This is My Turf

Today was the first day that I got back to working out on the Cybex since I sprained my ankle and knee on an ill fated Columbus Day Jog/Walk/DragMyFatAss that ended with Dave Bruett giving me a ride home.  But that's a different story.
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After the workout today, I walked outside to cool down and noticed that the developer across the street had half a pallet of turf rolls, and it seemed like he was done with the landscaper.  So I wandered over and asked him if I could have the leftover pallet... but found out that he had already given it to the Town Park Dept.
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A lesser man would have dropped the topic then and there.
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But we are talking about a Mountain of a Man here.
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I called Mike Lane, over at Park and Recreation and left a voicemail asking if he was going to use the pallet today, and would he consider giving it to me.
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About 15 minutes later, Mike called back... had already called the developer and said that he was giving the pallet to me.
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That's called Mountain of a Man Political Clout and you can't get it overnight.
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Anyway.... I went to the Swampscott Landscapers place on Danvers Road and ordered 2 cubic yards of loam, then bought a tamp and some grass seed at Home Depot.
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About 100 sf of the back yard with will be looking nice and grassed by about 11:00 AM tomorrow morning.

dougmaxfield said...

To hell with the town park dept., right? always jumping on free shit while good, honest god-fearing Americans are planting grass seed. Well done, good sir. Well done.

Oh Yeah?  Seed THIS, Waterman.

Cain Seems Able

I was riding around in the F150 this  afternoon doing some errands and listening to talk radio when Herman Cain was interviewed talking about his 9-9-9 tax plan.  
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Naturally this is being scrubbed very closely since Cain is getting leadership numbers in the Republican polls for President.  I don't know enough about the details of the plan to be critical at this time, but he was taking hits from the interviewer that the plan would raise taxes.
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His response was crisp and direct.
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With Bachmann and Perry making gaffes and losing momentum, and with Romney competent but, frankly, boring.... this guy could be on the rise.
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What impresses me is that he actually has a plan and is willing to speak plainly about it.   I'm going to start listening and learn more.

Peep Status Reiterated

I just started a Nanepashemet Peep page on Facebook.
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If you want to be listed as a Nanepashemet Peep, you'll have to friend me, then say something.
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As amazing as it may seem, many of you have have continued to ask what constitutes being a Nanepashemet Peep. It's a hard question to answer... worthy of a mind of the calibre of a Sartre, Kieerkergard, or other freaking wicked smart deep thinker. All are called, a few will answer, the rest dodged the bullet.

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Plainly stated... to be a Nanepashemet Peep.... you can't be dead, you can't be an animal, and you have to be either annoying or inspirational.
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And you can never ask which category you have fallen into.
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That's it. So enjoy your Honor/Disgrace.

Frugal v Bernie and Phyl

In a continuing effort to find peace in the morning, I've run into another perpetrator who is actually more annoying that Bernie and Phyl.

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Kathleen "Fannie" Doxer runs Frugal Fannies, and her ubiquitous morning ads are slightly less worse than a slow drag of fingernails diagonally across a chaulkboard.

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I'm all in favor of selling your stuff, but the display of ego by these retailers is really stomach retching.

Jim L. said...

I dunno, those stockings of hers give me a special feeling every morning as I'm having my cereal. Then I take my shower.

Tuna lips said...
Ise too get that stirrin' in my loins like in had a squirrel race goin' on in my trousers. short of a fishnet, them knickers works just fine

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Amazing Corn Maze Idiots

Couple Lost In Danvers Corn Maze Calls Police For Rescue « CBS Boston

This is undoubtably the dumbest thing that I've heard in years.

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How much do you want to bet that these Yahoos who called the police to help them find their way out of a freaking cornfield are Democrats?

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It takes a Village.

Sign of the Times

I'm thinking about putting one of these cool historical signs on my house.  They look nice on the homes in Old Town, Marblehead.

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Trouble is, our house is a split level, circa 1960.

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So I'll have to modify the sign somewhat....  starting with the fish.

