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Photo by M.Thomson

Had a great test ride today. Harley-Davidson LiveWire has a very strong, broad powerband and handles quite well as a quiet (and sweet smelling) street bike.

Expected sunny weather but instead got drenched by a cloudburst when approaching the foothills around the valley, so I stuck with the streets around town and put off riding the winding back roads. Still, lots of fun.

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I am thoroughly invested in electrifying California with focus on electric motorcycles. LiveWire is #1 in the lineup of futuristic transportation vehicles.

Just think of the many issues needing resolution before the year 2034, including fortifying the energy grid and making electric recharging more convenient. It’s an exciting challenge.

15-Cent

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Gym [Fitness Center] on the Track
Fitness Center at Campbell Stadium

Meticulous record keeping of daily routines is prescribed for useful feedback; the checked habits suggest adjustments pointing in the right direction, toward enlightenment.

13-Plot

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Overview

Calvary Temple
First Street Parking Garage – Rooftop

There’s no way that a map can predict all pitfalls & problems or all pleasant surprises. A map is a metaphor that can point to but not capture the actual journey itself. A map is seen through; the journey is lived through.

Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
* direction of above photos

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Meteorological

How much energy could be harvested from this string of lightning strikes?

On March 27th, 2021, a series of severe thunderstorms crossed middle Tennessee, causing widespread flooding and putting on an impressive lightning show.

While most of the lightning stayed up in the clouds, the occasional bolt went to ground, and “cloud crawlers” put on a spectacular display every so often, too.

Which famous son* of a famous father preferred to spend the night of his old man’s celebrations brawling in a bar five hundred yards from the party, rather than hobnobbing with his family?

Our spies tell us a punch was thrown, and his faithful assistant was unable to Hold It Back. A father-son competition for publicity? Dad definitely won this round.

*As Hold It Back was the name of one of Jonny Rokeby‘s albums, nobody could really be in much doubt which father and son were in question.

Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith

From cover of THOMAS MANN – DOCTOR FAUSTUS

06-Wing

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Traveling

Bicycle Route to Santana Row

Ride we had planned to take last year.

My biking buddy and I were stretching the concept of aging. We were trusting our instincts to keep us out of cars’ way, and pushing forward in terms of distance, testing our survival chances one way & another.

Google Map

Assume the Best; Prepare for Worst

“To a biker the sensation is real and pure and akin to something spiritual: you seek, and on the road you find.”

Caroline Knapp

03-Cast

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What does it mean?

Found this diagram in some library book.

Re: “termite castle” culture – Swarms of termites build castle-like structures without supervision or a centralized plan. Working independently without communication or a leader, they proceed using environmental cues.

Map -16.47, 144.89

Back in 2012, as we drove south on the Mulligan Hwy in Australia and got down on the valley floor, we must have passed thousands of little termite castles.

Unfortunately, my environmental cues were not strong enough to make me stop the car and take a picture of any of those many interesting insect homes. Not one closeup photo; sad.

Mulligan Highway
Everlasting Impressions of Australia
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16-Land

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Routine

Not A Park
37.28,-121.88

Banana Public

Explorers:

  • Plan the route
  • Marshal resources, discarding any excess
  • Maintain a sharp tactical eye, never back away unless certain
  • Remain alert for dangers, aware of changes in environment
  • Energize with new confidence and inspiration
How Life Imitates Chess by Garry Kasparov