J E T S Jets, Jets, Jets

The Patriots demolished the Jets last night, 45 to 3, in a battle for first place.
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It was a virtuoso performance by quarterback, Tom Brady, who is showing us how perfection in a football game can appear.
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It can be no coincidence that Brady did this against the Jets, who had beaten the Patriots earlier this year.  Plus the Jets quarterback, Mark Sanchez was the only QB in the league that had a winning record against Brady.
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Nice to be a New England Patriots fan this morning!
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Maybe I'll call my buddy, Rich Berliner, later today.   I still have the cool Jets T-shirt that he gave me.  Won't be any trash talking though.  Can't be kicking people when they're down.... right Rich?

Mirror Image

This week is a big one for Nanepashemet Telecom.
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There are four great opportunities on our plate.... and all are attainable.... if we orchestrate our resources correctly and present our capabilities appropriately.
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I always like to present the facts in situations like this.   Here is your challenge, and here are the resources that we can bring to bear to make you successful.   It's usually as simple as this.   But then you have to add a dose of sincere committment and passionate dedication to reaching the goal.
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Because this gig is not just about making money.  First and foremost,  it's about looking in the mirror and being proud of what you see.  And you can't do that without committing 100%.
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But the money takes a huge second.

Birthday Bargain

 We celebrated my grandson, Ethan's birthday yesterday. He is two years old.
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I don't think he's special just because we share the same birthday.    He'd be special even if he had his own birthday.
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But now, because of Ethan, nobody forgets my birthday.... Mike gave me this cool Texas A&M Aggie Football gear and Kate gave me George Bush's memoirs.
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These are the best birthday presents that I have gotten in years!
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Poor Ethan only got a toy truck and a dinosaur, so things are looking up for me!

Postscript.
After this post, Harvey and Lisa Rowe came by with Superpeep Maria Rowen with some very thoughtful birthday gifts including some chocolate pastries that Lisa felt had some sexual connotation and an instruction kit to learn Ballroom Dancing.
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If Ethan was old enough, he would be so jealous.  I definitely won the score on birthday gifts this year.

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Bear Meat

Peeps...
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Sometimes.... even though I'm a bona fide Mountain of a Man.... the magnitude of my accomplishments impresses even me.
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This was one of those weeks when everything came together... like a freaking Swiss Clock.
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For a year, I've been chasing a major wireless carrier to build sites....got the first order today.  For six months, I've been trying to get a capabilities meeting with another one of the big four carries..... meeting set up for next week.   For two years, I've been trying to get some major work in upstate NY where some of our best assets reside.... meeting on Monday for a major deployment.   And our standby biggest client gave some insight into a substantial amount of work coming our way in January.  Plus, today.....closed out a final payment with a troubleseome customer who we'll be avoid doing business with in the future.
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Sometimes you eat the Bear, and sometimes the Bear eats you.
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Man, that Bear meat tastes good.  Need some toothpicks and dental floss.

References and Credit

This morning, we show Beverly Ave. to another prospective tenant.  I haven't told you that we decided to lease and hold this place ... mainly due to its sacred status as the birthplace of the Nanepashemet Blog.... but also because the real estate sales market was so flat.
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But the rental market is very strong, which I attribute to the fact that people wish to live in nice areas and are accumulating downpayments instead of buying.  There has been a steady stream of nice people who are interested in leasing this house.
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The only criteria that we have is no smoking.   Don't want the place to stink.   I don't mind pets though.   People who don't like pets are not my kind of people.   We don't have anymore cats, don't want a dog that I have to walk and handle curbside feces, but I've kind of adopted the birds at the Feeder.
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Animals add to rhe richness of life.... As long as you clean up their mess.
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By the end of the week, I'll be choosing the Lessee based upon references and credit.

