It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Andrea Fay Friedman. Andrea was 53. Andrea was an actress and disabilities activist. By all accounts, she was a generous and vivacious woman, with a love of life and great sense of humor. Some things are hard for us, some things take longer […]
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From Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrows) by John Prine For a heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter You’ll become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there Wrapped up in a trap of your very own Chain of sorrow My heart’s in the ice house, come hill or come valley Like […]
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Missing John Prine
I miss John Prine. John Prine could combine the innocence and humor of a twelve year old boy with the empathy and sage wisdom gathered over a lifetime of experience. April 7, 2020 For me, John Prine was the heart of Nashville, the reason I came to this city, my teacher, my songwriting hero, my […]
Set entirely on a Thanksgiving day at a family gathering in a Houston suburb, the 2015 drama?/comedy?/horror?/disaster? film Krisha is one of the most thought-provoking movies I’ve ever seen. The opening scene of Krisha is a single shot that lasts six minutes. The viewer quickly sees that there is a rattling backstory. “Krisha” is an […]
An extremely strange and disturbing 2015 event at the Tomball hospital raises questions about the ethics, morality, and legal issues. [ed-note: Tomball is part of the Houston metropolitan area, northeast of Houston proper. It has its own HEB.] HOUSTON – Eleven months ago George Pickering II was in a very different place in his life. […]
[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 […]
(or, So Long and Thanks for the Titanium) So…. Ukraine did the Tulsa Turn-Around on the Mother of Ukraine statue. This year they decided to keep the titanium, lose the hammer & sickle, and added the Tryzub. From the Kyiv Post From the Kyiv Post, August 6th, 2023: “Near-moribund Leonid Brezhnev” – is there a […]
So this morning I was looking for cover versions of Lady Gaga’s Poker Face (part of the WLBOTT creative process… let’s not get into it too much), and one of the top Spotify suggestions was by Wing (Wing Han Tsang / 曾咏韓 / Zēng Yǒnghán). Through many twists and turns, I learned that that Wing […]
Today’s addition of The Guardian interviews Heather Cox Richardson. HCR is held in the highest regard by WLBOTT, and has been given the honorary title WYNHO. [ed. note: nobody here remembers what WYNHO stands for, but we all agree it is a very good thing. UC#1 is researching.][ed. note: Ace researcher and archivist UC#1 replied […]
The Buddy Walk / Caminata De Amigos is an annual event held by the Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas. The 24th Annual Buddy Walk was held on October 1st at Reunion Ranch (about 25 miles northwest of Austin). The Buddy Walk is, in a word, a blast! Lots going on, great weather, a chance […]