[ed. note: This is part of our fantasy dinner series] UC#2 has chosen the Prinsesstårta, or Swedish Princess Torte. This is a challenging baking project. The pastry is a multi-layered sponge cake with various fillings and a marzipan frosting. Background and History Princess cake (Swedish: prinsesstårta) is a traditional Swedish layer cake or torte consisting […]
Category: Curated Absurdity
WLBOTT recognizes the controversy surrounding the title “World’s Largest Ball of Twine”, and we take no stand. However, friend-of-the-BLOTT JA#2 has suggested a visit to Darwin, Minnesota. Darwin Darwin In Pictures A Cry for Help We find it a bit presumptuous that if you are considering visiting the Twine Museum, they encourage you go get […]
[ed. note: This is part of our fantasy dinner series] The board tasked the WLBOTTers with the following challenge: Sally the Intern immediately knew what she wanted to try – Beef Bourguignon. Beef Bourguignon, a classic French stew, is known for its rich and flavorful taste. While it may seem a bit involved, it’s not […]
UC#3 [wrt Sapphire/WLBOTT World Tour] Combining the microbus, I offer the following limerick: The WLBOTT vagabonds traveled via microbus and slept in a yurtThey would set up their temporary dwelling and sleep on the dirtWhen ready to leave, they would pack up the yurt and moveA painted peace sign and flowers on the bus set […]
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Girl Scout Cookies
Girl Scout Cookies are cookies sold by Girl Scouts in the United States to raise funds to support Girl Scout councils and individual troops. The cookies are widely popular and are commonly sold by going door-to-door, online, through school or town fundraisers, or at “cookie booths” set up at storefronts. The program is intended to […]
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Celebrating Valerie Thomas
Today we celebrate Valerie Thomas. She showed that the magic of fascination can often lead to concrete scientific applications for real-world problem-solving. – Black Inventor Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible […]
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Slide Rules
One slide rule remaining in daily use around the world is the E6B. This is a circular slide rule first created in the 1930s for aircraft pilots to help with dead reckoning. With the aid of scales printed on the frame it also helps with such miscellaneous tasks as converting time, distance, speed, and temperature […]
What better way to keep up with world events than to read a variety of international on-line papers. Headlines from Around the World: Japan Sky News / Japan Japan Times India The India Express The Hindustan Times Hong Kong South China Morning Post Indonesia The Jakarta Post United Kingdom The Telegraph Colombia El Tiempo Latino […]
Orwellian phrase – this “right to work” law (Tex. Labor Code Ann. § 101.001) puts all the power with the employer. It’s really the right to get canned for any reason or no reason, and check that union label at the door, you pinko. Texas is one of the worst states in the country for […]
As part of his studies, UC#2 was reading The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of “Religion” by William Arnal and Russell T. McCutcheon “This hard-hitting collection overturns common ideas about religion. Arnal and McCutcheon argue that ‘religion’ has no independent existence but is rather the unstable creation of political and economic forces. These […]