All jacked up

Nstar's been jackhammering outside Eric's house of late, and he's of two minds. On the one hand:

... I guess Boston lets any asshole that works for a large corporation get a permit to jackhammer at their builing in a residential neighborhood at 8 at night. It makes sense. I want to pull a permit to blow up shit in front of NStar president Thomas J. May's house. Somehow I don’t think I'll get that permit. ...

On the other hand, something about the racket calms his baby down and puts him to sleep.