Peep of the Week - Week 52

• Last Week of the Year
  

This is the last Thursday of the year. I can't believe that I've risen to the occasion - each and every week - summoning the strength and mustering the courage to make the all-important weekly POTW selections.
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To those of you who look to this as the highlight of your week, I definitely suggest that you look into some type of hobby or interest that will help you to advance your life to a more meaningful type of existence. I hope I said this gently enough.
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If you've been named a Peep of the Week this year, be not proud... nor should you be ashamed. General malaise and confusion is probably the most appropriate emotion for the weekly honor/disgrace. Most fortunate among you are those Peeps who were selected but don't realize it. Ignorance is truly bliss in this situation.
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The Peep of the Year will be chosen on January 1. I'm pretty sure who it will be, but I'm keeping the options open just in case a Lagavulin Single Malt Scotch delivery truck shows up at my front door between now and then.

ANNOUNCING.....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 52nd Week of 2007

• Kyle Raiche
• Ben Martin
• Emily Ingardia
• Mark Vona
• Tom McMahon
• Steve Lewis

The countdown is on for the New Year.... and the life changing POTY selection. Keep the nominations coming in, although I probably won't be paying much attention to them.

Holiday Feeder Action

First time visitors to the feeder over the Christmas holiday were a small flock of Dark-Eyed Juncos. Very nice looking birds with their dark feathers and white undersides.
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Also Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Sparrows and the Squirrel.

Wish You a Merry Christmas

It's probably time to wish you all a Merry Christmas.
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I'm going to try and nod off for an hour or so, then put a half hour on the Cybex cycle, get a shower in and head over to Ryan and Courtney's house for Christmas Eve Dinner. So now is the time.
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Merry Christmas Peeps. Best wishes to ...

• Lec and Tom at NPMI.
• the GD people, even the reality challenged obstructionists among them.
• the Rockett Management and Hotel People.
• my new friends at Sprint, MetroPCS, Qualcomm, Lucent, Maxton, EnerNOC, Grain
• all of you crazy subK tower climbers.
• Tuna Lips
• Katelyn's Crew and Jack Dog
• Mike's friends, including reigning POTY McMahon
• the Gerry 5
• Ryan's old and new friends and family
• Boyz and Girlz in the Hood
• that crazy, wacky Boston Yacht Club
• Roenick and Isabelle
• the workers at the Lagavulin Distillery
• my old College buds
• that lady in Chez Henri that Mike Rockett tooled on
• the POTW's who annoyed and, yes, more frequently inspired me.
• my Florida family and the New England one's too.
  
• all of my self righteous architect and engineer subK's
• the birds at the feeder - even the insidious squirrel
• my Darwin group who strayed away from the evolution
• our material suppliers and their sense of humor
• the happy fish swimming today who will be giving it up next summer
• the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox (even the Celts!)
• James Taylor, Chuang Tzu and Ralph Waldo Emerson
  
• those New York publishers that turn down my book (so far)
• the writers and editors of WoodenBoat Magazine
• all of the Peeps that I share this journey with
  
• and you, that slightly misguided reader of this Blog post.

Merry Christmas to you all, even if you are Jewish or other non-believers. You may irritate and annoy me from time to time, but that is usually temporary.
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I still wish you Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men, and you don't have to buy into Chistianity to accept that sentiment.

Patriots 15

So I started watching the Patriots game with Joanne and Katelyn at home.... then Mike and Nathaniel called and wanted me to meet them at Flynnie's. I was surprized that Flynnie's was so empty. A couple of cougars at the bar, along with Nathaniel, Mike and Jeff Flynn.
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Jeff said that the Gerry, and HDTV has affected his business during Patriots games. People would rather stay home or go to their friend's house to watch the game. The restaurant business must be a continual horror show. Literally feast or famine with constantly changing conditions.
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Ben Martin joined us at Flynnie's for one more and we moved the event to the Gerry 5 Fireman's Association.
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Ever since Larry Hudak finished the renovation at the Gerry, it has drawn a new crowd mixing in with the old guard, although Kevin and Brian Rockett are starting to seem like the old guard.
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Joining the Rockett brothers were Dave and Abby Bruett and their former nanny, Courtney Lynch, in from San Francisco. Courtney professed her allegiance to the Nanepashemet Blog, which is always the foundation for a potential POTW selection, because of its annoying/inspirational significance. She paid for a Gerry membership application for her father, Paul.... a very thoughtful gift for the popular Marblehead Attorney.
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The Pats cruised past the Dolphins for their 15th regular season victory this year.
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There was Good Will Toward Men at the Gerry, although women are still ineligible to join.

