Burdensome Dilemma

The pressure is on.
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Wojcik has me really on the ropes to get back in the mainstream of Blog culture. And in my heart, I know he's right. As pissed off as he makes me, I actually like the little peckerhead. He's Polish, but he's smart. And Tuna Lips was way too harsh on Wojo. TL .... there's a difference between evil and deranged. Learn to recognize it!
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But I digress . Let's continue talking about me.
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It's just that Nanepashemet Telecom has been so busy. Really crazy busy. Which is good, but it has crimped my style big time. I need to be calm, and a little bored to get creative, and it's been anything but that. If we just perform on the stuff that is in front of us in the first quarter alone, we could make our whole year financially as well as solidify the position of Nanepashemet in the marketplace. All we have to do is keep our heads, work hard, and do what we know how to do.
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So the dilemma is .... do I stay focused with my eyes on the prize, or divert into the itinerant world of blogging to satisfy the likes of Bob Wojcik and thousands of other pathetic souls who seek me out for daily and incessant guidance and inspiration???
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What would you do if you were me..... with an incredibly needy, almost cult-like, Peep following to support?
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Sometimes it's a burden to even breathe.

POTW Week 3

"The blog is suffering, much like your workouts!"
- Wojo

So Bob Wojcik decides to tell me that the Blog is suffering.... Et tu, Brute.
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Do you think I'm stupid Bob???
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Don't you think I know crap when I see it????? Not to mention write it????
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Once again, Wojcik succeeds in infuriating me. Go ahead... kick a guy when he's down. I know that the Blog is hurting... that I haven't had time to properly craft the level of literary excellence that you Peeps have grown to know and expect. I even went to the trouble to explain that I am completely preoccupied with some other stuff for the time being. But No. I'm held to an impossibly high standard by the pathetic, wanton, grasping masses.
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Don't you think I deserve a pass once in awhile????
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Man... why don't you just kill me and get it over with?

ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the Third Week of 2008

Bob Wojcik
Bill Hillegas
Vince Antonnacci
Tedy Bruschi
Leonardo Di Caprio
Lynda Murray

At least I'm trying.

Wojo said...

Do you think it is easy, calling out my Mentor? The man I look up to with utmost respect. Hell no!!! Nevertheless, somebody had to sack up and call you out. Had the roles been reversed, you would have had me for lunch a long time ago. In fact, if I were you, I would be disappointed that it has taken this long for any of the Peeps to question your efforts. That, in my opinion, is VERY unnestor like! We all deserve shame for giving you this extended free pass. At least I will be able to look in the mirror tonight. Question is, will you???

Tuna Lips said...

Good Christ on the road to Calvary, who is this ignant feller Bob who needs to get a new last name? Doedn't he know that those Polack types is among the dumbest breeds of humanoids? Don't go advertisin it, let alone braggin' on yer smarts, there, Bobinski, criticizing the like of a real American mick. And how bout you buy yerself another vowel from Vanna White there, Kielbasa boy, get in line with the times.

I do admire the on-line porn that originates in the regions formerly ruled by the czar, I grant you that. But shut your one-foot-out of-the-gulag arse and be thankful you are eatin' more than grass and moldy potatoes. I'm out.

Access Addiction

Trouble is brewing.
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One of our main customers wants our reports done in Microsoft Access rather than Excel.
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Access is a programmable database program. Years ago, I learned to program in dBase, then Hypercard. It is brutally addictive to me. And I'm not even that good at it. The other night, to the huge detriment of the Nanepashemet Blog Peeps, I didn't make one Blog entry as I obsessively worked on our Access database until David Letterman came on.

Cranston Again

Back to Cranston.
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Yesterday's snow day was a good chance to catch up on paperwork, which I did to a certain extent.
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Now back to juggling office and field work.

Tuna Lips said...

I tell you what else is abrewin', a big numero two for ole TL. That Green Chili Corn Chowder the illegals in the cafeteria stewed up has set my belly to a rumblin'. Look out below!

Whoa!

Did you ever feel like you were at a vortex.... a turning point..... that everything from here on in will be different?
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That's the inspirational and somewhat creepy feeling that I have now.
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It's definitely positive, but also challenging.

Tuna Lips said...

Sure have. Why, just last week I had such a feeling. I had just taken a dose of Cialis in anticipation of the wife swap soiree at the condo function hall. I was also tinkering with the stocks we had voted to implement at the last condo board meeting. See, some people don't follow the association rules, and we have no way to punish, shame and humiliate them. Until I harkened back to the treatment my pappy got back is Hecubus, Missoura. Pappy was found to be in violation of the local blue laws. The town leaders threw him into the stocks in the town square for all to see. Sweating like a whore in church in the noonday sun, pappy was a stoic feller, even whilst retching blood and bile.

