Spud's blog

An advertisement-free blog about motorcycling, Northern life, home improvement, power plants, submarines, nuclear stuff, and a few other off-beat subjects. Comments are welcome. (Image is the Selway Crags in Northern Idaho)

Monday, April 20, 2026

Happy Birthday, dear blog!

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 Today this blog turns 20 years old!  May it another 20 years :) I will return to blogging within a few more months, and at that time I will...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Still here, part two!

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 "Man is nothing but what he makes of himself." - Jean Paul Sartre Dear readers - and anyone else who happens to find their way he...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Still here!

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 Happy belated 2026!  I am still around, just "focusing on my health" - as disgraced politicians always say when they slink off!!!...
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Friday, November 14, 2025

Celestron Ultima C8

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"We learn not in the school, but in life" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca 
Monday, October 13, 2025

October 2025 Update

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  "Floods will rob of us of one thing, fire of another.  These are conditions of our existence which we cannot change.  What we can do ...
Monday, August 25, 2025

Half a million page views!

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 Hi All,   Yes I'm still here and wondering where I will find inspiration for the next post.  It'll come at some point, and yes I...
Friday, August 08, 2025

Road Trip Revisited

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 "The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous." - Frederick Douglass
Wednesday, August 06, 2025

A hip lady

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 "Power concedes nothing without demand.  It never did and it never will.  Find out just what any people will quietly submit to, and yo...
Monday, July 21, 2025

July 2025 Update - recent Coso images.

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 "Stay away from people that act like a victim of a problem they created themselves." - Unknown

Smooth jazz

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 "Tradition is what you call the solution to a problem, long after you've forgotten what the problem was.  Take away the tradition,...
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I served on a nuclear sub during the cold war, and worked in a nuclear test facility doing 'Star Wars' research. I have also worked in geothermal, coal, and natural gas turbine power plants. It's all been interesting, which is what makes it fun.
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