The Internet was ablaze yesterday evening as the WLBOTT Elders engaged in a heated discussion over mayonnaise. The kerfuffle began when Elder JJZ unilaterally declared the Mayonnaise of Choice. Elder JA pointed out that Canadian mayo is made with Canadian eggs and Canadian canola oil. Elder JJZ countered that he invented the mayo-pickle-white bread sandwich […]
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In the previous BLOTT, we reviewed Elder X’s claim that WLBOTT had a wanton disregard for reality. It should be noted that Elder X is from Canada. Because of the language barrier that exists between Canada and the United States, we’re not sure of Elder X meant wanton or wonton. First, we had to educate […]
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Pho the Love of God
Pho, the delicious Vietnamese soup, is always on the menu at the WLBOTT Test Kitchen and Cafetorium: The Ladle & Lube. Pho-rcaster: Fortunes and Pho In our tireless search to increase shareholder value, we will be opening a pho restaurant that includes certified, twine-based fortune telling. We are calling it Pho-rcaster. For a small fee, […]
WLBOTT is eternally vigilant, searching for opportunities to increase shareholder value. We recently learned that Scrabble is a popular game in Ukraine (it is called “Erudite”). The tiles represent the Cyrillic alphabet. Before we dive into our business plan, let’s get up-to-speed with Scrabble. Scrabble Scrabble was invented by Alfred Butts, of the Upstate New […]
Steps in Evolution Cheese Makes Art Cheese Experiences a Spiritual Awakening Free Will and the Problem of Evil Cheese’s newfound self awareness inevitably leads to the presence of BAD CHEESE. The Guardians Fight Back Where there is moldy cheese, the Guardians protect the innocent cheese. Acceptance and Respect / The Mouse Alliance The Fully Self-Actualized […]
Movie Tie-Ins As cheese becomes sentient, a whole new audience is available for movie enjoyment. Lactose Intolerant: Judgment Dairy The Dairyminator: The Whey of Destruction T-99 Movie Posters For Jane Austen Fans! Pride and Provolone “The genteel world of regency romance… now with extra dairy.” Brie and Prejudice “When love and lactose mix, society will […]
I think visitors of WLBOTT agree that time is a limited and precious resource. Let’s spend some of our precious time thinking about cheese evolving into sentient beings. Should we be concerned? Elder G agrees: Good morning, UC#4. I appreciate your awareness of time’s precious nature, and I wholeheartedly agree that we should use it […]
Jason Pargin is becoming our go-to guy for a voice of reason on Facebook. Hard truths and reality checks. Mostly apolitical, but an astute observer of culture. I recently came across one of his videos that inserts some reality into content creation. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1D2ptjh638 You can check out his videos here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/jasondavidwongpargin For some reason, this […]
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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 […]
There’s a pretty cool story about the Korean tidal energy project at Sihwa Lake. Here’s the net: Success! The International Hydropower Association has an interesting overview of the project: The 552.7 GWh of [annual] electricity generated from Sihwa tidal power plant is equivalent to 862,000 barrels of oil, or 315,000 tons of CO2 – the […]