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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.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Ice Out on Hawthorne Pond
Ice Out, Ducks in.
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I went down to check out the possiblities of catching some Bluegill or Goldfish from Hawthorne Pond which is off of West Shore Drive.
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Maybe they could be introduced to the Aquaponics operation this summer.
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Maybe they could be introduced to the Aquaponics operation this summer.
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We brought the kids down there when they were little and the pond was filled with overgrown Goldfish or Koi.
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It is alot more overgrown now.
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Tomorrow I'll hike through Steer Swamp at the Beacon Street entrance and see what Black Joe's Pond has to offer. \\
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Between, Black Joe's, Hawthorne and Redd's Pond, the aquaponics fish component should be adequately stocked this summer.
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Tomorrow I'll hike through Steer Swamp at the Beacon Street entrance and see what Black Joe's Pond has to offer. \\
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Between, Black Joe's, Hawthorne and Redd's Pond, the aquaponics fish component should be adequately stocked this summer.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Papal Poetry
No Matter how much we Hope,
If its Black Smoke that means Nope,
But you really shouldn't Mope,
None of the Cardinals is a Dope.
They will shortly scale this Slope.
And choose a Brand New Pope.
If its Black Smoke that means Nope,
But you really shouldn't Mope,
None of the Cardinals is a Dope.
They will shortly scale this Slope.
And choose a Brand New Pope.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Vote for the Pope
Peeps.... so many of you keep asking me who I support for the next Pope. It's a tough call since the Pontiff enjoys a status of infallibility, unlike that of the MOAM, who admittedly makes a mistake from time to time.
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As a young Catholic, I actually bought into that infallibility claim, until as a Freshman at UMASS with basically no money to buy food on the weekends, I took a course in European History and found that the Popes were rather political and given to stuff like fathering illegitimate children, murdering rivals, and a host of other rather worldly pursuits.
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And while I was taking this course, learning this historical perspective, the priests at the Newman Center were regaling me at Sunday Mass for donations, when I was basically waiting for Monday morning when the Dining Commons opened.
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Not a good combination for maintaining a kinship to the Catholic Church. So I drifted away and rarely looked back.
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As God's representative of Earth, the Pope doesn't pull it off for me. Plus the medieval rituals, funny hats, ostentatious surroundings, secrecy, etc. seems a bit out of step.
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I see where there are some CatholicsComeHome.org ads on the TV, so I checked out the website and found more of the same. If I was not going to Church, they were willing to let be come back, and forgive me. But what about me forgiving them????
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I believe in the divinity of Christ and view myself as a Christian, although with a firm belief that this is only one path to God..... certainly not the only one and the one true way.
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But I would come back to the church on these conditions.
1. Allow women to be Priests. Does God really restrict leadership roles to men?2. Allow Priests to marry. Enough of this stupid celibacy which was only voted on because of church property inheritance issues in medieval times. Plus, it would attract people to the priesthood, who didn't need to prey on little boys and girls.
3. End this Papal Infallibility Bullshit. Il Papa is not infallible. He's just the guy in charge of a huge international operation, and should be recognized as such.
4. Send Cardinal Bernard Law back to Massachusetts where he should stand trial for facilitating the abuse of hundreds of Catholic children at the hands of perverted priests in his Archdiocese.
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~That's all I need. Then maybe I would drop a dollar in the collection basket every few Sundays or so.
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As for the new Pope. I kind of like Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria.
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I actually have no freaking idea who he is but the Irish bookies are taking odds on him, along with Cardinal O'Malley from Boston. Really the only time you read about the Church in Boston these days is when they close a local parish church in complete disregard to the neighborhood communicants who have worshiped there.... so I don't know what O'Malley brings to the table.
But Seriously ....Who it is doesn't affect me in the least, and I highly doubt that he will accept my conditions. So I have no recommendations to the Papal Conclave at this time.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Growing the Middle Class
My old friend from UMASS, Jack Rabbitt, just gave me a great idea to help President Obama in his quest to build the Middle Class, and I've decided to lead the way in volunteering for the effort
Write a big check.... as much as you can.... made out to me. I will selflessly redistribute this money to members of the lower classes, in an effort to elevate them to middle class status. And all this for a small administrative charge on my part.
And please, don't shower me with praises for undertaking this effort. It's just my patriotic duty, right Libs?
Affable for Affleck
Just watched "Argo", the Ben Affleck film that won the Academy Award.~
Nanepashemet doesn't give out awards for films... yet.... but if it did, Argo would definitely be in the running.
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I have the dubious distinction of being contemporaneously very aware of the events that took place in the film, and the Affleck effort was worthy of the Academy's distinction.
Friday, March 08, 2013
POTW Week 10 of 2013
I hate shoveling snow in March. You know it will be gone in two days, but if the postman falls and breaks his leg within that time, you are screwed.
ANNOUNCING.....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 10th Week of 2013
Brian Donovan
Brendan Ahern
Pat Piscatelli
Ethan Nestor
Elizabeth Hasselbeck
Lynda Murray
Freaking Snow.
ANNOUNCING.....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 10th Week of 2013
Brian Donovan
Brendan Ahern
Pat Piscatelli
Ethan Nestor
Elizabeth Hasselbeck
Lynda Murray
Freaking Snow.
Have to Catch Up, because of SketchUp.
Sorry for the lapse in Posts... Peeps.
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I kind of went on a binge trying to learn the SketchUp 3D CAD program.
( SketchUp Download www.sketchup.com )
My benchmark is that it takes about 40 hours to become proficient in a major program like Excel, Access or certainly a CAD program. After that, you have to maintain practice, and you continue to learn.
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With Excel, which I am very comfortable with, after about twenty years or constant spreadsheet use, I still learn new stuff all of the time. And I'm sure that I haven't scratched the surface.
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A couple of times, I have taken a stab at AutoCAD, because being able to design on the computer is a highly useful skill, but I always seemed to fall short since designing is not a central job function in my career path. But the SketchUp program has really struck a chord.
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Except for building a boat, which requires strict attention to a set to tested plans, I usually design on the fly with my woodworking and home remodeling projects. Tommy O' Shea's deck is an example. But being able to lay out the design on paper, and making changes and modification before the work is actually implemented is a vastly better way to proceed.
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I like to plan out how the various project components will come together in my mind, and no CAD program has been intuitive enough to convince me to commit to paper first... until now, with this free SketchUp program. That said, the learning curve is still substantial.
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I kind of went on a binge trying to learn the SketchUp 3D CAD program.
( SketchUp Download www.sketchup.com )
My benchmark is that it takes about 40 hours to become proficient in a major program like Excel, Access or certainly a CAD program. After that, you have to maintain practice, and you continue to learn.
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With Excel, which I am very comfortable with, after about twenty years or constant spreadsheet use, I still learn new stuff all of the time. And I'm sure that I haven't scratched the surface.
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A couple of times, I have taken a stab at AutoCAD, because being able to design on the computer is a highly useful skill, but I always seemed to fall short since designing is not a central job function in my career path. But the SketchUp program has really struck a chord.
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Except for building a boat, which requires strict attention to a set to tested plans, I usually design on the fly with my woodworking and home remodeling projects. Tommy O' Shea's deck is an example. But being able to lay out the design on paper, and making changes and modification before the work is actually implemented is a vastly better way to proceed.
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I like to plan out how the various project components will come together in my mind, and no CAD program has been intuitive enough to convince me to commit to paper first... until now, with this free SketchUp program. That said, the learning curve is still substantial.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Blanket Chest/Toy Chest Design
This is a Blanket Chest or a Toy Chest along the lines of the one that I made for Grandson Will a few years ago. Just tried to reproduce the design in Sketchup. I have to make one for Ethan and will probably make a few more.
Aquaponics System Cost and Sales Price
Here is the materials takeoff for Vers. 2 of the Aquaponics design. But don't get too excited.... this doesn't include Labor, Overhead and Profit.
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If I were to custom design and build this for you, it would go for the low discounted price of $9,899.00.
Monday, March 04, 2013
Aquaponics Version 2
After contemplating the initial design, I thought that the one plant tank was a little small.
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This version uses the same one pump to send the fish water to a holding tank that sits atop the pump cabinet which waterfalls into two plant tanks, each of which have a waterfall drain back into the fish tank which will be below grade. The tanks will be trimed with 2x bench stock and slate stones as appropriate.
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Not a heck more work to double the planting space. We are getting close to the final version
The SketchUp program that I designed this with is available free on-line and is really worth taking the time to download and learn. My knowledge is rudimentary, but I plan to stick with it.
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Aquaponics Design
This is the initial design that I produced with SketchUP.
The fish tank is on the left, and the fish poop and other effluent gravitates to the bottom of the tank where it is pumped to the plant tank. The plants, floating on styrofoam "rafts", absorb the organic fertilizer, and return clean, oxygenated water via a waterfall drain back to the fish tank.
The four foot deep fish tank will be three feet below grade with a foot above the ground. The two foot deep plant tank will sit on grade. Excavation will be the toughest part of the project and includes trenching to the house for the electrical conduits running to the water pump located at an enclosure at the end of the plant tank.
The tanks will be made of pressure treated plywood, reinforced with West System Epoxy and fiberglass fabric, and coated on the inside with a product called BrewCoat, which is designed to coat the inside of potable water tanks. The system will hold a combined 1,330 gallons and will be pumped with a 1000 gallon per hour water pump, that will be attached to a timer so that the water periodically circulates 24 hr/day.
The fish tank will be lined underground with polystyrene panels for insulation, and a grid floor with be set at the two foot level which will allow fish to go to the bottom of the tank to avoid cranes and raccoons, but will stop kids from sinking to the bottom of the tank if they fall in by accident (or on purpose).Joanne wanted me to make some raised planting beds for vegetables, but we can have fish with our vegetables with this rig. I have the material budget at $1,100 and 11 man days will be required. And there is no particular credit to the man days even if a Mountain of a Man is doing the work.
The big contingency will be if I hit ledge when I dig the ditch for the fish tank.
If everything goes well, this system should be in place in the backyard by June, and we will stock it with Bluegill fingerlings and grow tomatoes and cukes. ~
I like the idea of the Bluegills because they are a hardy fish found in local ponds, and the kids may like to catch them for fun. You could go with Koi or Goldfish if you wanted an ornamental fish tank, or you could stock with Tilapia or even Rainbow Trout if you wanted to raise the fish in the system specifically to harvest as food.
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Doug Maxfield, who used to have the second best Blog in cyberspace, northshorewaterman.com, before his last post some time ago, kept a largemouth bass, Bassford, in a tank in his living room for six years, so that is an option, although I would think that Bass could outgrow the aquaponics tank.
Sinkholes and Sequestration
So you hit the sack after a long day, and try to get in some z's. You've locked the door and have your Smith and Wesson 380 close by in the nightstand, so nothing can really screw with you and your snooze.... right?
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Well, if you were that poor Bastard in Florida, shortly after you entered slumber, the freaking ground gives way under your house and you are buried alive.
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Man... talk about Bad Kharma!
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Word is that Nancy Pelosi says that the sinkhole crisis is due to the Republicans and Sequestration.
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Well, if you were that poor Bastard in Florida, shortly after you entered slumber, the freaking ground gives way under your house and you are buried alive.
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Man... talk about Bad Kharma!
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Word is that Nancy Pelosi says that the sinkhole crisis is due to the Republicans and Sequestration.Saturday, March 02, 2013
POTW Week 9 of 2013
So many things to think about lately.... what with aquaponics, weight loss, sequestration and other cutting topics on the agenda. It's easy to lose your focus and forget about some of the really important things.... likely choosing the Peep of the Week.
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Granted I've been very lax at this obligation, but it's time to rededicate to this weekly feature that is so popular with Nanepashemet Peeps of all Persuasions. It used to be that if I forgot to make the selections, so many of you would object that I'd almost feel a little bad. But time and age have hardened me a bit, and I've become less vulnerable to your bitching and moaning.
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Anyway...
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ANNOUNCING.....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 9th week of 2013.
Mike Nestor
Jon Dolan
Chris Crawford
Dick Coppola
Nick Avagianos
Kim Hause
Now that that's all done, I think I will look out the window to see if everything is ok now that Sequestration has hit with all of its insidious consequences. The Prez says that the shit is hitting the fan, and he wouldn't fib a little... would he?
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Granted I've been very lax at this obligation, but it's time to rededicate to this weekly feature that is so popular with Nanepashemet Peeps of all Persuasions. It used to be that if I forgot to make the selections, so many of you would object that I'd almost feel a little bad. But time and age have hardened me a bit, and I've become less vulnerable to your bitching and moaning.
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Anyway...
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ANNOUNCING.....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 9th week of 2013.
Mike Nestor
Jon Dolan
Chris Crawford
Dick Coppola
Nick Avagianos
Kim Hause
Now that that's all done, I think I will look out the window to see if everything is ok now that Sequestration has hit with all of its insidious consequences. The Prez says that the shit is hitting the fan, and he wouldn't fib a little... would he?
Friday, March 01, 2013
Self Absorbent and Narcissistic
Peeps...
For the last two days it's been back and forth to New Haven County. Lots of miles logged on the White F-150. So I'm kind of wiped out as I write this, and have a ton of email to attend to.
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But it was worth it, and the last two days may go down in Nanepashemet Telecom history as a crucial business turning point. At least the potential is there.
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Being a Mountain of a Man means that you can't get your hopes up too high, nor can you drag your ass through the doldrums. You've got to keep that even middle ground.
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Then I get back and check on Facebook and I find that one of my old classmates from Lynn English High School posted, while I was pre-occupied in Connecticut, that this Blog is self-absorbent and narcissistic.
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Being open minded and kind hearted, I didn't take offense. Just because someone is a Dick, that doesn't make him a bad person. Damn... I've always admitted that this pathetic Blog is indeed pathetic, and normal adjusted people really shouldn't read it, but those comments lingered in my mind and began to cut like a knife. Might be time to go on a bender.
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Just because this Blog is all about me, ....what I think, what I feel, and what I do... that doesn't make it self absorbent and narcissistic.... does it? .....I don't think so either. Granted, with the Mountain of a Man status that I have anointed upon myself, it does appear to be a bit pretentious at times.... But the truth cannot be held back.
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So many of you lack the ability to form your own opinions and live you own lives, that I have been forced to carry this formidable weight of giving you truth and direction multiple times a week. Kind of like the way the Liberals do (I can't imagine how Barack copes.... maybe he and I can start a support group or something). And the thousands, even dozens of hits that the Blog gets in a week is testament to the obligation I have to dribble out a little wisdom to the multitudes as much as possible.
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I can't be responsible for people slitting their wrists, or jumping off cliffs just because I've cut down on the daily posts. What do you think this is???? Sequestation or Something????? I have to "Keep Calm and Carry On" no matter what cutting criticism is hurled in the MOAM's direction.
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So Peeps.... you have to realize... it's all about ME... but only for the benefit of YOU.
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Except for You, DICK.
Haters gonna hate. Personally, I enjoy reading about your bowel movements and long car rides.
For the last two days it's been back and forth to New Haven County. Lots of miles logged on the White F-150. So I'm kind of wiped out as I write this, and have a ton of email to attend to.
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But it was worth it, and the last two days may go down in Nanepashemet Telecom history as a crucial business turning point. At least the potential is there.
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Being a Mountain of a Man means that you can't get your hopes up too high, nor can you drag your ass through the doldrums. You've got to keep that even middle ground.
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Then I get back and check on Facebook and I find that one of my old classmates from Lynn English High School posted, while I was pre-occupied in Connecticut, that this Blog is self-absorbent and narcissistic.
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Being open minded and kind hearted, I didn't take offense. Just because someone is a Dick, that doesn't make him a bad person. Damn... I've always admitted that this pathetic Blog is indeed pathetic, and normal adjusted people really shouldn't read it, but those comments lingered in my mind and began to cut like a knife. Might be time to go on a bender.
