Friday, November 02, 2007

Iona Search


Fr. Thomas Faiola, PhD, senior clinical lecturer, Pastoral Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy
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"Life is a Weird Boogie" - JC

Thursday, November 01, 2007

POTW - Week 44

Went to the Bruins game tonight at the Garden in Boston.

But before that, we had a great Italian dinner at Masiminos in the North End. The veal and eggplant parmagian was incredible, but gassy. I really didn't mind grossing out my peeps, but I felt sorry for the innocent bystanders.

Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for Week 44 of 2007
  • Rich Ellis
  • Mike Delia
  • Kevin Grimes
  • Tito Francona
  • Scott Boras
  • Will Nestor
We'll see how I make it through the night.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween


Halloween is an interesting holiday. Of pagan origins, it has flourished without any official religious or governmental backing.
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In Salem, MA, the town next door, it draws a lot of gothic crazies. I don't get the attraction, but it certainly appeals to some people who also like black makeup, boots, tattoos and body piercings. I don't mind boots, but can't really get geared up for the other items.
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As a tolerant, open-minded individual, I'm cool with all of this weird behavior, although I can certainly understand the emotions the evoke persecution of these perverts. I'm just happy that none of my three kids ever embraced this gothic bullshit....to the best of my knowledge.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

A Star in the Making


Jonathan Papelbon is set to become a larger than life celebrity in Boston. If he goes on tour with the Drop Kick Murphy's, they will clean up.

Cost Savings

Today, I had to get some Zoning Drawings printed for delivery to a law office in Gloucester, and I thought that I could save a little money by printing them on the Rockett's Design Jet.
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Rick Rockett was nice to let me use the printer, but after two hours, mucking around with a printer driver problem, I went to the Staples in Swampscott. They sent me to the store in Beverly, which was staffed by an absolute buffoon. A very valuable Staples employee. She told me that each sheet would take 15 minutes to print, and had a lot of attitude to go with it. So much for Staples. I couldn't stomach dealing with her, so I jumped onto 128 and went down to Charette in Woburn... which I should have done at the beginning of the day.
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Charette charged 50 bucks for 4 drawing sets on 24"x36" architectural sheets. I was in Gloucester 40 minutes later.
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That's going to be standard procedure in the future. Bring it to the pros, pay the fee, get on with the day. Trying to save money can get very expensive.

Do as I Say... Not as I Do.

"Try not to try too hard... It's just a lovely ride."
- James Taylor

The irritating thing about this Blog is that when I check on things that I wrote in the past, I find that I am almost never following my own advice to you Peeps. The pace and importance that I have been applying to Nanepashemet Telecom is in sharp contrast to the JT lyric.

Full Schedule

I know that the Blog lately has been preoccupied with Boston sports.... but what do you expect???? The Sox won the World Series, and the Patriots are treating the NFL like a bunch of scrimmage teams. Would you rather that I reverted to New Testament quotations? Actually, that isn't a bad idea.
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Today I have a tightly controlled schedule at Nanepashemet Telecom, with little room for variation or spontaneity. I guess that's something that you strive for in a small business. But now you substitute working for the Man, for working for the Clock. Thinking about it though,...the Clock is the better deal.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Burned Out


Today was a day that should have been a holiday.
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It was impossible to go to sleep before 2:00 AM last night because of the freaking Red Sox World Series sweep. Waking up, there was still some adrenaline left over, so I didn't really get hit with fatigue until about 3:00 PM today. By that time I was driving from a Cell site on the South Shore, and the tired feeling hit me like a ton of bricks.
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I'm almost too tired to Blog.

Tremendous Sweep

They won the World Series. Holy Shit.
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Hard to Believe. The Red Sox have done it again. Phenomenal.
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I didn't expect a sweep. So glad to be wrong. Sweet. The Curse is so dead. 2004 was no fluke.
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My father would have been so happy. Hopefully he knows.

Congratulations to a fine team.