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I won't be going with the Golden Cod.  Our sign will have this cool Bluefish that I bought on Amazon.

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And I think I'll use a Celtic Font for the lettering, just to tamper a little bit with the old Yankee letters that are on most of the signs.

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On the whole, the sign will be a contemporary rendition, and hopefully will piss off some of the Townies.

Lauren Rathbone, former POTY said...

I am working on one for my house in Newburyport..new Seaglass Sign product. If it comes out good, I send you a pic.

Founding Fathers Vision

Gave all of my tax information to the accountant today.  I can't put it off any longer.  
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The Federal Government is my biggest creditor in so many ways.  It has unlimited power to turn our lives upside down.  Make a mistake.... do not pass Go... go directly to Jail.
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I've said it before... and it's sounding like a broken record... But.....
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Is this what the Founding Fathers, who risked their lives to throw off British tyranny, had in mind????

Maiming the Mormon

Mitt Romney is a Mormon. 
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Some Bible toting Texas minister who supports Governor Perry is on the news tonight claiming that Mitt is not a Christian.   Dr. Robert Jeffress told NBC News. "Mitt Romney's a good moral person but he's not a Christian. Mormonism is not Christianity. It has always been considered a cult by the mainstream of Christianity. So it's the difference between a Christian and a non-Christian."
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Guess what Dr. Halleluyahh??? Romney's not a Jew either.  Or a Catholic.... or a Jehovah's Witness.
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So what is the dimwitted Minister's point?  Obviously that if you don't worship the incarnation of God that the good Minister follows, then you shouldn't be the President.
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I most disrespectfully disagree.
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And for the record.... the Romans considered the early Christians to be a Cult... and had no trouble feeding them to the Lions in the Coliseum.
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That tends to be the underlying policy of deep thinking bigots like Dr. Jeffress.
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I'm not ready to throw the coveted Nanepashemet Nod to Romney.... that decision will take a long time to play out......but Perry's chances have taken a dive if he hangs around with wierdos like Dr. Halleluyahh.

Jim L. said...

It's a shame the Romans didn't have enough lions.

Campaign help for Senator Brown

Speaking of silly, Nancy Pelosi, the outspoken and undiscerning former Speaker of the House, sounded off on the Senator Scott Brown comment about not wanting to see his opponent with her clothes off.
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Nancy says that the comment proves that Scott is "clueless".
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The thing that amazes me here is how such an idiot as Nancy Pelosi could rise through the ranks of the House of Representatives.  How could anybody hope to give this ridiculous exchange between Scott and his Democratic opponent any credibility?    Apparently Pelosi hopes to.
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Nancy... Am I to believe that you wish the Senator had stated that he wanted to see his Democratic opponent naked?   It's so hard to figure out what people really mean when the silliness starts, isn't it?
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I have to believe that Pelosi's criticism can only aid Scott's campaign.  Stick around Nancy.  We need to cushion Scott's polls.

Pelosi: Sen. Brown’s nude joke shows he’s ‘clueless’

Pelosi: Sen. Brown’s nude joke shows he’s ‘clueless’

Worth Repeating

I stole this from Doug Maxfield's NorthShoreWaterman Blog

POTW Week 40 of 2011

We're in the 4th Qtr. of a year where there's been a lot of insecurity in business.  The stock market has been a mess, we have a President who seems to think that the producers are the bad guys, the unemployment rate is over 10%, and no policy seems to be working to tweak us out of the economic doldrums.  Plus, look what happened to the Red Sox!!!
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I don't mean to sound freaking negative, but we seem to have our big toe testing the water up at Shit's Creek.
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But at least we have the Peep of the Week.
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ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 40th Week of 2011

Mike Nestor
Tommy O'Shea
Pat Piscatelli
Brendt D'Orio
Hank Williams, Jr.
Serena Williams

Peeps who know me best, know that a Mountain of a Man like me isn't prone to fret and worry.   Although there is a little bit of concern trying to pierce this impenetrable thick skin.