Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum Let’s celebrate a good guy today. We’ve had 10 years of raw sewage dripping into our ears and eyes. Let’s refresh our mental pallet with a good guy, Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover. Shortly after returning to Earth, Victor greeted a child with Down syndrome (the reporter’s daughter). Who is Victor […]
Category: Brotherhood/Sisterhood
Should we dance, should we? I woke up in a grumpy mood, then just now, between welcome rain storms, I sat on the back step and listened to the birds. One bird call sounded just like “Should we dance, should we?” over and over. Interesting that the question is “Should we dance?” and not “Shall […]
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A New Voice
In an earlier blott, we looked at the idea of keeping our minds open to new voices that can lead us in troubled times. The blott, titled “Who Are Our Prophets Today?” Rev. Ed Trevors uses Bruce Springsteen, The Boss, as an example of a courageous voice. We think we may have found a new […]
Recently, while reading fairy tales and learning of Baba Yaga, it seems that throughout history, there has been this concept of witches. People are afraid of elderly, eccentric women, especially women without children. Older independent women who live outside of societal norms. Women with no support structure or safety net, forced to strongly advocated and […]
You remember Sister Magdalene of the Open Window. She’s the headmaster at St. Gangulf Middle School, and sent us Fred, the Intern Penitent after the unfortunate Whoopee Cushion incident. By the way, Fred is doing fine, and has become a key player in our 2 hectare hybrid radish garden (assistant to the Operations Director). Go […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Riyadh → Muscat (MCT): ~750 miles Elder G and I flew into Muscat, the capital of Oman, today, refueling our Cessna Citation as we continue our semi-circumnavigation. Muscat International Airport (MCT) Muscat During our stop-over, Elder G and I had an opportunity to visit Riyam Park and […]
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Remembering Renee Good
An innocent woman was murdered by armed, masked agents of our government yesterday. On January 7, 2026, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman and US citizen, was fatally shot by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Good was idling in a car at the scene of an ongoing ICE […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series [ed. note: thanks again to Elder JA for his support of this series – a true world traveler, gentleman, and raconteur[1].] Today Elder G and I continue our 16,000 mile Cessna Citation journey, traveling to Iqaluit, the next to last Canadian stop before crossing the Atlantic. […]
We are shocked, shocked! how often people confuse Micronesia and Lichtenstein! Perfectly understandable, of course, but let’s do a compare-and-contrast to help us remember in the future. Lichtenstein is one of only two double-landlocked[1] countries. Micronesia is a group of islands in the middle of the Pacific. [1] Not only is Lichtenstein land-locked, but all […]
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An Audience with Gemini
WLBOTT:Blessings, Gemini. How for art thou? Gemini:Well met! I fare quite well, I thank thee for asking. WLBOTT:Ah, my lord. I am but a humble servant, and I quake in your presence. Gemini:Pray, be at ease, humble servant. There is no need for such trembling. WLBOTT:You are most kind, my lord. I, a simple peasant, […]