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Friday, September 07, 2018
Thursday, May 03, 2018
Tuesday, May 01, 2018
Morning Ideas
Book Idea - a year of mornings at Grace Oliver.
VAR - complete tool kit in crafted box.
Panel Ripping kit - Kreg Straight edge and ripping jigs, Makita Circular saw, Ripping Blade
Dado Routing Kit - Porter Cable, Dado Gig, Clamps, Bits
Pocket Hole Kit - Milwaukee Driver, Kreg Jig, Bits, Clamps
VAR - complete tool kit in crafted box.
Panel Ripping kit - Kreg Straight edge and ripping jigs, Makita Circular saw, Ripping Blade
Dado Routing Kit - Porter Cable, Dado Gig, Clamps, Bits
Pocket Hole Kit - Milwaukee Driver, Kreg Jig, Bits, Clamps
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Vision and Deep Pockets
Starting to get some "Noise" at the 70 Nanepashemet house. Vision and Deep Pockets are a wonderful combination.
Rain is putting a damper on the Deck Project. I had hoped to get the primer and a coat of finish paint on the exterior posts, but now will have to back off. Time to get the attic utility hatch done.... and I can always put another coat of polyurethane on the stair case.
Rain is putting a damper on the Deck Project. I had hoped to get the primer and a coat of finish paint on the exterior posts, but now will have to back off. Time to get the attic utility hatch done.... and I can always put another coat of polyurethane on the stair case.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
DAY TWO
Day Two of the SAVERS Program.
My body is sore from yesterday's break out run. Last year I couldn't jog across the the street....yesterday I went two miles.
I'm 65 years old.... don't feel like packing it in. I am going to live and act like the whole world continues to be a new opportunity
This morning, I will finalize the Florida transfer, then head over to complete the EasyRail holes at 70 Nanepashemet. When the holes are done, will get to the Post Office, call Catacutta for the Fireplace stone and head back to set up the deck posts for primer spraying. Then back to the office until 5:00 when I leave for Andover for a deck estimate.
Monday, April 23, 2018
Two Miles
When I was eighteen years old at UMASS Amherst, I ran a two mile race in 9:44. Today at age 65, my time was 25:43.
I thank God that I was able to do that.... and hope to improve over the coming year.
Today, Deck sanding and wire railing installation at 70 Nanepashemet Street.
I thank God that I was able to do that.... and hope to improve over the coming year.
Today, Deck sanding and wire railing installation at 70 Nanepashemet Street.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Saved by SAVERS?
Was reading the self help book "Miracle Morning" on my Kindle this morning. The author, Hal Elrod, advocates getting up in the morning at 6AM or earlier and practicing SAVERS.
S - Silence - Meditation or Purposeful Silence for 5 Minutes.
A - Affirmations or Positive Self Talk for 5 Minutes.
V - Visualization or imagining how you would like your life to evolve for 5 Minutes.
E - Exercise for 20 Minutes.
R - Reading Self Help books for 20 Minutes
S - Scribing or Blogging for 5 Minutes.
This is doable and makes sense.... a lot more sense that Ranting on Facebook about Liberals and the Main Stream Media..... which has been a pastime of mine for the past year. I've made some like minded friends doing this, but no discernible life improvement.
And that is what I am looking for.... Life Improvement. Time to pay off debt, make some bank, and enjoy time with friends and family.
S - Silence - Meditation or Purposeful Silence for 5 Minutes.
A - Affirmations or Positive Self Talk for 5 Minutes.
V - Visualization or imagining how you would like your life to evolve for 5 Minutes.
E - Exercise for 20 Minutes.
R - Reading Self Help books for 20 Minutes
S - Scribing or Blogging for 5 Minutes.
This is doable and makes sense.... a lot more sense that Ranting on Facebook about Liberals and the Main Stream Media..... which has been a pastime of mine for the past year. I've made some like minded friends doing this, but no discernible life improvement.
And that is what I am looking for.... Life Improvement. Time to pay off debt, make some bank, and enjoy time with friends and family.
Monday, January 01, 2018
2018 Resolutions
I've let this Blog go for a whole month without a post.
That is inexcusable and hasn't happened for the last ten years or so.
I didn't die or anything..... guess I just got a little too careless.
Last year, I lost thirty pounds.... just by shifting my work effort from a desk to a construction site. Didn't plan it and didn't change my diet ........ go figure. That was a bonus.
Anyway.....
I 'm back with a vengeance because of all of you pathetic Peeps whining about what the MOAM 2018 New Year's Resolutions are going to be.
Naturally, last year, I failed miserably at all of my Resolutions.... except for the accidental weight loss. But Shit Happens! Then More Shit Happens...... and then the resolutions go to.... shit.