So, we voted on implementing such a device so for as to stop such miscreant behavior as parking in the handicapped slot when you have a perfectly functioning walker, not offering likker at a house warming, or getting yer pet spade or neutralixed. So, I had used the mitre saw I found in Mr. Twatzinsky's locker to fashion a stock. I was varnishing the stock to give it that well-worn look, having recently taken what I call my "rocket launcher" with a gulp of chardonnay from the box. Vortexed the shiznit out of me. I got to trying out that huffin' like the way Shoo Fly did afore we had to have him institutionalized. That varnish packs a kick. Straight to the outer spaceosphere. So I know of what you speak.

Ticking Them Off

Remarkably, I ticked off every item in the to do list today.
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Doesn't happen often.
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With the big Nor'easter snow storm predicted for tomorrow, the schedule for the week is undergoing substantial revisions, which is not too bad, because a snow-in will allow me to get alot of the bookkeeping and other housekeeping chores that I have been neglecting in Nanepashemet Telecom.
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That's right..... even I have some loose ends to tie down every so often.

Sunday Fun

Peeps -
I can't deny that I am somewhat flattered by your concern, but why all the emails asking me what my plans are for this Sunday????
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Don't you have your own stuff to do? You shouldn't be so obsessed with my paltry, unpunctual plans.
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But just so you don't flip out and pull a nutty, here's what's in store for me today....
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• Put seed in the feeder.
• Check on the Lynn property offer that I'm brokering as a favor.
• Build doors for the trash bin at the side of the house.
• Make a visit to the Nursing Home.
  
• Clean up some Nanepashemet Telecom bookkeeping.

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Happy????. Maybe now you can make your own damn list.

Perfect Role Models

Last night the Patriots did what the Patriots do.
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They won the football game with a 31-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium.
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Next week they play in the AFC Championship game.
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17 Wins - 0 Losses. Against football teams whose players are all elite professional athletes.
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Tom Brady completed a record 26 or 28 passees, and said it was easy when the receivers all get open and the linemen keep the opponents away from him. I'm sure that his contribution wasn't easy, but he clearly understands and appreciates the interlocking contributions that produce this type of performance. He is certainly the type of leader that warrants a winning organization.
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The Patriots' focus and preparation on the present task at hand, and their resulting patient execution is a prescription for success in most all endeavors.

Clubber

I was never a big "joiner".
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Yet in the past year, I've joined the UMass Club, the Gerry 5 Volunteer Fireman's Association, and the Boston Yacht Club.
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Clearly something is going on here, and I'm not exactly sure what it is.
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I'm definitely not looking to make new friends, nor am I a social climber, but here I am joining these diverse groups and incurring charges for dues.
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In the case of the Gerry, a decent monthly bar bill as well. Somebody must have really banged my number that last time I was there.
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I did meet up with Greg at the Gerry this afternoon, and I guess it's cool to grab a beer in a place that you can claim for yourself outside of your home from time to time.
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The BYC and the UMASS Club also have great potential for entertaining Business clients.

Binnacle Definition

binnacle
noun

1. (nautical) The wooden housing for a ship's compass, its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements; the log and other equipment for measuring the ships speed is also stowed there.

Belated Peeps of the Week

Yesterday was Thursday wasn't it?
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I completely forgot about the POTW selection.
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What a FREAKING MORON I am!!!!!
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Now you have me exactly where you want me..... wrong, vulnerable, a sniffling mass of mucus and protoplasm.
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What the hell, it's only a day late.
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ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for Week 2 of 2008

Peter Crawford
Lauren Rathbone
Brian Butler
Emily Ingardia
Tommy O'Shea
Patrick Piscatelli

I promise I will never be late again.

Bird Bonanza

Weird scene at the feeder today.
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At first there were a few Chickadees, Sparrows, and Dark Eyed Juncos.... the usual suspects.
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Then there was a couple of Cardinals and Bluejays... a colorful combination.
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But in the early afternoon, sitting right out there on a willow branch was a big Red Tailed Hawk. Probably the same one that had a bird meal on Tommy O' Shea's front lawn.
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The afternoon was capped when I saw a Robin in the same stand of willow branches. That's the first Robin in January that I ever saw here.
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All of this cool bird action, tearing me away from my crucial work at Nanepashemet Telecom.