Recently, in a discussion with Elder DZ, I mentioned “Ion, the joon of Mupiter,” and it caused me to reflect on Spoonerisms. Ion, the Joon of Mupiter, as Interpreted by AI: Spoonerisms: The Nuts and Bolts [1] WLBOTT Wonders: Apocryphal – Does that mean it appeared in the Bible? Let Us Reflect and Mis-communicate Joe […]
Paraskevidekatriaphobia: the fear of Friday the 13th. Who are we to judge? Some of us are afraid of cantaloupes or crumpets. – NPR Friday the 13th – the Nuts and Bolts Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar […]
When life hands you fascism, you look for opportunities for fantastic-ism. We’ve all heard that jeff bezos recently laid off 300 journalists from the Washington post. He literally stranded his own journalists in a war zone in Ukraine. There are many disturbing ramifications of this move, especially related to freedom of the press and appeasement […]
Friends, this video will improve your life by an estimated 7.3%. What is going on? That was a clip from a 1957 Hindi RomCom called Aasha. Aasha (transl. Hope) is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by M. V. Raman. It stars Kishore Kumar and Vyjayanthimala. The film was a critical and commercial success. […]
The WLBOTT HR manager, Bev, was planning a birthday party for her niece Bevette, and learned that WLBOTT had an internal-use-only petting zoo. Bev does do her due diligence. She checked out the brochure: She was impressed that the zoo animals had their own Linked-In page… … as well as individual profiles: But on the […]
Elder DZ (son of Elder JPZ) has been visiting recently. The weather has been very cold, so there’s been a large quantity of plaid. At one point, Elder DZ stated that he was actually born wearing plaid. I said that, yes, that was true, and he was even featured in the Pediatric Journal of the […]
Come join Elder G and me as we begin this wistful journey! Whist – the Nuts and Bolts Whist is the father to Spades and Bridge. It also embraced the “ace high”. Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game that was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the rules are simple, […]
WLBOTT is proud to sponsor the 2026 Grand Central Station Squash Tournament. Elder JimZim y familia are currently in New York City to sample the bagels and attend the Grand Central Station Squash Championship as our official representative. Times Past Una plétora de problemas No one informed us that the squash court walls were supposed […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Muscat → Jaipur (JAI): ~1,200 miles Elder G and I landed in Jaipur, in northern India for our next refueling stop. Jaipur, Rajasthan India Boarding Bites The Jaipur airport has an interesting service. It’s like a door-dash right to your seat at the boarding gate. And what […]
The WLBOTT Elders average over 6’9″ (men) and 6’4″ (women), with a solid hunter-gatherer lifestyle. We are a proud, and hungry, people. Calorie Requirements Elder G provides our daily calorie requirements: Elder Men (6’9″) Daily requirement:4,000 to 5,200 calories/day Elder Women (6’4″) Daily requirement:3,400 to 4,600 calories/day HOW THIS COMPARES Group Daily Calories Average modern […]