It's saturday evening and we had a real fun day with the grandkids in the Wall's pool. I was teaching Will the Butterfly stroke, because if he only knows freestyle and backstroke, he'll be falling behind the other 3 year olds.
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After a full day of watching Joanne chase toddlers and change diapers, you can really work up a thirst.
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So it's obviously time for a Dark and Stormy, the classic summer cocktail, and a Nanepashemet Official Endorsement.
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Even though I am out of the preferred Ginger Beer, Stephans, I have plenty of the Gosling's Ginger beer which is an acceptable substitute. The one thing that can't be substituted is Gosling's Black Seal Rum which is surprizingly affordable. And you really shouldn't forget to add a fresh lime wedge.
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I'm particularly blessed tonight, because I have ample supplies of all of the required ingredients on hand.
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And there is no chance that I can drink to excess, because I'll be nodding off by about 8:00PM anyway... so there is just enough time for one or three.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Saturday Morning Recount
I told you that I would let you know how the week went as I was ruminating that it would be a big one on Monday morning.
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It's not often in business that the deal you are targeting lands in the timeframe that you think it will.
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But that wasn't the case this week, as Nanepashemet Telecom ended up with a purchase order from a 1st Tier National Contractor to begin work on a significant amount of sites in the Mid Atlantic Region. And we assembled a killer tieam to immediately implement this work. All done without a blink, skip or glitch.
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That's not to say that the week didn't contain the usual amount of bullshit. More like typical chickenshit. Bullshit would be a complement.... but it was predictable and will be managed according to plan.
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So now, Washington and Baltimore will feel the power and efficiency that New England has already experienced in the presence of Nanepashemet Telecom. I have another feeling that August will be a breakout month here in New England as well.
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It's not often in business that the deal you are targeting lands in the timeframe that you think it will.
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But that wasn't the case this week, as Nanepashemet Telecom ended up with a purchase order from a 1st Tier National Contractor to begin work on a significant amount of sites in the Mid Atlantic Region. And we assembled a killer tieam to immediately implement this work. All done without a blink, skip or glitch.
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That's not to say that the week didn't contain the usual amount of bullshit. More like typical chickenshit. Bullshit would be a complement.... but it was predictable and will be managed according to plan.
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So now, Washington and Baltimore will feel the power and efficiency that New England has already experienced in the presence of Nanepashemet Telecom. I have another feeling that August will be a breakout month here in New England as well.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Clean Up Confusion
With the "Greatest Environmental Disaster in History" as BO has described the Gulf Oil Leak on the decline, ABC News has reported the decline of the cleanup jobs in the area.
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From people complaining of economic turmoil because of the spill, to people complaining of economic turmoil because the spill has gone away.
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This is confusing.
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Two weeks ago, an oil spill the size of Kentucky was supposed to wreck havoc.... now they can't find oil to clean up.
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I must have missed something in the last week.
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From people complaining of economic turmoil because of the spill, to people complaining of economic turmoil because the spill has gone away.
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This is confusing.
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Two weeks ago, an oil spill the size of Kentucky was supposed to wreck havoc.... now they can't find oil to clean up.
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I must have missed something in the last week.
Narcisstic Image
Boring
Classless
Selfish
Dishonest
Predictable
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If you think that this describes you, look into the mirror and behold a sad narcissist.
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All of these schemes will backfire..... No matter what thoughtless, self serving actions you take.
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The only way to escape the karma in your future is to stop thinking about yourself all of the time and try to think in the best interest of the others.
Classless
Selfish
Dishonest
Predictable
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If you think that this describes you, look into the mirror and behold a sad narcissist.
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All of these schemes will backfire..... No matter what thoughtless, self serving actions you take.
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The only way to escape the karma in your future is to stop thinking about yourself all of the time and try to think in the best interest of the others.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Yacht Scare
Not much more press these days on the Gulf oil spill. Now that the source has been plugged, nature seems to have taken over and the oil is being dispersed and absorbed. After all... it's a natural substance from the earth.
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The big scare.... that this would destroy the Gulf forever, and that this is the worst environmental catastrophe.... seems silly in retrospect.
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It was so similar to the Swine Flu, and the Bird Flu before it. Lots of scares by the Obama administration about a "Pandemic".
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But now the Obamas are hiking in Maine and planning a return visit to Martha's Vineyard. Things seem a little relaxed. Maybe Kerry will spin the "Isabel" up from Newport and take them for a sailboat ride. Hopefully, all of the Rhode Island maintenance is complete and his tax bill that he always intended to pay is all settled.
