But First – Resident Alien Resident Alien is a Sci-Fi channel comedy/drama that is currently being streamed on Netflix. WLBOTT Ministry of Virtue and Vice: Wordy Dirds and an 8th grade sense of raunchy humor. Excellent! Lots to say about this show: good CGI, quirky characters, bad good guys, good bad guys, murder mysteries, humility […]
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As official sponsors of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, WLBOTT needs to reschedule. Two reasons: Deposits In Jeopardy: Rent-A-Druid The Wandering Druid WLBOTT Wonders: WLBOTT Wonders: WLBOTT Wonders: Modern Druidry Druidry, sometimes termed Druidism, is a modern spiritual or religious movement that promotes the cultivation of honorable relationships with the physical landscapes, flora, fauna, and […]
Today we celebrate Carmen Lomas Garza. Ms. Garza is an artist from Kingsville, Texas. Kingsville is also where UC#4-SU was born and raised. Photo By Texas State Library and Archives Commission from Austin, TX A Little Background Carmen Lomas Garza (born 1948) is an Chicana artist and illustrator. She is well known for her paintings, […]
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Happy Easter!
Why must people be so hardened in their beliefs? Why are people afraid of saying, “I don’t know.” Or better yet, “I don’t know, but my experiences suggest….” or “I don’t know, but if we take look at things this way, the world will be a better place.” To me, a dogmatic atheist is as […]
As we approach Easter, UC#3 reflects on some secular aspects of the celebration. A young child searched the house for a hidden Easter egg She crawled under furniture looking around the couch leg But what she found was a chocolate bunny and a Peep So she declared the Easter Bunny was cheep But then thoroughly […]
[1] Ice The Great Rectangle Scenes from the Northern Passage Holy Trinity Parish – Парафія Пресвятої Трійці LEDUC (RABBIT HILL) – HOLY TRINITY Parish – Парафія Пресвятої Трійці Location: 8 km. from the Leduc train station and 13 km. northwest from the town of Leduc. The first Ukrainian settlers in the area came in 1900-1912 […]
UC#2 was recently exploring the southern California coast with friends looking for Viking and Sumerian relics. No relics were found, but they came across some California black sea hares during low tide. A Little Background…. About The sea hare is a marine snail, found in shallow water and occasionally in rockpools on the low shore. […]
There is an iconic photo of Judy Collins on the beach, seagulls overhead, powerful waves behind her. She has an expression of spiritual bliss and ecstasy. We tried to recreate this scene with the HotPot image generator, using a simple prompt of “Judy Collins on the beach, large waves behind her, seagulls flying overhead.” It […]
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Time Passes Slowly
While Spousal Unit and I were on a Three Initial Company (TIC) business trip to Taiwan, we took an enchanting trip across the country’s interior that included Taroko Gorge, Sun Moon Lake, and the hillside fruit orchards amidst the central mountains. After all those years, I remember the song that became fixed in my mind […]
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Kinmen, Taiwan
Spousal Unit and I had an opportunity to spend a few months in Taiwan in the late ’80 while working for a large Three Initial Company. Taiwan is a country of great natural beauty, intense industry, an strong work ethic, and friendly people with good humor. They have a complicated and diverse opinion of their […]