Patrick

@sobafett

Storyteller, Jewish educator, Lego and BootLego enthusiast he/him

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Patrick@sobafett· 4d

This was meant to be a slogan, not a prophecy.

A full page newspaper ad for The Numbers Game, the first lottery offered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the tagline “BEAT THE MOB AT THEOR OWN GAME,” followed by a list of stores selling lottery tickets.

Patrick@sobafett· Jul 13

Impressed that you still have it! This was my first. Gotta support the local boys.

Patrick@sobafett· Mar 26

I’m excited to taste today’s harvest! One of the perks of working at a Shul.

Four pieces of horseradish root. Two are covered in dirt, and the other two have been mostly cleaned.

Patrick@sobafett· Feb 27

This is from one of my favorite local restaurants. And they’re just around the corner from the best Armenian market in the area.

Delivery menu from Anoushella, an Armenian restaurant, featuring labneh with different options.

Patrick@sobafett· Feb 17

Patrick@sobafett· Jan 11

I had an Amazon gift card from families at work. Got myself a set too. And a helper.

A tortico cat standing astride a lego set.

Patrick@sobafett· Dec 27

I love going through old photos. I digitized a whole bunch some years back, including a lot that my dad took, as well as portraits of ancestors on both sides. This is one of my favorites of me and my dad, and one of the few where neither of us has facial hair!

Patrick@sobafett· Dec 20

Wore my @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social Happy Honk shirt to work the other day. One kid asked me to “tell us the story that’s on your shirt,” so I took an old folktale from Chelm, and made it about a goose.

Me, a bearded, silver-haired cis man, wearing a black tee shirt depicting a white goose holding a menorah in its mouth. The shirt is captioned “happy honk.”

Patrick@sobafett· Dec 15

Chag Chanukah Sameach to all who celebrate! May we bring more light into the darkness together.

Two menorahs, each with one lit candle and shamash. On the left is a metal dachshund, and in the right a green soapstone menor with gold accents.

Patrick@sobafett· Dec 9

You will be visited by three spirits

An image of an amulet, depicting three angels Sanoy, Sensanoy, and Semengalof (r-l). The first two are depicted as birds, while the third has a rectangular torso over L-shaped legs, and a head and neck in the shape of a number 7. All three angels’ names are written in Hebrew on their torsos.

These three angels are said to provide protection from Lilith, who historically has been seen as a threat to the lives of babies.

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 26

I low key want all the Labubu legos. But I’m not prepared to drop $400, even if they’re super cute.

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 16

My shul was gay a couple of weeks back!

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 16

I was going to use this, but I dunno if I can handle the alt text! It’s a page from Zr + 4HC1 → ZrC14 + 2H2U + 3F2 → UF6, by Roberto Altmann. Altmann was a member of the Lettrist movement in mid-20th century Paris.

Page 2 of Zr + 4HC1 → ZrC14 + 2H2U + 3F2 → UF6, by the Cuban-Lichtensteiner artist Roberto Altmann.

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 16

Drop something BLACK & WHITE

Black and white image of three jellyfish swimming in a tank. The body of one is seen at bottom left; the second is just above, swimming towards the left side, tentacles steaming behind. The third rises from bottom to top, mealy filling the middle third of the frame.

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 13

One of my faves: worcester.emuseum.com/objects/4787...

The hilt of an 18th century smallsword, made of finely worked steel, inset with blue and white Wedgewood plaques. Collection of Worcester Art Museum.

Patrick@sobafett· Apr 24

Not much. Been like this all day.

Odin, a black dog with bits of brown and white, is lying stretched out on a gray rug, a large bone near his head and a cat tower in the background.

Patrick@sobafett· Mar 18

What I did on my professional development day. #Passover #midrash #OneGiantFrog #Plague #SerachBatAsher

A scene made out of playdough. One plastic person is wrapped in play dough and is holding out a staff. In front of him is a giant frog with little frogs on top. Three other figures are holding staves pointed at several small frogs.

Reverse image of the same scene, taken from behind the cloaked figure of Aaron.

Playdough scene depicting a plastic figure facing a river, with a skeleton in a casket on the surface of the water.

Patrick@sobafett· Mar 8

First wall up!

Lego model with a wall styled to look like a log cabin.

Same as the first image, but from another angle.

Patrick@sobafett· Mar 8

Finished the floor!

Underside of a Lego model, showing dark sand plates with dark sand and brown bricks supporting them.

What will be the floor of a Lego house. Dark sand plates, with some smooth tiles around the edges.

Patrick@sobafett· Mar 8

My project for the weekend

Patrick@sobafett· Jan 28

Brian of Nazareth?

From Monty Python’s The Life of Brian, Brian’s mother stands in a doorway. The walls are made of stone blocks, a light sandy color. The door frame is wood. She’s dressed in a black robe and black head covering. She is pointing and saying “He’s not the messiah! He’s a very naughty boy! Now go away!

Patrick@sobafett· Jan 15

Post your favorite #DoctorWho. Wrong answers only

Harry Peacock as Ray Purchase in Toast of London

Patrick@sobafett· Jan 15

Charles Nelson Reilly in a crocodile suit, with a red cape and yellow gloves. Caption : starring CHARLES NELSON REILLY as “Uncle Croc”

Patrick@sobafett· Jan 2

Six menorahs on a sideboard, three on each side with a votive candle stand in the middle. L to r: lion, chairs, tree of life, green soapstone, fused glass (obscured), dachshund. On the wall is a painting of a couple ( m/f) dancing by a tree with pomegranates above them.

Patrick@sobafett· Dec 21

A cat on a table, next to an iPad showing the Cats(2019) movie.

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 25

Post your favorite Pokemon, wrong answers only.

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 25

Tell us your birth year by sharing the cover of an album that was released the year you were born

The album cover of the Grateful Dead’s American Beauty. The background is wood grain in a honey-chestnut shade. The foreground is a circle with a red rose in the center and the words “American Beauty” I very stylized letters above and below the rose.

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 21

Post you from a different era of your life

A bearded man with curly dark hair wears a blue dress (with pockets!) over a white tee shirt. In the background is a field of grass with two rocks that look like cows.

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 18

If you see this, post your favorite Pokemon

A green creature, with tentacles for legs and kelp for hair, walking along the beach. His eyes are googly, and his mouth has one tooth. He is Sigmund, from Sid and Marty Krofft’s Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.

Patrick@sobafett· Nov 17

I’m in so deep that I’m writing a #LongNott/#BabaYaga crossover fic that features a Ukrainian witch OC, a sealed off department in the Ministry of Magic, and magical mycelial networks. Below is the Ural Owl (Strix uraliensis) who kicks off all the mayhem. His name is Yuri.