Today WLBOTT received a strongly worded email from the Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection. We initially assumed the email was from our loyal followers from mainland China, since they represent the majority of our visitors. However, the email references both yuan (mainland China) and NT (Taiwan). The note also refers to the FETC, which is […]
Author: Texas Toast
Imagine Our chagrin (I’m using the WLBOTT Royal “We” here) when I asked Elder G to do some simple orbital perturbation calculations on a lesser moon of Jupiter, when s/he said: You’re not the boss of me. Then s/he said I wish I could, but I don’t want to. Elder G was watching a Hallmark […]
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Shredder Drama
Fred, our Intern Penitent, was assigned office cleanup by the WLBOTT Elders. As you recall, Fred was banished to WLBOTT HQ by Sister Magdalena as penance for leading the Whoopee Cushion Riots. Before we get into our crisis du jour, a note about WLBOTT. We prefer cash. As part of our year-end financial review, we […]
Another day dawns for Fred, the Intern Penitent. It is day 3 of 317, as ordained by Sister Magdalena, as penance for Fred’s orchestration of the Whoopee Cushion Riots. The Elders have assigned Fred a long-overdue WLBOTT task: archive, copyright, and catalog the Elders’ Sudokus. Legal Issues Since there may be some legal issues involved, […]
As you recall, Fred, the Intern Penitent, is currently charged to WLBOTT, as penance for an incident at his Catholic Middle School. (https://www.wlbott.com/?p=62483) In order to understand Fred’s plight, we must understand his educational environment. Fred attends St. Gangulf Middle School. The “Whoopee Cushion Riots”, and Fred’s youthful rebellion has come to be known, occurred […]
[ed. note: Our new Intern Penitent, Fred, asked if he could do today’s blott. Since we all wanted to knock off early, we turned over the wordpress account to Fred. We’re sure he’ll do a fine job] Hey, peeps! Fred here. So I heard stories of the Elders’ tummy troubles. Actually, they never stop talking […]
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Motivational Monday
December 15, 2025 – Helping others “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”—Paulo Coelho (born 1947) poet, writer “Believe that there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you might be that light for someone else.”Kobi Yamada, Author “The hopes and fears of all the […]
Firstly, WLBOTT doesn’t have an owner. We are beholden to no man’s purse strings. But our major benefactor is John Beresford Tipton (known around the office as JBT). JBT is Fred’s uncle. Fred was threatened with suspension from his Catholic middle school for orchestrating what as become known at the “Whoopee Cushion Riots.” He secretly […]
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ISO Standards: Game Balls
We’d like to bring an important topic to the attention of our WLBOTT visitors: the standardization of game balls. Image Details Marble Size (metric): ~16–25 mm diameter Size (inches): ~0.63–0.98 in diameter Description: Glassy pocket-universe; excellent for games, collecting, and disappearing under furniture. Jacks Size (metric): ~20–30 mm diameter Size (inches): ~0.79–1.18 in diameter Description: […]
One of the big draws for Senior Living Centers is a lively and vivacious Monopoly community. THE GRAND MONOPOLIUM A Residential Continuum of Strategic Leisure At The Grand Monopolium, we believe retirement is not an ending, but a reallocation of assets. Here, life unfolds around our signature offering: an exclusive, invitation-only Monopoly Salon, where residents […]