Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Nice Milestone Today...

... for Operation Moonshadow.
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The Stramski Affair.
Lots of moving parts.
Could be an interesting chapter.

Tempus Fugit

Time Flies.
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Dimatteo has been at Darwin for two years today. They gave him an ice cream cake, and he was suitably humiliated. It was great. I have a photo of him with the cake but I lost my bluetooth USB adapter and I can't load it from my Nokia yet. I ordered a USB cable from Amazon and will post the pictures when I get it by the end of the week.
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In the meantime, visualize Tom with a perplexed and disgusted look on his face with the cake in the background.
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There is a theory that time passes quicker for adults than for children. I think that this is so.
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Time is so relative. When I was a runner, the four + minutes that it took to run a competitive mile race seemed like an eternity. But now... sitting, and watching a running event on TV passes in moments.
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A ride to New Hampshire for two hours seemed like an eternity when I was a little kid. Now, an hour drive doesn't seem like a haul at all.
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A week's vacation from school seemed like an eternity. Now the week's flash by so quickly.
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I'm not up to postulating a theory as to why time appears to pass quicker now.... it just does.

Beauty


Who does this remind you of ???

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Boats Get Old


Someday the Herreshoff Columbia Yacht Tender will look like this bugger.


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It will be nice to pass some water under it in the meantime.

Motivation







This is pretty funny stuff from http://www.despair.com.


This makes me think of DiMatteo.


Reflections on a Funeral

Stephen Covey says that you should think about what you want people to say at your funeral, then gauge your actions accordingly.
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New Age Philosophy says that you choose everything that happens on a subconscious level, including your death. The New Agers also say that dying is far less traumatic than being born.
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I think that dying must be like the first time you had sex - although you didn't know quite what to expect, it all came together very smoothly and naturally.

Operation Moonshadow...

... needs a push. Hope to have progress today.

Monday, October 23, 2006

Travel Photos

Ryan and Courtney took these photos of the trees that blew down last weekend, just missing our condo in North Conway.
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I'll bet Katelyn will have a hard time topping this with her travel pictures from London and Paris. She's due back home tomorrow.
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Hopefully we'll see her interpretive photographic montage of London and Paris this weekend.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Adjustments

I was right. The weekend flew by.
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Looks like I'm going to have to forego the Denver trip tomorrow. Mrs. Jellison's wake, along with some bid meetings take precedence over the meet and greet.

Tender wins the dilemma

Might have missed the last good fishing day, unless I spring for a vacation day before the month is out.
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The interior gunwales and spacers were a bigger challenge than I anticipated. Had just enough clamps to get the job done.
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Even though the spacers are a throw back to when these boats were built with steamed oak ribs, they give a nice detail to the look of the boat.
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Now I have to build and install the centerboard case and the floorboards. Then a couple more coats of epoxy and interior sanding.
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I'm kind of resigned to the fact that I won't have the sailing components ready for the Thansgiving launch, but it is still an even bet that we can row this thing by then.
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Also, Buffalo dropped another to the Pats, who are starting to look dominant. Now at 5 and 1 on the season.







Transatlantic Call

Kate called from Paris. She and Jill are having a great time and taking lots of pictures. She said that Paris is so historical and she is reading every plaque to find out why. Also doing a lot of walking and eating.
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Yesterday, Ryan called from NH to tell us that a couple of trees had blown down at the No. Conway condo.
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Doesn't matter where they are. It's nice when your kids think of you.

Phoebe Joined the Circle Today

Congratulations to Pat and Sarah as Phoebe Piscatelli made her debut into the world today at the healthy weight of 7 Lbs, 14 Oz. We'll be checking back on Pheobe from time to time and are expecting great things.
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We also found out this weekend that Courtney's grandmother died from complications after falling on an escalator. She was 89. Condolences to the Jellison's for the loss of a wonderful woman.
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Circle of Life.