Passing Year

2010 is drawing to a close.  It's December already.  Seems like it went by fast in some ways and unbelievably slow in others.  Time is indeed relative.
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Are we hurtling towards the Mayan End of Days?  Maybe.   If you surf the nerd channels on cable like I do, it seems like an asteroid, mother earthquake or mega tsunami is just around the corner.
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I've got my contingency plans in place.... the primary one being to hop into my dinghy parked on a trailer in my driveway, put my head down through my legs, and kiss my ass goodbye.
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Maybe I'll take a few bottles of Lagavulin into the dinghy.  Certainly couldn't hurt as we are all swept into oblivion.
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Actually, I kind of doubt that the Mayans have it right.  I feel that we will all have to live out the duration of our lives, without some grand Apocalypse speeding everybody's demise in one huge crescendo.
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Which is fine by me.   It would be a lot less dramatic.

No Heavy Lifting

Lots of feedback on the movie idea.  I'm actually working on plans for the sequel.
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Other than that, the Sundance house renovation is going the way of most projects... overly optimistic schedules, sabotaged by unforeseen techical mishaps.
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It's not for lack of trying, as my pain wracked body can attest to.  And I will get to the finish line.... the instatllation of the downstairs carpet... by this Thursday, but not without some huge contingencies.
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The major issues on the woodwork schedule occurred when the raised panel stile router bit chipped when the router spun out of its router table cradle.   I hadn't locked it down before I turned the router on for a classic idiotic move.    Luckily, the Gilbert and Cole lumber yard in Marblehead had the same Freud bit, but I had to buy the whole raised panel set to get it.   A $150 mistake.
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That set the workwork completion schedule off.
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But the biggest mistake was relying on my HVLP paint sprayer to do the priming and paint job.  Naturally, it wouldn't spray latex at any production rate.  So I went to Home Depot and bought a Ryobi sprayer that clained that it would handle latex with no dilution.  An $80 mistake.   The freaking thing is useless and made a huge mess.
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So the contingency plan is to prime and paint by brush all baseboards that will be in contact with the carpet this Thursday.   Then I'll tape down plastic everywhere, and finish the spackle and paint job.
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That takes the craziness out of the schedule, plus the need to finish this part of the project slacked off after the kitchen cabinet delivery moved to January 25.
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That's the new deadline for all of the main living area to be complete, with the hardwood floors being the gating factor.
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In the meantime, I have to fit in some work at Nanepashemet Telecom, and rent Beverly Ave. 
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I agree that this is beyond the capacity of the average man, but no heavily lifting for a Mountain of a Man.

Nanepashemet - the Movie

This morning, around 7:00AM, someone from a server in New Hampshire hit the Blog for the 100,000 time.
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Yet everything seems the same. 
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I still hold out the hope that the Nanepashemet Blog morphs into some kind of Facebook phenomenon that will spill out millions in cash and end up in a movie about me.  I'm thinking maybe Harrison Ford for the starring role because of his toughness and rugged good looks.   Or maybe Chevy Chase for other reasons.
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Ben Affleck can play my son Mike with Sandra Bullock in the Katelyn role.  Not sure who would represent my wife Joanne, but there are a lot of hot, sizzling actresses who could handle the part. Probably would have to go with Michelle Pfeiffer.  For Ryan, it would be Mark Wahlberg.  Course the grandkids, Will and Ethan will play themselves, because there just isn't any other kids as gifted or talented.
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The story line is obvious.... how a rough, tough, hard to bluff, mountain of a man builds boats, makes a killing in business, scores some Lagavulin and constantly seeks a path of isolation from annoying, irritating Peeps who won't leave him alone.
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It will be a dramatic, comedic shocker... with plenty of gratuitous sex scenes.


Maria Rowen said...
Mitch Rapp should play the MOAM...The casting couch coach should also consider the cast of characters you call friends... How about...The incredible Mr. Limpet for the fish with lips...and...Pierce Brosnan for Harvey...This peep prefers to play a peep...gratuitously...

dougmaxfield said...
Should Harrison need a stunt double for those sex scenes I would love to throw my proverbial hat in the ring. Just saying...

TommyO said...
I am thinking the role of TommyO would be played by some sort of cross between Richard Gere and Lenny Clark.

