Tom Chappell

@tomchappell.bsky.social

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Software Engineer Backend (Golang / Scala) 📍Palm Springs, California Today’s a good day to punch a Nazi. he/him.

An electric mangle, a medium-largish piece of laundry equipment used to quickly iron and press clothing.
Two women, one of them on oxygen and almost 100 years old, are playing cards at a table.
Video of my Mom, at 90 years old, throwing a ball for a black-and-tan Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and laughing.
Doors to restrooms, with Men’s on the left and Ladies’ on the right. The doors have large paintings in what I believe is a Tintin-like style. On the left, a butler? indicates where to open his door, saying, “It’s here!” Similarly, on the right, an elegant lady in a red dress indicates where to open her door, and says, “It’s here!”
A children’s book cover: Pretty Perfect Kitty Corn, by Shannon Hale and Leuyen Pham. An attractive unicorn is shown next to what appears to be a unicat.
An empty shipping container is shown. On the side of the box are the words: “prepared for your favorite predator.” On the top of the box are the words: “Warning: if left empty and unattended this box will contain a cat.” A small tortoiseshell cat is in the box, peering out of the open box top.
A small Spaniel is proudly holding a small ficus branch in its mouth.
A blood clot is laid out on a sheet of paper, in a thick line. It is huge, at least 5 inches long.
A ruby-and-white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup, blissfully sleeping with her belly exposed for all to attack, unworried.
A photo of a quiet, undamaged harbor is shown with the caption: “TSUNAMIGEDDON 2024 - WE WILL REBUILD”
Two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are climbing up a young person who is sitting in a chair, and licking their face, so much so that the child’s face cannot be seen because they are covered with dogs.
A older man with shortish hair and shortish facial hair smiles slightly at the camera. He is wearing sunglasses.
A sign: “NO PETS NO SMOKING NO SMOKING PETS (There is photoshopped picture of a hound with a pipe jauntily in its mouth) In The Certified Farmer’s Market space Thank You”
Alburm cover from Valerie Carter's solo debut "Just a Stone's Throw Away", showing a picture of the artist as a young women, wearing a super-cute hat and a necklace.
A small black dog at a vigil near the front door, sprawled beside a pink toy, longingly waiting for her human to return, about 6 hours after he left the house.
A small black dog, waiting longingly by the front door for her human, who left home hours ago, to return.
A small black dog waits on a chair, looking outside longingly, waiting for her human to come back inside.
A Palm Bug and a Desert Spiny Lizard eye each other warily. Both are larger than you’d think.
Tom and Susie, happy and kissing, at their wedding in Kauai, May 2014.
Three Cavalier King Charles spaniels are shown, all lying down waiting in the bathroom. They are all different colors.
Adorable Cavalier pup looks up at camera with huge Puss-in-Boots eyes.
A ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel lies half-asleep on the sofa, looking off the end. His little paws are propping up his head. He appears to be half-asleep.
Three Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are shown on a sofa, in various states of alertness, while they wait: a black one sleeps, a ruby one might be half-awake, and a brown and white younger one is fully alert.
Adorable brown and white Cavalier Spaniel pup looking at camera, with enormous eyes a la Puss-n-Boots.
Album cover from They Might Be Giants’ album Flood, “…a brand new record for 1990”, seems to show someone paddling to safety in an improvised boat.