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Just because this Blog is all about me, ....what I think, what I feel, and what I do... that doesn't make it self absorbent and narcissistic.... does it? .....I don't think so either. Granted, with the Mountain of a Man status that I have anointed upon myself, it does appear to be a bit pretentious at times.... But the truth cannot be held back.
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So many of you lack the ability to form your own opinions and live you own lives, that I have been forced to carry this formidable weight of giving you truth and direction multiple times a week. Kind of like the way the Liberals do (I can't imagine how Barack copes.... maybe he and I can start a support group or something). And the thousands, even dozens of hits that the Blog gets in a week is testament to the obligation I have to dribble out a little wisdom to the multitudes as much as possible.
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I can't be responsible for people slitting their wrists, or jumping off cliffs just because I've cut down on the daily posts. What do you think this is???? Sequestation or Something????? I have to "Keep Calm and Carry On" no matter what cutting criticism is hurled in the MOAM's direction.
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So Peeps.... you have to realize... it's all about ME... but only for the benefit of YOU.
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Except for You, DICK.
Doug Said....
Haters gonna hate. Personally, I enjoy reading about your bowel movements and long car rides.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Revived Again
Last year, about this time, I revived my intent to integrate an aquaponic system into our rocky ledge side yard. And last night, Dale Johnson brought over a cool Pond catalog which got me thinking about making a spring run at it this year. Kate's wedding might push this project off, or maybe not.
Aquaponic Revival
I've been thinking of reviving my Aquaponics project that I scoped out a few years ago. There is something really cool about raising fish and vegetables in a interactive organic system.... plus it could come in handy if I survive the Mayan end of days. (Editors Note... we did.)
The standard fish is Tilapia, but I'd love to stock the tank with Bass.
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Must be spring fever.
The standard fish is Tilapia, but I'd love to stock the tank with Bass.
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Must be spring fever.
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Tuna Lips Said....Mar 15, 2012 08:54 AMLooks somefin' like the rig ole Shoo Fly had back in North Memphis days, fer growin' reefer indoors, outside of pryin' eyes and such. Ended up torchin' halfa block of triple deckers. He had to split town right quick, bench warrants, you get the picture.
Ole Shoo. Never was much good with jackin' 'lectricity offa the neighbors meter.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
A Letter from St. MOAM to the Corinthians
Peeps....
I was hoping to ease off of the Weight Loss Epistles, but with so many of you hounding the crap out of me by constantly asking about the current status, I guess I have the pathetic obligation to report. Now I know what the Apostles must have felt like with all of their gospel letters and stuff.
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Anyway... I'm Down 20.7 lbs.
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That's alot for two weeks, but remember I got a huge jump start with the three day juice fast at the beginning. My calorie counting LoseIt.com program calls for a loss of 2 lbs. per week if I keep to my daily net calorie budget, but I have been significantly under it by adding an hour on the pain machines daily, so have been averaging about 4lbs. loss per week.
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Adding the exercise means that I can eat pretty much whatever I want as long as I account for the calories and portion control. But when you honestly ask yourself when you are reaching for a cookie if you are really hungry, more often than not, the answer is "No".
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So then you have a choice to make... the joy of the cookie, or the satisfaction of seeing the weight loss at tomorrow's morning weigh in. The honest truth for myself is that I have felt no real hunger at all during this regime. And the exercise has almost eliminated the pain in my legs and knees that I had previously conceded as attributable to aging.
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You might have noticed by now that I haven't disclosed to you my starting weight or my final weight loss goal... because it's none of your damn business.... but suffice it to say that the 20 lb loss is just a start and the goal is quite a few more lbs. down the road.
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Although, I'm wicked optimistic about making my target number before the warm weather comes back if the current trends hold.
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A good test for me will be tonight when Dale and Gail Johnson drop by for dinner. If Dale doesn't call me "Big Guy" in the first five minutes or so, it will be a clear sign that this weight loss gig is working.
I was hoping to ease off of the Weight Loss Epistles, but with so many of you hounding the crap out of me by constantly asking about the current status, I guess I have the pathetic obligation to report. Now I know what the Apostles must have felt like with all of their gospel letters and stuff.
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Anyway... I'm Down 20.7 lbs.
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That's alot for two weeks, but remember I got a huge jump start with the three day juice fast at the beginning. My calorie counting LoseIt.com program calls for a loss of 2 lbs. per week if I keep to my daily net calorie budget, but I have been significantly under it by adding an hour on the pain machines daily, so have been averaging about 4lbs. loss per week.
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Adding the exercise means that I can eat pretty much whatever I want as long as I account for the calories and portion control. But when you honestly ask yourself when you are reaching for a cookie if you are really hungry, more often than not, the answer is "No".
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So then you have a choice to make... the joy of the cookie, or the satisfaction of seeing the weight loss at tomorrow's morning weigh in. The honest truth for myself is that I have felt no real hunger at all during this regime. And the exercise has almost eliminated the pain in my legs and knees that I had previously conceded as attributable to aging.
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You might have noticed by now that I haven't disclosed to you my starting weight or my final weight loss goal... because it's none of your damn business.... but suffice it to say that the 20 lb loss is just a start and the goal is quite a few more lbs. down the road.
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Although, I'm wicked optimistic about making my target number before the warm weather comes back if the current trends hold.
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A good test for me will be tonight when Dale and Gail Johnson drop by for dinner. If Dale doesn't call me "Big Guy" in the first five minutes or so, it will be a clear sign that this weight loss gig is working.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Hacks, Scammers, and Lowlifes
Peeps....
There are a lot of creeps, losers, and lowlifes out there who spend their time on earth trying to hack into our email accounts, on-line accounts and social profiles. You would tink that these hackers could do something better than work their illegal attacks on us, but a Loser is a Loser.
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It seems like everyday that some of these sorry losers makes a run at my stuff, and I always fend them off by myself with little effort. For the most part, it is enough just to rebuff the hacks which is easy.
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But I ran into a highly successful company which gave me a reasonable proposal to not only perform cyber detection to identify the losers, but their legal department will also file suit and prosecute! And they quickly ran down one of the perps who has been bothering me and started the process. There is a good chance that I will get a judgement and make some money.
~
Oh Baby! Nothing I like better than going after scammers and low lifes. This should be interesting.
There are a lot of creeps, losers, and lowlifes out there who spend their time on earth trying to hack into our email accounts, on-line accounts and social profiles. You would tink that these hackers could do something better than work their illegal attacks on us, but a Loser is a Loser.~
It seems like everyday that some of these sorry losers makes a run at my stuff, and I always fend them off by myself with little effort. For the most part, it is enough just to rebuff the hacks which is easy.
~
But I ran into a highly successful company which gave me a reasonable proposal to not only perform cyber detection to identify the losers, but their legal department will also file suit and prosecute! And they quickly ran down one of the perps who has been bothering me and started the process. There is a good chance that I will get a judgement and make some money.
~
Oh Baby! Nothing I like better than going after scammers and low lifes. This should be interesting.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Buttons and Zippers
Peeps...
You don't have to be a Mountain of a Man to realize that sometimes you tend to obsess on things. But it helps to have a certain MOAM perception of these things.
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I mean, I know that I've been obsessive on this weight loss regime of late. But at least I haven't mentioned any fake Cherokee Senators during this rant, so how bad can it really be?
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Let's face it..... none of you gave a rat's ass that Elizabeth Warren lied to us and still was elected a US Senator by the sheep herd that is known as the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
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And I'm pretty sure that you really don't care that I've found the way to steady and attainable weight loss.
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But do you really think that I give even a inkling of a shit about what you think???? Not even a little bit.
~
The fact is, I have a pretty big business meeting coming up in a little more than two weeks, with a highly successful guy that I haven't seen since the late 1980's. And I'll probably have to suit up for the effort. Even though, I'm fifteen lbs. down from a week or so ago, it will take another ten or so in the next two weeks to give me a little zipper room in my Brooks Brothers make-a-deal suit.
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I've done the math, and know exactly how may calories I have to avoid in order to button up the pants in the time allotted.
You don't have to be a Mountain of a Man to realize that sometimes you tend to obsess on things. But it helps to have a certain MOAM perception of these things.
~
I mean, I know that I've been obsessive on this weight loss regime of late. But at least I haven't mentioned any fake Cherokee Senators during this rant, so how bad can it really be?
~
Let's face it..... none of you gave a rat's ass that Elizabeth Warren lied to us and still was elected a US Senator by the sheep herd that is known as the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
~
And I'm pretty sure that you really don't care that I've found the way to steady and attainable weight loss.
~
But do you really think that I give even a inkling of a shit about what you think???? Not even a little bit.
~
The fact is, I have a pretty big business meeting coming up in a little more than two weeks, with a highly successful guy that I haven't seen since the late 1980's. And I'll probably have to suit up for the effort. Even though, I'm fifteen lbs. down from a week or so ago, it will take another ten or so in the next two weeks to give me a little zipper room in my Brooks Brothers make-a-deal suit.
~
I've done the math, and know exactly how may calories I have to avoid in order to button up the pants in the time allotted.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Trending Downward
Peeps....
The other day I run into a young woman to whom I'm distantly aquainted and she says, "Oh, you write that Blog? I read it but it is all about you." Naturally, the MOAM kept his cool.
"No Shit Bitch, it is all about me, because that's my favorite subject," is what I wanted to say to this young, prissy-ass turd. But I just kept silent and flipped her the Bird as soon as she turned away.
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Anyway.... enough of this.... Let's turn to my favorite subject. ME.
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If I had told you last Saturday morning, before my 3 day juice cleansing fast, that I would be sitting here a week later on this very Saturday morning telling you that I had lost 15 lbs., I would have had my tongue firmly implanted in cheek with fingers crossed. Not Believable.
~
But Peeps, my official Mountain of a Man report this morning is that I have lost FIFTEEN FREAKING POUNDS!!!!! IN ONE WEEK!!!!
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How? Three distinct reasons.
1. The Juice Fast. I kept to it for three days with no coffee or solid food. And I credit my kids, Mike and Kate, who called me throughout to see how I was doing as further motivators.
2. Exercise. The Blizzard had me moving snow both here in Marblehead and at the Peabody warehouse for about six hours over the week. And otherwise, I spent about two hours on the Elliptical Pain Machine at the Y, for a total of eight hours of workout during the week.
3. Calorie Counting. I followed the free LoseIT ap on my iPhone and established a daily calorie budget of 1900 calories a day, then kept my net calories of food less exercise at about 1600 calories a day. The Juice Fast established an ability to curb my appetite and steer away from carbs. My old Lynn English High School classmates and current facebook friends, Denise Kearns and Wayne Webster, were helpful motivators to me. Both have succeeded with significant weight lose over the past year by diet changes - Wayne by carb counting and Denise by calorie counting.
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The result was 15 lbs lost. (Actually 14.9, but I rounded up... you gotta give this one to me.)
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So it was a good week.
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I also bought a low end Hamilton Beach Juicer machine, two pineapples, and ten pounds of carrots at Costco.
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Going forward, I would like to juice fast one day week with organic vegetable and fruit juice that is produced using machine, and keep up the exercise and LoseIT based calorie counting. My goal is to get substantially below 200 lbs well before Katelyn's Wedding in September.
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When I was in college on the cross country team, I weighed about 155 lbs, but was not comfortable at that weight. Then after college, I hovered in the 175 lb. range for a while until my metabolism changed in my early thirties. At the same time, my career took off with business lunches, cocktail parties, lack of exercise and the rest is history. Steadily Gain in Girth.
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Peeps.... I have a closet full of pants that don't fit. But not for long. Soon I will be stepping out in slacks that have been out of style for years now.
The other day I run into a young woman to whom I'm distantly aquainted and she says, "Oh, you write that Blog? I read it but it is all about you." Naturally, the MOAM kept his cool.
"No Shit Bitch, it is all about me, because that's my favorite subject," is what I wanted to say to this young, prissy-ass turd. But I just kept silent and flipped her the Bird as soon as she turned away.
~
Anyway.... enough of this.... Let's turn to my favorite subject. ME.
~
If I had told you last Saturday morning, before my 3 day juice cleansing fast, that I would be sitting here a week later on this very Saturday morning telling you that I had lost 15 lbs., I would have had my tongue firmly implanted in cheek with fingers crossed. Not Believable.
~
But Peeps, my official Mountain of a Man report this morning is that I have lost FIFTEEN FREAKING POUNDS!!!!! IN ONE WEEK!!!!
~
How? Three distinct reasons.
1. The Juice Fast. I kept to it for three days with no coffee or solid food. And I credit my kids, Mike and Kate, who called me throughout to see how I was doing as further motivators.
2. Exercise. The Blizzard had me moving snow both here in Marblehead and at the Peabody warehouse for about six hours over the week. And otherwise, I spent about two hours on the Elliptical Pain Machine at the Y, for a total of eight hours of workout during the week.
3. Calorie Counting. I followed the free LoseIT ap on my iPhone and established a daily calorie budget of 1900 calories a day, then kept my net calories of food less exercise at about 1600 calories a day. The Juice Fast established an ability to curb my appetite and steer away from carbs. My old Lynn English High School classmates and current facebook friends, Denise Kearns and Wayne Webster, were helpful motivators to me. Both have succeeded with significant weight lose over the past year by diet changes - Wayne by carb counting and Denise by calorie counting.
~
The result was 15 lbs lost. (Actually 14.9, but I rounded up... you gotta give this one to me.)
~
So it was a good week.
~
I also bought a low end Hamilton Beach Juicer machine, two pineapples, and ten pounds of carrots at Costco.
~
Going forward, I would like to juice fast one day week with organic vegetable and fruit juice that is produced using machine, and keep up the exercise and LoseIT based calorie counting. My goal is to get substantially below 200 lbs well before Katelyn's Wedding in September. ~
When I was in college on the cross country team, I weighed about 155 lbs, but was not comfortable at that weight. Then after college, I hovered in the 175 lb. range for a while until my metabolism changed in my early thirties. At the same time, my career took off with business lunches, cocktail parties, lack of exercise and the rest is history. Steadily Gain in Girth.
~
Peeps.... I have a closet full of pants that don't fit. But not for long. Soon I will be stepping out in slacks that have been out of style for years now.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Continuing Weight Loss
In the 3 day Juice Fast, I lost 9 lbs.... and in the last two days, I've lost three more. The reason for the continued loss due to counting calories with the help of the LoseIt.com ap.
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The application has an unlimited database of foods with their caloric and nutrient values, and it allows you to scan barcodes of any foods with your iPhone and add that food to your intake.
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It also calculates the calorie burn of exercises such as the elliptical trainer at the YMCA.
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You then tell the ap what your goal is... lose x lbs. per week to reach a certain weight goal, and the program tells you the day when that will happen.
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I've tried this application before and came up short because the calorie budget seemed too stringent... but I think the juice fast jumpstart has shifted my metabolism or something, because now I feel completely satisfied with the daily calorie limits and have been significantly lower than my allotment in the last two days.
~
Basically, when you count calories, you can eat whatever you want.... the guy on the Twinkies diet showed that he could eat only Twinkies and still lose weight. I'm still going to try to stay away from the high percentage carbs like pizza, pasta, potatoes and bread though..... until I hit a certain milestone, because losing 12 lbs is actually a very small percentage of the amount of weight that I have to lose by Katelyn's Wedding in September.
I credit the 3 day juice fast that I started 5 days ago last Saturday with refocusing my body and mind to begin this transformation.
~
The application has an unlimited database of foods with their caloric and nutrient values, and it allows you to scan barcodes of any foods with your iPhone and add that food to your intake.
~
It also calculates the calorie burn of exercises such as the elliptical trainer at the YMCA.
~
You then tell the ap what your goal is... lose x lbs. per week to reach a certain weight goal, and the program tells you the day when that will happen.
~
I've tried this application before and came up short because the calorie budget seemed too stringent... but I think the juice fast jumpstart has shifted my metabolism or something, because now I feel completely satisfied with the daily calorie limits and have been significantly lower than my allotment in the last two days.
