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California Climate Change Engineering TechnoBLOTT Texas

Sally, The Grid, and Large Quantities of Batteries

Yesterday morning, I was checking out the Texas electrical grid (ERCOT), to see if the previous night’s snowfall was going to cause problems. Sally T. Intern braves the 1/4″ of snow this morning to get to her paying job. Her hard-currency income is essential for the day-to-day operational expenses of WLBOTT. The grid looks like […]

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Food Texas

The Burrito Lady / Eden and Points East

We may have been jackaloped[1] here at WLBOTT HQ. We went in search of My Large Intestine, Texas, purportedly about four miles East of Eden (Eden, Texas, that is). The Burrito Lady Unable to locate the financial district of My Large Intestine, we returned to Eden, Texas, to refresh ourselves at The Burrito Lady. This […]

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Curated Absurdity Heros New Brunswick

Let’s Meet the Unvirtuous Abbey

While I agree there’s a social maturity required in expressing irreverence through appropriate channels, the Church is missing out on a deep authenticity of the human experience if we continue to fear irreverence instead of finding beauty in it. – Cindy Brandt, writing in Sojourners The Unvirtuous Abbey is a satirical online community that blends […]

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Musings

Today is the Day

Today is the day you want to give up hope

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Animal Kingdom Bolivia Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Heros

A Cold Snap => La Paz

A Cold Snap takes our WLBOTT World to La Paz, Bolivia Much of the WLBOTT empire is experiencing a brisk morning. The La Paz Connection Let’s say that the Elders wish to embrace their dull side. We asked Elder G where we could go to experience the least fluctuation in weather. Nuestra Señora de La […]

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Curated Absurdity Movies Music

A Sea Shanty Rabbit Hole

Say, may I recommend two “Sea Shanty” movies? We really liked both of them. Blow the Man Down Blow the Man Down is a 2019 American black comedy thriller film, written and directed by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy. It stars Morgan Saylor, Sophie Lowe, Annette O’Toole, Marceline Hugot, Gayle Rankin, Will Brittain, Skipp […]

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Curated Absurdity Late Stage Capitalism Random Acts of WLBOTTness

Has Been Amazed Me

Every day, we get many, many complimentary comments from Haircuts VIP. We credit them with substantially contributing to our hit count. very forced me to try “Normally I do not read post on blogs, however I would like to say that this write-up very forced me to try and do it! Your writing taste has […]

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Curated Absurdity Late Stage Capitalism TechnoBLOTT WLBOTT Corporate

WLBOTT Data Logging

All WLBOTT employees (paid and unpaid) will be required to participate in a data logging experiment. Employees will wear a variety of data logging sensors for a 72 hour period. We will be measuring: Please note that this will be an international effort. [ed. note: although we are careful to only include family-friendly content, and […]

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ENGin Heros Ukraine

In Memory of Mark Tremont

Today we wish to honor a special person, Mark Tremont. Our condolences go out to Mr. Tremont’s family, friends, KM and the entire ENGin family. From the ENGin Facebook page: From Mark Tremont’s obituary: We would like to share some still images from Ukrainian filmmaker Yana Lagoda‘s story of Mark and his wife Jean.

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Brotherhood/Sisterhood Heros Hopeful Songs on Dismal Days

A Woman Whose Name was Almitra

I find Almitra, the seeress in Khalil Gibran’s masterpiece The Prophet, to be a fascinating character. And there came out of the sanctuary a woman whose name was Almitra.And she was a seeress.And he looked upon her with exceeding tenderness, for it was she who had first sought and believed in him when he had […]