As part of his studies, UC#2 was reading The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of “Religion” by William Arnal and Russell T. McCutcheon “This hard-hitting collection overturns common ideas about religion. Arnal and McCutcheon argue that ‘religion’ has no independent existence but is rather the unstable creation of political and economic forces. These […]
Author: Texas Toast
Texas Slang for ENGin buddies ENGin is a wonderful program that connects English speakers with Ukrainians – sort of like pen-pals on Zoom. Conversation practice, cultural exchange, recipes, jokes, stories, friendships…. Very cool, innovative, and impactful non-profit started by Katerina Manoff. Katerina has 5+ years of experience teaching English and managing online language learning programs. […]
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A WLBOTT Caper
[thanks to UC#3 for today’s rabbit hole] Fellow travelers [of both time and space] – I really like capers – both the nonpareils and the large caper berries that are the size of blueberries. I think including the Italian island of Salina to look into caper farming will flange up well with our journey from […]
Oh, how many romances have been sparked by a chance encounter in the WLBOTT break rooms? In response to this outpouring of love, WLBOTT fans the flames of these smoldering romances by offering a wedding venue (refurbished break room) and providing officiants. The Break Rooms We asked our regional offices to send us pictures of […]
Random Acts WLBOTT has been internationally recognized. Each Elder has been awarded 100 Pearly Gate Bonus Points. AI Image Generation: Status and Challenges At WLBOTT, we applaud the Triumph of Talent Over Technology (TOTOT). A big part of that is AI image generation. HotPothttps://hotpot.ai/art-generatorCurrent favorite – lot’s of variety, good image quality. But, you only […]
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White Rabbits, Part II
[ed. note: thanks to UC#2 for today’s topic] Marginalia Marginalia (or apostils) are marks made in the margins of a book or other document. They may be scribbles, comments, glosses (annotations), critiques, doodles, drolleries, or illuminations. Wikipedia The British Library Medieval killer rabbits: when bunnies strike back Vengeful, merciless and brutally violent… yes that’s right, […]
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Desert Rose
A desert rose is an intricate rose-like formation of crystal clusters of gypsum or baryte, which include abundant sand grains. The “petals” are crystals flattened on the c axis, fanning open in radiating clusters. The rosette crystal habit tends to occur when the crystals form in arid sandy conditions, such as the evaporation of a […]
White Rabbit => Bolero Connection She said that the music was heavily influenced by Miles Davis’s 1960 album Sketches of Spain, particularly Davis’s treatment of the Concierto de Aranjuez (1939). She later said: “Writing weird stuff about Alice backed by a dark Spanish march was in step with what was going on in San Francisco […]
WLBOTT is proud to announce its line of Ground Beef and Sausage Jewelry. The Ground Beef Collection Elegant Sausage Necklaces Semi-Sequitur: When the Soviets Attempted to Introduce the Sausage Olympics Remember when our friends from the former Soviet Union tried to co-opt the Olympics with their introduction of the Sausage Pole Vault? The good old […]
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Fort McMurray Wildfire
[thanks to UC#1 and UC#1-SU for today’s topic] Between May and early August of 2016, a massive wildfire burned in the northeastern region of Alberta (the Fort McMurray area). The wildfire was the most expensive disaster in Canadian history. From Wikipedia: As a testament to the Canadian Government’s efficiency and readiness, there were no direct […]