~
Basically, when you count calories, you can eat whatever you want.... the guy on the Twinkies diet showed that he could eat only Twinkies and still lose weight. I'm still going to try to stay away from the high percentage carbs like pizza, pasta, potatoes and bread though..... until I hit a certain milestone, because losing 12 lbs is actually a very small percentage of the amount of weight that I have to lose by Katelyn's Wedding in September.
I credit the 3 day juice fast that I started 5 days ago last Saturday with refocusing my body and mind to begin this transformation.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Juice Fast - Final Update
Peeps....
Those of you who claimed with glee that the Mountain of a Man couldn't swear off solid food for three days are wrong again, as I woke up this morning in juice fast victorious glory, having consumed nothing but green tea, fruit and vegetable juices and cashew milk since last Saturday morning.
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At 5:00AM I jumped out of bed, voided, had a bm (where the hell did that come from?) then got on the scale which registered a loss of 9.5 lbs.
~
I would have been ecstatic with this if I wasn't so shocked with my weight at the beginning of this fast ordeal, plus I worked out pretty hard shoveling snow from the weekend blizzard, but this is a good jump start.
~
No caffeine headache this morning and no food cravings. Still a little abdominal discomfort, but nothing to talk about. My mental acuity seems a little sharper too.
~
All in all, this fast was very doable with really no heavy lifting and no extreme withdrawal. If anything, it changes your daily focus away from food, or gravitating from meal to meal.... and this alone could be the lasting benefit.
~
This morning, I've had my K cup of Starbucks, and plan to have a banana for breakfast. My goal is to stay away from carbs and see if I can keep the weight loss regime in place.
~
And if the Vatican calls, I will be letting it go to voicemail. I really don't care who the Pope is and would rather stay out of it.
Those of you who claimed with glee that the Mountain of a Man couldn't swear off solid food for three days are wrong again, as I woke up this morning in juice fast victorious glory, having consumed nothing but green tea, fruit and vegetable juices and cashew milk since last Saturday morning.
~
At 5:00AM I jumped out of bed, voided, had a bm (where the hell did that come from?) then got on the scale which registered a loss of 9.5 lbs.
~
I would have been ecstatic with this if I wasn't so shocked with my weight at the beginning of this fast ordeal, plus I worked out pretty hard shoveling snow from the weekend blizzard, but this is a good jump start.
~
No caffeine headache this morning and no food cravings. Still a little abdominal discomfort, but nothing to talk about. My mental acuity seems a little sharper too.
~
All in all, this fast was very doable with really no heavy lifting and no extreme withdrawal. If anything, it changes your daily focus away from food, or gravitating from meal to meal.... and this alone could be the lasting benefit.
~
This morning, I've had my K cup of Starbucks, and plan to have a banana for breakfast. My goal is to stay away from carbs and see if I can keep the weight loss regime in place.
~
And if the Vatican calls, I will be letting it go to voicemail. I really don't care who the Pope is and would rather stay out of it.
Saturday, February 09, 2013
Juice Fast
Waiting for the snow to stop this morning, then I'll get out and shovel.... probably sometime around noon. I've lost hope that the snowblower will start. Will still give it a try though.
~
In the meantime, I've started my three day juice fast, along the lines of the Blue Print Cleanse system. Mike, Kate, and Brady did this recently and had very satisfying results involving weight loss and an overall healthy feeling. I don't know if I buy into all of the hype about the toxins exiting your body, called cleansing, but three days of substituting liquid nutrients for the solid comfort foods that I regularly consume has to have some benefits and certainly can't hurt.
~
When I went to Whole Foods yesterday, one of the prescribed juices in the six juice a day system was missing, and one was short for two days, but I think I can substitute them using the recipes in this website. http://homefitnessmanual.com/diet-tips/hacking-the-blueprint-cleanse-how-to-get-the-same-results-but-at-half-the-cost/
BTW, the demographics in Whole Foods is literally the other side of the world from Market Basket, but this is a whole other post.
~
So this morning, I got up and weighed myself (OMG ), voided and had two cups of Green Tea with my daily meds. The fast allows Green Tea, but no coffee or other food of any kind. My expectation and hope is that I will drop 10 lbs. and start the basis for a different outlook toward food through this regime. At about 9:30 AM, I plan to drink the first juice of the day... the dreaded Green Juice.
Update Saturday, Day 1 - 2:00PM
At 11:00AM I had the Apple Pineapple Mint juice and just finished the second bottle of Green Juice at 1:45PM. No BM's out of the ordinary, but I now have a dull headache which I attribute to caffeine withdrawal so I just brewed a cup of Green Tea.
The three juices left are the lemon based, beet based and cashew milk.
The snow hasn't let up and I have been monitoring the weather radar closely. Seems that this storm has camped on the Massachusetts coast I had hoped that we'd see some blue sky by now, but no such luck. In the late morning, I started moving some of the snow, but is not exactly light and fluffy, but compact and heavy. Digging out will be an ordeal if I can't rev up that snowblower.
Update Saturday Day 1 - 4:45PM
The light weight, Toro "electric shovel" worked but the Ariens snowblower didn't so it was a lot of hand shoveling for 2 1/2 hours. When I came in at 4:45PM I had the lemon based juice. The dull headache is gone but I really feel spaced out. I took off my shoveling clothes and weighed myself - lost 1.6 lbs.. Two juices left today - the beet and the cashew milk. Plenty of shoveling left for tomorrow.
Update Sunday, Day 2 - 7:00AM
Last night, after the beet juce, I had a BM with lots of red. Would have been scary if I wasn't forwarned by something I read on a website. Drank the cashew milk then went to bed.
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When I woke up this morning, I voided then weighed myself... lost 4.9lbs. total. I have no craving for food and actually feel full but a little fuzzy headed. Had a cup of Green Tea with my meds and I'm happy that the downsized caffeine from my usual three cups of Starbucks a day is not causing a brutal withdrawal headache, which I have experienced in the past.
~
Since they ran out of cashew milk when I was buying my supply at Whole Foods, I bought some raw cashews and am soaking them for blending at the evening juce drink. After a couple hours shoveling to get the F150 out on the street, I have to get to Whole Foods to buy some more Green Juice. That should be by noon or so.
Update Monday, Day 3 - 6:30 AM
After four hours of shoveling and then driving back to Whole Foods to get the Green Juice, I felt like hell... tired, sore, headache, fuzzy. Then, resting on the couch and watching Sunday, no football Chick Flicks with Joanne, I had a series of bathroom sessions that you probably don't want to read about. Nothing solid.
~
Surprisingly, I didn't crave food. At the Whole foods, Instinctively, I went over to the nice looking lady offering samples at front door, then turned away when I realized that I was going to take a sample. Bought some Agave syrup for the cashew milk there too and checked to see if they had any of the Blue Print Cleanse, but they were still out of bottles.
~
The cashew mike that I made in the blender turned out fine, but I'm not giving you the recipe here, It's on the webpage above. What do you think this is???? A Freaking Cookbook?
~
Joanne thinks this regime has made me crabby.
~
This morning, after a sound sleep, I got up, voided, and found that I had lost 7.9 lbs. total. Still feel fuzzy headed and intestinally challenged, but again, not interested in food. At this point, there is no chance of cheating and eating solid food, and I think that a total 10 lb loss is very possible by tomorrow morning.
Update Monday, Day 3 - 5:45 PM
No headache anymore, in fact I feel really good. I should be craving food but I don't seem to. Joanne made herself a dinner of roasted chicken wings, peas and perogi and my dinner is the Beet Juice, but I'm still OK. Weird.
Not sure of my weight loss, but I do the official weigh in tomorrow morning. My jeans definitely seem a bit looser. One more Cashew Milk to go before I go to sleep tonight.
~
In the meantime, I've started my three day juice fast, along the lines of the Blue Print Cleanse system. Mike, Kate, and Brady did this recently and had very satisfying results involving weight loss and an overall healthy feeling. I don't know if I buy into all of the hype about the toxins exiting your body, called cleansing, but three days of substituting liquid nutrients for the solid comfort foods that I regularly consume has to have some benefits and certainly can't hurt.