Active Roster

Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB

19 Josh Beckett R/R 6-5 220 05/15/80

17 Manny Delcarmen R/R 6-2 190 02/16/82

83 Eric Gagne R/R 6-0 240 01/07/76

31 Jon Lester L/L 6-2 190 01/07/84

48 Javier Lopez L/L 6-4 220 07/11/77

18 Daisuke Matsuzaka R/R 6-0 185 09/13/80

37 Hideki Okajima L/L 6-1 195 12/25/75

58 Jonathan Papelbon R/R 6-4 230 11/23/80

38 Curt Schilling R/R 6-5 235 11/14/66

39 Kyle Snyder S/R 6-8 215 09/09/77

50 Mike Timlin R/R 6-4 210 03/10/66

Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB

28 Doug Mirabelli R/R 6-1 220 10/18/70

33 Jason Varitek S/R 6-2 230 04/11/72

Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB

13 Alex Cora L/R 6-0 200 10/18/75

12 Eric Hinske L/R 6-2 235 08/05/77

25 Mike Lowell R/R 6-3 210 02/24/74

23 Julio Lugo R/R 6-1 175 11/16/75

15 Dustin Pedroia R/R 5-9 180 08/17/83

20 Kevin Youkilis R/R 6-1 220 03/15/79

Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB

10 Coco Crisp S/R 6-0 180 11/01/79

7 J.D. Drew L/R 6-1 200 11/20/75

46 Jacoby Ellsbury L/L 6-1 185 09/11/83

32 Bobby Kielty S/R 6-1 225 08/05/76

24 Manny Ramirez R/R 6-0 200 05/30/72

Designated Hitters B/T Ht Wt DOB

34 David Ortiz L/L 6-4 230 11/18/75

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Could be a Dream

Bottom of the 7th. I'm starting to dare that the Sox will hold onto a 3 to nothing lead and sweep the Series. Hope I didn't jinx it.... the Rockies just hit a home run. Now it's 3-1.
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The Patriots continued their unprecedented dominance today, beating a Redskins team that was 4 and 2 coming into the game by 45 points.
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We will look back at this time with fond memories.

Pats Schedule


Sun 9/9/2007 1:00 PM @ Jets



38-14 W
Sun 9/16/2007 8:15 PM vs Chargers
NBC / WHDH Channel 7

38-14 W
Sun 9/23/2007 1:00 PM vs Bills
CBS / WBZ Channel 4

38-7 W
Mon 10/1/2007 8:30 PM @ Bengals
ESPN / WCVB Channel 5

34-13 W
Sun 10/7/2007 1:00 PM vs Browns
CBS / WBZ Channel 4

34-17 W
Sun 10/14/2007 4:15 PM @ Cowboys
CBS / WBZ Channel 4

48-27 W
Sun 10/21/2007 1:00 PM @ Dolphins
CBS / WBZ Channel 4

49-28 W
Sun 10/28/2007 4:15 PM vs Redskins
FOX / WFXT Channel 25



Sun 11/4/2007 4:15 PM @ Colts
CBS / WBZ Channel 4



Sun 11/11/2007
vs Bye





Sun 11/18/2007 1:00 PM @ Bills
CBS / WBZ Channel 4



Sun 11/25/2007 8:15 PM vs Eagles
NBC / WHDH Channel 7



Mon 12/3/2007 8:30 PM @ Ravens
ESPN / WCVB Channel 5



Sun 12/9/2007 1:00 PM vs Steelers
CBS / WBZ Channel 4



Sun 12/16/2007 1:00 PM vs Jets
CBS / WBZ Channel 4



Sun 12/23/2007 1:00 PM vs Dolphins
CBS / WBZ Channel 4



Sat 12/29/2007 8:15 PM @ Giants
NFL Network



Sunday Excitement

Sox won in Denver... now they are 3 and 0 and could clinch the Series tonight. It's nice to see them so dominant. Plus the Patriots play the Redskins this afternoon at 4:15. Dave Bruett said something about a gathering at the Gerry for the first half. Could be a fine idea.
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Too much excitement for one day..... I'll have to pace myself.
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My Manny shirt was a bust last night. The transfer Iron-on paper really didn't work well. It was a great idea though. I should get credit for that alone. Another fun Crawford Halloween party. I felt bad for Will Crawford with his MaryLou Retton gym tights on. That had to hurt, even for Will.
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Got to see the two baby Wills - Crawford and Nestor... plus the always lovely Maddie Gill. Great additions to the holiday parties this year.
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High tide is at 1:00 this afternoon. I can feel a good Harbor Row coming on, before the main events begin.