Chris - Tortured Systems Engineer™️
@optesterchris.bsky.social
Navy (ret) Surface Warfare Officer & missile defender with a side of fries. I taught Zach Mayo everything he knows. A perfectly flawed human. Opinions = my own.
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
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I’ve been friends with John Cordle for a LONG time. He’s also a mentor. He recently participated in an interesting podcast. He speaks how I feel.
I’ve been friends with John Cordle for a LONG time. He’s also a mentor. He recently participated in an interesting podcast. He speaks how I feel.
Episode 112 - The Effects of Federal Downsizing with John Cordle
Podcast Episode · 20 Years Done Podcast · 11/23/2025 · 1h 10m
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November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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I’ve been friends with John Cordle for a LONG time. He’s also a mentor. He recently participated in an interesting podcast. He speaks how I feel.
I’ve been friends with John Cordle for a LONG time. He’s also a mentor. He recently participated in an interesting podcast. He speaks how I feel.
Again, we must ask:
Has science gone too far?
Has science gone too far?
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Again, we must ask:
Has science gone too far?
Has science gone too far?
Happy "Let's Circle Back After the Holidays" season to all who celebrate!
a man in a green elf costume is standing in a hallway with his mouth open and screaming .
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November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy "Let's Circle Back After the Holidays" season to all who celebrate!
Bah, humbug…
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bah, humbug…
Touching grass
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Touching grass
Zola asks have you seen her ball?
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Zola asks have you seen her ball?
A visual representation of me going to the LEGO Store today:
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A visual representation of me going to the LEGO Store today:
MTG conspiracy theory:
- Ends serving in the House.
- Runs for Senator or Governor of Georgia.
- Serves one term.
- Runs for President.
- Reinstates craziness because the average US voter has a short memory.
- Ends serving in the House.
- Runs for Senator or Governor of Georgia.
- Serves one term.
- Runs for President.
- Reinstates craziness because the average US voter has a short memory.
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
MTG conspiracy theory:
- Ends serving in the House.
- Runs for Senator or Governor of Georgia.
- Serves one term.
- Runs for President.
- Reinstates craziness because the average US voter has a short memory.
- Ends serving in the House.
- Runs for Senator or Governor of Georgia.
- Serves one term.
- Runs for President.
- Reinstates craziness because the average US voter has a short memory.
Working late on a Friday night and MTG resigns.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Working late on a Friday night and MTG resigns.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
Thank you for attending my TED Talk
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Thank you for attending my TED Talk
…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863
Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863
Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863
How it started
Vs.
How it’s going
10 years of Zola
Vs.
How it’s going
10 years of Zola
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
How it started
Vs.
How it’s going
10 years of Zola
Vs.
How it’s going
10 years of Zola
LFG!!!
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
LFG!!!
Apple pie and ice cream.
Christmas Darth Vader approves.
Christmas Darth Vader approves.
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Apple pie and ice cream.
Christmas Darth Vader approves.
Christmas Darth Vader approves.
This could be us…
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This could be us…
Finally
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Finally
My daily shutdown affirmation
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My daily shutdown affirmation
November means I bake pies.
This week’s pie is my Brown Butter Apple Tart. Pairs well with a scoop or two of ice cream.
This week’s pie is my Brown Butter Apple Tart. Pairs well with a scoop or two of ice cream.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
November means I bake pies.
This week’s pie is my Brown Butter Apple Tart. Pairs well with a scoop or two of ice cream.
This week’s pie is my Brown Butter Apple Tart. Pairs well with a scoop or two of ice cream.
My daily shutdown affirmation
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My daily shutdown affirmation
Current mood
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Current mood
My daily shutdown affirmation
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My daily shutdown affirmation
Don’t forget to leave out cheap whiskey & crayons out for Chesty Puller, Pappy Boyington, Bea Arthur, Ed McMahon, Steve McQueen, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, George Peppard, R. Lee Ermey, Navajo code talkers, & the other dead Marines or they will haunt your nightmares.
Rah?
Rah!
Rah?
Rah!
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November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Don’t forget to leave out cheap whiskey & crayons out for Chesty Puller, Pappy Boyington, Bea Arthur, Ed McMahon, Steve McQueen, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, George Peppard, R. Lee Ermey, Navajo code talkers, & the other dead Marines or they will haunt your nightmares.
Rah?
Rah!
Rah?
Rah!
My daily shutdown affirmation
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My daily shutdown affirmation
I find your lack of Christmas cheer disturbing
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I find your lack of Christmas cheer disturbing