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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Hang in There Michelle
I don't blame Michelle Obama about being pissed at people labeling her as an "angry Black Woman".
She's just trying to get by in a tough situation. And her main concern is that her daughter's make it out of the White House experience intact.
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This country must really be screwed if living in the White House is such a hardship.
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Sorry, but as much as I wanted the Obama's to succeed, they seem to be such out-of-touch lightweights. They make me wish that Hilary Clinton had the job. It's that bad.
Living Well is the Best Revenge
Quite a day.
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Tommy O, outgoing Peep of the Year posted his POTY swan song down on the Dec. 31 post, and Nanepashemet Telecom scored on a big... scratch that... massive contract that makes me particularly happy that I banned that big stupid company from being a Nanepashemet customer.
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Somebody said, "When God closes one door, he opens another." That sure seemed to fit the bill today.
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If we had started work with the banned customer, we would have done our typical professional work while being sabotaged and harpooned the whole way. And it would have been a lot harder to absorb the quality work that we just won.
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So everything works out for the best. We can concentrate our best efforts with ethical, forthright customers and go to sleep every night with a feeling of the recognition of good work and fair treatment.
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Starting to feel really good about this year.
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Tommy O, outgoing Peep of the Year posted his POTY swan song down on the Dec. 31 post, and Nanepashemet Telecom scored on a big... scratch that... massive contract that makes me particularly happy that I banned that big stupid company from being a Nanepashemet customer.
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Somebody said, "When God closes one door, he opens another." That sure seemed to fit the bill today.
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If we had started work with the banned customer, we would have done our typical professional work while being sabotaged and harpooned the whole way. And it would have been a lot harder to absorb the quality work that we just won.
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So everything works out for the best. We can concentrate our best efforts with ethical, forthright customers and go to sleep every night with a feeling of the recognition of good work and fair treatment.
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Starting to feel really good about this year.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Spray Booth
Have to make a spray booth. Got this concept for water borne paints from Fine Woodworking.
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If I were to use oil based, then I'd have to get an Explosion proof fan, prices starting at $600. So the water based will have to do.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
New Hampshire Republican Primary
They're voting for President up North in New Hampshire today.
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Despite a host of annoying requests, I won't be making any endorsements at this time.
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I know that a lot of my New Hampshire Nanepashemet Peeps feel hopelessly cut adrift in having to make a decision all on their own, but I won't be giving the Nanepashemet Nod.
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Don't you know that when the NN is given, then victory is virtually assured for the receiving party?
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It's just too early to release that type of power.
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Plus... What if Sarah Palin dives in, and I've already committed the Nod to another????
Didn't think of that... did you?
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Despite a host of annoying requests, I won't be making any endorsements at this time.
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I know that a lot of my New Hampshire Nanepashemet Peeps feel hopelessly cut adrift in having to make a decision all on their own, but I won't be giving the Nanepashemet Nod.
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Don't you know that when the NN is given, then victory is virtually assured for the receiving party?
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It's just too early to release that type of power.
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Plus... What if Sarah Palin dives in, and I've already committed the Nod to another????
Didn't think of that... did you?
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Cyper Graffiti and Matt Damon
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Law played a Medical Blogger and someone quoted that "A Blog is just Graffiti with punctuation."
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Sad to say, I can't really argue with that.
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Speaking of Matt Damon, he spouted off again about Obama the other day, expressing his dissappointment about the lack of leadership exhibited by the Chief Executive. After shamelessly shilling for BO during the election and pissing off conservatives, Damon is drilling Obama now which will drop Matt's standing with the lefties.
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I'm actually starting to like him. While I probably don't agree with his positions, at least he is true to himself, and is not a sheep in the Liberal Herd.
Culinary Kudo
Peeps...
One of the problems of being a Mountain of a Man with multiple skill sets is that it's hard to be humble. Lucky for me that one of my superior abilities is deep seated humility.
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So naturally, you don't often hear about how good I am at ordinary stuff like cooking.
