Joanne and I took the afternoon off and headed up to the coast of Southern Maine. A nice drive along the ocean through Kittery, York, Wells and Ogunquit.
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It must be soothing to live on the water like that. Maybe a nice place to retire. But I'll need a to win the lottery or make a score before I can pull that off.
Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 16th Week of 2010.
Ben Martin
Brian Butler
Wayne Webster
Kelly Light
Jill Phillips
Maria Rowen
Plus it's close to the outlet stores in Kittery.... particularly the Kittery Trading Post which is my favority place to buy fishing tackle.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
Dropping My Guard
I'm watching some lawyer expert on Good Morning America who sounds pretty smart, but is wearing a bowtie.
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I can't take anybody seriously who wears a bowtie.
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Course I shouldn't be watching Good Morning America anyway, but Diane Vargas is a substitute host, and she hasn't made my skin crawl like some of the other phoney liberal hosts that have been employed on that show. Even though George Stephanopoulos generally aggravates me, somehow I can tolerate him, unless he is in his self righteous, political commentary mode.
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Maybe I'm getting soft.
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I can't take anybody seriously who wears a bowtie.
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Course I shouldn't be watching Good Morning America anyway, but Diane Vargas is a substitute host, and she hasn't made my skin crawl like some of the other phoney liberal hosts that have been employed on that show. Even though George Stephanopoulos generally aggravates me, somehow I can tolerate him, unless he is in his self righteous, political commentary mode.
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Maybe I'm getting soft.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Observation of the Pathetic
People who are completely self absorbed end up to be such users and manipulators.
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Since all of their thoughts and actions are directed to themselves and their own self pity, they unconsciously position everything in their lives in a vain attempt to ingratiate themselves. They always look for others to pity them, and do for them.
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The problem is that it is so transparent. Any idiot can see it except for the self absorbed perpetrators themselves.
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I was just saying.
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Since all of their thoughts and actions are directed to themselves and their own self pity, they unconsciously position everything in their lives in a vain attempt to ingratiate themselves. They always look for others to pity them, and do for them.
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The problem is that it is so transparent. Any idiot can see it except for the self absorbed perpetrators themselves.
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I was just saying.
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In the fine fashion of them Brits and theys court of guvment wearing
wigs and shit, I says harumph! Self absorbin folks is such foneys,
takin' on airs, likes they never snacked on the dead skin fermentin
atwixt they toes, or havin' relashuns with they own kin (the ears on
Charile, the feller tha was buggerin' that cheeky mynx Dianuh but
preferred to pleasurify someone that looked like his mammy, tells me
that ain't nature in action), its galls ole TL.
But I keeps on keepin' on. No sense in takin' to the baser assemblages of humanity.
Happy Birthday Mikey
It's my youngest son, Michael's, 27th birthday today. Seems like only yesterday when he was delivered at the now demolished Lynn Hospital with no complications. A great job by Joanne.
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Mike has met the challenges of youth and is now well along the path of adulthood. He turned out damn good in a lot of ways.
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In case you are doing the math, I was twelve when Michael was conceived. Joanne was thirteen...... We started early.
SRaiche said...
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Mike has met the challenges of youth and is now well along the path of adulthood. He turned out damn good in a lot of ways.
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In case you are doing the math, I was twelve when Michael was conceived. Joanne was thirteen...... We started early.
Happy Birthday Mikey!
Congratulations to the Mountain of a Man and Joanne for raising a wonder addition to the human race.
Sue Sue
Congratulations to the Mountain of a Man and Joanne for raising a wonder addition to the human race.
Sue Sue
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Lull Period
Now that the Democrats have socialized medicine in place.... what next? Seems like kind of a lull out there.
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Our occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan is damn quiet. You only hear of something when some poor local twenty year old serviceman gets blown up from time to time.
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The stimulis package and jobs bill is virtually unnoticable and people seem to be silent about the economy. Real Estate looks to be picking up.
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The Tea Party movement is nebulous and unfocused with no leadership outside of maybe Sarah Palin, who is ridiculed everytime she takes a breath.
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I'm not complaining. Something whacky will show up soon enough. A little lull is good for all of us.
pisc said...
Not time to overplay any hand. Job continue to be lost. Real estate is in the shitter, as property continues to lose value in my town (see zillow.com for what is happening in Marblehead). People are actually asking "where is the free health care?" 53% of us pay taxes. When it hits 49%, time to move.
Next year, when the taxes hit, there will be real questions, not about the personality of this man child running the show, but of the principles of the people behind him. He is a surrogate. In 2014, when he is gone, and the newer taxes hit, there will be more questions about what this great experiment has become.
