At WLBOTT, we’ve been wondering, after the AI takeover, what will our “fun” look like. Let’s get it straight from the horse’s mouth. This sounds like too much work. Can’t we just buy some fun? Well that certainly was a disappointment. This sounds like punishment fun. Anyhow, we posed the prompt “Humans having fun” to […]
This weekend the WLBOTT Argentinian ambassador, Elder M, stopped by WLBOTT HQ with her son Elder W. We had a great visit, but we suspect Elder M‘s motivation for her US visit was to try the new Oreos flavors. Elder M also provided a cash infusion, emptying her wallet of Argentinian currency to help offset […]
We knew from our initial interview that we wanted to hire Kennetta Kornerstone. You met Kennetta and her brother Stephan yesterday as they welcomed our first guests to the WLBOTT Sukkah. Our problem was where to place her. She had such an amazing resume that we could consider her for several positions. She had a […]
WLBOTT is proud to announce the production of the big budget, technicolor musical extravaganza – Her Eggcelency! It is the story of greed and lust for power, as a monomaniacal evil Queen Regina Ovata attempts to take control of the world’s egg supply. Casting All the big stars vied for the coveted title role of […]
part 1 of 27 Here’s today’s misfiring of creaky neurons: Pigeon head-bobbing → motion parallax → astronomical parallax → distances to nearby stars → calibration of Cepheid variable stars → distances to nearby galaxies → compare galaxy distance with spectral redshift → Hubble–Lemaître law → Hubble constant. Today, let’s talk pigeon head-bobbing. But first: I’m […]
History is Personal for MeHistory professor Donna Seger enjoys following her curiosity. As a longtime Salem resident, she wanted to explore more than the city’s most infamous period. Following her curiosity, she started blogging about local history and culture. Now her blog, Streets of Salem, is over 15 years old with more than 12,000 ardent […]
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” – Anthelme Brillat-Savarin WLBOTT, razor-focused on shareholder value, has decided to pursue a fashion line based on the headwear of our Olmec ancestors. Again, our unpaid marketing interns were eager and started the advertising campaign before getting approval or even a budget, […]
Our recent blott on medieval grain growing led us to reflect on the mill house, where the grain was ground into flour. The resulting flour was much different from the enriched, bleached white flour that is ubiquitous in our modern world. Attribute Medieval Stoneground Flour Modern Bleached White Flour Milling Mechanism Stone millstones (crushing) Steel […]
We received a delightful response from Elder M (she heads the South American WLBOTT Rapid Response Team) in an outcome to one of our Emily Dickinson blotts: I enjoyed The Programmer’s Guide to Emily Dickinson, particularly the divine kismet of the hexadecimal verse. Really fascinating. Makes me consider how the whole universe is basically math, […]
“You say Tomato, I say Tomato” – Elder JimZim Two items of interest to our WLBOTT agricultural committee occurred recently. First… Elder JimZim and Grønk I had a good time gleaning. There were eight volunteers, 250 lbs in 1.5 hours. Many varieties of small tomatoes- different colors, etc. The farmer worked along side us. It […]