Ari B

This still hasn’t shown up in my feed. :-/

Facebook just reminded me it was your kidneyversary! Thinking of you, hope you’re well.

One. Giant. Frog.

Very pretty calligraphy.

so I gather this is a lot of people's first middle east cease fire.

Lumpy pierogi.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ***************** Investigation of: LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN ON JUNE 18, 2023 * * * * * * Accident No.: *********** * * * * * * Interview of: Co-designer/Pilot Deepsea Challenger DCA23FM036 via Microsoft Teams Friday, July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF 10 BY LCDR 11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible 12 operations? 13 A. Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic. When I 14 set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did 15 was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible 16 program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named 17| Professor I. I did that through a mutual friend 18 of ours, a guy named , who is one of the preeminent underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a 20 submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the 21 Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was 22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

Tom Clancy’s Fancy Nancy

Random mall tardis!

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

This never gets old.

New album?

Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.

DONALD TRUMP: "My tariffs are gonna be great for America!"

STOCK MARKET: "God, you're stupid."

Same.

The CEO of the hospital where I work is a Star Wars fan, so our DEI initiative is called JEDI for justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. And no, she isn’t canceling it.

Very cool. I lucked into one in the Speedia line. Fun toy.

I can’t even sleep anymore because of woke.

I was hoping Alchemist Prime would look more Cyberverse-Thew-y. Ah, well. I like the mustache, though.

A coworker asked me if I had any daughters, because I’m “giving girl dad.” I’m not entirely sure what “girl dad” entails, but I’ll take it as a compliment.

Lovanox and Nova lox, two very different things…

I’m saving “human dog turd jenga” for a special occasion. That’s poetic, that is.

What if seal, but also potato?

The Cybertruck looks like the fridge you would stick your kid's drawing of a Cybertruck on.

The switches on my parents’ Atari 2600. The VHF and UHF dials and tint knobs of the black and white GE tv set we had in the kitchen.

Pete Seeger! His great-niece was my boss at my previous job. The whole family was musically talented.

Stay safe.

Please don’t eat babies.

Best boss I ever had…

You might not believe that the Canadian prime minister resigned.

…it’s Trudeau.