Thomas C
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Thomas C
@shadowracer26
I've raced cars. I've taken some photos. I crush dreams. Sometimes I make people laugh. Rotten sense of humor with interests in space, science and stuffs!



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RAGING AT SUBMARINE MISINFORMATION I'm binging "The West Wing," now at season 3. Season 3 episode 1 was a big lecture about how wonderful Islam is. First episode after 9/11. A later episode featured a Seawolf submarine that "goes silent" 4000 yards off a North Korea bay. Okay, usually, the moment I see stupidity of Hollywood on submarines, I click it off. But I bit the bullet and watched. First, we are always silent. We don't "go silent." 2 - if we are loitering close to bad guys, we remain radio silent. 3 - if something goes wrong, we launch a baseball-bat sized SLOT buoy that transmits an encrypted burst comm UHF message to the overhead comms satellite. 4 - the President being surprised that the submarine is 4000 yards from shore? Listen, to go into a nation's territorial waters, you need an official directive from the President himself ordering you to penetrate the 12-mile limit. It's called an "Order to Penetrate." (No steamy jokes, please.) That order is read by the captain and XO. It is then shredded and the shreds burned. (On an unnamed submarine, the radiomen were mad at the captain and "lost" the message. The entire boat was turned upside down looking for it.) The thing is, if you are captured by the bad guys inside territorial waters, it is a violation of International Law and no way you want that directive from the President lying around. So it would be IMPOSSIBLE for the President to be surprised at the 4000 yard item. 5 - There's 12 more errors. Can't someone just fucking CALL ME when you need to make your production realistic? Please?


Manuscript submitted. Voyage of the Devilfish – The Titanium Coffin – Author’s Edition is officially out of our hands and into the publisher’s. Couldn’t ask for better teammates than @MikeyDiMercurio and @joecourtemanche. They’re the kind of friends you can call at 0300 and they’ll show up no questions asked… maybe even bring a shovel 🤣 Buckle up. This is going to be fun.


Merc’s Bourbon and Cigar Lounge Is Officially Open! A place where the bourbon is aged, the cigars are lit… and the accountability is nowhere to be found. Join Merc as he walks you through a lifetime of “not my fault” “that seemed like a good idea at the time” and “you’re not going to believe this, but…” From sea stories to near misses From brilliant calls to spectacularly questionable ones And yes… the ongoing campaign of bad decisions involving women Nothing polished Nothing filtered Just Merc Exactly as he is Pull up a chair. Pour something strong. You’re going to need it. 👉Click Subscribe on his profile to get in @MikeyDiMercurio





@Supersonic_Red @MikeyDiMercurio @joecourtemanche Only recently started following you guys, so glad I did. Mike’s @MikeyDiMercurio posts are pure gold, just love reading all the things he’s not responsible for.




@MikeyDiMercurio @OGreat6 Was he supposed to have a shaving waiver?