This year will be no different. But that doesn't stop a Mountain of a Man like myself from pandering to the notion that maybe I can pull them off. It could happen.
So I've spent the last ten minutes or so, carefully crafting some guidelines that I am resolved to act on in 2018. These are them in no particular order.
1. Eat more Macaroni and Cheese. With plenty of butter. Never deny your need for a heaping plate of steaming comfort with salt and pepper.
2. Stop worrying about stuff. The worse that can happen is that you die.... some of my best friends have died..... so if they can do it, I can too.
3. RANT more often.... on Facebook and elsewhere. Everytime I think I will curb this, someone thanks me for saying whatever shit I spewed at the moment. So it is a talent that I will continue to exercise.
4. Ride my Bike, lift weights and row my boat more often. Not just for exercise, but because you can always lay still when you are dead. Might as well take advantage of the current opportunity to move.
5. Pay more attention to my wife Joanne when she talks about the kids in her Salem School. That stuff is more important than any of the crap that I deal with in my job.
6. Do a bar crawl every Friday afternoon after work. Getting the weekend started with a little buzz gives you way more perspective about things.
7. Drink good Scotch. That should be self explanatory.
8. Try to live in the moment. Which is contrary to making Resolutions right? Stop judging what is right or is wrong. In the end, God makes the rules, not me.... and his plan takes a long of twists and turns it seems.
9. Accept what fate puts in front of you and take action. Trust intuition.... there is more at force here than science has yet discovered.
10. Be nice to people. Even the phucked up ones.
That's all for 2018. Happy New Year.
That is inexcusable and hasn't happened for the last ten years or so.
I didn't die or anything..... guess I just got a little too careless.
Last year, I lost thirty pounds.... just by shifting my work effort from a desk to a construction site. Didn't plan it and didn't change my diet ........ go figure. That was a bonus.
Anyway.....
I 'm back with a vengeance because of all of you pathetic Peeps whining about what the MOAM 2018 New Year's Resolutions are going to be.
Naturally, last year, I failed miserably at all of my Resolutions.... except for the accidental weight loss. But Shit Happens! Then More Shit Happens...... and then the resolutions go to.... shit.
This year will be no different. But that doesn't stop a Mountain of a Man like myself from pandering to the notion that maybe I can pull them off. It could happen.
So I've spent the last ten minutes or so, carefully crafting some guidelines that I am resolved to act on in 2018. These are them in no particular order.
1. Eat more Macaroni and Cheese. With plenty of butter. Never deny your need for a heaping plate of steaming comfort with salt and pepper.
2. Stop worrying about stuff. The worse that can happen is that you die.... some of my best friends have died..... so if they can do it, I can too.
3. RANT more often.... on Facebook and elsewhere. Everytime I think I will curb this, someone thanks me for saying whatever shit I spewed at the moment. So it is a talent that I will continue to exercise.
4. Ride my Bike, lift weights and row my boat more often. Not just for exercise, but because you can always lay still when you are dead. Might as well take advantage of the current opportunity to move.
5. Pay more attention to my wife Joanne when she talks about the kids in her Salem School. That stuff is more important than any of the crap that I deal with in my job.
6. Do a bar crawl every Friday afternoon after work. Getting the weekend started with a little buzz gives you way more perspective about things.
7. Drink good Scotch. That should be self explanatory.
8. Try to live in the moment. Which is contrary to making Resolutions right? Stop judging what is right or is wrong. In the end, God makes the rules, not me.... and his plan takes a long of twists and turns it seems.
9. Accept what fate puts in front of you and take action. Trust intuition.... there is more at force here than science has yet discovered.
10. Be nice to people. Even the phucked up ones.
That's all for 2018. Happy New Year.
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Thanksgiving RANT
Our family's time honored holiday tradition is to go around the dinner table prior to starting the turkey feast and individually express what we are thankful for. It generally has been a loving and respectful exercise and we try not to piss people off with our sentiments and proclamations of thanks. But this year, I would be remiss, untruthful and disingenuous if I did not share what I am sincerely most grateful and thankful for..... No, I won't be Trumpeting stuff like, "I'm thankful that We are Making AMERICA great again". And I won't be wearing my "Proud to be a Deplorable" tee shirt or anything like that. Trump will not be rubbed in anybody's face. However, my overwhelming sentiment of thanks this year is that our country dodged a bullet and the EVIL HILLARY is NOT OUR PRESIDENT. And that is what I will be bringing to the table. We'll see how the rest of the meal goes. Happy Thanksgiving. RANT OVER
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Search for a SAFE SPACE
The Liberal rants I see lately seem silly and contrived.
