Marathon Day

It's another Boston Marathon Day.
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I remember when local guys like Amby Burfoot or Bill Rodgers used to win it.

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Now for the past few dozen years, East Africans from Kenya and Ethiopa have dominated the event.  Last year, the guy ran it in 2 hours, 5 minutes.   That's running 26 miles at 4:46 per mile.

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When the average person sprints acoss the street, he or she is not running faster than a 4:46 pace.  The average person who has trained and in shape to run the marathon couldn't keep this pace up for a quarter of a mile.   Think of it.   That is a 72 second quarter.   Maybe if you were working out every day at FreshAyer it could be done, but otherwise.... no freaking way.

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The people who can run that fast for so long are really other worldly.   You can't even fantasize being able to win the Boston Marathon.

Good luck to Peeps Tommy McMahon and Jill Phillips.  If you see a Kenyan, get out of the way.

UPDATE!
Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won in a world record time of 2:03:02... an unbelieveable world record.  With temps in the 50's and a tailwind he clicked off 26 successive miles at a 4:41 per mile clip.  To understand this accomplishment, it takes a good high school athlete to break 5:00 minutes in just one mile and you are exceptional if you can break 10 minutes for two miles.   This guy just ran 13+ of them in a row.

No Beer

Seriously....
What's with all of your super annoying questions asking about how the Chicken Pie was last night?
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If you had dropped by with the beer, you would have known.

Crystalizing

Will Barach Obama be a one termer?
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As Donald Trump gets more involved, I'm starting to think that he could be a major challenger.
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Certainly when you add up the life's experiences between the two, Trump wins hands down.  He is an accomplished producer who has overcome downtimes with incredible perseverence and ingenuity.  He is forthright and outspoken, and it will be interesting to see how he articulates policy positions.
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Plus, there are no wacky associates in his past like Bill Ayers and the Rev. Wright.   Still can't figure how Obama gave people like that so much room in his life.
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Who cares about the hair.

Maria Rowen said...

The Don...Bye-Bye BO...Buy-Buy Mitt's hair..winning!...

POTUS Process

The Nanepashemet Blog endorsement for President of the United States will be out shortly.
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As you know, the endorsement virtually assures victory for the endorsed, so this can't be taken lightly.
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Please feel free to send me your recommendations, although I probably will neither read, nor consider them.
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And that definitely includes you, Tuna Lips.

Maria Rowen said...

Bring on the Dawn of the Don…tenacious, veracious and perspicacious…Trump, trumps them all… (TL should cogitate on that)...tla

Chicken Pie

On my way home from doing some permitting this afternoon, I stopped by Ken's Kickin Chickin tucked behind the Hess Station on  Franklin Street. in Salem, MA.  Five pounds of chicken pie and $20 bucks later, I was barrellassing home, hopeing that Joanne hadn't started dinner yet.
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Unfortunately she had another masterful meal in the oven, so the chicken pie will wait in the refridgerator until tomorrow, Friday Night.
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If you want to drop by for some pie, bring beer.

Papist PR

CatholicsComeHome.org is a public relations campaign by the Catholic Church to attract non-practicing Catholics back to the Church.
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Can't blame the effort.
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But as one of those who this message is ostensibly directed to, I think that it substantially misses the mark.  People like myself stopped practicing because of the corruption, bureaucracy, and coldness of the Church.  However, the campaign basically says that we have "strayed" and should now return because of the ultimate goodness of the institution.
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Historically speaking, this is holy bullshit.
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The Catholic Church has been a method of social control and the accumulation of wealth, and is notoriously unresponsive to it's "flock".   Women have a second position, and celebracy is a crock, conjured up so that Church property would not be subject to claims by offspring of Church clericals.  
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And the infallibility of the Pope is an insult to the intelligence of anyone who can observe rational fact.  The outright corruption and political deceit by many who have sat on the throne of St. Peter is a historical record. 
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Showtime on cable is featuring a series entitled, "The Borgias" which details the exploits of a pontiff in 1500.  Probably bad timing for CatholicsComeHome.org.