POTW Week 48

This week featured the renowned Thanksgiving Eve Bash at our Beverly Ave. Marblehead House.  Hopefully it is the last one that Ryan will miss but even without his hijinx, it was a raucous affair.
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We have a lot to be thankful for this week, and even though you have your share of challenges and heartache, there's always ample blessings around if you take the time to recognize and cherish them....
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So stop your whining and self-centered bullshit, and thank God for the good stuff.

Announcing......
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 48th week of 2010.


Brendt D'Orio (Automatic Lagavulin Selection)
Maria Rowen (Automatic Lagavulin Selection)
Bob Wojcik (Automatic Lagavulin Selection)
Kim Reny
Emily Engardia
Brady Boyle


Next year, the Bash will be a whole lot different at the West Shore Drive house with Ryan back.  Better start planning now.

100,000 Hit Milestone

Sometime this weekend, one of you hapless Peeps will hit this Blog for the one hundred thousandth time.  That's 100,000 occasions when you have sought the solace, knowledge, wisdom, and aggravation that flows freely from this little anchor in cyberspace.
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And yet, I have not received dollar one for this immense contribution to humankind's body of knowledge.
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Granted.  I've picked up a couple dozen bottles of Lagavulin, the King of Scotch.... and maybe that is compensation enough.   And for those of you who think that the Nanepashemet Blog is just a big scam so that I can score Lagavulin from you.... maybe you're on to something. 
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But a bottle of the King of Scotch from time to time seems fair trade for the psychological benefit/trama that this Blog exudes to the clamoring masses.  Plus, the donors get the ultimate recognition.... automatic selection as Peeps of the Week. 
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So, I think that you are really getting the better deal in this scam.

Bash Aftermath

If you want to know what happened at the Bash last night, you won't be finding it in the Marblehead Police Log.... because there were no reported incidents whatsoever!
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That's always a big accomplishment, and an annual source of pride.
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But it's not to say things didn't get loud, obnoxious and a bit over the top.
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For starters, there were THREE AUTOMATICS!!!  That's three Peeps who were courageous and audacious enough to show up with a bottle of Lagavulin, the King of Scotch, and will be enshrined in perpetuity as Automatic Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week when the selections are made later this weekend.
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For the record, the enlightened and high class peeps were Maria Rowen, Bob Wojcik, and Brendt D'Orio.  They deserve  the vast amount of recognition and praise that undoubtably will be coming their way during this holiday weekend.
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Mark Vona claimed that he searched three liquor stores for the King, and came up short.  Normally, I would dismiss this like a pile of horse manure, but since it was Vona, he gets a pass.  I believe you Mark.
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I really can't name anymore names and events, not because I don't remember, but the details are fuzzy.   However....Firepits, Scotch, Dark and Stormies, and Macaroni and cheese come to mind.  Plus, if you weren't there, it's none of your business, and if you were, you know what happened anyway.  So there is no need for me to memorialize any of the frivolity.
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I did get a chance to play my banjo riff that always sets Steve Lewis off though.

Bash Rules

The frenzy has begun.
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It's like a huge drum is beating louder and louder.
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I don't get it.
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Every year for the last twenty years or so, the night before Thanksgiving Day Bash at Nestor's has been a ritual event with the same rules.
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1.  There are no invitations, but if you don't come, we will be insulted, and talk about you behind your back.
2.  The Cuisine is classic American Trailer Park-  lots of stuff deep fried in the Turkey fryer.
3.  Be prepared to drink with moderation - the beer will flow like wine.  Plus, we have wine.
4.  Clothes are mandatory.  Commando will not be tolerated.
5.  Bad jokes and loud, obnoxious behavior is encouraged.
6.  And, what should go without saying, the gift of the King of Scotch, Lagavulin Single Malt, will win you an automatic selection as a Nanepashemet Peep of the Week.
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So that's it.   Six pathetic rules.  You would think that it could be easy enough for people to remember. 
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This is the last year for the Bash to be held at Beverly Ave.  Next year, we will be up at the West Shore Drive house that borders Gerry Playground......  which may require the promulgation of additional rules.