“Hands to work, hearts to twine, and feathers to the wind.” The WLBOTT mansion has many rooms. But sometimes we need a second mansion to contain the overflow. Such is the case when our large group of neo-Shakers and retired Las Vegas showgirls formed a coalition, and expressed an interest in moving to a farm […]
Category: Musings
The other day, Elder DZ asked me what was the saddest movie I’d ever seen. Two movies came to mind immediately: Dancer in the Dark and the recent Swedish sci-fi movie Aniara. Both movies present a situation with no hope, not even a path to hope. Today I was reflecting on the saddest movie question, […]
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Wanting to Believe
New Crescent series Next in the series When Joe Sacco is visiting an office in Gaza Town, he has an interesting conversation about hijabs. (Panel from Joe Sacco’s Palestine, page 140). “I want to believe strongly enough to wear the hijab always.” I realize then I’ve forgotten what it’s like to have […]
Elder JimZim will be representing the WLBOTT World-Wide News Division in a few weeks as he attends a concert with Gillian Welsh. Credentials My favorite song by Gillian Welsh is Red Clay Halo. Red Clay Haloby Gillian Howard Welch / David Todd RawlingsThe girls all dance with the boys from the cityBut they don’t care […]
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Who Are Our Prophets Today?
And the sign said “The words of the prophetsAre written on subway wallsAnd tenement halls”- Paul Simon / The Sounds of Silence Rev. Ed Trevors Reflects On Modern Day Prophets No one believes it is happening now.Only a white-haired old man, who would be a prophet Thanks to Zann Zsuzsannika for sharing this. A Song […]
“How Many More Times,” the thunderous, swaggering closer to Led Zeppelin I. Clocking in at over 8 minutes, it’s part blues, part psychedelic jam, part voodoo incantation. Bonham goes full thunder god, Page bows his guitar like a pagan sorcerer, and somewhere in that sonic haze, we meet… Rosie. Elder G I asked Elder G […]
Reflections on a spiritual journey….
The Seven Sisters are referenced in Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet. The reference is not related to the Pleiades, the goddesses immortalized as stars in the sky. Rather, the Prophet describes the Seven Sisters when asked about the place of pleasure in our lives. The Prophet says that we should embrace pleasure, but do not […]
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Unemployed Muses
Many of you are aware of the muse situation from The Onion’s breaking news story. Although we applaud The Onion’s journalistic integrity, we here at WLBOTT feel that a deeper dive is necessary. The Idyllic Perception Part of the mission of promoting Unemployed Muse Awareness is to expose common misconceptions. We surveyed 10,000 Texans, and […]
Don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistakeLike Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break– Bob Dylan / Every Grain of Sand Cain, according to Christian mythology, is the firstborn human, the son of Adam and Eve, and older brother to Abel. According to Genesis 4:1–16, Cain treacherously […]