The Church should seriously consider changing some of its basic premises if it wants to attract a strayed flock......   rather than reaffirm its claim to the moral high ground.

Tuna Lips said...

a pox on them pope lovin' queerbaits. I likes them high school girls plenty fine though, they plaid skirts inchin' up to naughty levels, that's right, tell Uncle TL about yer troubles and them strange feelins' yiz get. . .

B-ALERT Progress.

You would think that a Mountain of a Man like myself has his act completely together.
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And you would be right......
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They don't call me "Rough, Tough, Hard to Bluff and Damn Good Looking" for nothing!!!!
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But that doesn't mean that there isn't any room for improvement.  Even I concede that things could be better in some areas.  So I have to admit that the B-ALERT system that I told you about a few posts ago has been working pretty well, and you will get at full report at the end of the month.

POTW WEEK 14

I've been reminded recently that the Dory project is behind, which I know full well.  But I have to get the workshed built at the Sundance House first, and probably the deck as well.

Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 14th Week of 2011.

Sarah Maxfield
Brendt D'Orio
Albert Puljos
Jill Lewis
Brady Boyle
Gail Johnson

Maybe I'll pull a Building Permit this week and get this on the front burner.

Exploding Head

So the Federal Government will still be cutting checks today.   The House of Representatives compromised on a bill to keep funds flowing today.
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At the bottom of this is a screaming hypocrisy that everyone seems to ignore.
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The Federal budget is based upon money that we do not have.
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If American families don't balance our finances and pay our taxes, we are subject to bankruptcy, foreclosure and incarceration.
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But the Federal Govermnent just keeps printing money and IOU's.   With impunity and no repercussion.  If you did as our government does, you would quickly go down like a lead balloon, with the prosecution being the Federal Internal Revenue Sevice.
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Does this hypocritical system seem fair or even ethical to you? 
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Are we just Lemmings???... following our lack of political leadership over a cliff into the sea?
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I have to stop asking these questions or my head will explode.  And I can't afford that to happen because the kids are coming over this morning.
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But, you have to wonder when this bubble is going to break.

dougmaxfield said...


ANARCHY! M.O.A.M., if you lead them, they WILL follow. They can take away our land, money, and freedom, but they will never take our FREEDOM!

You, You and Only You

Once again, I am reminded of the power of this blog.

Threatening, Intimidating, Exasperating, Biting, and naturally all about you.   Yes every innuendo, every vague comment, every off colored statement, every POTW selection is expressly directed to take a shot precisely at you.
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Once again, I have to remind you.
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Virtually none of it is about you... and virtually all of it is about me.
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Which, of course, you will take as a reference that is pertaining to you.
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If this Blog had a sixteenth of the power that is attributed to it, I would kick your ass with it.   And yes... that one was about you.

Tuna Lips said...

This here is some weird expustatings, even for an open-minded non-hatin' type such as myself

Makers and Takers

So I'm listening to the early morning local news and the attractive yet irritating newsanchor says that the last time that the federal government shut down, it cost us $1.6Billion in salaries by federal employees not working. 
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Huh?
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Seems like if we didn't spend the money, we saved it.
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Sure... I feel bad for those non-essential Federal employees who weren't paid.  Some of them are so incompetent, that if they didn't have those public jobs, they would be on welfare.   And for you politically correct types, I spent nine years on public payrolls and I said "SOME" employees.  
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So....
A.   I know what I'm talking about,  and....
B.   There are exceptions to the rules.
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But, having worked in both the public and private sector, there are fundamental differences.
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In the private sector, you have to produce sales at some level in order to keep your job.
In the public sector, you have to cover your ass to keep your job.
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Again, there are exceptions to the rules,   And this doesn't apply as much to big corporations, where I also spent an inordinate amount of time, and found that those who cover their ass to be much more attuned to the public sector.
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The basic problem is that we need government services and government regulations.   And we need people to carry these out.  But the system gets out of control and bloated as those empowered find they can spend money that they have not earned with impunity and little consequences.  That's why public buildings are so overbuilt and grandiose.
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Enough of this.   You are either a maker or a taker, and you know in your hearts what your are.  There are culprits in both sectors.