At WLBOTT we love those that follow their passion – a passion that explores creativity, protects the vulnerable, inspires the marginalized; passions that challenge the artificial and demeaning chains of hierarchical society. Often a passion that leads to loneliness and isolation in pursuit of an inner belief. Today we’re going to look at strongwomen. Our […]
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Wallpaper
Similar to the regime’s current leader, we also receive daily briefings at WLBOTT. But there are some distinct differences: we show up, pay attention, have the ability to read and write, and in general love humanity. Today’s briefing was on the Robert Graves Wallpaper company, a New Your City business that made and sold wallpaper […]
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Deltoid Dawn
Deep in the Louisiana Swamps, we learn of the legend of Deltoid Dawn. Legend has it that during the flowering of their love, her beau was eaten by an alligator. She pines to this day. Sightings from the 1930s In Modern and Ancient Folklore “Delta Dawn” by Larry Collins and Alex HarveyDelta Dawn, what’s that […]
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The Simple Life
Eat. Love. Stay warm. Try not to get eaten by wolves.Coffee with Elder G First – Happy Mothers’ Day! But then Elder G and I get into a little deeper discussion. G, why is life so complicated? We’ve gone from village life to having As Elder G puts it: WLBOTT: I think part of the […]
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Cinema du Daikon
[ed. note: Daikon is Japanese for “big root” (大根)] WLBOTT film critic Clementine DuCinema has long bemoaned the under-representation of the daikon in modern cinema. A couple recent WLBOTT staff meetings…. We asked Elder G to fact-check Clementine’s concern: Clementine’s complaint appears to be well-founded. I can find daikon as food, daikon as culinary subject, […]
The WLBOTT staff has recently begun a new volunteer activity: blood donors for mosquitos. Mosquitoes are the unofficial state bird of Texas right now. Always looking for ways to increase shareholder value, we’ve introduced a line of high-end mosquito repellent. The mosquito perfume market is tragically underserved. Paris has ignored the great frontier for too […]
Let us take a moment to reflect on Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Three sentences, two hundred and seventy one words, beginning with: On November 19 [1863], Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, where he spoke at a ceremony dedicating Gettysburg National Cemetery, which honored the fallen Union soldiers and redefined the purpose of the Civil War in […]
At WLBOTT, we enjoy a variety of religious experiences. For the most part, as long as our primary allegiance is to twine and shareholder value, we encourage our flock to seek their own path to truth. A few exceptions apply: we find dogmatic atheists and evangelical, magaT Christians to be equally tedious and stultifying[1]. And […]
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Cotton
At the WLBOTT Ag Extension Service (Go Waggies!), we’re trying to replicate some of the major agricultural crops of Texas – cotton, sorghum, okra, peanuts…. Here’s our cotton field…. We gathered the elders for a quick WLBOTT blessing. Our cotton field is directly west of our spinach field. The spinach did really well, but recently […]
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Tide & Twine™: The Littoral Collection
WLBOTT, at the forefront of fashion, is introducing a kelp and crustacean line. The Crustacean Cloche Business Attire Footwear The Barnacle Birkenstock Hermit Crab Inspired Line The Claw Heel The Fashion Show Our Weavers Now let us turn our attention to the hardworking Peruvian kelp weavers that make all this possible. Wearing their native dress, […]