All of the cries of Racism.
All of the cries of Global Warming and Climate Catastrophe.
Contrived claims of Russian Interference in our electoral system.
The Gender Identity Movement.
I'm in my mid sixties. Grew up as the Civil rights movement was taking shape, but still saw the vestiges of Jim Crow and segregation. Crouched in my elementary school corridors during nuclear bomb drills during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Saw fish and wildlife all be disappear in the Boston Harbor and New England Forests. Experienced the horror in a family when their Homosexual son died of AIDS.
Friends.... these were REAL, PHUCKING PROBLEMS!
As I meandered though the last six decades, a lot of good stuff started to materialize.
I saw Black people given a boost in our educational system.... saw the first Black Governor of Massachusetts and the first Black President of the United States.
I saw the United States stare down the Russian menace in the Cold War, with the dissolution of Communism and the USSR.
I saw Striped Bass return to Boston Harbor, Whales on Stellwagen Bank, Deer in South Boston and Turkeys in my backyard and all through New England. Hawks stalk the skies and Coyotes prowl the ground.
I saw Openly Gay people emerge to positions of prominence in Business and Politics.
I saw REAL, TANGIBLE CHANGE and improvements in our society of my sixty odd year run.
Should we be satisfied? Hell no. There are always improvements to be made.
My theory about the discord among liberals today has to do with the angst and ennui that accompanies basic existence. We all die. In the end, this life never works out like we think it should. So this deep ingrained insecurity needs an outlet in some. If it is not a real problem, then one must be instituted. So we scream "Racist" where the actual doesn't come close to the stuff that us old guys witnessed. Improvements to the Environment are overshadowed by cries of doom and global destruction. Russian threats are created behind elections that we don't like. And it is not enough to accept gays into society, we must embrace wholescale gender change.
It seems silly and not a little depressing that the vast improvements over the past sixty years are discarded and ignored in this contrived search for safe spaces.
All of the cries of Racism.
All of the cries of Global Warming and Climate Catastrophe.
Contrived claims of Russian Interference in our electoral system.
The Gender Identity Movement.
I'm in my mid sixties. Grew up as the Civil rights movement was taking shape, but still saw the vestiges of Jim Crow and segregation. Crouched in my elementary school corridors during nuclear bomb drills during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Saw fish and wildlife all be disappear in the Boston Harbor and New England Forests. Experienced the horror in a family when their Homosexual son died of AIDS.
Friends.... these were REAL, PHUCKING PROBLEMS!
As I meandered though the last six decades, a lot of good stuff started to materialize.
I saw Black people given a boost in our educational system.... saw the first Black Governor of Massachusetts and the first Black President of the United States.
I saw the United States stare down the Russian menace in the Cold War, with the dissolution of Communism and the USSR.
I saw Striped Bass return to Boston Harbor, Whales on Stellwagen Bank, Deer in South Boston and Turkeys in my backyard and all through New England. Hawks stalk the skies and Coyotes prowl the ground.
I saw Openly Gay people emerge to positions of prominence in Business and Politics.
I saw REAL, TANGIBLE CHANGE and improvements in our society of my sixty odd year run.
Should we be satisfied? Hell no. There are always improvements to be made.
My theory about the discord among liberals today has to do with the angst and ennui that accompanies basic existence. We all die. In the end, this life never works out like we think it should. So this deep ingrained insecurity needs an outlet in some. If it is not a real problem, then one must be instituted. So we scream "Racist" where the actual doesn't come close to the stuff that us old guys witnessed. Improvements to the Environment are overshadowed by cries of doom and global destruction. Russian threats are created behind elections that we don't like. And it is not enough to accept gays into society, we must embrace wholescale gender change.
It seems silly and not a little depressing that the vast improvements over the past sixty years are discarded and ignored in this contrived search for safe spaces.
Monday, October 23, 2017
Senator #METOO
So our esteemed Senator Elizabeth Warren has added herself to the #metoo list of women who have endured sexual assault. As implausible as her claim to be an American Indian is, it really waters down this effort for her to jump on this band wagon.
She is the United States Senator from Massachusetts. That is also hard to believe.
I understand the catharsis that encapsulates the #metoo cry against sexual assault. This must be eradicated from our culture of "casting couches" and unwanted advances. But phonies like Warren hitching up to this sentiment is just a bit much.
She is the United States Senator from Massachusetts. That is also hard to believe.
I understand the catharsis that encapsulates the #metoo cry against sexual assault. This must be eradicated from our culture of "casting couches" and unwanted advances. But phonies like Warren hitching up to this sentiment is just a bit much.
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