B. Scott Andersen (NE1RD)
@bsandersen.bsky.social
Retired software engineer, failed writer, budding photographer, avid reader, amateur radio enthusiast, and Chicago Cubs fan forever. Loves Sandy, cinnamon, and cats.
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Visited Symphony Hall in Boston last night with friends to hear the music of Star Wars. In 1977 I had destroyed my knee and was hobbling around after surgery looking for cool places to hang out in the heat of the Illinois summer. Saw Star Wars 13 times in theaters just to keep cool. Great memories.
May 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Visited Symphony Hall in Boston last night with friends to hear the music of Star Wars. In 1977 I had destroyed my knee and was hobbling around after surgery looking for cool places to hang out in the heat of the Illinois summer. Saw Star Wars 13 times in theaters just to keep cool. Great memories.
My 401k is going down the drain. There are no adults in the Oval Office. My stomach hurts.
Here is a kitten.
#kitten #401k #idiots #recession #stockmarket #trump #tariff #shutdown #insanity #mismanagement #exasperation
Here is a kitten.
#kitten #401k #idiots #recession #stockmarket #trump #tariff #shutdown #insanity #mismanagement #exasperation
March 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My 401k is going down the drain. There are no adults in the Oval Office. My stomach hurts.
Here is a kitten.
#kitten #401k #idiots #recession #stockmarket #trump #tariff #shutdown #insanity #mismanagement #exasperation
Here is a kitten.
#kitten #401k #idiots #recession #stockmarket #trump #tariff #shutdown #insanity #mismanagement #exasperation
I’ve already canceled my Washington Post subscription. This makes me want to cancel it again.
March 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I’ve already canceled my Washington Post subscription. This makes me want to cancel it again.
Self portrait in infrared of me eating ice cream.
February 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Self portrait in infrared of me eating ice cream.
Remember when Bush said, “Kuwait should have never started it. You could have made a deal. I could have made a deal so Kuwait could have kept almost all the land. But, you know, Iraq should get to keep the land it captured. Tough luck for the Kuwait.”
Yeah, me neither.
Yeah, me neither.
February 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Remember when Bush said, “Kuwait should have never started it. You could have made a deal. I could have made a deal so Kuwait could have kept almost all the land. But, you know, Iraq should get to keep the land it captured. Tough luck for the Kuwait.”
Yeah, me neither.
Yeah, me neither.
I'm coming off of the worst head cold I've had in years. Not COVID, not the flu, just a stupid head cold. It kicked me to the curb for two weeks.
Now, like Rip Van Winkle, I awaken and suddenly remember why I stopped watching the news. {sigh}
Anyway, here are some cats: Sisters Muon and Neutrino.
Now, like Rip Van Winkle, I awaken and suddenly remember why I stopped watching the news. {sigh}
Anyway, here are some cats: Sisters Muon and Neutrino.
February 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I'm coming off of the worst head cold I've had in years. Not COVID, not the flu, just a stupid head cold. It kicked me to the curb for two weeks.
Now, like Rip Van Winkle, I awaken and suddenly remember why I stopped watching the news. {sigh}
Anyway, here are some cats: Sisters Muon and Neutrino.
Now, like Rip Van Winkle, I awaken and suddenly remember why I stopped watching the news. {sigh}
Anyway, here are some cats: Sisters Muon and Neutrino.
Floor of Bath Abbey in the UK taken August 16, 2014. Most Americans have trouble imagining a thousand year reign. The British think about their roots going back to the Romans.
It's lovely country, and I hope to return if only to take in more museums and cathedrals, and take more pictures.
It's lovely country, and I hope to return if only to take in more museums and cathedrals, and take more pictures.
January 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Floor of Bath Abbey in the UK taken August 16, 2014. Most Americans have trouble imagining a thousand year reign. The British think about their roots going back to the Romans.
It's lovely country, and I hope to return if only to take in more museums and cathedrals, and take more pictures.
It's lovely country, and I hope to return if only to take in more museums and cathedrals, and take more pictures.
“Not only [Lewis's] most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in this country.”—The New Yorker
Read this book a few years ago and cannot recommend it highly enough. A book, sadly, for our times.
#fascism
#democracy
#satire
#america
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Read this book a few years ago and cannot recommend it highly enough. A book, sadly, for our times.
#fascism
#democracy
#satire
#america
m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71d...
January 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
“Not only [Lewis's] most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in this country.”—The New Yorker
Read this book a few years ago and cannot recommend it highly enough. A book, sadly, for our times.
#fascism
#democracy
#satire
#america
m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71d...
Read this book a few years ago and cannot recommend it highly enough. A book, sadly, for our times.
#fascism
#democracy
#satire
#america
m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71d...
From 50+ years ago: a parade in my home town. This was one of the first rolls of film I ran through my father's rangefinder Olympus camera. Check out the old cars!
October 1973.
#35mm
#photography
#parade
#float
#slidefilm
October 1973.
#35mm
#photography
#parade
#float
#slidefilm
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
From 50+ years ago: a parade in my home town. This was one of the first rolls of film I ran through my father's rangefinder Olympus camera. Check out the old cars!