Put your money in Apple. Apple product are, in 2010, the five cent movies of the 1930s.
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Our occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan is damn quiet. You only hear of something when some poor local twenty year old serviceman gets blown up from time to time.
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The stimulis package and jobs bill is virtually unnoticable and people seem to be silent about the economy. Real Estate looks to be picking up.
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The Tea Party movement is nebulous and unfocused with no leadership outside of maybe Sarah Palin, who is ridiculed everytime she takes a breath.
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I'm not complaining. Something whacky will show up soon enough. A little lull is good for all of us.
pisc said...
Not time to overplay any hand. Job continue to be lost. Real estate is in the shitter, as property continues to lose value in my town (see zillow.com for what is happening in Marblehead). People are actually asking "where is the free health care?" 53% of us pay taxes. When it hits 49%, time to move.
Next year, when the taxes hit, there will be real questions, not about the personality of this man child running the show, but of the principles of the people behind him. He is a surrogate. In 2014, when he is gone, and the newer taxes hit, there will be more questions about what this great experiment has become.
Put your money in Apple. Apple product are, in 2010, the five cent movies of the 1930s.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Fresh Cod
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"J. Do you and Joanne want some Cod?"
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Coming from Mark, you know that this is the fresh stuff..... Codfish happily swimming around in Massachusetts Bay about 48 hours ago with absolutely no indication that they were about to give it up to Mark's superior angling skills.
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Early this morning, just as I was about to power up Nanepashemet Telecom, in walks Mark with a couple of pounds of fresh cod. all skinned, filleted and in a plastic freezer bag.
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Damn... What a class act!
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And they say that Facebook is a waste of time. Fresh cod for dinner.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Never Watch It
Sometimes being a Mountain of a Man means that you have to admit that you enjoy some stuff that isn't exactly manly.
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Like watching "Dancing with the Stars" or something like that.
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Not that I ever watch DWTS.
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Or that I hope that Pamela Anderson makes it to the next round.
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Or that my favorite dance is the Quickstep, followed closely by the ChaChaCha.
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I wouldn't be caught dead watching "Dancing".
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Although, I hope that Jake the Bachelor gets the ax this week big time.
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Like watching "Dancing with the Stars" or something like that.
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Not that I ever watch DWTS.
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Or that I hope that Pamela Anderson makes it to the next round.
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Or that my favorite dance is the Quickstep, followed closely by the ChaChaCha.
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I wouldn't be caught dead watching "Dancing".
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Although, I hope that Jake the Bachelor gets the ax this week big time.
POTW Week 15
I know that I'm late with this.
Deal with it.
Announcing...
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 15th Week of 2010
Lindsey Kepnes
Gil Shaw
The Home Depot Guy Who Tried to Sell me a Pressure Washer
Ryan Nestor
Tina Rhodes
Alex Watts
OK, the reason is that I had a brain fart.... that lasted just about the entire weekend. But I'm back now, so don't screw with me.
Deal with it.
Announcing...
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 15th Week of 2010
Lindsey Kepnes
Gil Shaw
The Home Depot Guy Who Tried to Sell me a Pressure Washer
Ryan Nestor
Tina Rhodes
Alex Watts
OK, the reason is that I had a brain fart.... that lasted just about the entire weekend. But I'm back now, so don't screw with me.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
No Rain Delay
It's another miserable, drizzly, 40 degree day today. Perfect weather to powerwash the pressure treated planking on my deck. That will take me the better part of the morning.
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After that, I promised Mike that I would take some measurements to fabricate a replacement of a sliding door in his South Boston Condo. Those two projects will account for most of the day. In the meantime, I probably should clean up the mess in the kitchen before Joanne gets back from North Conway.
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By tonight, it will be time to settle in, pay some bills, and do some proformas.
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Sunshine would be nice, but it is not required today.
Lauren Rathbone, former POTY said...
We were in North Conway this weekend for the Tuckerman Pentathlon, and I thought I saw Mrs. Nestor downtown when we were driving by. It must have been her. We had 5 inches of snow up there on Saturday.
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After that, I promised Mike that I would take some measurements to fabricate a replacement of a sliding door in his South Boston Condo. Those two projects will account for most of the day. In the meantime, I probably should clean up the mess in the kitchen before Joanne gets back from North Conway.
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By tonight, it will be time to settle in, pay some bills, and do some proformas.
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Sunshine would be nice, but it is not required today.
Lauren Rathbone, former POTY said...
