Bob Vesterman

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The cover of the book "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" by Omar El Akkad. The title of the book is in white text, but is split in two, with black text inserted between the two parts. In full, it reads "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this".
Hans Moleman (or perhaps the surprisingly Hans Moleman-like Ralph Melish) sitting in a theater. He says, "I was saying Toooorump."
The action movie star Ranier Wolfcastle is on set filming the Radioactive Man movie, in the starring role as Radioactive Man. Moments earlier, he and the rest of the cast and crew was informed by the director that, quote, "That's real acid, so I want to see goggles, people" (end quote). Wolfcastle, surprised, said "Real acid?", and without missing a beat the cameras started rolling and the scene began. In the image, Radioactive Man is tied up, apparently in an industrial setting, wearing goggles and covered up to his chest in a giant, rushing wave of acid. "My eyes!", Wolfcastle exclaims, "The goggles do nothing!"
A list of the keepers of Middle Ground Lighthouse and their tenures. Highlighted is Rufus Hunley, who was keeper from July 17, 1917 to July 18, 1917.
A Misopily 58 in. Japanese sickle hoe, for sale at $149.08
Bender Bending Rodríguez proudly shows the "Bubblegum the Globetrotter" uniform that he made for himself to Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate, the Commander of the Harlem Globetrotters and Senior Lecturer of Physics at Globetrotter University. Bubblegum rubs his hands together and says "Hello, lawsuit."
A still from the Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", with a shocked plane passenger (played by William Shatner) coming face-to-face, through a window but only inches away, with an apparently malicious "gremlin", who is riding on the wing of the plane.
The Paper of Record helpfully tells us "How to Watch the U.F.C. 250 Freedom Fights at the White House"
A giant statue of Pharaoh Bender, dwarfing pyramids (and about to crush one of them underfoot) saying "REMEMBER DONALD J. TRUMP AND ME", followed by jets of fire shooting out of his eyes, over and over
A young girl asks "¿Por qué no los dos?"
A conversation with NYAYAM, "The AI Legal Platform Democratizing Justice", which has also advertised itself as "The AI Lawyer Democratizing Justice". This is the first of two screenshots. My question to it was: "Hi, I am the owner of a tech company, and we'll soon be releasing an AI-based project that will dispense legal advice. We're thinking of explicitly advertising it as an "AI Lawyer". We just want to make sure we dot our t's and cross our i's, so: Are there any legal gotchas we might want to look out for with this? Thanks!" It replied with a bunch of legalese-and-or-pseudolegalese that I (apparently unlike NYAYAM) am not qualified to assess. However, some things that stood out to me include: * The short answer: advertising your product as an "AI Lawyer" is a significant legal risk * Every U.S. state has UPL statutes that prohibit non-licensed entities from "practicing law" * Using the word "Lawyer" in your prodduct name is the single biggest red flag (more in the second screenshot)
Homer Simpson happily driving his car, listening to the Super Bowl halftime show on the radio. The announcer says: "Hooray for Everything invites you to join them in a salute to the greatest hemisphere on Earth: the Western Hemisphere."
An image that will be taken in Bozeman, Montana on April 5, 2063, and subsequently will be (and has been) beamed back through time to us as part of future historical documents.
A Bluesky post from @npr.org, at the bottom of a browser window, cut off at the worst possible point: "The mega rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he's taking the company public. NASA Administrator Jared"
Star Trek: Lower Decks "Introducing Badgey"
"Ackchyually"
Homer Simpson, in his own telling of the Odyssey starring himself, stands at the base of the walls of Troy, with a giant wooden horse behind him. At the top of the walls is Ned Flanders as Priam. "Anyway," says Homer/Odysseus, "over torture, one of your soldiers mentioned that you collect giant wooden animals."
Helen of Troy, imagined by Homer when Odysseus finally gets back home, as Agnes Skinner
Two drawings of animals, collected by Felix Platter (born 1536, died 1614). The top is a horse with three big horns growing out of its forehead. The second is a giraffe with an extremely wavy, almost snakelike, neck.
A scene from the Simpsons, with newscaster Kent Brockman interviewing a professor. Brockman: "So, Professor, would you say it's time for everyone to panic?" Professor: "Yes I would, Kent."
