Hammer Brothers - Jack and Sledge

Peeps....

I've found out that calling myself  "Mountain of a Man" , albeit with tongue in cheek, really aggravates some of you.  Especially some of you obsessive types who hit this Blog a couple of times a day.
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Well... those of you who know me well, and know that I could give a shit less about what sordid pettiness gets flipped back and forth in that fetid grey matter that you have in your cranium... you are the ones who realize that the MOAM moniker will have to be used just a bit more than usual.  It's just the natural order of the Universe.
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The rest of you may have to deal with what the Mountain of a Man has to say.  Because you know that you have a MOAM Monkey on your back and are completely addicted.
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Course, reading this Blog really is your choice.   A choice that some of you make each and every day.   Even a MOAM with my power can't force you to read it.  Sadly, you are stuck with the Monkey and you haven't the strength to resist.  It's not the Mountain of a Man's problem.
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I feel for you though.  Even though I don't give a shit, that doesn't mean that the MOAM doesn't have compassion..... huh?
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So.... this MOAM is patiently waiting for the sun to come out this Saturday morning, so I can sand the inside of the Herreshoff Columbia Tender and spray the final two coats of marine paint on the interior.
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By Sunday Evening, the Tender will be down at Riverhead Landing for a tour of Marblehead Harbor, and a new season of rowing with the Piantedosi Sliding Seat.

Yes... there'll be oohs and ahhs from the hapless Harbor Boaters as they see the natural beauty of a cedar stripped classic rowing vessel streak by, powered only by the Hammer Brothers Jack and Sledge attached to yours truly.... the MOUNTAIN OF A MAN.
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It only comes from drikni' hard linked durin daylit hours that this sort of ponitficatin comes to be shared with the world. God bless you kind sir, and pass the jug! on Hammer Brothers - Jack and Sledge

Tuna Lips

Ethan’s Retort

Ethan’s

Not to be outdone by his big brother, Will, Grandson Ethan wrestled this behemoth over the gunwales and into the boat for the first piscine victory of his 3 1/2 year old life.

Most Popular Posts

It has come down to this...
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The two most popular posts, in the 3000 or so that I have put up in the last five years, are about a Tufted Titmouse and Matt Damon.
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Peeps....
I've tried so hard to bring poignancy and truth into your life... in a desperate attempt to nudge a little meaning into the chasm of your emptiness.
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Do you think this Blog is fun.... or easy to write???
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Even for a Mountain of a Man like myself????
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So to see that the most popular posts end up being about a small song bird with a suggestive name, and a Harvard Cantabrigian Moonbat who performs ok on the big screen.... well it's just a tad disconcerting.
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Sure the Tufted Titmouse is a cool little critter, and Matt plays a hell of a Southie character from time to time.... but why should they get all of the glory????
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And stop your grinning, Matt... you creepy looking Lefty.

1. Doug5:39 PM

   just think of the hits you would get if you titled a post 'Matt Damon is a pussy'

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   I'm afraid that you may have just created a self-fulfilling prophecy, Waterman.
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2. B-Pops7:18 PM

   titmouse-Damon-titmouse-damon-titmousedamontitmodamotit
   Kind of run together , don't they?

Nice Fish

 

Fast and Furious Bungling

Apparently the Obama administration had the brilliant idea to sell high powered guns to Mexican drug dealers, then track the guns.

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Who would have thought that these guns would be used to kill a Federal ATF Agent?

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Oopsie.

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I wonder how many hapless Mexicans are dead because of the glitch in this plan?

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Now the POTUS has used Executive Privilege to seal the file.

Another brilliant idea that will "Backfire" .... so to speak.

Keeper Cod for Will

Grandson Will Nestor  just landed this 2' keeper
Cod on the Flying Elvis with his father, brother and the D'Orio family.
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Way to go Will.  You and your Dad will always remember the time you caught  this beautiful fish.
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Nice job.  Now that you can fish better than your Grandfather, it's only a matter of time when you will kick his ass in golf.
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It's definitely a Keeper... as is this day.

Two Proud Dads

Cherokee Cheer Up for Warren

These nice Cherokee women flew in from Oklahoma to talk to US Senate Candidate, Elizabeth Warren yesterday.

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Liz had said previously that she checked the Affirmative Action box listing herself as a Cherokee in the hope of having a luncheon with people like herself.

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Way to go Liz.  Obviously you got your wish.  

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Plus these ladies claim that they are Obama voting Democrats.   So you should feel right in your element.

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Don't worry that these Native Americans seem pissed that you won't back off of your bogus claim to Cherokee Blood.  That by claiming to be one of them fraudulently is like someone lying that they have a Harvard degree without attending and putting in the time and effort.

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Just explain to them that Governor Patrick says that people in Massachusetts don't care about that.  Then serve up one of your authentic Pow Wow recipes that were passed down to you by your 1/32 ancestors.

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That should cheer them up.

Funny Interview at US Open

EEOC Against Marylou's Coffee Pretty Girls

The Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating MaryLou's Coffee for it's sales tactic of hiring pretty young girls, even though nobody has filed a complaint.
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I, for one, think it's about time the the Feds take the initiative and eliminate this corrupt practice of hiring nice looking people to help you sell your donuts.
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Thank God that our tax money is being used to root out this despicable business strategy.
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I don't care if it's a private business, using their own money in the manner that they wish.  And don't be telling me that we can buy our donuts elsewhere in the free market if we are offended by this prepubescent, prurient, prettiness.
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It's just not American.
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Bring back the Puritans I say.  And stop wearing those short shorts while I'm trying to buy my cup of coffee at your private business. Ugly people have been discriminated against for too long.  Dirty people too. 
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 I have a federal right to walk into a Marylou's, buy a glazed crueller and a double chocolate donut with a medium coffee - cream, one Splenda -  and not be offended by the lack of any ugly or unsavory counter servers.
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You go EEOC.  Shut Marylou's down with as much tax money as you need.  
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Although I wouldn't mind seeing a Marylou's stocked with hot cougars rather than the Jailbait in this photo.

Priority Pram Proposal

Have to work the Pram today and get in down on the Village Wharf tie up ring.

• Sand - 2hr.,     
• Interior Epoxy 2hr. coating - 6hr. dry,    
• Paint 2hr.  4hr. dry,   
• Fit seats and install 2 hr.   - 

So 18 hours total.
 It's possible to get done by tomorrow night... not probable though.

UPDATE.
Thanks to great performance from my Harbor Freight HVLP Sprayer  that I bought for less than $50 bucks about a year ago combined with my Porter Cable Pancake Compressor, I'm pretty sure that I'll get the Pram in the water by tomorrow evening.

POTW Week 24

Sometimes, you have momentous turning points in your life that happen subtly, and you don't even acknowledge the tremendous progress that you have made, but take it in stride in the swirl of everything going on.

That happened this week.   Seems like we crossed a river that has been an impenetrable boundary for so many years, yet we simply waded through and are now standing on the other side with a whole new landscape of opportunity.

ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 24th Week of 2012


Adam Sandler
David Spade
Norm Sherwood
Alex Khoury
Bob Tabor
Ben Mottola

I feel like Navin R. Johnson must have felt when he saw his name in the phonebook.

"Good things will start happening to me now"

Indian Fighters

Peeps....
I like to think of myself as an open-minded thinker... there being two sides to every story... my side and the wrong side.
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So you would think that the tolerance and high mindedness of a mountain of a man like myself would be able to look past the foibles and idiosyncracies of the Harvard Native Indian Law Professor, Elizabeth Warren.
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But I can't.
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Not only that, I can't see how anyone could prefer her over a straight shooter like Scott Brown.  Yet there are some who defend and support her.
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A nice girl named Malika just came to my front door with an Environmental Petition, asking me for money, which I politely refused to give.  Then she asked me if I was supporting Warren or Brown.  I said "Absolutely Brown" and she tried to keep a straight face.
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I just don't get it.