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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Portable Band Saw
I hope that this Harborfreight Tool can fit the bill at Nanepashemet Telecom for cutting 6" galvanized steel posts. We'll see next week.Portable Bandsaw
Bobbing and Weaving
Peeps -
I'm taking down the FreshAyer Countdown. It's been up for well over 700 days, and we painfully watched it progress to zero.
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But, it's been 10 days since we have entered the Halfway House stage and everything is progressing nicely. Gradually, in small steps, everything is returning to normal. Our grandkids will never remember this... while we will never forget.
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You may have noticed that this Blog rarely tells you anything. But rest assured that everything has been recorded, and will be disclosed if appropriate.
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When I was a young man, I used to think that we lived in a system that was ordered and structured by a well administered rule of law.... that you could follow a course of action and a moral way of life, and live freely and unmolested.... that you could depend on the government to dispense justice.
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Now that I have morphed into an old curmudgeon, my viewpoint has shifted considerably. I now feel that we live in a kind of free for all... where the rules are made up as you go along, that government exists primarily to provide jobs to check box bureaucrats, and you have to live by your wits to avoid being crushed by the competing interests who want a piece of you for their own checkboxes.
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Man... that sounds cynical. But if you can keep bobbing and weaving, you can outlast the bastards. It's in the bobbing and weaving that the vestiges of a free and fruitful life still exist.
I'm taking down the FreshAyer Countdown. It's been up for well over 700 days, and we painfully watched it progress to zero.
~
But, it's been 10 days since we have entered the Halfway House stage and everything is progressing nicely. Gradually, in small steps, everything is returning to normal. Our grandkids will never remember this... while we will never forget.
~
You may have noticed that this Blog rarely tells you anything. But rest assured that everything has been recorded, and will be disclosed if appropriate.
~
When I was a young man, I used to think that we lived in a system that was ordered and structured by a well administered rule of law.... that you could follow a course of action and a moral way of life, and live freely and unmolested.... that you could depend on the government to dispense justice.
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Now that I have morphed into an old curmudgeon, my viewpoint has shifted considerably. I now feel that we live in a kind of free for all... where the rules are made up as you go along, that government exists primarily to provide jobs to check box bureaucrats, and you have to live by your wits to avoid being crushed by the competing interests who want a piece of you for their own checkboxes.
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Man... that sounds cynical. But if you can keep bobbing and weaving, you can outlast the bastards. It's in the bobbing and weaving that the vestiges of a free and fruitful life still exist.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Karmic Action
I was moved to consider the Law of Karma today.
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My version of this cosmic statute goes this way. "If you perform good deeds for others, good deeds will be performed for you, and if you are hostile and aggressive to others, then hostility to you is the end result."
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When Jesus said to turn the other cheek to your enemies, it was practical cosmic advice. It simply means that if you react to a hostile act with revenge and a similar response, you will continue a cycle of responses that can never bring harmony and peace to you.
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But if you break the cycle, by offering a peaceful response to a hateful act, you can escape the endless repetition.
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You don't have to worry about "getting back at people" for being wronged. The Law of Karma takes care of that, and you don't have to lift a finger. Each action has an equal reaction.
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Not that this "turning the other cheek" is easy to do. It certainly seems that smashing the offender's head into a mass of pulpy protoplasm would be a far more desirable and satisfying course of action at times. But that only sends your karma back in the wrong direction.
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God and the Universe has the whole thing under control. Mankind doesn't come close to understanding or defining it. So when somebody screws with you and yours, rest assured that they will get screwed in turn. And let it go.
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My version of this cosmic statute goes this way. "If you perform good deeds for others, good deeds will be performed for you, and if you are hostile and aggressive to others, then hostility to you is the end result."
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When Jesus said to turn the other cheek to your enemies, it was practical cosmic advice. It simply means that if you react to a hostile act with revenge and a similar response, you will continue a cycle of responses that can never bring harmony and peace to you.
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But if you break the cycle, by offering a peaceful response to a hateful act, you can escape the endless repetition.
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You don't have to worry about "getting back at people" for being wronged. The Law of Karma takes care of that, and you don't have to lift a finger. Each action has an equal reaction.
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Not that this "turning the other cheek" is easy to do. It certainly seems that smashing the offender's head into a mass of pulpy protoplasm would be a far more desirable and satisfying course of action at times. But that only sends your karma back in the wrong direction.
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God and the Universe has the whole thing under control. Mankind doesn't come close to understanding or defining it. So when somebody screws with you and yours, rest assured that they will get screwed in turn. And let it go.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
From Cell to Cell
Someday I'll have a lot to say about the BOP. But for now, I'll just have to keep my mouth shut and let this period pass. Don't be surprised if you hear from Ryan soon though. He's got access to a cell phone and is firing up the minutes after all these months.
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We had him hauling equipment today at Nanepashemet Telecom today. Have to ease the boy back into society slowly.
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We had him hauling equipment today at Nanepashemet Telecom today. Have to ease the boy back into society slowly.
Monday, February 06, 2012
A Remarkable American
Only in America can a young Muslim boy, with a White American mother and Black Kenyan father, grow up in Indonesia, lose all his college transcripts, hang out with political radicals in Chicago, and get elected President of the United States. It is a remarkable story.
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It doesn't matter what you think about his politics, it is a remarkable story.
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It doesn't matter what you think about his politics, it is a remarkable story.
Patriots Aftermath
It was a terrible night last night.
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After the Patriots loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl, I donned my sleep apnea mask, fired up the CPAP machine, and settled in for what I thought would be a nice winter's sleep.
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The Super Bowl was an enjoyable game except for how it ended, with Harvey Rowe, TommyO and Linda dropping by. Beers, chicken wings and chili were the center of the game cuisine. I didn't pound down too many beers and felt fine when I retired for the evening.
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But a couple of hours later, I could have sworn I heard someone rummaging down stairs, so I leaped out of bed to do battle armed only in my tighty whities. After thrashing around, I figured that the noise was a combination of the ice maker and the furnace, so I resumed the effort to sleep.
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All that adrenaline apparently revved up my digestive system, and I had three quick and consecutive bathroom toilet sessions. By 4:00 AM, the sleep effort was useless and I headed to the couch to see some back episodes of "Homeland".
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I dawns on me though... and I have been thinking of this for some time now.... that if nothing else, it is incredible how our bodies take all types of organic concoctions though our mouths, and hours later, manufacture it all as piss and shit. No matter what goes in, our body turns it into shit.
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We are shit producing machines. Have a piece of cake? You turn it into shit. Have an apple? You manufacture it into shit. Have chicken wings, beer, and chili? You turn it into a lot of shit, and basically screw up a night's sleep in the process.
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Just an observation.... I probably won't bring it up again.
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After the Patriots loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl, I donned my sleep apnea mask, fired up the CPAP machine, and settled in for what I thought would be a nice winter's sleep.
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The Super Bowl was an enjoyable game except for how it ended, with Harvey Rowe, TommyO and Linda dropping by. Beers, chicken wings and chili were the center of the game cuisine. I didn't pound down too many beers and felt fine when I retired for the evening.
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But a couple of hours later, I could have sworn I heard someone rummaging down stairs, so I leaped out of bed to do battle armed only in my tighty whities. After thrashing around, I figured that the noise was a combination of the ice maker and the furnace, so I resumed the effort to sleep.
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All that adrenaline apparently revved up my digestive system, and I had three quick and consecutive bathroom toilet sessions. By 4:00 AM, the sleep effort was useless and I headed to the couch to see some back episodes of "Homeland".
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I dawns on me though... and I have been thinking of this for some time now.... that if nothing else, it is incredible how our bodies take all types of organic concoctions though our mouths, and hours later, manufacture it all as piss and shit. No matter what goes in, our body turns it into shit.
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We are shit producing machines. Have a piece of cake? You turn it into shit. Have an apple? You manufacture it into shit. Have chicken wings, beer, and chili? You turn it into a lot of shit, and basically screw up a night's sleep in the process.
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Just an observation.... I probably won't bring it up again.
Sunday, February 05, 2012
No Big Deal.
So the Nod came up short.
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Sometimes that happens.
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Don't make a big freaking deal over it.
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Sometimes that happens.
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Don't make a big freaking deal over it.
Super Bowl Nod is Given
Peeps....
Most of you know how eerily accurate I am when predicting the outcome of political races and sporting events... after I have bestowed the Nanepashemet Nod. That's why I don't use this power often, and make the call only in situations of dire importance. Like the Scott Brown - Martha Coakley US Senate race for example.
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There seems to be a lot of national jealously and resentment against the Patriots - particularly Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Not sure why. It is probably because of the steely determination that they bring to the game, and Brady's sizzling supermodel wife, Giselle.
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Well today, the Nod for the Super Bowl epic between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants goes to our beloved Patriots.
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From the first set of downs, Tom Brady will be dialed in and drill laser guided passes to his talented receivers, Welker, Hernandez, Branch and .... yes.... Gronkowski. It will be a freaking rout that will put the tails of the Patriots naysayers squarely between their spindly legs.
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That's right... all you ESPN analysts can kiss my pigskin ass. Pats are going to win and win big. 37-14
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Most of you know how eerily accurate I am when predicting the outcome of political races and sporting events... after I have bestowed the Nanepashemet Nod. That's why I don't use this power often, and make the call only in situations of dire importance. Like the Scott Brown - Martha Coakley US Senate race for example.
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There seems to be a lot of national jealously and resentment against the Patriots - particularly Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Not sure why. It is probably because of the steely determination that they bring to the game, and Brady's sizzling supermodel wife, Giselle.
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Well today, the Nod for the Super Bowl epic between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants goes to our beloved Patriots.
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From the first set of downs, Tom Brady will be dialed in and drill laser guided passes to his talented receivers, Welker, Hernandez, Branch and .... yes.... Gronkowski. It will be a freaking rout that will put the tails of the Patriots naysayers squarely between their spindly legs.
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That's right... all you ESPN analysts can kiss my pigskin ass. Pats are going to win and win big. 37-14
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The Nod has been Given... Let it be Done.
TommyO SaidFeb 5, 2012 07:48 AM
Right On
Of course I am hopeful the PATS will win. It will be nice to enjoy the Championship, but even better is shutting up all those out there currently hating on the PATS for really no good reason except they are jealous of our success.
We are Good, We are BAD, Deal with it YO.
TommyO
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Halfway There
On Thursday, we headed out to the Wilmington Distribution Facility to pick up some spools of cable and pallets of telecom antennas and equipment.... six spools and 18 pallets in two trips with the F150 and the 18' flatbed trailer.
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Naturally, when I was handed the first box that morning, I threw my back out and hobbled around like Quasimodo for the rest of the day.
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Not that I was complaining of the pain..... those complaints would never pass the lips of a Mountain of a Man. In fact, I sucked it up enough to drive that evening to the Framingham Legal Seafood for dinner and Lagavulins with Hillegas, Brown and Elsier.
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But now it's Saturday morning, and the lower back is still aching like a mofo.
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I'm tempted to complain just a little....
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Hopefully things will loosen up by the time we visit Ryan in his new digs at the halfway house in Boston this morning.
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Naturally, when I was handed the first box that morning, I threw my back out and hobbled around like Quasimodo for the rest of the day.
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Not that I was complaining of the pain..... those complaints would never pass the lips of a Mountain of a Man. In fact, I sucked it up enough to drive that evening to the Framingham Legal Seafood for dinner and Lagavulins with Hillegas, Brown and Elsier.
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But now it's Saturday morning, and the lower back is still aching like a mofo.
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I'm tempted to complain just a little....
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Hopefully things will loosen up by the time we visit Ryan in his new digs at the halfway house in Boston this morning.
Tuna Lips said...Feb 4, 2012 08:29 AM
I rekkin' the first thing on yo boys mind is catchin' up on the philosophizing of yers truly. Weez is runnin' a test balloon of sorts on a new cable access show, "Wisdom from the Double Wide." we takin' this to the next level, like they'd does on ESPN.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Attention Spam
Lots of you have been asking me about the TV shows that I've been watching lately.~
There was a gap when the Boardwalk Empire season ended, but now Spartacus has resumed, and that is a marker for 10:00 PM on Friday nights.
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And I recently got into catching up with Homeland.
This prissy peep prefers pleasant positive programming. Do ya think Ben the Bachelor will find love this time? Do ya?
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Profound Thanks
Last night, I went to the Bruins Game with my son Mike, and we remarked how quick the time seems to have passed. That always seems to be the case when an ordeal is over. This one isn't quite over, although the FreshAyer phase has ended. There were times though, when this day seemed that it would never arrive.
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Appreciate all the calls, emails and well wishes to us for this milestone day. Someday, I'll write something profound that expresses how we feel about you who stood by us during this trying experience. But right now, all I can muster is "Thank You".
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