R. S. Y. Buchanan

@rsybuchanan.com

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Bike stuff, camera stuff, Jewish stuff and food stuff. Not necessarily in that order, or one at a time. Tha beagan Gàidhlig agam.

A gorgeous tortoiseshell-and-white cat is lying atop a grey blanket with someone's hip underneath it. The cat has pretty green eyes, and little white does on each of her forelegs. The human isn't going anywhere for a while.
A chagrined-looking man wearing a cycling helmet and jersey. His expression says "WTF have I done, signing up to raise $6000 for charity and then bike back-to-back centuries?" PS: Please support my ride in 2026!
A portrait of a bald man lying on his back, with the tail of a black cat drapped across his face.
A portrait of actor Ron Canada looking into the camera. CC BY-SA 4.0. The uploader on Wikimedia Commons received this image from the author/copyright holder.
A man with a red beard is holding a black and silver tabby cat. The cat is, inexplicably, covered in flour.
A ride profile with a big cluster of very short but steep climbs near the beginning. Minimum altitude 7m, maximum 95m.
A ride summary showing a route outbound through Waltham and Lincoln before looping around via Concord and Carlisle to Bedford and then back to the start. Total distance 83.43km, time 4:12.
A view of a salmon coloured post-sunset cloud bank over railroad tracks.
Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony (9 June 1850 – 31 October 1930), known up to 1901 as Pierce Mahony, and from 1912 also as The O'Mahony of Kerry, was an Irish nationalist politician and philanthropist, who practised as a barrister from 1898 to 1900. He was remarkable in having had successively three names, two wives and three faiths, and for being honoured by the Kings of two opposing countries in the First World War.
Headline: "Laxative-laced brownies rattle Nantucket School Committee meeting" Subheadline: "It’s my understanding they do have a non-detect level of Ex-Lax in them, but I figured since we’re OK with a non-detect level of PFAS, it would probably be OK."
Two cats are sitting in a window. On the left, a tuxedo boy is looking out at the wildlife. On the right, a tortie girl is looking back toward the left, as though the boy shoved her out of her spot (again).
A photograph of a red railroad lantern with an intact red glass globe.
A view of the new planning interface on the Zwift Companion App. I have already scheduled workouts for Thursday and Saturday to teat it.
A woman in bike clothes is sitting back in an office chair with her feet on the top tube of a stationary bike. She is looking at her phone and eating a stroopwafel.
A photo of rhe cover of "A Stree Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown" edited by Robert A. Baker
A promo poster for "Don't You Wish that We Were Dead," featuring an early promo photo for the band. Captain Sensible is on the left wearing ludicrous glasses and a red shirt under a white jacket. Rat Scabies is wearing a leather jacket over a black shirt and red tie. David Vanian is wearing a tux and velvet cape. And the late Brian James is wearing dark glasses a leather jacket, and blue jeans, and looks remarkably normal.
A tiny tortoishell cat is half-curled up, and is looking at the camera as though she has just been awakened by HISTORY'S GREATEST MONSTER.
A close-up of a miniature Lego floral set.
A full color flyer encouraging voters to vote "for" the Netflix offer. It also has Superman on it for som reason.
"Instead of using DoorDash, developers – and civilians – code up their own food delivery apps, all of which compete, fragment the market, and destroy the margins of legacy businesses. Business for Uber and other ride-sharing apps also evaporates. Instead of using Visa and Mastercard, AI agents decide to do all business in cryptocurrency, because transaction costs are cheaper. This guts traditional payment providers."
A duolingo Gaelic exercise that translates as "Scotland will win against Italy at rugby"
A Zwift climb portal summary: showing I climbed virtual Mount Fuji in 2:39:19, which it notes is "faster than 2% of other riders."
A tortoiseshell-and-white cat looks up at the camera from inside a reusable shopping bag.
A confirmation message that reads "Thank you for registering for the 2026 Pan-Mass Challenge."
Dear City Slicker Cafe Community, We are happy to announce that we will be opening our doors once more beginning Tuesday, January 13, 2026. We look forward to seeing you again soon and serving up your favorite creative comfort foods. Thank you for your patience and support. We appreciate you! Sincerely, Your Friends at City Slicker Cafe
