

Friday, May 25, 2007

A Peter Crawford Tale

This unlikely story has been circulated by Peter Crawford. Since he is a former POTW, I feel compelled to pass this on....
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On a warm May day, paparazzi roaming the boatyards in Historic Marblehead
came upon a scene never witnessed by neither man nor beast. Chuck Bridges,
retired airline pilot, was actually seen in dirty old clothes, with latex
goves, mussed up hair, and blotches of blue bottom paint all over him. The
photographer was drawn to the scene, when he blood curdlling moans coming
from under the boat, as Chuck was attempting to roll on bottom paint with a
disintegreated foam roller. Others in the boatyard were aghast, saying that
Chuck always showed up to "watch" others work on their boats, neatly attired
in khaki pantrs and an oxford cloth blue and white stripe Brooks Bros
shirts. It is well known that Chuck has always been allergic to anything
with the word "work" attached to it. And spends most of his days loitering
outside the local Starbucks, where he tells stories about his childhood in
rural Kentucky, where he was raised by sheep. Could this be a new Chuck, or
maybe just a Confused Chuck. Only time will tell.

Peep of the Week - 21 of 2007

The POTW selections were thrown off by Joanne's Sundance Staff shower for Staci. I didn't think that I would have any role, but I had to man the grill and then I had to handle all of the "oohs and ahhs" surrounding the display of the yacht tender.

To make the Peep Choices in the midst of all that would have been way too stressful. So, once again, I have been tardy with the crucial announcement. Shit Happens... Deal with IT!

Announcing
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week - 21

Mark Ryan
Andrew Card
Nancy Pelosi
Samantha Larson
Mike Nestor
Rick Rockett

Thanks for not freaking out.

Friday, May 18, 2007

Unimaginable

So I get a series of comments from Lindsey K. asking why she was named a POTW last week.
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Very annoying... even retroactively so.
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Loyal Blogger Peeps know that such information can never be disclosed. It would be like anti-matter ripping a hole in a parallel universe.
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I can't be held responsible.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Week 20 - Peep of the Week

For the first time in a long time, all of the POTW selections are males. Don't make a big thing out of it!! It's just the way it happened. I'm not going to pick a woman just to be politically correct! That would be so un-Nanepashemet-like. Why can't we all just get along????

ANNOUNCING...
NANEPASHEMET PEEPS OF THE WEEK for the 20th Week of 2007

Bill Hillegas
Pat Piscatelli
Steve Lewis
Peter Crawford
Timothy, the Gay French guy at the Paris Whiskey Bar
Tony Blair

Next week I will take care to see if any women meet the criteria, which bears repeating here due to the enthusiasm by which some peeps seem to feel when they are honored/disgraced.

To be a Nanepashemet POTW, one has to meet one or a combination of the following conditions...

  • Do something Annoying
  • Do something Inspiring
  • Not be Dead
  • Not be an Animal
  • Have given me a bottle of Lagavulin 16 yr old single malt scotch over the past week
The Lagavulin condition is automatic. A side rule is that if you ask to be a POTW, you can never be selected, unless I forget later on.

BTW, I'm starting to run a little low on Lagavulin.