Piscabo said...

Merry Christmas to the old school peeps from back in the broadband revolution days, both on and off the treadmill. Spent a lot of good company time talking smack.

And a shout out to Father Christmas, Little Willie Hillegas, what up dog!?!

Official Steroid Denial

Like Roger Clemens, I have never taken steroids or human growth hormone.
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My excess bulk can be traced to pizza, beer, cheeseburgers, and an overly sedentary lifestyle.
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I vigorously deny steroid use.

Peep of the Year Buildup

The Peep of the Year nominations are really starting to mount up. Peeps, let's make a concerted effort to try to wait until Christmas is passed before getting all hyper and hysterical.
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But if you are going to continue to pepper me with emails, you should at least remember the rules.

No Dead People and No Animals....
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So the Peep of the Year has to be a living person who has done something exceedingly stupid, annoying or inspirational this year. And the automatic Lagavulin rule is not in effect for the annual disgrace/honor. Although a case of Lagavulin would be hard to overlook.

Random Connections

Let's See....
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Patriots are playing the Dolphins at 4:15 PM. There will be a gathering at the Gerry.
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It's a full moon tonight.
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Scott McBurney and his new wife Caroline dropped by to take Mike out for a drink.
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I'm baking a couple of Pizzas while waiting for Katelyn to come home.
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Are these all random happenings???? Or are they all linked together by the Big Bang and super string theoretical physics???
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Whatever the deal is, it's officially time for peace on earth, good will toward men. So let's get on with it.

Mapping It Out

This is my modest domestic project plan for 2008. Click on it if you want to see it better,. I did this graphic in Visio then saved it to JPEG. Visio is a neat program for brainstorming.
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I frankly think that Nanepashemet Telecom will screw this plan up big time, and the little free periods that I have will be devoted to mindless vegging and healing.
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Xmas Priorities

Are you ready for Christmas? I still have a lot of details to cover. But at least we have the presents for Katelyn. Everything else is secondary.

Road to Patriot Perfection

		Sun 9/9/2007	@	Jets						38-14	W
		Sun 9/16/2007	vs	Chargers						38-14	W
		Sun 9/23/2007	vs	Bills						38-7	W
		Mon 10/1/2007	@	Bengals						34-13	W
		Sun 10/7/2007	vs	Browns						34-17	W
		Sun 10/14/2007	@	Cowboys						48-27	W
		Sun 10/21/2007	@	Dolphins						49-28	W
		Sun 10/28/2007	vs	Redskins						52-7	W
		Sun 11/4/2007	@	Colts						24-20	W
		Sun 11/11/2007	vs	Bye
		Sun 11/18/2007	@	Bills						56-10	W
		Sun 11/25/2007	vs	Eagles						31-28	W
		Mon 12/3/2007	@	Ravens						27-24	W
		Sun 12/9/2007	vs	Steelers						34-13	W
		Sun 12/16/2007	vs	Jets						20-10	W
		Sun 12/23/2007	vs	Dolphins
		Sat 12/29/2007	@	Giants

Super Dave

Land of Oz

Peeps....
I'm not the Wizard of Oz...
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I can't give you heart... I can't give you courage.... I can't give you a brain.
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But at least I can piss you off.
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That must count for something.

Anonymous said...

More like Dorothy if you ask me, you big girl.

4:18 PM

John Nestor said...

Hey Anon.
Your freaking Toto Turd.
You'll get Dorothy where the Sun don't shine.

5:04 PM

Tuna Lips said...

And vice a versa with the pissin off, it seems. Shoot, you'r hackles is up, and here I thunked that the Christmas spirit was powerful in you. In all things, the chicken come home to roost. But fear not, for born unto you tomorrow night is a savior, who is Christ the Lord. Made a couple nickels off that line on local access cable back in Galveston. Love this country.