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What type of maintenance does a new $7mil. New Zealand built yacht require anyway????? A little Lemon Pledge while keeping up with the dusting should do the trick. I hope that Kerry got a warranty from that New Zealand boatyard for all of the money that he paid them.
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Poor Senator Kerry.... If the Gulf disaster wasn't such a bust, nobody would have focused on his yacht maintenance problems. The Dems can't come up with another scare soon enough for the Senior Senator from Massachusetts.
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The big scare.... that this would destroy the Gulf forever, and that this is the worst environmental catastrophe.... seems silly in retrospect.
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It was so similar to the Swine Flu, and the Bird Flu before it. Lots of scares by the Obama administration about a "Pandemic".
~But now the Obamas are hiking in Maine and planning a return visit to Martha's Vineyard. Things seem a little relaxed. Maybe Kerry will spin the "Isabel" up from Newport and take them for a sailboat ride. Hopefully, all of the Rhode Island maintenance is complete and his tax bill that he always intended to pay is all settled.
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What type of maintenance does a new $7mil. New Zealand built yacht require anyway????? A little Lemon Pledge while keeping up with the dusting should do the trick. I hope that Kerry got a warranty from that New Zealand boatyard for all of the money that he paid them.
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Poor Senator Kerry.... If the Gulf disaster wasn't such a bust, nobody would have focused on his yacht maintenance problems. The Dems can't come up with another scare soon enough for the Senior Senator from Massachusetts.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
2nd Adirondack
I haven't made a big deal out of it, but in between the important stuff, I have been assembling Joanne's Adirondack chair from the duplicate parts that I cut when I made Kate's last fall.
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Have the third coat of Marine Varnish on and it is starting to look pretty good.
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My ulterior motive is to get the space in the garage to try to get serious about working on the Marblehead Gunning Dory again.
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Have the third coat of Marine Varnish on and it is starting to look pretty good.
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My ulterior motive is to get the space in the garage to try to get serious about working on the Marblehead Gunning Dory again.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Persuasive Pints
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I would have bought more, but I was worried about hitting the top of the credit line on my Visa card.
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The Chocolate Fudge Brownie got the nod, and it was wildly satisfying. The other pints are still in the freezer. Calling me..... Taunting Me.....
Big Week Feeling
I have the "this is going to be a big week" feeling going on this morning.
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Which is not surprising given the stuff that Nanepashemet Telecom has on its plate. It will be interesting to be sitting here on Saturday morning, six days from now, recounting the events of this week.
Tuna Lips said...
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Which is not surprising given the stuff that Nanepashemet Telecom has on its plate. It will be interesting to be sitting here on Saturday morning, six days from now, recounting the events of this week.
Maria Rowen
said...
Ben & Jerry…’Taunt’me. Tempt me. Tantalize me with your gooey
goodness and your fanciful flavors… Today the peep preference points to
Pistachio Pistachio...but tomorrow this peep plans to get her Banana
Buzz on…
Why, Missy Rowen, you speaks real perty. I likes gooey goodness . . .shucks, Ise blushin' red.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Yacht Yarn
I was shocked to hear about Senator John Kerry's new custom built yacht......A $7million dollar beauty, built in New Zealand and moored in Newport, RI.
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If nothing in that first sentence irks you a bit, then please read no further. In fact.... get the hell off of my Blog!!!!
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I don't care about Kerry's wealth. I'm trying to get some myself and would never berate anyone for their possessions.
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But if you are in the market for a product or investment, and you ignore the needs of your surrounding community who could benefit by your purchase, that shows a lack of loyalty and class.
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If I have a friend who owns a restaurant, or sells insurance, or brokers mortgages.... that's who I buy from when its time to spend my money. As long as the cost and the quality is reasonably the same, it is an act of disloyalty to ignore the economic offering of my friend or associate.
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So now Kerry decides to drop $7m of the Heinz ketchup fortune into a sailing yacht. So who does he buy from??? Not a New England Boat yard, where such a job would keep a town in employment for a year. No. He shops it around and has it made in New Zealand. Probably saved a little cash.
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At least he doesn't moor it there.... not that he chose his home state of Massachusetts. Seems that if he moored it in MA, he may be subject to taxation in the state that he represents, so he chose Rhode Island. He obviously has no intention of ever spending a mooring dollar in Massachusetts since the name of his yacht, as painted on the transom is "Isabel ~ Newport".