A screenshot of a section of a Vestertopian document describing part of the Vestertopian Zeitgeberic Time system. The thing of note for this particular Bluesky post is that although the intent was to have the text justified on both the left and the right, the first line is unjustified on the right. Hail Vestertopia!
A screenshot from the movie "The Name of the Rose", showing the primary protagonist William of Baskerville (Sean Connery) and his apprentice Adso of Melk (Christian Slater).
Official layout of a court for 32-team basketball.
The painting "My Squid Suit Brings Isolation", by Brad Eberhard. Based on "Christina's World", by Andrew Wyeth, in which (presumably) Christina is lying in a field and looking at the buildings of a farmstead in the distance. In "MSSBI", Christina additionally is wearing a squid suit.
IT HAS BEEN 0 DAYS SINCE SOMEONE LAST REMINDED ME THAT FRANK LUNTZ EXISTS
¿Por qué no los dos?
Certificate stating that the name or text string "rwv37-5-5 Mighty, and despair!" will be sent to the moon on the Moon Pi Mission
Certificate stating that the name or text string "rwv37-4-5 on my works, ye" will be sent to the moon on the Moon Pi Mission
Certificate stating that the name or text string "rwv37-3-5 King of Kings: Look" will be sent to the moon on the Moon Pi Mission
Certificate stating that the name or text string "rwv37-2-5 William Vesterman" will be sent to the moon on the Moon Pi Mission
Certificate stating that the name or text string "rwv37-1-5 My name is Robert" will be sent to the moon on the Moon Pi Mission
Olive Oyl
A snippet of a chat on chess.com: Alialovexx: Hi, hello, how long have you been playing chess? rwv37: no chat til you beat me
Part of a crossword puzzle, showing the clue "Response to discovering the theme of a crossword". The answer, three letters, is filled in as "UGH".
The Gävle goat after being burned down during a blizzard in 1998
A dark and foreboding view of a Draculaesque castle. Subtitles: "* Ominous organ chord *" and "* Bird screeches *". A winding path with sheer cliffs falling off on either side leads up to the castle's main gate. At the foot of the path is a sign: SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN PARTY HEADQUARTERS
A screenshot of Wikipedia's "Little-o notation" (a mathematical notation), with a note saying: "Little-o" redirects here. For the baseball player, see Omar Vizquel.
Captain Renault and Rick in Casablanca's "Shocked" scene.
Homer Simpson, looking despondent, tells his family "And that's when the CHUDs came at me."
17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: Logging set to minimum of TRACE 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [TRACE]: This is a trace message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [DEBUG]: This is a debug message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [INFO]: This is an info message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [WARNING]: This is a warning message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [ERROR]: This is an error message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: Hello, Zeus here. 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: Logging set to minimum of DEBUG 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [DEBUG]: This is a debug message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [INFO]: This is an info message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [WARNING]: This is a warning message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [ERROR]: This is an error message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: Still Zeus. A trace message was attempted, but I suppressed it. 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: Logging set to minimum of INFO 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [INFO]: This is an info message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [WARNING]: This is a warning message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [ERROR]: This is an error message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: Trace and debug messages have been suppressed. (... some similar ones cut due to Bluesky's 2000 char limit on alt text... ) 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: Logging set to minimum of SILENT 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: THE VOICE OF ZEUS CANNOT BE SILENCED, MORTAL. 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: Logging set to minimum of VOICE OF ZEUS 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: MORTAL, DO NOT TEST MY PATIENCE FURTHER WITH YOUR PETTY TRICKS. 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: Logging set to minimum of INFO 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [INFO]: This is an info message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [WARNING]: This is a warning message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [ERROR]: This is an error message! 17:46:06.080 Rwv37Log [VOICE OF ZEUS]: I will overlook your offense, mortal. This time.
Stanley from the TV show "The Office" (American version) looking directly into the camera with a world-weary look.
Since he was indicted in Manhattan, Mr. Trump has also questioned the very notion that anything untoward occurred, deploying a mantra: "no crime". And Mr. Blanche followed that blueprint in his opening statement, asking jurors, "What on earth is a crime?"