Happy New Year! As we welcome the new year, we would like to share some news about the future of our restaurant. We opened Tampopo in February 1992, and it's been an incredible 34-year run. This journey has been made possible entirely through your warm support and continued patronage, for which we are deeply grateful. However, we've decided it's finally time for us to move on to our next chapter (and maybe get some rest!). We will be officially closing at the end of June 2026. Serving this neighborhood has been the honor of a lifetime. We hope you'll stop by over the next six months so we can thank you in person. With heartfelt appreciation, Tampopo Owner Yasumasa Ito
A tortoiseshell can is curled up to nap in a sunbeam
A tortie-and-white cat, lying in her back, is trying very hard to catch and kill a bit of paracord being dangled over her.
Two cats snuggling together. On the left is a tuxedo boy, and on the right is a calico-and-white girl. Her left forepaw is wrapped around him in what may be affection, or she may be about to strangle him. It could go either way.
A bakery display of various types of filled donuts. Front and center is a "banoffee pie sufganiyah," about which I will shortly learn more.
A screen grab of the news from the Guardian: "Scotland get Brazil!!! Wow, they join Brazil and Morocco in Group C."
A screenshot of a Zwift climb up "The Grade," showing my new Functional Threshold Power is 251 watts.
A close-up photo of a Canon Cononet QL17 film camera. The front plate of the camera also reads "G-III QL." The body of the camera is of the classic silver-tone metal and black leatherette style.
The cover image from Siouxsie & the Banshees "Tinderbox." The image shows a 1927 photograph of a tornado near Jasper, Minnesota. The photo has been given a strong red tint.
A Garmin bike ride summary showing a neatly triangular route west from from Somerville to Sudbury, north to Chelmsford, and then back to the start. Total rolling distance is 94.44km and the total rolling time is 5:06:51.
A Zwift Racing League result showing I finished in 14th place, with a time of 38:13.
A small fabric doll of a dog, made of mustard-ccolored plush with floppy black ears. The plush is most pills and fleece now, and his nose has nearly been rubbed away over 50+ years, but he's still mostly intact.
A 10-day weather forecast for Cambridge, MA, showing a high chance of rain every day from Tuesday onward.
A sepia-tone photograph of a young man in a World War 2-era US Army uniform, bearing a unit patch for the US Army Air Force. He's leaning against a table with his hands crossed on his thigh, showing his high school class ring. He has a bit of a flip on the front of his hair, which he would keep doing until the day he died.
two cats, a tortie on the left, a tuxedo on the right, sit by a window that is cracked open about 10cm. The tortie is starring intently at something outside, while the tuxedo looks like he's bored.
A photo of a photographic darkroom with the red safe lights on and no visible white light.
Two cats are sitting on a shelf by a window. On the left is a gorgeous tortoiseshell girl with bright eyes. On the right is a tuxedo boy who is a total himbo.
Photo of an apple tree with several dozen ripe, red apples hanging from its branches
A tortoiseshell cat with large yellow-green eyes is staring at the camera. She has a mostly black and cream colored face, with a little stripe of white down one side of her nose. She also has a whit bib.
Wilco Johnson, the original guitarist for Doctor Feelgood, playing live in 2008. He is bald and the stage lighting makes him look ghastly white. He's wearing a dark suit jacket and playing a red and black Fender Telecaster guitar.
A screen cap from the top of the Grade on Zwift. The sign by the roadside says "Your new FTP: 234W."
Didi Senft, aka the Cycling Devil, in his trademark devil costume, wielding a pitchfork. He has a crazy expression on his face, and generally looks like he's having a grand old time.
A still from "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" showing Pee-wee Herman riding his signature red and white bicycle with his feet up on the handlebars.
A garmin ride summary showing a route from Bourne to Provincetown, MA. Total distance: 119.8km, total time: 5:31:32.
A bald sweaty man appears to be on the verge of tears
A water stop on the Pan-Mass Challege route with several hundred people milling around in lycra
A man in a bike helmet stares into the camera. He looks completely exhausted
A Garmin ride report showing a long, crescent-shapes route from Wellesley to Bourne, Massachusetts. Total distance: 135.24km. Total saddle time: 5:32:05.
A package of two Oreo cookies.
A "couch" made of about 20 bags of ice
Several hundred bikes in temporary racks
A nervous looking man in cycling kit grimmaces at the camera
A garmin ride report showing a roughly circular route west from Somervill MA. The total distance was 76.81km and total time was 4:07:59.
A Zwift climb portal report showing I completed Hautacam in 2:01:45. The distance was 12.7km, the elevation gain was 1023m, and my average power was 170 watts.
A route map showing a coastal bike ride along Massachusett's north shore, from Somerville to Newburyport.