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Canada Curated Absurdity Current Events The land, the people, the culture

The Founders Weigh In

WLBOTT is truly blessed to have founders whose sole focus is avoiding litigation and increasing shareholder value. Today we celebrate their recent contributions. UC#1.c (a.k.a. Sally the Intern) From a recent WLBOTT team building exercise in NYC: UC#1 Our founder UC#1, who is a member of the commonwealth, had to gently correct me – I […]

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Canada Destinations Food Music

Moving to Newfoundland

Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s BLOTT. You are more than welcome to emigrate to Canada.  Here’s a simple guide for you:  https://www.canadim.com/immigrate/move-to-canada/move-from-united-states/ [1] Now, a few points of clarification: One other thing to consider:  as a US citizen, you are required to pay US taxes, no matter how hard you try to disappear […]

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Scholarship/Erudition Sticking It To The Man

Schadenfreude

Today’s word is….. So there is no ambiguity…. What does Wikipedia have to say about today’s word? What does Dr. Grande have to say about schadenfreude?“Immature….” “Distorted view of seeking balance and justice in the world” but “not closely associated with a mental disorder”. I’m thinking, “in moderation, given the right circumstances, it’s probably okay.” […]

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Existential Angst Heros Scholarship/Erudition TechnoBLOTT

Shareholder Value

In yesterday’s post about climate change, I didn’t have space/time/continuum to post my favorite cartoon related to climate change: Turns out, as it was meant to turn out, that this is a pretty famous New Yorker cartoon by Tom Toro. Pretty cool (and inspiring) interview on NPR on how Tom Toro got his first cartoon […]

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Current Events Scholarship/Erudition TechnoBLOTT

Global Warming

WLBOTT R&D has been looking into the current state of climate change science and mitigation recently. Some take-aways: All tables and charts are linked to the host source. I tried to use mainstream sources for data. How We Got Here Basically, it boils down to how many people we’ve had, have, and will have on […]

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Curated Absurdity Mildly Interesting

Month in Review: July, 2023

Our WLBOTT visitors are busy people. You don’t have time to endlessly scour the Internet for memes. To provide value to our shareholders, we perform this task for you.

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Random Acts of WLBOTTness

¡Feliz cumpleaños! Today we celebrate the anniversary of Unindicted Co-conspirator #3’s birth. Public Service Announcement We can’t emphasize this enough, people. Do not confuse these two: Yesterday’s News in 1 Screen Shot Behind the Curtain: WLBOTT IT Song of the Day WLBOTT Team Building: NYC WLBOTT team building in NYC included a trip to The […]

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America North America TechnoBLOTT

Windy Martha

Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #3 for today’s topic. Windy Martha sounds like either a cocktail or a digestive condition. But today, let’s look at the massive wind project off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard: Vineyard Wind. This is kind of corporate Rah-Rah, but it’s still pretty cool…. Fun Facts Carbon Cost Let’s say that this […]

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America Canada Fine Arts Food

Tides, Waves, and Vinegar

Started writin’ this BLOTT about Big Tide and Internal Waves, ended up writin’ it about Oil and Vinegar and an incredibly cool cycloid drawing machine. Kris Kristofferson / The Pilgrim: Chapter 33 Started writing this song about Chris Gantry, end of writing about Dennis Hopper, Johnny Cash, Norman Norbert, Funky Donnie Fritts, Billy Swan, Bobbie […]

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America Europe Heros

America Supports Ukraine