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Because Joanne is such a good cook... and insists on watching all of those lame cooking shows, and collecting cook books from all of the egomaniacal cooking stars.... I have generally backed off from bragging about my prowness in the culinary area.
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But suffice it to say... I am a freaking great cook.
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And I'm not just talking about the Buffalo Wings and White Trash Balls that we serve up for the Night before Thanksgiving Bash.
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Like today for instance, I whipped up some homemade dough in the Cuisinart to use for pizza while watching the NFL Playoffs, then topped it off with some pecan shortbread cookies which were nothing short of freaking spectacular.
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The Pizza was the balls too.
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I hope Denver wins.
One of the problems of being a Mountain of a Man with multiple skill sets is that it's hard to be humble. Lucky for me that one of my superior abilities is deep seated humility.
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So naturally, you don't often hear about how good I am at ordinary stuff like cooking.
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Because Joanne is such a good cook... and insists on watching all of those lame cooking shows, and collecting cook books from all of the egomaniacal cooking stars.... I have generally backed off from bragging about my prowness in the culinary area.
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But suffice it to say... I am a freaking great cook.
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And I'm not just talking about the Buffalo Wings and White Trash Balls that we serve up for the Night before Thanksgiving Bash.
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Like today for instance, I whipped up some homemade dough in the Cuisinart to use for pizza while watching the NFL Playoffs, then topped it off with some pecan shortbread cookies which were nothing short of freaking spectacular.
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The Pizza was the balls too.
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I hope Denver wins.
Playoff Season
It's Pittsburgh v. Denver with the winner playing the Pats next week. I thought the playoffs would never get here, and I bet Ryan feels the same way.
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But in four weeks or so, it will be Super Sunday... in more ways than one.
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But in four weeks or so, it will be Super Sunday... in more ways than one.
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Tablesaw Panel Crosscut Sled
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But with this custom cabinet job that I've taken on, we'll be cutting a lot of plywood sheet panels, so I'll be making a table saw sled capable of handling 35" crosscuts.
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After a little web search, I've settled on the plan shown right which was published by Fine Homebuilding in 2006.
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My version will be made with 24"x42" panels so will be a scale larger than this drawing, and I've ordered some aluminium from McMaster Carr to use for the runners rather than the plywood strips noted here.
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If the McMaster Carr shipment arrives today, this baby will take shape tomorrow over at the Nanepashemet Telecom shop.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Qualifications Standards.
I'm pretty proud of Nanepashemet Telecom. We do good work and our customers show a lot of appreciation with repeat business. Virtually all of the valid players in the industry have approved us as a vendor.
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So I run into a company that is playing games and decides to question our qualifications.
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Guess what? I could give a shit if they don't approve us a a vendor, because I have disapproved them as a customer.
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They are not qualified to be a customer of Nanepashemet Telecom.
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Sorry. You have to pass some basic tests, and your big company failed miserably. And you don't even want to know what the appeal process is.
Pisc said...
Work those C level connections to get past the boobs in their Procurement
fiefdom. Small, petty, Oompah Loompa Looking D Bags run those qualification
"programs". Making you blog about them is often their only shot to being heard
in this world. Walk past like you been there before, and give them a t-shirt or
something, make them feel like they matter.
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So I run into a company that is playing games and decides to question our qualifications.
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Guess what? I could give a shit if they don't approve us a a vendor, because I have disapproved them as a customer.
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They are not qualified to be a customer of Nanepashemet Telecom.
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Sorry. You have to pass some basic tests, and your big company failed miserably. And you don't even want to know what the appeal process is.
Pisc said...
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Fine advice, Pisc. But unfortunately the Nanepashemet Telecom Operations Manual prohibits presenting T-Shirts to Oompah Loompas if their company is unqualified as a Nanepashemet Customer.
This is out of my hands. There is nothing I can do.
Clinking Cubes
Peeps -
When I told you that you could have a Nanepashemet On-the-Rocks Whiskey Glass, I didn't mean all of you. Do the freaking math. There are thousands of you greedy-assed Peeps, but only a couple of hundred Whiskey Glasses. And I need a lot of them for customer appreciation tokens for my Nanepashemet Telecom clients.