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I used to like Kerry, but lost it for him when he misrepresented his war record during his Presidential run. He seems like he is really out for himself, and this yacht yarn exemplifies this.
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Seems like it's time to retire to Newport for the senior senator from Massachusetts.
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If nothing in that first sentence irks you a bit, then please read no further. In fact.... get the hell off of my Blog!!!!
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I don't care about Kerry's wealth. I'm trying to get some myself and would never berate anyone for their possessions.~
But if you are in the market for a product or investment, and you ignore the needs of your surrounding community who could benefit by your purchase, that shows a lack of loyalty and class.
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If I have a friend who owns a restaurant, or sells insurance, or brokers mortgages.... that's who I buy from when its time to spend my money. As long as the cost and the quality is reasonably the same, it is an act of disloyalty to ignore the economic offering of my friend or associate.
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So now Kerry decides to drop $7m of the Heinz ketchup fortune into a sailing yacht. So who does he buy from??? Not a New England Boat yard, where such a job would keep a town in employment for a year. No. He shops it around and has it made in New Zealand. Probably saved a little cash.
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At least he doesn't moor it there.... not that he chose his home state of Massachusetts. Seems that if he moored it in MA, he may be subject to taxation in the state that he represents, so he chose Rhode Island. He obviously has no intention of ever spending a mooring dollar in Massachusetts since the name of his yacht, as painted on the transom is "Isabel ~ Newport".
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I used to like Kerry, but lost it for him when he misrepresented his war record during his Presidential run. He seems like he is really out for himself, and this yacht yarn exemplifies this.
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Seems like it's time to retire to Newport for the senior senator from Massachusetts.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Abbie's Keeper
The row never happened because Brady and Katelyn wanted to help me pull the traps.
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So we headed out to Halfway Rock and hit the bait pollack pretty good, landing about twenty in an hour or so. Then we pulled all of the traps with six keeper lobsters... a pretty good haul.
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The fog was a challenge and we headed into the Boston Yacht Club to grab a cocktail or three with something from the grill. Joanne came down for a couple of chardonnays and then Nancy Bruett, Abbie Bruett and My Friend Who Doesn't Want His Name Mentioned in the Blog showed up on the porch with tales of Abby's landing of a 42", 26 lb. Striped Bass outside of Brown's Island.
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That inspired Brady, Katelyn and I to live line the pollack slowly around Browns and Naugus Head, then over to the Power Plant on the way back to the Salem Harbor Mooring.
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Nothing.
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The day belongs to Abbie.
Pisc said...
What did she catch it on? Not pollock? Live lined pogeys this morning in Hull Gut. Boated three keepers. Lots of fish out there.
Take your Lobster while you can, that industry in MA is shut down.
Obama!
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MFWDWHNMITB says that he and daughter Abby caught 4 mackerel and, minutes after live lining with one, hooked onto the keeper down by Brown's Island.
POTW Week 28
It's a perfect day for a row in the Tender. But I have to wait for my Blackberry to charge because I'll need to field some Nanepashemet Telecom calls while I'm on the water.
Such plans are always subject to change.
ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 28th week of 2010
Brady Boyle
Tom Raiche
Bill Hillegas
Tina Rhodes
Amanda Johnson
Kristen Champagne
Such plans are always subject to change.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Cosmic Chess
They say that timing is everything.
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Timing is probably another word for luck.
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And I don't believe in Luck... good or bad.
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So when all the slots started to fall in place today, I didn't attribute it to timing. It seemed like it was the culmination of facts and events that built deliberately into the opportunity that coalesced today.
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It wasn't that we were lucky to be in the right place at the right time.... there was a series of events that extended back years that led to precisely the situation that presented itself today. Once again, judging whether the individual events were good or bad now seems almost foolish.
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So now, the deal that is in front of Nanepashemet Telecom is another step in this incredibly complicated cosmic chess game.... and it's our move.
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Timing is probably another word for luck.
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And I don't believe in Luck... good or bad.
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So when all the slots started to fall in place today, I didn't attribute it to timing. It seemed like it was the culmination of facts and events that built deliberately into the opportunity that coalesced today.
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It wasn't that we were lucky to be in the right place at the right time.... there was a series of events that extended back years that led to precisely the situation that presented itself today. Once again, judging whether the individual events were good or bad now seems almost foolish.
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So now, the deal that is in front of Nanepashemet Telecom is another step in this incredibly complicated cosmic chess game.... and it's our move.
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