October 1973.
#35mm
#photography
#parade
#float
#slidefilm
October 1973.
#35mm
#photography
#parade
#float
#slidefilm
Small distraction for children at the Lowell Spinners baseball games. A swing with rainbow lights glows in this long exposure.
Even simple scenes can be interesting if you think about framing and exposure.
#photography
#longexposure
#colorpainting
Even simple scenes can be interesting if you think about framing and exposure.
#photography
#longexposure
#colorpainting
January 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Small distraction for children at the Lowell Spinners baseball games. A swing with rainbow lights glows in this long exposure.
Even simple scenes can be interesting if you think about framing and exposure.
#photography
#longexposure
#colorpainting
Even simple scenes can be interesting if you think about framing and exposure.
#photography
#longexposure
#colorpainting
The boys of summer. July 13, 2013 in Edward A. LeLacheur park in Lowell, MA. The Lowell Spinners were members of the single-A New York Penn League, one of the oldest leagues in the country before it was shuttered in 2020.
I miss those summer nights with my scorebook and a cool drink.
I miss those summer nights with my scorebook and a cool drink.
January 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The boys of summer. July 13, 2013 in Edward A. LeLacheur park in Lowell, MA. The Lowell Spinners were members of the single-A New York Penn League, one of the oldest leagues in the country before it was shuttered in 2020.
I miss those summer nights with my scorebook and a cool drink.
I miss those summer nights with my scorebook and a cool drink.
I have, with great sadness, cancelled my Washington Post subscription.
I’m not angry; I’m disappointed. It was a good paper. I was happy to pay for access to it. I depended on it for the straight story.
But trust is both hard-earned and easily lost. It didn’t have to end this way.
I’m not angry; I’m disappointed. It was a good paper. I was happy to pay for access to it. I depended on it for the straight story.
But trust is both hard-earned and easily lost. It didn’t have to end this way.
January 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I have, with great sadness, cancelled my Washington Post subscription.
I’m not angry; I’m disappointed. It was a good paper. I was happy to pay for access to it. I depended on it for the straight story.
But trust is both hard-earned and easily lost. It didn’t have to end this way.
I’m not angry; I’m disappointed. It was a good paper. I was happy to pay for access to it. I depended on it for the straight story.
But trust is both hard-earned and easily lost. It didn’t have to end this way.
January 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Here I am with my niece's cat "Hanks" while operating in a ham radio contest (yes, amateur radio operators compete). Hanks was pretty good about not pulling on cables so long as I reached over and gave him a rub once in a while.
Great cat (the best). We miss him.
Great cat (the best). We miss him.
January 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Here I am with my niece's cat "Hanks" while operating in a ham radio contest (yes, amateur radio operators compete). Hanks was pretty good about not pulling on cables so long as I reached over and gave him a rub once in a while.
Great cat (the best). We miss him.
Great cat (the best). We miss him.
Friendly neighborhood raptor. This exquisite specimen has been hanging around for quite a while keeping the rodent population down.
One day I was cooling my heals on the deck when he swooped down and pounced on a critter in the brush. What a show!
[Corrected spelling]
One day I was cooling my heals on the deck when he swooped down and pounced on a critter in the brush. What a show!
[Corrected spelling]
January 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Friendly neighborhood raptor. This exquisite specimen has been hanging around for quite a while keeping the rodent population down.
One day I was cooling my heals on the deck when he swooped down and pounced on a critter in the brush. What a show!
[Corrected spelling]
One day I was cooling my heals on the deck when he swooped down and pounced on a critter in the brush. What a show!
[Corrected spelling]
Metal sculpture near Portsmouth, New Hampshire lighthouse.
January 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Metal sculpture near Portsmouth, New Hampshire lighthouse.
My plan. Wake me up in two years for the mid-terms.
January 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My plan. Wake me up in two years for the mid-terms.
Wonderful photo. It has been on my bucket list since Alan Parsons Project released this:
January 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Wonderful photo. It has been on my bucket list since Alan Parsons Project released this:
Sandy is standing before the giant replica of a violin in the seaport in Sydney, Nova Scotia. We enjoyed our cruise up the Canadian maritime, but the cruise line gave us far too little time in each port. So many beautiful places, so little time!
January 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Sandy is standing before the giant replica of a violin in the seaport in Sydney, Nova Scotia. We enjoyed our cruise up the Canadian maritime, but the cruise line gave us far too little time in each port. So many beautiful places, so little time!
Friendly neighbors.
January 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Friendly neighbors.
Feel good Monday photo. July 4, 2024 parade in Newark, Illinois. It isn't the 4th without a parade of farm tractors!
January 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Feel good Monday photo. July 4, 2024 parade in Newark, Illinois. It isn't the 4th without a parade of farm tractors!
Monarch butterfly alight on a flower in the Stone Zoo butterfly habitat. Sep 16 2024.
January 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Monarch butterfly alight on a flower in the Stone Zoo butterfly habitat. Sep 16 2024.