Should we be concerned? We may be in the red zone here…..
Author: Texas Toast
You ever get hung up on a word? It just doesn’t look right. Especially with English – there are no rules when it comes to spelling. So…. the word I got hung up on today is “sake“. As in “Art for Art’s Sake”. Wait a minute – doesn’t that mean “Art for Art’s Japanese Rice […]
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Kilgore Trout
Kilgore Trout is a fictional character in Kurt Vonnegut’s books: He seems to be Vonnegut’s alter ego, and often represents the pure artist. Lots of interesting background and trivia in the Wikipedia article: And for our friends working in the Rare Book section of the Vatican Library: The arts are not a way to make […]
I thought I was going to successfully complete my voyage on Spaceship Earth without having to deal with John Milton, but no. However, it turned out to be a pretty interesting experience. I was recently introduced a section of John Milton’s Paradise Lost, where Satan seduced Eve. Art derived from Paradise Lost Gustave Doré We’re […]
¡Feliz Equinoccio! Sept 23rd, 2023: The Autumnal Equinox Today is the day we’ve been waiting for – the Autumnal Equinox! It’s official, because it’s from the government and because it is announced in COURIER NEW: From Austin’s own EarthSky: Equinox: Austin (7:00am Central) Santa Barbara, CA Edmonton, AB Oslo, Norway Houston, Tx And the Line […]
We were saddened to recently learn of the passing of Jerrold Laurence Samuels (May 3, 1938 – March 10, 2023), better known as Napoleon XIV Jerrold was probably best known for his 1966 top-40 hit “They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha Haaa!” “Half a million copies in five days.” = 500,000 / (5 * […]
Ladies and gents, We are in the final phases of beta-testing the WLBOTT time machine. Although we are in the zetta-joule range, we have enough power to send back in time: So, the question is: what historical figures do we reach out to, and what will be on the playlist? So, send me your suggestions. […]
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Metric Tonnes of Fun
[Thanks to UC#1 for today’s topic] During a recent WLBOTT Disaster Recovery Symposium (WLBOTT DReSs), UC#1 addressed the digital asset infrastructure: I started on this project on Aug 30. It took 15 days for the new drives to arrive and 5 days to rebuild the RAID. Now I have to convert the old 3TB drives […]
We have received many, many inquires concerning how our BLOTTs come into existence. It is a very non-linear process that involves: Random web image search result for “non-linear thought process” Some beautiful images related to the image search for “practical applications of chaos theory” Simplicable In a real-life example of chaos theory, we stumbled upon […]
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Haiku and Not Haiku
Big WLBOTT thanks to UC#3 for today’s BLOTT Citizens of WLBOTT – Since we have a worldly cohort (a fancy new term I’ve learned by hanging around academics lately..), I would like to follow up with the Kauai chickens. Kauai is super laid back, not overly touristy , and the residents just coexist with feral […]