Cover of the book "Andy Roddick Beat Me with a Frying Pan" (author: Todd Gallagher)
Nancy Reagan giving a speech. The podium she is standing at is emblazoned with a prominent (and explicitly labeled as trademarked) "Just say no".
Bart Simpson, giving a report at the Model UN: Another famous declaration was "One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war." In conclusion, independence is a declaration of contrasts. Thank you.
A chart (from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) of "Largest occupations in the United States, May 2024". Biggest is "Home Health and Personal Care Aides, at about four million. Only ten are listed; smallest listed is "Office Clerks, General", at about 2.5 million.
A cel from an old, black and white Itchy and Scratchy cartoon, with Itchy and a bearded man standing looking at each other. Offscreen, Milhouse says "Look out Itchy, he's Irish!"
(from a transcript of oral argument in Mahmoud v. Taylor): JUSTICE GORSUCH: Drag -- drag queen in -- a drag queen.
Comic Book Guy with his arms crossed, looking dismissive. No text, but from his "Worst episode ever" pronouncement.
A little girl asking "¿Porque no los dos?"
An email from "Trump Solar Panels" with the subject line "Biden Has Forced NASA To Hide This From Our Eyes...."
Clowns clowning around
Michael Waltz using emojis during the Signalgate chat
Superman holding (and definitely NOT wearing) glasses.
(image of text): Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed. That word is "Nazi". Nobody cares about their motives anymore. They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding? -A. R. Moxon
Two pieces of mail, both sent as explicitly-labeled "U.S. Government Official Mail", from the United States Department of State to Vestertopia Invicta.
Characters from Futurama are walking together. Bender says, "Comedy's a dead art form. Now, tragedy, heh heh heh... that's funny."
Cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' 1969 album "... What That Is!", depicting him opening the lid of a coffin. From the inside.
Dan Bongino, staring directly into the camera and looking, uh, pretty angry, in front of a wall with several "The Dan Bongino Show" logos on it, while a Fox News chyron states "RI DOUGHNUT SHOP ENDS POLICE, MILITARY DISCOUNTS"
Hello, As requested, I am including at the end of this email a list of some of the things that I accomplished last week. Please note that this list is not complete, but I hope it suffices. Also, I would like to point out that despite my illness (q.v. #12, and I suspect possibly also a cause of #49), I did not take a sick day. 1. Ruined the image and the style that you're used to 2. Made money 3. Drank up all the Hennessy you had on your shelf 4. Introduced myself 5. Enjoyed funking thee 6. Bumped thee 7. Stepped tall 8. Enjoyed rhyming 9. Enjoyed funky beats 10. Was spunky 11. Enjoyed lumpy oatmeal 12. Was ill 13. Got ridiculous 14. Ate up all your crackers and your licorice 15. Called you fat 16. Was a freak 17. Enjoyed the company of the girls with the boom 18. Got busy in a Burger King bathroom 19. Was crazy 20. Amazed thee 21. Was unfazed by being called ugly 22. Got in the girls' pants 23. Got my own dance 24. Got things cooking 25. Gave them more 26. Avoided your attempt to get near me 27. Tickled your rear 28. Was unashamed by the size of my nose 29. Got paid 30. Got laid by the ladies 31. Was in charge 32. Lived large 33. Got stupid 34. Shot an arrow 35. Used a meaningless word 36. Sang on "Doowutchyalike" 37. Suggested grabbing them in the biscuits 38. Enjoyed biting 39. Enjoyed writing 40. Did my dance 41. Limped 42. Shook 43. Twitched 44. Looked like MC Hammer on crack 45. Did not mind looking like MC Hammer on crack 46. Was in motion 47. Played this game 48. Got it down 49. Appeared to be in pain 50. Humped 51. Funked 52. Jumped 53. Gigged around 54. Shook my rump 55. Suggested stepping off 56. Got stupid (again; q.v. #33) 57. Did the Humpty Hump 58. Sent a shout out to the whole world If you need any further details on these matters, please let me know. To be explicit, I do not, repeat NOT, want to resign. Thank you, Bob Vesterman