Ah, romance! Whether it’s candlelit dinners, charming streets, or breathtaking views, some cities just have that magical, heart-fluttering quality. Paris, Vienna, Florence, Bali, San Francisco, and, of course, East Bernard, Texas. East Bernard East Bernard is a city in Wharton County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,218 at the 2020 census. U.S. Highway 90 […]
There’s a pretty cool story about the Korean tidal energy project at Sihwa Lake. Here’s the net: Success! The International Hydropower Association has an interesting overview of the project: The 552.7 GWh of [annual] electricity generated from Sihwa tidal power plant is equivalent to 862,000 barrels of oil, or 315,000 tons of CO2 – the […]
[Guest Blott from UC#3] Gentle People – using my WLBOTT Amex card[1], I ventured to East Bernard Texas to evaluate the quality of Vincek’s Smokehouse. It is a Czech style place where you can buy fresh meat, cooked bbq or get your deer processed after a hunt. I would give the sausage I sampled a […]
At WLBOTT HQ, over an executive breakfast of Kombucha, quail eggs, croissants and phytoplankton, we were discussing a YouTube video that discussed voter suppression in the 2024 presidential election. The YouTube Video… The video is basically a review and summary of Greg Palast’s documentary Vigilantes Inc. You can watch the full movie on YouTube. You […]
It all connects. A logical progression. Starting w/the most recent BLOTT: Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! => Sleep Till None => Max Shulman => Max’s Daughter, Martha Rose => NYT Cooking Contributor => Yesterday’s NYT => Sardine and Egg Salad Sandwiches NYT Sardine Salad A moment to prepare, a lifetime to master…. (Recipe here) Elder G […]
In my formative, pre-WLBOTT years, there was a dearth of accurate information about the adult world. I grew up on military bases, where my male adult role models were commie-hating, belt-cracking, Camel smoking, hemorrhoidal suffering John Birchers who wanted to keep the world safe from democracy. Then word got around amongst the 8th grade boys […]
In the previous BLOTT, we looked at a hypothetical WLBOTT langar meal. Let’s look at some number. Ingredients Costs Here’s the daily and annual cost breakdown for serving 100,000 meals per day at the WLBOTT langar: Daily Cost: Annual Cost (365 Days): Summary: Time Period Total Cost Per Meal $2.91 Per Day (100,000 meals) $291,000 […]
We are so excited about the concept of langar – community, equality, feeding all, and the wild LARGE QUANTITIES of everything involved. We also like the subversive nature of an American langar – “good trouble” as John Lewis would say. In some areas of the US, it is a crime not only to be homeless, […]
Jake Broe, friend of the BLOTT and fervent supporter of Ukraine, has recently posted an hour-long video. The video is his monthly Q&A. The questions are the top ranked entries from his viewers. Very democratic. In the video, which manly focuses on America’s downward spiral on the international stage, also touches on social media, and […]
Elder UC#1 has brought to our attention a potentially sensitive matter concerning Canadian-US relationships. We are happy to announce that UC#1 has been promoted to the director of the WLBOTT Media Division (WMD). The WMD has been granted access to Air Force One, but only as part of the cleaning crew. We see it as […]