~
When I went to Whole Foods yesterday, one of the prescribed juices in the six juice a day system was missing, and one was short for two days, but I think I can substitute them using the recipes in this website. http://homefitnessmanual.com/diet-tips/hacking-the-blueprint-cleanse-how-to-get-the-same-results-but-at-half-the-cost/
BTW, the demographics in Whole Foods is literally the other side of the world from Market Basket, but this is a whole other post.
~
So this morning, I got up and weighed myself (OMG ), voided and had two cups of Green Tea with my daily meds. The fast allows Green Tea, but no coffee or other food of any kind. My expectation and hope is that I will drop 10 lbs. and start the basis for a different outlook toward food through this regime. At about 9:30 AM, I plan to drink the first juice of the day... the dreaded Green Juice.
Update Saturday, Day 1 - 2:00PM
At 11:00AM I had the Apple Pineapple Mint juice and just finished the second bottle of Green Juice at 1:45PM. No BM's out of the ordinary, but I now have a dull headache which I attribute to caffeine withdrawal so I just brewed a cup of Green Tea.
The three juices left are the lemon based, beet based and cashew milk.
The snow hasn't let up and I have been monitoring the weather radar closely. Seems that this storm has camped on the Massachusetts coast I had hoped that we'd see some blue sky by now, but no such luck. In the late morning, I started moving some of the snow, but is not exactly light and fluffy, but compact and heavy. Digging out will be an ordeal if I can't rev up that snowblower.
Update Saturday Day 1 - 4:45PM
The light weight, Toro "electric shovel" worked but the Ariens snowblower didn't so it was a lot of hand shoveling for 2 1/2 hours. When I came in at 4:45PM I had the lemon based juice. The dull headache is gone but I really feel spaced out. I took off my shoveling clothes and weighed myself - lost 1.6 lbs.. Two juices left today - the beet and the cashew milk. Plenty of shoveling left for tomorrow.
Update Sunday, Day 2 - 7:00AM
Last night, after the beet juce, I had a BM with lots of red. Would have been scary if I wasn't forwarned by something I read on a website. Drank the cashew milk then went to bed.
~
When I woke up this morning, I voided then weighed myself... lost 4.9lbs. total. I have no craving for food and actually feel full but a little fuzzy headed. Had a cup of Green Tea with my meds and I'm happy that the downsized caffeine from my usual three cups of Starbucks a day is not causing a brutal withdrawal headache, which I have experienced in the past.
~
Since they ran out of cashew milk when I was buying my supply at Whole Foods, I bought some raw cashews and am soaking them for blending at the evening juce drink. After a couple hours shoveling to get the F150 out on the street, I have to get to Whole Foods to buy some more Green Juice. That should be by noon or so.
Update Monday, Day 3 - 6:30 AM
After four hours of shoveling and then driving back to Whole Foods to get the Green Juice, I felt like hell... tired, sore, headache, fuzzy. Then, resting on the couch and watching Sunday, no football Chick Flicks with Joanne, I had a series of bathroom sessions that you probably don't want to read about. Nothing solid.
~
Surprisingly, I didn't crave food. At the Whole foods, Instinctively, I went over to the nice looking lady offering samples at front door, then turned away when I realized that I was going to take a sample. Bought some Agave syrup for the cashew milk there too and checked to see if they had any of the Blue Print Cleanse, but they were still out of bottles.
~
The cashew mike that I made in the blender turned out fine, but I'm not giving you the recipe here, It's on the webpage above. What do you think this is???? A Freaking Cookbook?
~
Joanne thinks this regime has made me crabby.
~
This morning, after a sound sleep, I got up, voided, and found that I had lost 7.9 lbs. total. Still feel fuzzy headed and intestinally challenged, but again, not interested in food. At this point, there is no chance of cheating and eating solid food, and I think that a total 10 lb loss is very possible by tomorrow morning.
Update Monday, Day 3 - 5:45 PM
No headache anymore, in fact I feel really good. I should be craving food but I don't seem to. Joanne made herself a dinner of roasted chicken wings, peas and perogi and my dinner is the Beet Juice, but I'm still OK. Weird.
Not sure of my weight loss, but I do the official weigh in tomorrow morning. My jeans definitely seem a bit looser. One more Cashew Milk to go before I go to sleep tonight.
Friday, February 08, 2013
Blizzard Prep
Peeps...
We're gearing up for a blizzard set to hit the Boston Area with two feet of snow and gale force winds this morning.
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Unlike my earlier and correct predictions that the hurricane would be a bust, I think this storm will meet the hype. You can almost feel it in the air. I was a young buck in my twenties when the Blizzard of 78 hit this region and it was an event not to be trifled with.
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You know you are getting old when you dread this happening. It will be a ton of shoveling and snowblowing. Naturally, when I pulled my snowblower out from under the deck, it didn't turn over. It hasn't been fired up for two years, so I'll have to do some serious fiddling with it before this thing hits in the afternoon.
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Downloaded the Ariens Compact 24 manual, went to Home Depot to pick up some spare shear pins and 4 stroke engine oil. They were all out of 10W 30 so I bought the 20W 30. Hope this is ok.
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It is imperative to get this machine going. My middle aged fat guy back won't last if I have to shovel all of this.
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I think I will head over to the Health food store and pick up some three day juice cleansing supplies. This would be a good weekend to detox.
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We're gearing up for a blizzard set to hit the Boston Area with two feet of snow and gale force winds this morning.
~
Unlike my earlier and correct predictions that the hurricane would be a bust, I think this storm will meet the hype. You can almost feel it in the air. I was a young buck in my twenties when the Blizzard of 78 hit this region and it was an event not to be trifled with.
~
You know you are getting old when you dread this happening. It will be a ton of shoveling and snowblowing. Naturally, when I pulled my snowblower out from under the deck, it didn't turn over. It hasn't been fired up for two years, so I'll have to do some serious fiddling with it before this thing hits in the afternoon.
~
Downloaded the Ariens Compact 24 manual, went to Home Depot to pick up some spare shear pins and 4 stroke engine oil. They were all out of 10W 30 so I bought the 20W 30. Hope this is ok.
~
It is imperative to get this machine going. My middle aged fat guy back won't last if I have to shovel all of this.
~
I think I will head over to the Health food store and pick up some three day juice cleansing supplies. This would be a good weekend to detox.
~
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Realty Show Pilot
The Nestor Boys made their local television debut at the Patriots playoff game a couple of weeks ago.
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Realty Show to follow.
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Realty Show to follow.
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Irresponsible but Understandable
Peeps....
Chicago bans owning and carrying a concealed firearm. It has the toughest gun control laws in the nation. Yet the murder rate is soaring. Far higher than in Houston where women frequently carry guns in their purses.
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This is a simple unadorned fact.
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We all want to be safe. We all wish that we lived in a world of harmony, safety and peace. And we all take our chances in a chaotic existance.
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Unfortunately, being a deterrent to crime helps you to avoid being a victim. Handguns are the deterrent that puts people on an equal footing. A five foot grandmother can subdue a 6' 6" young marauding thug.
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Simple facts.
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So do you get the feeling that Liberals screaming about gun control while the deficit and government waste rage unabated is a diversion? I don't. I think that Liberals just wish for a better world, without examining the empirical facts of how to come closest to it. Irresponsible but understandable.
Chicago bans owning and carrying a concealed firearm. It has the toughest gun control laws in the nation. Yet the murder rate is soaring. Far higher than in Houston where women frequently carry guns in their purses.
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This is a simple unadorned fact.
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We all want to be safe. We all wish that we lived in a world of harmony, safety and peace. And we all take our chances in a chaotic existance.
~
Unfortunately, being a deterrent to crime helps you to avoid being a victim. Handguns are the deterrent that puts people on an equal footing. A five foot grandmother can subdue a 6' 6" young marauding thug.
~
Simple facts.
