Peep of the Week - 7

This week's Nanepashemet Peep of the Week selection process proved to be quite a conundrum.
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Since I just announced that anyone who asked to be a POTW would be automatically denied, I expected that no one would be stupid enough (not to mention annoying enough) to ask to be named a Peep.
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Enter Murph, alias Michael Murphy, who sent me the following comment....

"Hey Jay I want a POTW Nomination…IF I drink a ton of Nance Nog do I get one?"

Stupid and annoying, yet subject to automatic denial. It's sort of like an endless loop.... like infinity. What would you do if your were me? Keep thinking about it until your head throbs in wild palpitations??? I already tried that.
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Stupid and Annoying, yet against the Peep Rules to make him a POTW!!!!
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So I made Murph a Peep. I know that it is wrong, so DEAL WITH IT!
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Announcing....

NANEPASHEMET PEEPS OF THE WEEK - 7

• Michael Murphy
• Dave Fortier (automatic Lagavulin Default Rule)
• Emily Roach
• Peter Brown
• David the Waiter at the 99
• Tammie Pham
  

There it is. The toughest week yet. I won't be so magnanimous the next time one of you tries a fast one like that. I'm exhausted.

POTW Nominations

So far, only a few hundred nominations for Nanepashemet Peep of the Week.
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Must be that people are busy during the Holiday rush.
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It doesn't matter. POTW Thursday waits for no man and doesn't take a day off.
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Tomorrow is the big day.

Patience

I heard some news today that I'd love to tell you about, but I'm going to wait until Feb. 28. After that date, we may be unleashing the fires of hell.

Microsoft Project

Just sent the revised Sundance Project Schedule to Mike, Eric and Sparky. I formatted it in Microsoft Project, and had to reacquaint myself with the ideosyncracies of that program.
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Project is a bear to work with. It is so packed with features, that it is far too complex and requires detailed knowledge and regular use. If you worked with it everyday, that would be one thing, but to come back sporadically every couple of months and try to fire it up is really painful.
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Years ago, I developed a Gantt chart program that worked in an Excel template as an alternative to Project. At that time, Project was even worse to work with. I'll admit that it has become easier, but it is still a program that is too complicated for casual use.

International Man of Mystery

Eric Rumpf makes his debut in Operation Moonshadow. Looking forward to working with Eric again.
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Sparky also got the fence contractor up at the site today. The deadline setback will take the craziness out of the project and will end up producing a better project in the long run.

Some Assembly Required

By far the worse three words in the English language. The boat trailer for the tender came today... in FIVE FREAKING BOXES!
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It will take me two full days to put this thing together, days that I absolutely don't have with the Darwin and Sundance obligations. There is no way that the Herreshoff Columbia Yacht Tender will be launched in 2006.

New England Ecology

I'm reading a book by William Cronon, "Changes in the Land" that details the effect that Indians and English colonists had on the New England landscape.
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Dramatic changes in a short period of time involving the wildlife and vegetation of this region.
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It would seem that the land has always been in a state of flux. Incredibly, there is probably more woodland and wildlife in New England now than at the beginning of the eighteenth century, since we do not look to the land as our primary sustenance and are not grossly effecting land use changes. Deer, moose and turkeys were all harvested and not in any abundance 100 years ago.
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I've noticed increases and fluctuations in wildlife in my own time here.

Sundance Hurdles

When we got the plot plan on Fri. after the closing, there were surprises that may cause some delay, before the uncertainty is cleared up. We rescheduled the project completion date to Jan. 31 to take some of the pressure away from clearing these hurdles, and get things done right.
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A rough start, but with the involvement of Rockett and Lynch, we will smooth it out.

Chicago Bound

Have to head to Chicago to see if some other pieces of the Darwin puzzle can come together. After tomorrow, I will be staying close to home for the rest of the week while the Sundance renovation is in full swing.
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Spent an hour with Sparky on the Microsoft Project Gantt Chart. With the holidays smack in the middle of the project schedule, there are extra challenges. If the office phase is not completed, that is not a problem, but the interior classrooms and playground fencing must be in place.
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The Sundance parents are betting that the work will not be ready for Jan. 2. I told Amy that I would cover the bets.

Nice Close Out

Last Home game. Temperature was in the balmy 50's.
Patriots give Houston a problem, 40-7

Gillette Again

Back to the Gillette Stadium Darwin Box for the Pats - Texans game. At this point, I would rather rest at home, with all the stuff to do for the Sundance build and the result of the holiday parties on my aging frame.
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But there are a couple of customers coming to the box that I have to put the vibe on. Viva la Evolution!
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I have to get a Sundance renovation project schedule for Sparky together before I leave this morning.

Yacht Tender and Peapod