I know that many of you are concerned that the Sundance home renovation is taking too long and might not be ready for the move on February 1.
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I too share this concern.... but remain confident that my Mountain of a Man abilities will eventually win the day and see the project through on time.
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Tomorrow morning at 7:30, Joanne and I have to go pick out the granite countertops, and by mid-morning, I hope to be ripping out the kitchen subflooring in order to install the Brazilian Cherry 3/4" hardwood that I bought from Lumber Liquidators in Woburn.
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A layer of 3/4" particle board, together with 1/4" plywood underlayment and lineoleum tile have to be removed in order to get to a level where the Brazilian Cherry can meet the existing Red Oak Hardwood.
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The contrast of the dark cherry and the light oak will be a nice demarcation between the open kitchen and living room areas.
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I bought an air powered hardwood flooring nailer from Amazon, then tried to cancel when I saw how cheap it could be rented at Home Depot, but it was too late, and the Amazon shipment showed up today. Hopefully, I will install enough flooring in the next few years to justify ownership of the tool.
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With the great price for quality hardwood flooring at Lumber Liquidators, and the evolution of random orbital disk floor sanders that are easy to use and cheap to rent, it should be possible to install quality hardwood floors in the next few properties that we invest in.
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With a little luck... scratch that... a lot of luck... the subfloor will be ripped up and the hardwood will have been substantially underway by the end of the weekend. Then I'll rent the floor sander and sand down all of the existing oak and the new cherry at the same time... about 800 SF worth.
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Four coats of oil based polyurethane with light sandings between each coat will take at least four days of work with curing time. So if the floor is done by the end of next weekend, I'll be pretty psyched.
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There is a lag period in the project until January 25, when the kitchen cabinets will be delivered. During that time, we'll concentrate on the second floor raised panel wainscotting and crown moulding.
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I'm fairly certain that most of the finish work will be complete by the February move in deadline. Course the issue of a the boat workshop is unresolved. That, and the deck will absorb the warm months of 2011.
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In the meantime, I have stay focused on the business boom that Nanepashemet Telecom has experienced over the last few weeks. It's hard to do both, but that's where the Mountain of a Man tendencies kick in.
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Multiple Lifetimes
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Lisa Rowe and Superpeep Maria Rowen were justly proud of Lou.
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Harvey Rowe told a freaky story of Lou's wife, Marcia, who is deceased. Apparently, today Harvey randomly played a recording of one of her last messages on his tape recorder.... like she wished all to know that she was part of the proceedings. Like I said... pretty freaky.... but nice.
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I also had the chance to renew some acquaintances with old friends who I haven't seen for two decades. People like Ed and Sue Calnan, Jansi Chandler, Sean Potter, Al DiVirgilio, Nick Mennino, and Ann Marie Leonard. They all got quite a bit older looking, but it didn't take long to peal back the years and see them precisely as I remembered them.
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Seeing these people, after twenty years or so seems like a time warp.... like all of the stuff that went on in the interim really never occurred. But of course it did.
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In each life, it seems that we lead a series of lives.... with separate occurrences and relationships in each. And every now and then, you get the chance to step back and remember what it was like in a previous life.
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That's what tonight felt like.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
POTY Training
Joanne asked me tonight if I knew who the Peep of the Year was going to be this year. In truth, I haven't even thought about it.
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Outgoing POTY of 2010, Jeremy Johnson was a shoe in. I mean.... who else could have been chosen last year?
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But this year the selection seems to be wide open.
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Of course, I'm obviously open to input and nominations from the Peep Population at large.... not that I would give it any consideration whatsoever.
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In the past, some of the POTY selections were pretty controversial..... with quite a bit of hate mail received after the Tommy McMahon and Laren Rathbone coronations. Michael "Murph" Murphy and Jeremy didn't cause as much of a ruckus, but there still were ruffled feathers galore.
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I'd like this year to be a tad less emotional.... although, in keeping with the honored tradition... I really don't give a shit who gets the final nod.... or what the hell you think of it.
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Outgoing POTY of 2010, Jeremy Johnson was a shoe in. I mean.... who else could have been chosen last year?
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But this year the selection seems to be wide open.
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Of course, I'm obviously open to input and nominations from the Peep Population at large.... not that I would give it any consideration whatsoever.
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In the past, some of the POTY selections were pretty controversial..... with quite a bit of hate mail received after the Tommy McMahon and Laren Rathbone coronations. Michael "Murph" Murphy and Jeremy didn't cause as much of a ruckus, but there still were ruffled feathers galore.
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I'd like this year to be a tad less emotional.... although, in keeping with the honored tradition... I really don't give a shit who gets the final nod.... or what the hell you think of it.
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Whith all yer cogitatin' and real estate maneuverin', don't overlook the
season tide. Throw a yule log on the bonfire and gather your
neiborlike folks to join hands and drop them house keys in the fuzzy bag
- its Yankee Wife Swappin' Time! Ho ho ho! Hoooooooeeeee!
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Facebook Assholes
Facebook is such a double edged sword.
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On the one hand, I've reconnected with some people who really interest me, and it's nice to see how they have grown and prospered.
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On the other hand, I keep running into people who I thought were assholes before, and every time I see them post, I remember what douche bags they were and how they annoyed me. There is one guy from my old neighborhood in particular who was a real untrustworthy backstabber.... one of those me-first, lying, bastards who didn't give a shit about other people.
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Now he is a Christian minister in the MidWest, praising Jesus, and raising money for his ministry. I defriended him because the dichotomy seemed so hypocritical. Everytime I see his now bald head and read his pious posts on FB, I get a nauseous grip in my stomach.
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Really don't need to renew these emotions. They were nice and buried in a dusty spot in my mind, and now, here they emerge fresh and lively as if the years had never passed.
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I like to think that I have changed since my adolescent, formative years. And the douche bags undoubtedly have changed as well. I should give them the benefit of the doubt .... but I bet they're still assholes.
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On the one hand, I've reconnected with some people who really interest me, and it's nice to see how they have grown and prospered.
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On the other hand, I keep running into people who I thought were assholes before, and every time I see them post, I remember what douche bags they were and how they annoyed me. There is one guy from my old neighborhood in particular who was a real untrustworthy backstabber.... one of those me-first, lying, bastards who didn't give a shit about other people.
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Now he is a Christian minister in the MidWest, praising Jesus, and raising money for his ministry. I defriended him because the dichotomy seemed so hypocritical. Everytime I see his now bald head and read his pious posts on FB, I get a nauseous grip in my stomach.
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Really don't need to renew these emotions. They were nice and buried in a dusty spot in my mind, and now, here they emerge fresh and lively as if the years had never passed.
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I like to think that I have changed since my adolescent, formative years. And the douche bags undoubtedly have changed as well. I should give them the benefit of the doubt .... but I bet they're still assholes.
J E T S Jets, Jets, Jets
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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?
Monday, December 06, 2010
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.
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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.
Sunday, December 05, 2010
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!~
Poor Ethan only got a toy truck and a dinosaur, so things are looking up for me!
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.
Friday, December 03, 2010
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.
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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.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
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.
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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.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
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.
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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.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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.
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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.
~
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.
~
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.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
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.
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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.
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