We were honoured to host Mona Lisa at our central Texas headquarters recently. Mona Tries Mexican Food Mona had never had Tex-Mex before, but she is now a big fan. Livestock Show and Rodeo Mona was a featured performer at the Austin Livestock Show and Rodeo. Mona Meets Willie While at the rodeo, Mona had […]
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What is Nog?
Merry Christmas, WLBOTTers! Today we explore Nog. In essence, a nod to a nog. But this got really heavy really quickly…. If we’re asking questions like this, we’re only one step away from: Which brings us to The Big Dog Luckily, truth is available in many flavors…. Eggnog On Cereal Isn’t the 21st Century, for […]
We have created an AI-generated collection to honor the bravery of Ukrainian mothers. Slava Ukraini.
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Celebrating Slim Whitman
Think back to Christmases in the late ’70s, and remember the Slim Whitman TV ads (All My Best).“[Slim] was number one in England longer than Elvis and The Beatles.” A little Wikipedia research revealed many amazing facts about Slim Whitman, but here is one of most interesting: Whitman was a self-taught left-handed guitarist, although he […]
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Is Twine Edible?
No. This may be Goggle’s way of saying, “get a life.” A Glitch in the Trader Joe’s Matrix? From Eat This Much: For reference purposes only: Failed Twine-Concept Restaurants To emphasize the inedible qualities of twine, consider these failed restaurants: And a massive loss for investors: Eating Twine Brings Discordance to Domestic Tranquility These people […]
[thanks to UC#3 for today’s BLOTT topic] Dear UC#4 – excellent idea. But if the pandemic taught us anything, we can’t be dependent on supply chains and we must be flexible in our product requirements. Thus, I introduce a two part concept: 1 – Expand the definition of ‘twine’ to include ‘rope’ – aka ‘trope’. […]
First, a little solsticology…. (not to scale) The Stonehenge Solstice Stonehenge is the place to be for a Solstice party! Solstice Experience for the Elders WLBOTT Father Confessors Celebrate the Solstice WLBOTT Priestess Solstice Celebration
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J-Nut
Lives of the Elders – UC#3 Esteemed Elders – I know I have been light on WLLBOT contributions lately with all my travel and jet lag. But I offer you this blast from the past – one of my golf buddies was a IBM JCL and Panvalet nerd. He still uses a flip phone. Esteemed […]
Antonina Samoilova, the only climber from Ukraine this Spring has successfully summited Everest at 5.30 in the morning of May 12. She has dedicated her feat to fellow Ukranians fighting against Russian invasion. She had unfurled Ukraine’s flag from the top of the world in an appeal for peace.– Everest Chronicle “The Ukraine flag should […]
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Icelandic Volcano
Iceland is currently experiencing a volcanic eruption on Reykjanes peninsula (about 50 miles southeast of the capital Reykjavík). Luckily Iceland is extremely well prepared, and all the citizens are safe. Iceland — which sits on a tectonic plate boundary that continually splits apart, pushing North America and Eurasia away from each other along the line […]