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, […]
Category: Curated Absurdity
“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 […]
So at WLBOTT, we value politeness, but we also value the randomness that comes with creativity. A polite WLBOTT person may wish to change the subject by saying, “This is a non-sequitur,” but we’ve found that this doesn’t give us enough granularity when we want to slightly, politely, and firmly change the subject. So at […]
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Peanut Brittle
At the WLBOTT Experimental Foods Division, we’ve been experimenting with peanut brittle. Here’s the recipe we’ve ran our initial experiments with: Ingredients:1 cup of sugar (200g)1/2 cup of light corn syrup (160g)1 cup of peanuts (raw or dry roasted)(150g)1/8 tsp of salt1 Tbsp of butter, unsalted or salted (15g)3/4 tsp of baking soda (3g)1 tsp […]
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The Moroccan Sun
Morocco is investing in solar power in a big way. Ouarzazate Just a few miles southwest of the Noor/ Ouarzazate solar power station sits the city of Ouarzazate. Interestingly, Ouarazazate lies north of Austin, with a latitude that places it between Austin and Waco. It’s about as toasty-warm as Austin, but much drier. Morocco Salt […]
One of our Esteemed Viejo Elder celebrated his birthday yesterday. After harvesting and consuming a whole grain, free range, open source, cage free breakfast of groats, okra and crickets, Elder JZ attended to his annual dental hygiene. The Cake Next on the agenda was picking up the birthday cakes and pies from Upper Crust Bakery. […]
Title: My Dear Companion Title: True Tales of the Pandemic Title: A Bonding Moment Title: Gemini Given Full Artistic License Title: Why is a Vegetable Something to Hide? Title: High Holy Day Title: Perch and Sister M. Take Intro to Swimming Title: WLBOTT Has Arrived Title: The Chilean Royal Family Title: Still Life: Breakfast Title: […]
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Go Waggies! A Garden Update
It’s been a while since we’ve given our gentle readers an update on the WLBOTT Ag Service‘s summer garden. Let’s Start with the Sorghum. We’re trying to mimic some of the main Texas agricultural products in the garden – sorghum, cotton, peppers, peanuts, okra, amaranth, and sweet potatoes. Our unpaid interns took a nice picture […]
Let’s dive right in. The Red Giant Elder G walks us thru the spectral line discovery. Technetium has no stable isotopes. Every isotope of technetium is radioactive. The most relevant one in stars, technetium-99, has a half-life of about 211,000 years. That sounds like a long time, but in the life of a star, it’s […]
[Thanks to Elder DZ for informing us of this Federal corruption scandal] Cyclospora Outbreak The timeline: [1] Cyclospora season: mark your calendars! The Daily Beast Snopes As Snopes previously reported, The Washington Post published a story July 16, which relied on anonymous sources, reporting that federal investigators had traced the cyclosporiasis outbreak to Taylor Farms. […]