Way Back Machine: Tuff Rings

Posted on January 27, 2012 by carolyn

Today’s Way Back Machine is inspired by a news article that I read yesterday, stating that, oops, maybe the Ubehebe volcano didn’t really erupt 6000 years ago.  Maybe it was more like 800 years ago.  If that’s the case, there’s still more than enough underground water left to cause a phreatomagmatic explosion.  Layman’s terms: hot rocks meet underground water: go boom.

So, that’s nice, Carolyn; why is this on your blog?  As I’m incapable of sitting at the internet without monkey-clicking from one thing to the next,  I wound up on the Wikipedia page for phreatomagmatic explosions, which in turn talked about tuff rings, a type of mass that forms after such a magma-water explosion.  As it turns out, I’ve visited a few tuff rings on my motorcycles and, thus, today’s Way Back Machine takes us back to both Ubehebe Crater and to the Oregon Outback.

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Way Back Machine: San Simeon 2002

Posted on January 26, 2012 by carolyn

In an effort to keep myself motivated about riding and writing even when I have no new rides to write about, I’m going to be taking some trips in the Way Back Machine to talk about rides of years past.

Last night was our monthly Sport-Touring.net dinner.  The restaurant was near my house, so I dragged my sickly coughing butt out (you’re welcome, fellow diners) and indulged in some hot and sour soup and good motorcycle chitchat.

At the dinner, I sat next to Ed (goldylocks303 on STN).  It occurred to me after dinner that of all the people I’ve met on STN and still ride/socialize with, I’ve known Ed the longest.  And thus we take the Way Back Machine waaaayyyyy back to June 27, 2002……

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Being dragged into the Century of the Fruitbat

Posted on January 25, 2012 by carolyn

I got about 2 hours of sleep last night due to a sore throat/cough; what better thing to do while in a state of sleep deprivation than mess with one’s already precariously-balanced online presence?

So I created a Facebook page specifically for this blog; the intent there is that anyone can “like” the Bluepoof.com Facebook page and get my oh-so-terribly-interesting blog updates without my having to add that person to my personal page.

I think this link should work:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bluepoofcom/216541128440163

Or, of course, you can search for “bluepoof” right on Facebook.

For the four of you whom I know “in real life” as well as through the magic of the interwebs, what’s your opinion on having blog entry status updates on my personal page as well as on the Bluepoof.com page?  If I have “Carolyn has a new blog entry!” status updates go to both my personal and the blog pages — like you’ll see when I post this, hopefully — will that be redundant and horribly irritating?

I’ll probably try a few things (both intentionally and unintentionally as I often have little wars with Wordbooker, the plugin which publishes my blog posts to Facebook) and you’ll just have to let me know if you start getting annoyed. :)

OK, hitting “publish” on this now to see if it posts where I expect it to.   Oh internet, you are so full of adventure!

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Fashion priorities

Posted on January 7, 2012 by carolyn

This photo represents 100% of the clothing that we now own for our unborn child.  I know some new parents like to shop for baby clothes and fill the closet with little dresses and socks and outfits, but I feel confident that we have the basic necessities covered.

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Happy New Year’s!

Posted on January 1, 2012 by carolyn

I always like to start out the new year by talking about motorcycles.

Since there isn’t any riding to blog about for New Year’s Day 2012, I invite you to take a trip down memory lane with me and check out rides past:

January 1, 2001
I ride with Kim and with Peter.  This may be the first (of many) documented rides with Peter that result in him using speaker wire to jumpstart his battery off of my bike.  Note my awesome riding gear, approximately none of which fits properly.

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