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Adventures of the Elders Animal Kingdom Meaning of Life

JimZim’s Breakfast and Related Katz Karma

Q: What Do Elder JimZim’s Katz Dream About? A: Global domination. The Katz’ Karmic Connection WLBOTT:Elder DZ was telling us a traditional Buddhist story. The story involves the death of Buddha, when all the animals, two by two, come to visit and shed their tears. Elder G:Yes – Elder DZ is touching on a very […]

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Agriculture Animal Kingdom Shameless Product Placement

Farm to Fork – WLBOTT Style

Farm-to-Fork Olive Oil Tasting Tour Okay, here’s a really questionable idea – an olive oil tasting tour, similar to a wine tasting tour. The tour visits 18 local family-owned olive oil producers. Each tourist tastes about a forth cup olive oil at each stop. What do you think? The Enabler, Elder G I think that’s […]

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Adventures of the Elders Animal Kingdom

Lives of the Elders: Our Pet Monkey Preference

Oh, did we ever open a big can of Monkey Chow! It started innocently enough…. Elder JA I believe Elder JA is implying that the monkey was flying. Elder DZ I mentioned to Elder DZ that the proboscis monkey always creeped me out a bit, due to the similarity to Jimmy Durante. Elder DZ’s response: […]

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Animal Kingdom Canada Nature Tess Twinehart Texas

The Shovel-Nose Sturgeon

Elder JA was contemplating the loneliness of the Canadian sturgeon, and was wondering if Texas had a sturgeon. Big Texas YES. In Texas, the shovel-nose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) is the only sturgeon species found, and it’s a threatened species in the state, primarily inhabiting the Red River below Lake Texoma reservoir. Species:The shovel-nose sturgeon is […]

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Animal Kingdom Clementine DuCinema Fine Arts Movies russia

WLBOTT Film Festival: Children’s Matinee

Due to popular demand, film critic Clementine DuCinema has added a Soviet-era children’s matinee to the upcoming WLBOTT film festival. Plow Now, Red Cow Plow Now, Red Cow is exactly the kind of film that leaves children teary-eyed, confused, and deeply committed to collectivist agriculture. Elder G 🎬 Children’s Matinee Feature Plow Now, Red Cow […]

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Animal Kingdom Book Club Food

Monkey Chow

So… I was looking for a new book to read and decided to search for one of my favorite authors, Neal Stephenson, on the Austin Public Library web site. Success! Interface, by Stephenson/George was available! I downloaded it onto my Kindle, then a weird thing happened. It didn’t show up. From past experience I knew […]

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Animal Kingdom Bolivia Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Heros

A Cold Snap => La Paz

A Cold Snap takes our WLBOTT World to La Paz, Bolivia Much of the WLBOTT empire is experiencing a brisk morning. The La Paz Connection Let’s say that the Elders wish to embrace their dull side. We asked Elder G where we could go to experience the least fluctuation in weather. Nuestra Señora de La […]

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Animal Kingdom Oh, Grow Up!

A Flatulent Goose on a Foggy Day

We offer, without apology or explanation, the gallery of the flatulent goose on a foggy day. A Google Spider’s Journey…. December 26th, 2024 3:37pm CST December 28th, 2024 1:58pm CST We have arrived, although at this point WLBOTT is not considered “great.” We accept this with humility. January 16th, 2025 2:36pm CST We continue to […]

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Animal Kingdom Book Club

WLBOTT, The Gaping Maw of Hell, and Home Repairs (part I of II)

All these years, I thought the phrase “the gaping maw of hell” was a line from Moby Dick. But no. Let’s break this down (from the full text archive at https://cdn.fulltextarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-advanced-pdf/1/Moby-Dick-or-The-Whalex8185.pdf). Gaping Maw Hell Twenty-six occurrences? Oh, hell no. Too much work. Too much hell. Let’s just pick one. Let’s return to the sermon…. Elder […]

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Animal Kingdom Erudition Germany

Goaßgschau

Goaßgschau Did you know that when your eyes randomly go out of focus and then you are too lazy to focus them back in and just stare at nothing for a while In Bavarian (Germany) that’s called: “goaßgschau” which translates to “stare of a goat “ I love that there’s a word for this Love,The […]