Hal O’Brien

@hbobrien.bsky.social

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I was born. I’ve moved around a bit. Married someone wonderful. Not dead yet. The rest are minutiae. words — http://halobrien.com pictures — http://obrien.photography

We see a cat, in a box. Next to them we see a cat with similar markings, in a smaller box, that fits inside the original. On top of this, we see text in a meme font that reads, “Hello, Mandelbrot? This is Schrödinger. I think I have a problem.” Mandelbrot originated fractals. Schrödinger is known for his cat thought-experiment for quantum mechanics.
And ad for Brooks shoes. Khrushchev is pounding a podium, as is famous, with a shoe. We read Cyrillic which translates as, “These shoes are killing me!” The ad’s slug line reads, “Sometimes a comfortable shoe can make all the difference in the world.”
My dog Shoobie, a Chihuahua mix of some sort, lit by the sun, with a characteristic expression. (I wish I could do better, but alas…)
Jesse Jackson, in black and white, at a microphone. This was taken by me in January, 1986.