Sundance Logo Sign

I have to dig out the template of the Sundance sun that I used for the first building and build another one for the new site. Now do you see why you should save everything? You never know when you have to build a new sun logo.

I'm thinking that I can change the method a little bit and make the sign logo out of birch plywood which will be painted, rather than the redwood that I edge glued last time. It will go faster and look just as good from the street.

Off to Home Depot.

Stupid Bureaucrats

Bureaucracies are the boon of society. So much effort wasted. So much energy diverted into insincere and untruthful activity.

Can there be organization without the decay of bureaucratic behavior? Can people be tasked to act in keeping with truthful and forward moving endeavor? Bureaucracy is the manifestation of conflicting self interest. It rewards mediocrity and despises truthful and inspirational acts.

The dedicated bureaucrats are denizens of purgatory. They are not content to see anyone expose their inadequacies by talented and forward moving action.

Happy and Sad

Mike heads to Washington DC to begin working with Nathaniel at Bearingpoint. We're really happy and pretty sad.

WhaleEye

It's official. I've named my 23' Hydra Sport boat the WhaleEye and ordered the signage. Joanne will be pissed, but Ryan and Mike will like it.
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BTW, do you know what a WhaleEye is?

Progress

Great Meetings today on several fronts. Once again, Mike Rockett showed his tremendous talent at property development and construction with his insight into the Sundance parking situation. A great part of his talent is the dedication that guys like Lenny Cameron, Sparky Spillane and Eric Rumph have for him. I wouldn't hesitate to have any of these guys in my foxhole.... absolutely trustworthy, thoroughly dependable. A tremendous team.
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Nice talks with DiMatteo and Steve Garten at the Darwin meeting.

Peep of the Week - 2007 Week 2

Amongst the McMahon Controversy, I almost forgot that today is POTW day... Thursday to the uninitiated.
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I have an all hands meeting at Darwin this evening, so I probably wouldn't be able to make the selections at my usual 7:00PM time. And I don't want to stress anyone out unnecessarily by delaying the all important selections.

So Here Goes.....

Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for Week 2 of 2007

• Lenny Cameron
• Suzanne Somers
• Donald Trump
• Jeff Reed
• Linda Mirasolo
• Joe Sweet

Yada Yada Yada.....

Peep of the Year Feedback

Quite a few of you have asked for the selection criteria behind the Peep of the Year - Tom McMahon.
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As you know, the reasons for Peep selections can never be disclosed. It is the one sacred, unalterable rule that we must abide by here at the Nanepashemet Blog.
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However, I can give you some clues without fear of ripping a hole in the outer lining of the universe.
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By process of elimination, McMahon is not dead, nor is he an animal. And he didn't give me any Lagavulin over the year. That leaves only three selection criteria to consider.
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McMahon had to be especially annoying, stupid, or inspirational to be selected as the Nanepashemet Peep of the Year.
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..... or could it be that he was a combination thereof????
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That is as far as I dare go. The consequences of breaking this rule would be tantamount to risking the end of life on Earth as we know it .... worse than being caught in the car with gassy Ryan... worse that asking Katelyn to take out the trash... worse than seeing DiMatteo in a good mood... worse than expecting Mike to pick up a meal tab .... worse than playing 18 holes with me.... worse than misplacing a bottle of Lagavulin.... worse than seeing Buck Johnson's bare chest....
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It would be that bad.
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So don't ever ask me again.

Piantedosi Rigs

A couple of years ago, I bought two of these units from Gary Piantedosi of Piantedosi Oars in Acton, MA. Gary is an MIT Engineer, and Olympic Rower. A real class guy who opened up his shop to me as a stranger and showed me his operation.

These "Row Wing" sliding rigs are made of quality marine grade aluminium and are very well crafted.

At the time, I was going to rig them up to a type of catamaran that I was thinking of converting my two 14 foot sea kayaks. I never did the project, but now will retrofit the Herreshoff tender to be able to use both of these sliding seat rowing rigs, as well as traditional oar locks. The units will be designed to be removed for sailing and traditional rowing while fishing.