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So do you get the feeling that Liberals screaming about gun control while the deficit and government waste rage unabated is a diversion? I don't. I think that Liberals just wish for a better world, without examining the empirical facts of how to come closest to it. Irresponsible but understandable.
Monday, February 04, 2013
Close to Planking
Gearing up again for the Marblehead Gunning Dory that is ready to be set up and planked at the Nanepashemet Peabody Warehouse.
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The base, frames, bow and stern stems are done. Next step is to secure the frames and stems to the base and start planking the sides with some of the cedar strips left over from the Columbia Herreshoff Tender project.
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The base, frames, bow and stern stems are done. Next step is to secure the frames and stems to the base and start planking the sides with some of the cedar strips left over from the Columbia Herreshoff Tender project.
Saturday, February 02, 2013
Grandkid Time
I made the macaroni and cheese with brownies for later. Waiting for Auntie Kate and Uncle Brady to drop by while Nana works with the sticker book.
Life is Good.
Life is Good.
Called It
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Jeff Kuhner, One of those obnoxious nut job right wing talk show hosts said that Obama would soon be demonstrating how he is a gun enthusiast with photos of him shooting sheet at Camp David, in order to bolster his knee jerk gun control initiative.~
I was skeptical.
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But lo and behold, here it is.
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You can make fun of those talk show hosts all you want, but it's freaking amazing how they tend to zero in on the facts. Maybe that's why the Libs vilify guys like Rush Limbaugh (who didn't make the current prediction).
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Because more often than not, they are right.
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And BTW, Prez, maybe it's me but this looks like the third time you ever pulled the trigger of a shotgun... Looks really phony and contrived.... but that's just me. I'm sure you're a regular red neck NRA type.
Friday, February 01, 2013
Snookered
Peeps...
Went down to New Haven this week and came back will a lesser amount of milestones and paypoints than this Mountain of a Man has grown to be accustomed to.
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WTF!!!
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Do you think I'm losing it?
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Could I be Slowing down??? Showing my age????
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I guess if you're a .400 hitter, walking away from a .250 road trip can be a real downer.
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Last time I checked, I was still rough, tough, hard to bluff and Damn Good Looking.
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So maybe this was just an aberation.
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Then the week ended with Scott Brown pulling out of the Senate race.... another downer. When you think of it though, Brown would be in his third tough campaign, for a seat the Dems will pour money into again to manufacture a Warren like win in a highly Democratic state, so I don't blame him. Would like to see him take a run at the Governor's seat when Deval finally moves to Washington in two years.
But I kind of like this Steve Lynch guy from Southie. He's not willing to let the beautiful people anoint the slightly pretentious Markey for the vacated Senate seat.
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I kind of lost it for Ed Markey when he tried to make political hay over the Gulf spill disaster.... claiming that the region would take years to recover. Course now, the PR is that the beaches and sea life are as pristine as they were before the unfortunate oil spill, while I distinctly remember Congressman Markey taking the low ground and saying that BP had ruined the resource forever. Got a lot of national coverage from the liberal leaning networks for that one. I hate it when the Dems try to scare us.... for their own political advancement.
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Years ago, I met Markey with a bunch of telecom engineers as he toured emerging companies in his district, and he asked each one in the technical group what they did for the company. Got a lot of laughs when I told him I was a "Political Scientist".
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But you kind of get the feeling that Markey thinks that he is entitled to step in behind Kerry. And of course Kerry should be able to name his successor, shouldn't he? Plus, it seems like a long time since Markey was a common sight in Malden. That's why I like Lynch... a straight talking former iron worker, and no stranger to his home South Boston neighborhood, who seems to have remembered that he represents and works for the people... and doesn't try to snooker them.
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Maybe I'll plant a Lynch sign on the West Shore Drive front Lawn. That will shock the liberal labelers who like to characterize me as a card carrying Republican.
Went down to New Haven this week and came back will a lesser amount of milestones and paypoints than this Mountain of a Man has grown to be accustomed to.
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WTF!!!
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Do you think I'm losing it?
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Could I be Slowing down??? Showing my age????
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I guess if you're a .400 hitter, walking away from a .250 road trip can be a real downer.
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Last time I checked, I was still rough, tough, hard to bluff and Damn Good Looking.
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So maybe this was just an aberation.
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Then the week ended with Scott Brown pulling out of the Senate race.... another downer. When you think of it though, Brown would be in his third tough campaign, for a seat the Dems will pour money into again to manufacture a Warren like win in a highly Democratic state, so I don't blame him. Would like to see him take a run at the Governor's seat when Deval finally moves to Washington in two years.
But I kind of like this Steve Lynch guy from Southie. He's not willing to let the beautiful people anoint the slightly pretentious Markey for the vacated Senate seat.
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I kind of lost it for Ed Markey when he tried to make political hay over the Gulf spill disaster.... claiming that the region would take years to recover. Course now, the PR is that the beaches and sea life are as pristine as they were before the unfortunate oil spill, while I distinctly remember Congressman Markey taking the low ground and saying that BP had ruined the resource forever. Got a lot of national coverage from the liberal leaning networks for that one. I hate it when the Dems try to scare us.... for their own political advancement.
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Years ago, I met Markey with a bunch of telecom engineers as he toured emerging companies in his district, and he asked each one in the technical group what they did for the company. Got a lot of laughs when I told him I was a "Political Scientist".
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But you kind of get the feeling that Markey thinks that he is entitled to step in behind Kerry. And of course Kerry should be able to name his successor, shouldn't he? Plus, it seems like a long time since Markey was a common sight in Malden. That's why I like Lynch... a straight talking former iron worker, and no stranger to his home South Boston neighborhood, who seems to have remembered that he represents and works for the people... and doesn't try to snooker them.
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Maybe I'll plant a Lynch sign on the West Shore Drive front Lawn. That will shock the liberal labelers who like to characterize me as a card carrying Republican.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Joedee Fawsta
I think I'm losing my mind!
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Everywhere I go, this woman follows me.
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She calls me on my cellphone... Constantly!
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Doesn't stop emailing either.
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And she parks a white BMW 640i Gran Coupe outside the front of my house and just peers at the door.
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Everywhere I go, everything I hear... It's Joedee Fawsta, Joedee Fawsta, JOEDEE FAWSTA.
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Right now, as I type this, Joedee Fawsta is in my driveway making obscene gestures.
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I can't take it anymore.
Senator Selection
Today, Governor Deval Patrick announces his choice for interim US Senator to fill the seat vacated by John Kerry who assumes his Cabinet post.
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Early in the process, I made it clear to the Governor that I did not want to be considered. Sure, nominating the Mountain of a Man would have gone a long way to healing the resentment and vituperation that characterizes our present political situation..... as I would have opened my arms to harmony, mutual trust and understanding..... I know this to be true.
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Yet Peeps.... as I explained to Deval.... I have to be true to a higher purpose.... to expose Liberal Media Gushing wherever it is found.... to shine the light on phony Native American lily white Harvard Law Professors ....and to provide daily guidance to a pathetic flock of hopelessly addicted Nanepashemet Blog readership.
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To the Governor's credit, he understood and agreed to pick a lesser soul for the post. We'll see his selection today.
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Early in the process, I made it clear to the Governor that I did not want to be considered. Sure, nominating the Mountain of a Man would have gone a long way to healing the resentment and vituperation that characterizes our present political situation..... as I would have opened my arms to harmony, mutual trust and understanding..... I know this to be true.
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Yet Peeps.... as I explained to Deval.... I have to be true to a higher purpose.... to expose Liberal Media Gushing wherever it is found.... to shine the light on phony Native American lily white Harvard Law Professors ....and to provide daily guidance to a pathetic flock of hopelessly addicted Nanepashemet Blog readership.
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To the Governor's credit, he understood and agreed to pick a lesser soul for the post. We'll see his selection today.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Swooning for the Secretary of State
There have been a lot of liberals gushing and swooning lately saying that H. Clinton is the "Best" Secretary of State that we have ever had.
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Let's take a look at their assertion though... maybe the Moonbats are right!
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There have been 67 Secretary's of State including John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Elihu Root, George Marshall, Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, Dean Rusk, Alexander Haig, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice, and others.
