Categories
Music

She Belongs to Me

She Belongs to Me – Bob Dylan She’s got everything she needs She’s an artist, she don’t look back She can take the dark out of the nighttime And paint the daytime black You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees But you will wind up peeking through her keyhole Down […]

Categories
Italy Scholarship/Erudition

Jupiter, Io, and the Speed of Light

Ole Rømer first demonstrated in 1676 that light does not travel instantaneously by studying the apparent motion of Jupiter’s moon Io. The speed of light in vacuum, commonly denoted c, is a universal physical constant that is exactly equal to 299,792,458 meters per second. It is exact because, by a 1983 international agreement, a meter […]

Categories
Outer Space The land, the people, the culture

Epimetheus – WLBOTT’s Spirit Moon

In Greek mythology, Epimetheus (/ɛpɪˈmiːθiəs/; Greek: Ἐπιμηθεύς, lit. “afterthought“) was the brother of Prometheus (traditionally interpreted as “foresight”, literally “fore-thinker”), a pair of Titans who “acted as representatives of mankind”. They were the sons of Iapetus, who in other contexts was the father of Atlas. While Prometheus is characterized as ingenious and clever, Epimetheus is […]

Categories
Late Stage Capitalism WLBOTT Corporate

Internal Investment Discussion

GentleBlotts – tRrump is looking for someone to post a $500M bond for him. I think if WLBOTT posts the bond for him and charges him 10% interest and places a lien on Trump Tower in Manhattan, we can fund our twine tour and be able to afford the luxury yurt, premium transport camels, and […]

Categories
Europe Heros Ukraine

Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen; née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German physician and politician serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding successive positions in Angela Merkel’s cabinet, most recently as federal minister of defence. Von der […]

Categories
Late Stage Capitalism Oh, Grow Up! WLBOTT Corporate

Preparation: WLBOTT

At WLBOTT, we take the end of the world seriously. There are some exceptional profit opportunities to be made from people’s suffering, and we must think of shareholder value. To this end, we have two plans: Survival Compound in Idaho Exciting day today at the WLBOTT compound, We United StandPride United Constitution Republic Spirit (WUS-PUCkRS). […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Vibe in Abstract

Categories
Mildly Interesting Music

Leonard Cohen’s “Joan of Arc”

Joan of Arcby Leonard Cohen Now the flames they followed Joan of ArcAs she came riding through the darkNo moon to keep her armor brightNo man to get her through thisVery smoky night She said, “I’m tired of the warI want the kind of work I had beforeWith a wedding dress or something whiteTo wear […]

Categories
Alberta Canada Food Heros

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Honoring Karyn Today’s post honors Karyn, daughter of an Elder. Karyn wanted to become a professional singer, and wanted to share her financial success with the homeless. She is age 18 here, and had just done a street mission project in Calgary with an organization called the Mustard Seed, that was originated in Edmonton by […]

Categories
Curated Absurdity Food Scholarship/Erudition

Encyclical Letter of Pope Spudicus XIII

Gents – I need to publicly reveal my research to the Elders. UC#3 can back me up on this since he is conversant in ancient languages, relics and coins. March 15 has incorrectly been designated as the ‘Ides of March’. But due to poor scholarship, conspiracies by the Anti-Popes of Avignon and bad wine, March […]