Process Improvement

It was a milestone day for Nanepashemet Telecom today with our investment in a nice industrial condo unit right out there in the confluence of Rt 128, Rt 114 and Interstate 95. It will be convenient for our trucks, crews, and supplies.
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Does this mean that our service will get even better???
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It's hard to improve on perfection.

Grateful Insight

I told you at the beginning of this ordeal that this would be a test of character. What I expected was that loyalties would be strained and we would find out who our friends were.
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We were told that in situations like this, people tend to shun you and try to put some space away from you.
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But the exact opposite happened.
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We really didn't expect to see such an outpouring of support... and for that we are eternally grateful and will not forget. There are a lot more people out there now that I would jump on a grenade for. More than I ever imagined.
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We will forever look for ways repay the loyalty that you have shown us.
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Loyalty is the deciding factor of character. We all are weak, we all make bad judgments, we all make mistakes. But loyalty says that I am your friend for whatever reason, and I will stand by you despite your weaknesses, not because of the benefits that you can give me.
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The people who failed the test... and a few of you did... failed miserably. Those with the greatest past benefits, betrayed the most. You showed your true colors, and for this we are grateful also. We will be on our guard, and not waste any of our future concerns on you.
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The ironic thing is that the person who made the big mistake has shown the most character of all. And we are very proud of that.... as well as thankful for the loyalty of friends like you.

Workout Resolution

My new resolution is to workout everyday before I take a shower. Even if it's a 20 min. burn on the Cybex.
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So if you see me and I'm dirty and smelly, then you know that I haven't worked out yet.
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I'm not setting any goals on weight loss or anything like that. I just want to get a significant run of consecutive day workouts in.
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This is Day 2.

Say No to Nazi's

The Big Lie went out of style with Nazi Germany.
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It just doesn't work here in the good old U.S. of A.
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And it sure doesn't work in the small Town of Marblehead, Massachusetts.
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The problem with The Big Lie is that this country allows the facts to come to the surface. And the truth will set you free, as well as kick the shit out those who stand behind The Big Lie.
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So get ready.

Badass Bass

Tommy O and I spotted some bird activity between Haste Island and Coney Island outside of Salem Harbor this afternoon.
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After bringing to bear some of our superior fishing skills, we landed this nice 26" schoolie on a surface popper.
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This striped bass put up a very commendable, yet completely fruitless fight and we promptly returned him to the brine to fight another day.
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Just a couple more inches and we would have debated whether we should grill him, broil him or put him in the turkey fryer.

Activity Spectrum

Once again, a beautiful Saturday.
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Should I keep sitting on this couch, drinking coffee and making sure that you pathetic Peeps get your Blog fix??? Or should I venture forth and try to make contributions to the further advancement of humanity?
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I'll probably choose to do stuff in the middle of this spectrum... like work on the Workbench and Adirondack Chair projects, row the Tender, and play with the Grandkids.
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BTW... sometime this weekend, one of you will hit this Blog for the 50,000th time. That's FIFTY THOUSAND instances of searching for solace and inspiration, yet most likely coming back with frustration and emptiness.
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I don't really care. I'd be Blogging or venting in another type of journal whether you looked at it or not. But I have to admit that it's nice to share some thoughts with you. As you may suspect, I really don't tell you everything.... some things you don't want to commit to documentation. Not now anyway.

POTW Week 30

So from out of the blue, we hear from Peep of the Year, Lauren Rathbone, whining about her reigning year being half over, and thinking she is going to get a lobster dinner because she is floating in Echo Lake.
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Uh..... Lauren.
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There are no lobsters in Echo Lake.
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Duh!!!!
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Being POTY must really take a toll on people.
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Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeos of the Week for the 30th week of 2008

Lauren Rathbone
Ed Hudson
Phil Freeman
Ron Caliri
David Labovitz
Nancy Bruett

Maybe we should look into the special needs and stresses that POTY's face every day. Not everyone handles stress equally.

Take the Bait

I have to get out and bait the traps sometime today. Even when you are a dynamic executive type at Nanepashemet Telecom, you have to make time for the simple, mundane tasks.
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Just because I'm a Mountain of a Man, that doesn't prevent me from sometimes doing the same things that a mundane peep would do.....

Lauren Rathbone, reigning Peep of the Year said....
I am over half way thru my PEEP of the year run, do I get a lobster dinner! Heading to north conway this weekend, I will think of Mrs Nestor as I float on echo lake.

No Urinating

Even when you specifically put the sign up.....

Susan said...
Who did that Jay?

No Susan. That is obviously not my urine. (When I pee on a building, I usually spell my name, and this is just one big void.)
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Didn't you read the sign???
It says "No Urinating Against the Building."
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So naturally, I didn't pee there.
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However, there was no sign that said that you couldn't take a poo in the bushes.

Pesky Facts

So President Obama is taking time out of his busy day today to have a beer with some Cambridge guys who had a run in. President BO calls it a "Teaching Moment".
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Do you find this to be just a bit pretentious? A tad irritating maybe? A little condescending?
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Let's face it. The Gates controversy points out that people who make a living out of extolling racist America are on the run. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Skip Gates, and quite a few of the twisted ideolog professors that I remember at UMASS and BU are losing their subject matter.
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Racism in America is on the wane. Somebody should point out to them the WE ELECTED A BLACK PRESIDENT. And the FACTS behind the Cambridge racial profiling incident clearly show that this was not an issue of race at all... from the 911 call down to the African American police sergeant who responded to the scene immediately after Crowley, the evidence is clear that race was NOT taken into account by anyone but Henry Louis Gates.
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Now it comes out that the evil white Sergeant Crowley is a widely respected teacher of racial profiling to Massachusetts police cadets. Pesky fact.
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President BO lectured to us that the "Cambridge Police acted stupidly." Did they also act stupidly by issuing you 17 tickets while you were a student in Cambridge, that you only paid when you decided to run for President? That's another one of those pesky facts that keep moving this from the trite rush to judgement that Obama embraced.
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I guess the most annoying thing about this is that America has made great strides, and it is obvious that guys like Gates have an equity position in seeing that racism persists.
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We should never forget our racist past... but we can't denigrate our achievements in escaping that past.

Bye Bye B. I.

We bid adieu to the Block Island project today.
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Left the Verizon cell site a lot better than we found it. Which still isn't saying much. It has been a very ill kept cell site.
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But the unbelieveably rainy conditions in May and June really made this job drag on a lot longer than we had hoped. You can't cad weld in the rain and you can't climb towers in the rain, and there was a ton of each on this job.
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Axiomatic

We all know the axiom.... "If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?"
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Maybe you don't know this axiom, but I do.
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Well.... "If a tree falls in your backyard, and nobody has the insurance to cover the removal, does it stay there all summer?"
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This one may be harder to answer.
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I'm so sick of legal fees. My next door neighbor, who shares with us in the willow drapesing his property has been threatening lawsuit. Maybe if I wasn't paying lawyers up the yin-yang these days, I'd be more attentive to his rants and raves.
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I'd just be happy to see the mess cleaned up, fix my fence and get on with life without massive down willow branches all over the place.

The Lorax said...

take down the willow. shallow roots.

Tuna Lips said...

what's axiomatik is there aint nary a scrap o'toilet paper in the public crap house when I needs to pinch me a loaf.