We were in North Conway this weekend for the Tuckerman Pentathlon, and I thought I saw Mrs. Nestor downtown when we were driving by. It must have been her. We had 5 inches of snow up there on Saturday.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Dissing Dissent
Lots of heartburn out there from guys like Obama and Clinton regarding the Tea Party dissenters.
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What I don't understand is.... why don't they respond to the arguments? Instead they just poo poo.... Saying that they are "amused" or warning that the dissent may cause another "Oklahoma City".
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It's dangerous if you don't give dissenting opinions respect. That's what will ultimately cause the explosion... not the dissent itself.
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If you don't like what somebody says and you simply attack them for saying it.... that is a particularly wrong strategy that will motivate and empower those who are striving to be heard.
Pisc said...
Well said. Word like arrogance and fear mongering apply to the hoighty toidy so called progressives.
I love using the term so-called as it was a common modified used by the American Civil Rights activists in rightly mocking some of the catch phrases of our country, such as "justice for all" etc.
Now, I find myself on the right side of the same phrase, the so-called "representative government", the so-called "Bill of Rights", the so-called "Free Press".
The individual American is the engine of this nation. The arrogance of this government, to deny the power for good that this recipe has been. We fight wars over this stuff, but we get it right. And then try to get it right when it goes wrong. Duh. I mean, how arrogant to think that their is a formula to life beyond work hard, defend your own, and hope for luck. That ensure justice, unless you are looking for it from someone else. Pompous pricks, these Libs.
And another thing. A principled disagreement with the administrations position is de facto racist. I call bullshit.
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What I don't understand is.... why don't they respond to the arguments? Instead they just poo poo.... Saying that they are "amused" or warning that the dissent may cause another "Oklahoma City".
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It's dangerous if you don't give dissenting opinions respect. That's what will ultimately cause the explosion... not the dissent itself.
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If you don't like what somebody says and you simply attack them for saying it.... that is a particularly wrong strategy that will motivate and empower those who are striving to be heard.
Pisc said...
Well said. Word like arrogance and fear mongering apply to the hoighty toidy so called progressives.
I love using the term so-called as it was a common modified used by the American Civil Rights activists in rightly mocking some of the catch phrases of our country, such as "justice for all" etc.
Now, I find myself on the right side of the same phrase, the so-called "representative government", the so-called "Bill of Rights", the so-called "Free Press".
The individual American is the engine of this nation. The arrogance of this government, to deny the power for good that this recipe has been. We fight wars over this stuff, but we get it right. And then try to get it right when it goes wrong. Duh. I mean, how arrogant to think that their is a formula to life beyond work hard, defend your own, and hope for luck. That ensure justice, unless you are looking for it from someone else. Pompous pricks, these Libs.
And another thing. A principled disagreement with the administrations position is de facto racist. I call bullshit.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Earthquakes and Vocanoes.
Earthquake in Western China yesterday, volcanic eruption in Iceland this morning... are these geological events happening with more regularity? Or do we have instant access to events everywhere in the globe so that things in China and Iceland are immediately observable.
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I think it's the latter.
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I hope it's the latter.
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Because if it isn't the latter, then the Mayans are on to something.... and we could be screwed.
Non-fiction or fable… Whether it is the mystery of the Mayans or the roadmap of Revelations…if the grid goes down…peeps need to prepare. So…line up the Lagavulin, stockpile the soup and top off the tins of tuna. Buy batteries, books and cartons of Cottonelle because 12.21.2012 could be the day that never ends…
Excellent point on the Cottonelle, Maria.
Doug Maxfield said...
You tube 'final countdown on the kazoo'. I nominate this version as the anthem for end of days.
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I think it's the latter.
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I hope it's the latter.
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Because if it isn't the latter, then the Mayans are on to something.... and we could be screwed.
- Volcanos erupting cool the earth. Its science, though it seems too simple. Al Gore's Global Warming/Carbon Credits gamut is going down the sh*tter. Guy is a pickle sniffing pansie.
Maria Rowen said...
Non-fiction or fable… Whether it is the mystery of the Mayans or the roadmap of Revelations…if the grid goes down…peeps need to prepare. So…line up the Lagavulin, stockpile the soup and top off the tins of tuna. Buy batteries, books and cartons of Cottonelle because 12.21.2012 could be the day that never ends…
Excellent point on the Cottonelle, Maria.
Doug Maxfield said...
You tube 'final countdown on the kazoo'. I nominate this version as the anthem for end of days.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Good Health or Else
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Welcome to the future. Health care brought to you with all of the logic and efficiency that government bureaucracy is noted for.
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Good health to you.
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