[Thanks to UC#1-SU for pointing us towards today’s topic!] Rice Writing is a thing…. Rice writing is the art and skill of being able to write small enough to write on a grain of rice. HistoryRice writing originated in ancient Anatolia in Turkey and India. Many rituals and rites use rice as a medium, but […]
Category: Curated Absurdity
WLBOTT proudly announces our first corporate art piece: Purple Pixel #5c0881 (electron beam on cathode ray tube) Purple Pixel #5c0881 is available in a variety of frames: Plein Air Art Purple Pixel #5c0881 can also be considered an example of Plein Air Art: Purple Pixel #5c0881 on Tour Purple Pixel #5c0881‘s recent European tour was […]
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Tiny Art
There’s beauty in the silver, singin’ riverThere’s beauty in the sunrise in the sky– Bob Dylan, Tomorrow is a Long Time Yesterday we looked at some Big Art (by volume, not weight). Today, let’s head to the other end of the spectrum. Willard Wigan’s 2015 Microscopic Artwork exhibit at the California African American Museum When […]
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Wind Chimes
[Thanks to UC#1-SU for today’s topic!] World’s Largest Wind Chime The world’s largest windchime was made by Jim Bolin and is located at 109 East Main Street, Casey, Illinois. The windchime was entered into the Guinness World Records as the Largest Windchime on June 22, 2012. The windchime measures 12.80 m (42 ft) long and […]
No discussion of Götterdämmerung would be complete without checking in with the B&B: Bugs and Broom. Bugs As Brünnhilde Come on, Gov. Abbott – we know you laughed at this as a kid. Live High School Performance based on What’s Opera, Doc? The Making of…. Broom-Hilda So many connections! Götterdämmerung=> Brunhilda => Bugs Bunny => […]
The book Ministry of the Future is still rattling around in our collective WLBOTT heads. How can people not see the undeniable? Author Kim Stanley had to place himself in a very dark place to understand the “burn it all down” attitude. He understands Our Republican Friends’ response to climate change: “The Götterdämmerung Syndrome, as […]
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Childish Albedo
We really did have the best intentions. We recently finished the Sci Fi novel The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, and the concept of albedo plays an important part of the plot. (Albedo is the fraction of sunlight that is reflected, rather than absorbed.) Everything was going fine, and we had even […]
Courchevel Altiport (French: Altiport de Courchevel) (IATA: CVF, ICAO: LFLJ) is an altiport serving Courchevel, a ski resort in the French Alps. The airfield has a very short runway of only 537 metres (1,762 ft) with a gradient of 18.6%. There is no go-around procedure for landings at Courchevel due to the surrounding mountainous terrain. […]
[dedicated with love to co-conspirators H. and Va.]All the signs point to a bad day looming ahead…. A normal day at WLBOTT HQ has it’s ups and downs, but they are mostly routine and mundane. What ChatGPT, our our pro-bongo legal consultant, considers “you’re in a lotta trouble” is just another day in paradise for […]
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Thanksgiving Prep
This culinary technique has brought me much joy over the years. The technique also works with cans of refried beans. @ehow Have you ever tried this? #cranberrysauce #cranberrysauceinacan #kitchenhacksthatwork #thanksgivinghacks #thanksgivingfood ♬ Luxury fashion (no vocals) – TimTaj A step-by-step guide: