Budget for Legal

So I'm getting ready to prepare my taxes, and find it incredible how much money I spent last year in legal fees.  For all kinds of stuff.
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But I'd do it again this year in a nanosecond.  Sorry but I can't let you screw with me, my business,  or anyone in my family.....
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Since I'm getting a little along in age, I vastly prefer having my lawyers to do my fighting.    And,  I highly recommend that you  keep your hands to yourself.   So if you want to take a slap at me or mine, get out your wallet.  It's going to cost you.

Barbara Walters and Brown

Just watched Scott Brown being interviewed by Baba Wawa.  We've elected one hell of a Senator.  He pinned back the pointy headed, self righteous Walters really well.  
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Barbara seems to measure him so much on his answers on Gays in the Military, and Abortion.

She's got an original copy of that 28year old Cosmo issue which also had an article about her in it.  Wonder which photo she stared at the most.???

Ideas and Memories

We have the grandkids this weekend, and had a nice visit at FreshAyer.  They really have fun there which is kind of weird.  These visits will be nice memories for them when they get older, if they can remember them at all.  I don't think that we have memories from the toddler age as much as flashes of recognition.   Like if you see a photo of yourself at age three, and seem to remember the Halloween costume you were wearing in the picture.
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Supposedly, everything that you do is permanently recorded in the collective consciousness that the Hindu's call the Akashic Records.  It's probably good that we mortals forget stuff.  If you remembered everything, you would be so encumbered with memories that you couldn't address the present.
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In the future, science will figure out what our brains really do....  I wonder how many Gigabits of memory they hold, or how powerful they are as radio transmitters.  I'll bet the answers are that our hearts and brains are virtually powerplants of energy that our senses cannot perceive.   Science will discover that our thoughts are tangible things that forge the reality that we experience.
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So think good thoughts... just in case I'm right about this.

POTW Week 4

 It was a long, hard fought week at Nanepashemet Telecom.  Keeping your eye on business prospects while maintaining operational quality is not an easy mix.  It's times like this when I thank God that he saw fit to make me the Mountain of a Man that I am.

Announcing....

Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the Fourth Week of 2010.

Harvey Leonard

Kerry D'Orio

Steve Ferrar

Tommy O'Shea

Brian Butler

Sarah Crawford

Maybe I'll ratchet the activity down for this weekend, but there is a lot going on, and I can't afford to disappoint any Peeps who need a full dose of MOAM.

Pisc said...

In life, as in a football game, the principle is to hit the line hard. Theodore Roosevelt.

Attention Span

I didn't really listen to President Obama's speech last night.  I tried to pay attention, but kept drifting off practicing scales on my guitar.
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Every time I tried to get into it, I ended up being sidetracked by Sappy Biden nodding his head like a mindless moron or Speaker Pelosi smirking, drooling and jumping out of her chair at every opportunity to clap like a sophomore cheerleader.
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Am I the only one who feels nauseous by the sight of these two adults acting like pitiful airheads everytime Barack raises his voice?
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I did listen when the President said that he was elected for "change" but he never said that he could do it by himself.  No Shit.  He hasn't got the votes.
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And I'm so happy that he is going to let gays serve in the military.   Does anybody give a shit about that?  One tenth of the population is gay.   They've always served in the military.  Clinton already jumped on a sword with this non-issue.   How stupid is Obama to do the same?
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I'd like to give you an intellectual critique of his State of the Union Speech,... but I didn't/couldn't pay attention.

Business Cycle

We have a business cycle as a small consulting/contracting company that I really didn't anticipate when we founded Nanepashemet Telecom a few years ago.  Here is the way that the cycle works.

• Nanepashemet fights its way into a customer project contract using prior contacts.
• Various lower tier customer staff have loyalties to a host of other competitors, and throw all kinds of roadblocks.
• Nanepashemet dodges all obstacles and provides superior service regardless of the pitfalls.
• Senior staff of the customer start saying nice things about Nanepashemet because of positive metrics and results.
• Rank and File customer staff start to kiss our ass, and claim that they were in our corner all along.
• Recurring work comes our way from lower tier staff who want to impress senior staff that they are tight with Nanepashemet.