I think that it will be cool to pull the tender around Marblehead harbor in tandem with a friend. I'll have to find someone who is robust and fit enough to keep pace with my rowing cadence though.

Piantedosi Oars


-=[ Piantedosi Oars - Rowingrigs.com ]=-

A Clear Path

Eric Rumpf dropped off the Sundance School Drawings tonight. A fine job.
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Another trip to see Bob Ives with Paul Lynch, then Mike Rockett and Sparky Spillane can go to town, as only they can.
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This is going to be a great facility, and a lot of kids will have a wonderful start at this site that offers so much in terms of parkland, open space and water access.

3G

We will shortly all be walking around with this type of unit. Just as Apple revolutionized the PC in the 1980's with mouse driven, point and click software, the same company now is presenting the iPhone, a portable device that will enhance everything that we do. Communicate -both verbally and written - photograph, and give us instant access to almost any information needs that we have.
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The playing field is getting more and more level. The only thing between us and success is truly us.

Second Thoughts

I know that I'm committed to building the Maine Peabod, but this Herreshoff Coquina Cat Yawl has got to be built sometime in the near future.

Back on Track

Time to rev up the Sundance Project. We'll be seeing the new architects drawings in the next day or so, and get the project back on track.

With the other projects, the Tender lies fallow due to losing the weekend on the wireless stuff, and I'm waiting for my literary agent to give me feedback on the Boatbuilding Book proposal.

Joanne is nervous about Mike relocating to DC, and there is some more stuff going on that I'm not going to tell you about now.

Lots of balls in the air.

Pats Trump Jets

The Patriots finally manhandled the Jets in the playoff game for a convincing win. We could easily see Donald Trump at Bob Kraft's Owners Box, two boxes down from Darwin's Gillette stadium box. I'm sure that Kraft had some fun with him.

Pat - Jets Playoff Game

Another workday at the Darwin Gillette box.

Stuck

Like I thought, a cluster.

Sixty Degrees

Incredibly on January 6, it is sixty degrees outside at 9:00 AM, even with rain and overcast clouds. I'm sure that the global warming crowd will be freaking out soon.

We took Mike to the Landing last night for a family dinner - the last time the family will be together for awhile since Mike is relocating to Washington DC for his new job at Bearingpoint. It felt like winter in California with the temperature so high.

Too bad I'm not far enough along with the sanding on the Tender, since this temperature is perfect for coating epoxy and varnish.

Irons in the Fire

The weekend will be killed because I will have to go to Darwin Saturday and finalize the draft network services submittal, and we have customers going to the Patriots – Jets Playoff game in the Darwin Box at Gillette Stadium. You have to meet the customers at the Box and act like you enjoy all of the eating, drinking, and climate controlled playoff football action. I don’t know how I’m going to pull it off.

Between Darwin, Sundance, the Boatbuilding Book and a couple of other entrepreneurial exploits, wouldn’t you think that I would be raking in the dough with all of these irons in the fire? My rake must be missing some tines.

Can’t see much hope in gaining some hours on the nineteen estimated to be left in interior sanding on the Tender. Maybe one or two on Saturday afternoon.

1-07 POTW

A New Year. A new start for Nanepashemet Peep of the Week Selections . To those who forget the criteria, you'll have to check the past posts, I can't keep repeating it over and over again.

Nanepashemet Peeps OTW 1-07

• Dale Johnson
• Steve Livermore
• Sarah Jane Freymann
  
• Michael Porter
• Jim Hormann
• Jay Ohanian

May they receive the accolades and/or ridicule as appropriate that they so well deserve.

Rumpf and Livermore

The A and E boys came up big time in the Sundance design. We should be on a roll by next week. Thanks to Eric Rumph and Steve Livermore - two class acts.

A Special Role

Why is it that I am the only one in my family who can change a roll of toilet paper ? Would it be a unique gene and DNA structure in my makeup? As far as I can remember, nobody in my family has ever changed a roll. If the toilet paper is hanging in my house, that is documentary evidence that I have been in the vicinity.