We were honoured to host Mona Lisa at our central Texas headquarters recently. Mona Tries Mexican Food Mona had never had Tex-Mex before, but she is now a big fan. Livestock Show and Rodeo Mona was a featured performer at the Austin Livestock Show and Rodeo. Mona Meets Willie While at the rodeo, Mona had […]
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Humanizing Mary
sometimes i wonder if mary breastfed jesus if she cried out when he bit her or if she sobbed when he would not latch and sometimes i wonder if this is all too vulgar to ask in a church full of men without milk stains on their shirts or coconut oil on their breasts preaching […]
UC#3, the celebrated WLBOTT Poet Laureate, offers his reflections on his good will tour of Japan. In Kyoto- nice crisp weather, leaves in color, 17,000 well behaved Japanese students on field trips, our son [redacted] is tolerating us in a pleasant way. I am inspired to produce a haiku- