New Year's Resolution - 2013

So many of you Peeps have been nagging me to disclose my New Year's resolutions.
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I can tell you that one of my key resolutions is to be more patient with your foibles and annoying requests.  So I'm not as irritated with your pesky probings as I normally would be.
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I guess I could wait until Tues. to lay out my 2013 resolutions, but I have them all in tow right now, so I might as well drop some heavy duty, Mountain of a Man, Wisdom on you in this posting.
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Simply stated, I'd like to dedicate the entire year of 2013 to a singular effort.   To take each moment in it's present, without judgement.

That means, I will strive not to label everything that happens with a past experience.  Nor will I define the present based upon the concerns of what might happen in the future.
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If the present moment suggests action, I will move forward.  If it suggests restraint, I will hold back.  Both with the faith that the present circumstance is the cosmic best of all possible outcomes. 
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The Sages tell us that perfect joy is the natural order of things, and the harmony of joy rests in the present moment.  
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So my resolution is to stay focused on the present, and trust that the present will provide harmony, joy and abundance amid a chaotic and constantly changing world.
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This doesn't mean that you'll see me sitting around with a sappy smile on my face all day.   It means that I won't be chastising myself when I am angry, or lazy, or stupid.  I will be accepting those states as the natural reaction to the present without judgement.
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If this doesn't work out, I can always revert to my normal cantankerous, abrasive self in 2014.

Progressive Herd

Congressman Ed Markey has announced for the Senate Seat being vacated by the elite John Kerry.   Kerry gave his blessing to the notion.
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So that's it Dems.   Herd yourselves to the Polls to make it official.   And please try to end these incessant "Baa, Baa, Baa" utterances.
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You may act like sheep, but you don't have to bleat like them.
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And I wish you wouldn't  call yourselves "Progressives".   That's just another perfectly good term gone down the shithole.
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But then you'll have to deal with the evil Scott Brown.  More people voted for Brown when he lost to the Indian than when he beat Martha Coakley.  The Presidential vote and tons of national "Progressive" money brought a high tide of votes for the Warren Cherokee Lady, so our boy Scott came up on the short end.   But that's no guarantee that Markey won't get the Coakley treatment from Scott Brown.
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So the Elite Progressives can't just swat him away.  Very Inconvenient.

Hapless Helmsman

Peeps...
The so called "Fiscal Cliff" is a construct of the Federal Government.  It was created by the Feds, and now the big drama to avoid it is being carried out by the Feds.
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It is a series of laws that they can legislate away.... just like the way they spend your money on massive amounts of debt that they have no right to accrue.
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Don't you feel like the state of the US Federal Budget is a runaway juggernaut, and that nobody has the balls or expertise to take the helm?    The President is the Leader.  It is ultimately his responsibility.  History will never even footnote who was the Speaker of the House when the ship went up on the rocks.

POTY Roll Call

• Tom McMahon ~ 2007
• Lauren Rathbone ~ 2008
• Michael "Murph" Murphy ~ 2009
• Jeremy Johnson ~ 2010
• Tommy O'Shea ~ 2011
• Kerry D'Orio ~ 2012
• ???????????~ 2013

Who?
Who will it Be!????
This is Freaking Bewildering.

Getting Platonic

"Be Kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
~ Plato

The old Greek is on to something, isn't he?
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No matter who you are, you have your problems... and everybody that you look at has theirs.   So don't try to pile your shit onto others.  Shoulder your responsibilites.  Face your adversities.
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At least you are not alone.

Acquired Taste

I took Joanne and Grandsons Will and Ethan over to the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem yesterday, and we came home with Henry, a 1 year old, short haired, Black cat.
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Henry pooped and peed in the litterbox last night, but other than that, he seems to hate us and has stayed hidden since we brought him back to the Sundance house.
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Whatever Henry.
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The Nestor Family is an acquired taste, as many of you Peeps can testify.  It takes a while.
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Merry Christmas

POTW Week 51

Peeps....
Do you hear that steady Thud, Thud, Thud in the background?
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That's the drums beating for the nomination to the year's Peep of the Year.   The reigning POTY, Kerry Russell D'Orio's special year is almost up, and she will shortly be passing her crown to another fortunate yet hapless Peep.
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Who will it be????  You know I can't answer that, yet the choice is so freaking clear this year that I can't believe that you don't already know.

ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 51st Week of 2012

Mayor Tom Mennino
Joanna Stanton
Tony DeFillipo
Bob Wojcik
Alex Watts
Jill Phillips

Christmas shopping is done, but I'm thinking to going over to the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem and getting a cat to start off the New Year and celebrate our continuing survival.

Joy of Giving

With three days to Christmas, I'd like to wind things down... ratchet back a bit.   But I have a ton of Nanepashemet Telecom financials to get out before the end of the year, and haven't gotten any substantial shopping done.
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Glad that the Mayan prediction was a bust.
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So now we can empty our wallets and experience the joy of giving.

Beat Back Buzz Kill

Peeps....
With only a few hours to go... I think we made it.
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The only disaster seems to be President Obama's nomination of John Kerry for Secretary of State.
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Although the huge silver lining on this is the chance to see our man, Scott Brown, get the seat that he was outspent on by the first ever Native American Senator from Massachusetts, WhatsHerName.
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I hope he runs.
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Other than that, the nation gets to see our boy, "Do You Know Who I Am" Jawn "Purple Heart" Kerry wield his lovable , entitled self on the international stage.
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Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward Dems.  At least we beat those buzz killing Mayans square in their tracks.

Doomsday Prediction

With the Mayan last day set for tomorrow, I guess I should sound in on the Doomsday predictions.
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Peeps... I'm not scared.   It takes more than a Mayan and his stone calendar to run a shiver up the spine of this Mountain of a Man.
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And I'm no Prepper. Won't see me stocking a concrete bunker in the backyard.  If everything goes haywire, I'll be looting and scavaging like the rest of you Bastards.  I won't be trying to fend off Peeps trying to steal my hoard, because I'll be out there trying to steal yours.
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But I kind of hope that I can scarf up a case of Scotch, build a bonfire, and sing Kumbaya at the top of my lungs with any hapless Peep that wanders near.   Then I will find a boat, and go for a long row.
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Someday this world is going to come to an end.
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But not yet, Peeps.    Not yet.

Want v. Need

Peeps...
There is a difference between want and need in our society.
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And the firearms control issue illustrates this perfectly.
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I feel like a jerk saying that at least one teacher in Newtown should have been able to bear a concealed weapon.  It's not something I want, but it obviously is something that was needed.
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I don't want teachers to have weapons... I don't want anyone to have weapons.... but this isn't a wish for "world peace" at a beauty pageant.
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Until we can control the mentally ill, and the sociopaths, and the criminals... we need to arm ourselves.
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This is an imperfect, flawed society.  You have to deal with reailty, and take responsibility for your needs rather than wish them away, or delegate to others.