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Like today for instance... I'm heading into one of my best customer's office with a case of the glasses, which I will distribute after a vendor pile-on lunch with as many staffers as can sneak away for an hour or so.
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By tonight, there should be cubes clinking in quite a few Nanepashemet glasses.
When I told you that you could have a Nanepashemet On-the-Rocks Whiskey Glass, I didn't mean all of you. Do the freaking math. There are thousands of you greedy-assed Peeps, but only a couple of hundred Whiskey Glasses. And I need a lot of them for customer appreciation tokens for my Nanepashemet Telecom clients.
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Like today for instance... I'm heading into one of my best customer's office with a case of the glasses, which I will distribute after a vendor pile-on lunch with as many staffers as can sneak away for an hour or so.
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By tonight, there should be cubes clinking in quite a few Nanepashemet glasses.
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
CAD Learning Curve
Back to reality Peeps.
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Heading back to that little place of heaven, New Haven County, to haul stuff around on the flatbed trailer.
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But I got some great CAD work done yesterday, designing a kitchen concept for one of my favorite Peeps.
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I downloaded the Google Sketchup program which is available on line for free, and I'm still in the learning curve, but it is very powerful the way you can design in 3D and then orbit all around your model to see results and make adjustmnents.
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Sketchup also has an online database of other's models which are unbelieveable time savers.
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My general rule for becoming proficient in a sophisticated program is 40 hours of frustration during the learning curve..... trying to make things work and going back and forth to manuals. I'm only about 5 hours into Sketchup.
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Heading back to that little place of heaven, New Haven County, to haul stuff around on the flatbed trailer.
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But I got some great CAD work done yesterday, designing a kitchen concept for one of my favorite Peeps.
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I downloaded the Google Sketchup program which is available on line for free, and I'm still in the learning curve, but it is very powerful the way you can design in 3D and then orbit all around your model to see results and make adjustmnents.
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Sketchup also has an online database of other's models which are unbelieveable time savers.
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My general rule for becoming proficient in a sophisticated program is 40 hours of frustration during the learning curve..... trying to make things work and going back and forth to manuals. I'm only about 5 hours into Sketchup.
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Happy New Year
Live your life, Dream your dream.
Everyday that you are able to wake up, you are able to think, plan and act.
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For us, it's not three strikes and you're out. As long as we can pick up the bat, we have unlimited opportunities to hit one out of the park.
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So get in the batter's box every day and take your swings.
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Look at your daily obstacles and problems as lessons to learn. Turn them into daily building blocks. Search out the good in every situation. Even though I've known this to be true, Ryan, over in FreshAyer has powered this point home for me.
And don't expect God and the Universe to be on the same plane as you all of the time. If God answered all of our prayers, Tim Tebow would win every game. God has a much larger perspective than we do. Trust that the problems that she throws your way are there to help you, however irrational or unfair that they may seem.
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One day, as you are taking your swings, you will notice that the dream that you had previously formulated has manifested itself all around you.
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May that day happen to you this year. Happy New Year.
Everyday that you are able to wake up, you are able to think, plan and act.
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For us, it's not three strikes and you're out. As long as we can pick up the bat, we have unlimited opportunities to hit one out of the park.
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So get in the batter's box every day and take your swings.
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Look at your daily obstacles and problems as lessons to learn. Turn them into daily building blocks. Search out the good in every situation. Even though I've known this to be true, Ryan, over in FreshAyer has powered this point home for me.
And don't expect God and the Universe to be on the same plane as you all of the time. If God answered all of our prayers, Tim Tebow would win every game. God has a much larger perspective than we do. Trust that the problems that she throws your way are there to help you, however irrational or unfair that they may seem.
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One day, as you are taking your swings, you will notice that the dream that you had previously formulated has manifested itself all around you.
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May that day happen to you this year. Happy New Year.
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