Affordable Gifts

I've been fashioning these pendants and have them for sale at $200 each. They are solid sterling silver with silver chains and are very similar to those sold by Tiffany at their Wall St. New York store.
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I hope to sell 100 of these and raise $20,000 in order to afford suitable gifts for Katelyn during this joyous holiday time of giving..... and Katelyn Getting.

Slow Day

The Friday after Thanksgiving is always a slow, non-descript day. I did get some business done though. So maybe I'm ahead of the game.
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I doubt it.

Peep of the Week - 47

I hope that all of you had a Happy Thanksgiving. We did, and we were all pretty thankful about our new grandson, Will.
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I was also very thankful that two special Peeps chose to take an automatic route to the coveted/avoided Peep of the Week designation. If more of you were as considerate as them, this weekly selection process would flow much easier.
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But there was still enough inspiration, annoyance and stupidity to fill out the remaining slots.
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Bob Brown in particular tried to pull a fast one by telling me that a gift of the Prince of Scotch, Talisker, should be an automatic. I agree that Talisker is the freaking balls, but it's still not Lagavulin. I get more annoyed the more I think about it. I better announce the POTW's before I get on overload.

ANNOUNCING......
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for Week 47 of 2007.

• Michael "Murph" Murphy *
• Bobby Wojcik *
• Dale Johnson
• Bob Brown
• Kristen Jellison
• Ginny Hudak

* Automatic Lagavulin Rule.
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I'm still pretty upset about the Talisker caper.

Anonymous said...

I am more automatica than Gramatica! NOG NOG NOG NOG!!!

9:29 AM

Nevets Fud said...

In the PMP world, we call Mr. Brown's effort "gold-plating".

3:44 PM

Bash Rehash

The Thanksgiving Eve Bash came off flawlessly as planned. Some of the Peeps claimed it was the best time of their lives, which is pushing it a little, don't you think?
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There were two automatic POTW selections due to the gift of the king of scotch, Lagavulin, to me.
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That honor went to Bob Wojcik, who obviously is contrite about wrecking my marathon training, and Michael "Murph" Murphy, who has to be in the running for Peep of the Year.

Bash Eve

Today is the day. The most important day in the life of a Nanepashemet Peep.
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That's because the annual Nestor Thanksgiving Eve Bash has grown to have a cult-like, almost religious significance in the life of most of you.
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I don't know why this is. It's like a mystery of faith.
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Anyway, I hope to see as many of you as possible, and please try not to lapse into a state of frenzied hysteria. It's just a day, like any other day.

Party Planning

Going to Costco this afternoon to get provisions for the Thanksgiving Eve Bash. I vastly prefer Costco over BJ's even though I've never been to BJ's. BJ's has a stupid name.
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The Food menu is shaping up thusly.

• The Best Buffalo Wings in Civilized Society
• White Trash Balls for the Crawford Boys
• Mike Nestor's Renowned Clam Chowder
• Joanne's Gasless Chili
• Salami and Provolone Cardiac Calzone
• Macaroni and Cheese (the staff of Life)
• Fruit and Cheese for the Diet Conscious
• Cucumber and Dill Breads for the less messy preference.
• Various types of Beer and Wine
• Seagrams and Cider
• Lagavulin

No, we don't take requests, or variations. Don't bring your own forks... we have plenty.
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If you come late, you will miss it because the food goes fast.
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Then all that is left is drinking, and loud and obnoxious behavior.
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I can't wait.

Getting Thankful

Even though it's Monday Night, I feel like it's Friday. Today was a breakthrough day on a very large procurement for Nanepashemet Telecom. Tons of emotional capital spent. Hopefully, it is a good investment.
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There will be no clinking of champagne glasses until the fat lady sings. But she's starting to warm up. It could be a great Thanksgiving Holiday.

Running It Up

To the Buffalo Bills fans who were chanting bad things to Brady because of the last score....
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If the Pats really wanted to run up the score, you would have lost by 80 points. Do you really pine to play our 3rd string?
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Belichick should do what he is doing. If your level of execution is excellent, it is wrong to dumb it down in any circumstances.

Gearing up for the Annual Bash

I'm fairly certain that Scott McBurney is out of the country. He's not even in the Western Hemisphere.
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So if you were thinking of coming to the 2007 Nestor Thanksgiving Eve Bash, the coast is clear.
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Every year we get some Peeps who whine that they were not invited. That is so bogus, because there are no invitations.
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Zazen

Peeps....
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It's 10:22PM on Sunday night. Tom Brady has just thrown his fifth touchdown pass against the Buffalo Bills. We are watching a professional who has attained a concentrated singularity of purpose.
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It is the Tao of Football.
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Please appreciate this. It is not often that you see someone in such command of his craft.
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Brady, like Larry Bird of the Celtics used to do, makes all around him reach a higher level of attainment.
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In the telecast, John Madden and Al Michaels are reduced to praise and conjecture of whether the Patriots are the best team to ever plan the game. The Bills can't be this bad.... the Patriots are just that good.

Patriots Preparation

Will and his Nana, Joanne, are obviously ready for the Patriots game. The Bills don't have a chance.

Making Hay

Today was a work day. I know that it is Saturday, but "you have to make hay while the sun shines".
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I actually have no idea what this means, but I find myself saying it quite often. I don't know how to make hay, and I have no idea what the sun has to do with it.
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But it sounds pretty official. At any rate, I worked today because there is a ton of stuff to get done at Nanepashemet Telecom.