[ed. note: This is part of our fantasy dinner series] Folks – Here is nothing exotic but sourced the best ingredients. Have put cost on pricier items below. Serves 6. Total cost $529 plus heart and cholesterol meds. Sourced and prices from HEB Central Market Houston. Menu: USDA Prime Beef Tenderloin just seasoned with salt […]
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Low Google Fiber Diet
WLBOTT Corporate Headquarters has been basking in the glow of Google Fiber for several months now. It is indeed a thing of beauty. However, yesterday, 7:14am CST, it went dead. Marching uphill through gale-force humidity, I made it to our local public library, where I was able to use a public Internet workstation and chat […]
[UC## [redacted] offers the following reflection on domestic tranquility.] I’m sure I’ll be over it in 2 hours but a limerick is in order: Why not have a digital family calendar with noted citations? To keep everyone apprised of laborious social obligations Telling me in January of an event that will occur 3 months in […]
First…. Don’t Panic! Check for left behind items in our Lost and Found gallery: Amygdala lost and found Lost and Found: Georgia State Library New Procedure All valuables (wallets, purses, cell phones, laptops, bank cards, licenses, passports, keys, etc.) will be turned over to security staff at the Library North security desk for safekeeping. Security […]
UC#3 had the opportunity to see Democracy in Action a few days ago, watching in person while Justice Thomas Clarence napped thru oral arguments in Cantero v. Bank of America. He’s not “Sleeping” Justice Thomas has complained bitterly that he is not paid enough (Quarter Mil USD a year). It is rumored that he and […]
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Tortillas, part II
UC#3’s pursuit of the perfect tortilla continues…. My research has resulted in me being on WLBOTT Team Lard for tortillas, but one can’t overlook the side benefit of cooked bacon by being on WLBOTT Team Bacon Fat. Results to be featured in a peer reviewed article in the American Journal of Clogged Arteries[1]. UC#3 Tortilla […]
Probably the world’s most beloved Abuelita is Mexican Actress Sara Garcia. Chocolate Abuelita was born through the La Azteca chocolate factory, founded by the González Barragan brothers in Orizaba, Veracruz, in 1919. It was until 1939 that the Chocolate ABUELITA brand was born. However, the iconic grandma logo, Sara Garcia, became the face of the […]
[ed. note: This is part of our fantasy dinner series] UC#4’s fantasy meal is to recreate the menu from “Babette’s Feast”. Babette’s Feast (Danish: Babettes Gæstebud) is a 1987 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel. The screenplay, written by Axel, was based on the 1958 story of the same name by Isak Dinesen (Karen […]
Difficult A Google search yields these interesting and challenging puzzles: World’s Largest Jigsaw Puzzle According to The Guinness Book of World’s Records: A nice interview with Jill Walterbach can be found on Puzzle Hobby Magazine. But…. there’s competition…. The story from the BBC is from about 6 months ago, so we’ll have to wait to […]
I know that comparing things to football fields is a pain-point for the WLBOTT team. So how about this one: A satellite will likely make an uncontrolled return through Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, according to the latest estimates from the European Space Agency. ERS-2, which weighs about as much as an adult male rhinoceros, could […]