Gleaning is a fascinating topic. It intersects poverty and plenty, generosity and greed, the struggles of the most poor pitted against the wealthy and powerful. In its most basic sense, gleaning is the act of collecting leftover agricultural products after the farmer has completed the harvest. There is always some corn or beans or wheat […]
Long before dinosaurs, before forests, even before WLBOTT instituted its Work/Life Balance program, there was The Meteorite. This is before Estonia was even in the northern hemisphere! By the way, during the neolithic era, Estonia was known simply as “Stonia”. It wasn’t until the tech boom of the late ’90s that the country became known […]
One of the first questions asked by the WLBOTT Elders is: Will There Be a Buffet? To satisfy this buffet desire, and in honor of our series on ancient Estonia, we created Ordovician Day at the WLBOTT Ladle & Lube. These are delicacies that would have been available at the time of the Kärdla Meteor […]
WLBOTT:Let’s start today by describing a truly random real life event. This morning I sent an email to a WLBOTT Elder describing a nice spaghetti dinner we recently had. For the first time in my life, I spelled “spaghetti” right on the first try. Since there are only so many combinations of letters in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Aberdeen → Friedrichshafen (FDH): ~820 milesCumulative Miles/Kilometers: 4,480 / 7,210 Elder G and I left Scotland and flew to our next refueling stop – Friedrichshafen, Germany. Friedrichshafen, Germany Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen Oh, it makes me Wonder Did Led Zeppelin ever visit the Zeppelin museum? Friedrichshafen Airport […]
I am the eggplant,they are the eggplant,we are the aubergine,See how it glistens in vegetable dreams,Purple as midnight tea,goo goo g’joob.Elementary chicken singing Constrictive BoxersSlice of the eggplant / grill of the eggplant / over easy deep fat fryer,Watch as it sighs on a cast-iron pan,Smells like philosophy,goo goo g’joob.Sitting in a WLBOTT garden, waiting […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series After politely refusing a breakfast of sheep’s head (fur singed off) in Reykjavik, Elder G and I continued our 16,000 mile journey. Our next stop is Aberdeen, Scotland. Reykjavík → Aberdeen (ABZ): ~840 milesCumulative Miles/Kilometers: 3,660 / 5,890 Aberdeen Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) You Say Aberdeen, […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Reykjavík (KEF) Kangerlussuaq → Reykjavík (KEF): ~740 milesCumulative Miles/Kilometers: 2,820 / 4,538 As Elder G and I continue our 16,000 mile journey from Edmonton, Canada to Perth, Australia, we leave North America and fly into Reykjavik. What Cuisine Should We Expect at Café KEF? …. with little […]