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Long Weekend Agenda

The long weekend poses some definite objectives.

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

Weekend Agenda....

Saturday

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

Sunday

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

Monday

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

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

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

Columbus Day - A Paid Holiday at Darwin Partners

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

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

Ponce de Leon...

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

• Allopurinol for Gout.


• Lisinopril for High Blood Pressure.


• Aspirin for everything.


• Fish Oil Capsules for (not really sure).


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


• Reading Runner's World for exercise.


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

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

Dale and Gail

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

Before Photo

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

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

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

Lynn and Marblehead

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

I live in Marblehead.
But I am from Lynn.

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

At least I'm not from Medford.

Backyard Birds

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

Sent the SWAG

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

Brown and Blues

Bobby Brown playing the Blues.

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We'll be looking for Tuna this Weekend.

Preferred Emotions

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

Iraq - Time to Get Out

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

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

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