So, a cool front blew through Austin yesterday. Not a blue northern. When a “cool” front blows thru Austin in August, it means: Weather Underground, Austin, Thursday, Aug 18th, 2023, 3:00pm. Note how the 0 mph (0 kph for our Canadian friends) wind is from the north. It’s pretty amazing how much water the air […]
Category: Music
I have just recently learned of the songwriters and performers Lou & Peter Berryman. Wow! Could they be part of our karass? They have a song called “Twine Boy“. Busy, busy, busy. When Did We Have Sauerkraut? – Peter Berryman , Lou Berryman Come on in and have a chairToday’s the day I clean the […]
We are honored (honoured) to award our first Twiny to Roy Zimmerman, who helped us all get thru the dark days of the pandemic with a smile, hope, and a bit of schadenfreude.
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Not Haiku
A Chat With Your Mother by Lou and Peter Berryman Oh, the pirates in their fetid galleons, daggers in their skivvies,With infected tattooed fingers on a blunderbuss or two;Signs of scurvy in their eyes, only mermaids on their minds;It’s from them I would expect to hear the F-word, not from you. Chorus (repeated after each […]
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Moving to Newfoundland
Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s BLOTT. You are more than welcome to emigrate to Canada. Here’s a simple guide for you: https://www.canadim.com/immigrate/move-to-canada/move-from-united-states/ [1] Now, a few points of clarification: One other thing to consider: as a US citizen, you are required to pay US taxes, no matter how hard you try to disappear […]
¡Feliz cumpleaños! Today we celebrate the anniversary of Unindicted Co-conspirator #3’s birth. Public Service Announcement We can’t emphasize this enough, people. Do not confuse these two: Yesterday’s News in 1 Screen Shot Behind the Curtain: WLBOTT IT Song of the Day WLBOTT Team Building: NYC WLBOTT team building in NYC included a trip to The […]
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Not Haiku
Big, big day in the WLBOTT-verse. But so we don’t peak too early, let’s reflect on some more not-haiku. (These Eggs Were) Born to Run– Rob Carlson“There’s no actual crime any more, the police will have time on their hands.” Across the Jersey lineThere’s a little dinnerRun by a couple a Greeks And though it’s […]
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Proud Mary
1969 was an amazing year. Humans walked on the moon. The first ATM was installed in America, development of UNIX commenced, Nixon was inaugurated, the Concord made its first test flight, and…. Creedence Clearwater Revival released Proud Mary. Proud Mary / Beethoven Connection Interesting Covers Pretty cool jazz/accordion cover by Australian accordionist and singer Bernadette […]
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Spotlight on Flutes
Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #3 for today’s topic. Metropolitan Flute Festival Orchestra My Spousal Unit played in the Metropolitan Flute Festival Orchestra concert this weekend in Groton MA. [Spousal Unit] played alto flute in the 65 piece flute orchestra. In addition to the wonderful music, it was amazing to hear the entire flute family being […]