The cycle takes from six months to a year.... generally the time for our projects to meet their milestones.  We achieve out success by staying true to the big picture, while constantly pushing past the nonsense and nitpicking.
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Not sure if this is a model that the Harvard Business School can use in its case studies.    But that's the way it seems to work for Nanepashemet Telecom.
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And we understand what we sell.... not telecom services.... but career advancement of the rank and file.  We provide the opportunity for customer staff to attach their corporate career success to the project metrics that Nanepashemet can achieve for them when they identify with our output.

Pisc said...

Don't forget golf shirts and coffee mugs

Next Big Thing

Apple is slated to come out with the next big thing tomorrow - the escalation of it's IPhone/ IPod to personal computer status.  Pundits call it an Apple Tablet or ISlate and Verizon is rumored to provide on line connectivity.
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My prediction is that these devices will replace PC's, Telephones and Books within 5 years.  This will be the convenient standard necessary for instant intercommunication on a video, voice and data basis.
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People will have instant access to each other, and all of the information, books and records that they need. It's impossible to predict how this capacity will mold our lives.
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We will truly be limited only by our imagination, intelligence, and creativity.
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It will  enable all of us to think for ourselves and take personal responsibility.  That will be a huge change for the better.

Pisc said...

It will also enable media outlets and figures to tell us what to think. Obama! P.S. In case you did not hear, he said its not about him.

POTW Week 3

I feel bad that our President needed such a jolt of a wake up call this week.  When I get woken up that way, I'm generally pretty cranky with Joanne and stuff.  Poor Barack probably can't pull that act off wth Michelle, without getting his ass kicked.  I'd be afraid to piss her off too.

Announcing.....

Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the Third Week of 2010.

Dale Johnson

Senator Robert Menendez

Nancy Pelosi

Christos Laganos

Julie Johnson

Angelina Joli

This has been a special weekend with one day left.  For security reasons, I can't give you any details

Bottomless Pitt

So I wake up this morning and get slammed with the rumor that Brad Pitt and Angelina Joli are breaking up.
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No, there wasn't any screeching or wailing on my part.... just a whole pile of hurt and heartache.
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I'm willing to offer my considerable skills in marriage counseling for a reduced fee... if only they will make another go.

Cold Morning

It's eight degrees below zero this morning.
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I know that this would stop most of you in your tracks, but a Mountan of a Man like me doesn't lose a step.  As soon as Joanne gets the trash ready for me to take out, I'll get off this couch, put on my boots and ski pants, and bring those bags to the trash bin.
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I won't even wait for her to shovel the path.
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Sleep Tight

I began the day by torturing myself again and watching the ABC Good Morning America show.  I pretty much can protect myself from their insidious thought police attempts, (which is a standard attribute of a Mountain of a Man) and today's episode wasn 't one of their worse attempts.
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But since it was a down news day, they came out with this bit on dirty hotel rooms, and how to detect bed bugs and such.  Unfortunately, I'm such an expert on that, having traveled at the government per diem rate for so many years previously.
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I think that if I still went on business trips for a living, I would pack my own sleeping bag.

Feeder Focus

So this wicked irritating Peep sends me an email yesterday saying, "J. Now that Scott Brown has pulled off his election to the Senate, what will you have to focus on?"
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What a stupid, irritating, idiotic, moronic, and again stupid question!!!!!
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Not to mention being wicked annoying.
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I'll just be paying more attention to the bird feeder.... that's what I'll be focusing on.... you freaking goofball.
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But now that you mention it, there were two sparrows, a dark eyed junco and the squirrel at the feeder this morning.

Maria Rowen said...

Pity the poor mis-guided peeps and their political prescriptions...hopefully they all have jobs...Don't forget to feed the juncos!