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Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball)

@cortextual.bsky.social

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Husband, dog dad, cat dad, fish dad. Self-diagnosed ASD. High church Christian. Trying to be Riva with Counselor Troi's help. Software engineer.

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Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This happy and peaceful lump in the blanket is Alvin "Alvie" Jay Peabody Smith Ball III. He's using my right shin as a pillow. All three house animals are at peace. This happens when I'm at peace.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Elizabeth "Liz" Taylor Smith Ball IV the cat is happily and peacefully snoozing.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Young Master Hilarion the betta fish is very happy. He says good morning to me every day.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Archer meme: "Do you want Skynet? Because that's how you get Skynet!"

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Smiling me!

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Very happy Alvie the dog with his toy octopus

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Italian Greyhuahua lying down in the sun and closing his eyes, with ears tucked back and head tilted upwards.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Very happy Chihuahua Italian Greyhound mix (Alvie) sunning himself in my backyard.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I wrote "My Chinese isn't good" in pinyin and carefully looked up han characters. Someone replied in han characters, but I can't read them. Halp?

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Blackboard with "my Chinese is not good" written in pin1yin1 and han4 characters when a smilie face and a smiling self portrait. I wrote it. 41 years old and still sometimes a happy child. :)

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A very happy Andrew Ball with a yellow Chinese silk scarf, a silver ankh necklace, a black sweater on a light brown couch with a genuine grandma knitted brows, tan, and orange afghan. Not visible are Alvie the dog and Liz the cat, snuggling on either side of Andrew. Chronic pain removed from ACDF surgery. Smile open.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I got an ankh for Christmas! (Note that Coptic Christians appropriated the ankh centuries ago.) :-D

Somewhat smiling bearded fellow (me) with silver ankh necklace over a black sweater.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

A picture of a 42 year old man (me!) with a scraggly beard, an autumn themed button up shift, somewhat poor posture, a bemused but cheerful grin, glasses with black plastic on top and silverly metal on the bottom, a silver trefoil crucifix necklace, brown hair with gray (more gray in the beard) in Bean Traders coffee shop in Durham. Chalk board in the background often used by children and cheerful adults. Lights on strings hanging from the ceiling. Coffee shop style art for sale on the wall -- mostly abstract but also a pretty white flower photograph.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Grand piano with cat!

Grand piano with cat lying on top of slanted lid. Not sure how she isn't sliding off.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

What it feels like to have an old dog and a new kitten at the one week mark ...

Riva (the aristocratic, deaf diplomat) from Star Trek the Next Generation, captioned "Please dog, no sudden movements around the cat!"

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Albert "Alvie" Jay Peabody Wentworth Smith Ball III

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Elizabeth "Liz" Taylor Smith Ball the Cat

Black cat in a soft kitty bed that looks a little bit like an igloo but gray on the outside and soft white fluffy fabric inside.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Cute anime android looking at a butterfly and asking, "Is this narcissism?" (Customized "Is this a pigeon" meme)

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Italian greyhuahua dog looks happily and calmly at the camera. He's brindle colored, and his muzzle has many gray hairs. He is on the second of two steps next to a brown hot tub with a red and white striped rope and a brown cover. Trees are in the background. Truly joyful at moving in to our new house and spending time outside on a tie out.

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

My icon corner has grown! :-D

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

My hyper-empathy can relax a little with this brand new setup! Gratitude!

Pontifex Minimus (Andrew Ball) @cortextual.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Alvie the dog, tolerating a hat on his pappasan.

Italian greyhuahua old dog sitting in a pappasan chair with a straw hat, snuggling with two stuffed toys. He tolerated the hat well and is looking straight ahead