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So, Dems... why is Clinton better than these Folks????
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It's a simple question. But remember that you disrespect the work of all these people when you glibly gush away about Mrs. Clinton and say that she was better than all of them with no empirical evidence of their accomplishments or hers. Frankly, to say she is better than John Marshall, or John Jay, or John Quincy Adams is rediculous, and kind of irresponsible in my book. Just to name a few Johns.
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And here's another question. What is the difference between Fact and Propaganda? Because the gushes and swoons seem to cross the line.
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Let's take a look at their assertion though... maybe the Moonbats are right!
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There have been 67 Secretary's of State including John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Elihu Root, George Marshall, Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, Dean Rusk, Alexander Haig, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice, and others.
~So, Dems... why is Clinton better than these Folks????
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It's a simple question. But remember that you disrespect the work of all these people when you glibly gush away about Mrs. Clinton and say that she was better than all of them with no empirical evidence of their accomplishments or hers. Frankly, to say she is better than John Marshall, or John Jay, or John Quincy Adams is rediculous, and kind of irresponsible in my book. Just to name a few Johns.
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And here's another question. What is the difference between Fact and Propaganda? Because the gushes and swoons seem to cross the line.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Is It Hypocracy or Just Plain Crazy?
Diane Fernstein - Proponent of Gun Control. Her bill would allow politicians to be exempt. Classic. The Democrats just want the laws to apply to us governed types.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Global Warming
The Prez mentioned Global Warming as a big part of his 2nd Term during his Inaugural Address this week, and John Kerry brought it up in his Secretary of State confirmation hearings.
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So... Many of you have posed the question to the Mountain of a Man.... Do I think that the world is getting warmer?
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Sure I do .
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Only 10,000 years ago.... a blink of a geological eyeball.... the very spot that I am sitting on was covered by a thick glacier.... as in Ice Age. There is evidence of this everywhere in New England... All of those big boulders were deposited in our back yards as the ice receded. And this process has been encountered by the Earth on a natural cyclical basis.~
Peeps... Despite what you may have been told, Republicans and a capitalist economy did not cause the Ice Age... and they aren't the cause of Global Warming either. Al Gore may have picked up an Academy Award and the Nobel Prize by ginning up a Global Warming Chicken Little Flick, but that's about the only tragedy that we will see in the short term during this geological trend.
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So if BO and Kerry wish to distract you by tilting at the Global Warming windmill... that is exactly what it is.... a distraction. Because we can't stop the Earth from spinning, and we can't control the climate.
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And BTW, if they could do something about Global Warming, I wish they would turn up the thermostat a few notches today.... it's Freaking COLD outside!
Friday, January 25, 2013
Locked and Loaded
A little while ago, I sent a cold call sales email out to a Massive Potential Client (MPC). Actually, I was feeling a little frisky that Sunday morning and sent out emails to four MPC's.
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These are the types of marketing efforts that I never expect responses from. They are off the wall offers to provide project management services to companies that have massive projects and resources in place. I usually do this when I'm a little peeved with the current business outlook and do something outrageous to get the adrenaline back.
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But MPC Numero Uno responded... is interested.... set up a presentation meeting for the end of February.
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This gives me one month to prepare. And this MOAM is going to that meeting Locked and Loaded.
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If I told you who it was, and what I offered, you would never believe it. But Peeps... you can never second guess yourself. Because when you do that, your failure is a self fulfilling prophecy.
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You have to try, sometimes, be bold... even outrageous. Then, at least you have given yourself a chance. Not a huge chance, but a chance that I wouldn't have if I didn't send out that crazy email.
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And if, against all odds, I land a game changing deal with this MPC, then I owe it all to allowing myself to go through with a crazy, impulsive action that Sunday morning.
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These are the types of marketing efforts that I never expect responses from. They are off the wall offers to provide project management services to companies that have massive projects and resources in place. I usually do this when I'm a little peeved with the current business outlook and do something outrageous to get the adrenaline back.
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But MPC Numero Uno responded... is interested.... set up a presentation meeting for the end of February.
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This gives me one month to prepare. And this MOAM is going to that meeting Locked and Loaded.
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If I told you who it was, and what I offered, you would never believe it. But Peeps... you can never second guess yourself. Because when you do that, your failure is a self fulfilling prophecy.
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You have to try, sometimes, be bold... even outrageous. Then, at least you have given yourself a chance. Not a huge chance, but a chance that I wouldn't have if I didn't send out that crazy email.
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And if, against all odds, I land a game changing deal with this MPC, then I owe it all to allowing myself to go through with a crazy, impulsive action that Sunday morning.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Cynical Situation
Peeps... The other day I was on Facebook and one of my Liberal FB friends accused me of being a "Cynic".
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I would hate to think that criticism of the Obama regime has made me jaded.
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Was I cynical when I went on that anti-Warren, "I'm an Indian so shut the hell up" tear? Am I cynical when I criticize the headlong trip to financial oblivion that the federal deficit represents? Was I cynical when the Liberals rushed to ban guns using the poor children murdered by a mental case as an excuse? Is it cynical to see the Libyan consulate murdered with the President covering up the facts as an election liability?
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The fact is that I truly hate dishonesty, incompetence, and disingenuous behavior.
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If that makes me a cynic. then I'm a card carrying, front of the line, kiss my ass... CYNIC.
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And proud of it.
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I would hate to think that criticism of the Obama regime has made me jaded.
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Was I cynical when I went on that anti-Warren, "I'm an Indian so shut the hell up" tear? Am I cynical when I criticize the headlong trip to financial oblivion that the federal deficit represents? Was I cynical when the Liberals rushed to ban guns using the poor children murdered by a mental case as an excuse? Is it cynical to see the Libyan consulate murdered with the President covering up the facts as an election liability?
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The fact is that I truly hate dishonesty, incompetence, and disingenuous behavior.
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If that makes me a cynic. then I'm a card carrying, front of the line, kiss my ass... CYNIC.
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And proud of it.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
DisGushting
Peeps...
A special thanks goes out to the sweet baby Jesus that the inaugural is over.
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If any more of those ABC Liberally-Biased talking heads gush any more..... I think that I may have to hit the Emergency room for some Obamacare after a serious Gush and Fawn Overdose.
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Her Bangs.... "Stunning!!!" Her Red Dress...."Spectacular"!!!!!!
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As Diane Sawyer said this morning... and I quote..."Fawn, Fawn, Gushy Gush Gush, Fawn". To which George Democratontopofus responded, "Yes Diane, but I also thought that Gush, big fat Liberally Biased Gushy Gush, Fawn, Gush Gush."
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This is telejournalism at its hard hitting finest, Peeps.
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I always thought that I was as tough as the next guy... but the next Gush I hear could very well be the tipping point.
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At least the Prez pounded out a come together, feel good speech that made you proud to be an American. Something for everyone... as long as you were a card carrying Liberal and don't mind Bankrupting the country for future generations to deal with... but we have to change the climate.... for the children.
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Too late.... Heading for the closest sink to Hurl.
A special thanks goes out to the sweet baby Jesus that the inaugural is over.
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If any more of those ABC Liberally-Biased talking heads gush any more..... I think that I may have to hit the Emergency room for some Obamacare after a serious Gush and Fawn Overdose.
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Her Bangs.... "Stunning!!!" Her Red Dress...."Spectacular"!!!!!!
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As Diane Sawyer said this morning... and I quote..."Fawn, Fawn, Gushy Gush Gush, Fawn". To which George Democratontopofus responded, "Yes Diane, but I also thought that Gush, big fat Liberally Biased Gushy Gush, Fawn, Gush Gush."
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This is telejournalism at its hard hitting finest, Peeps.
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I always thought that I was as tough as the next guy... but the next Gush I hear could very well be the tipping point.
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At least the Prez pounded out a come together, feel good speech that made you proud to be an American. Something for everyone... as long as you were a card carrying Liberal and don't mind Bankrupting the country for future generations to deal with... but we have to change the climate.... for the children.
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Too late.... Heading for the closest sink to Hurl.
Monday, January 21, 2013
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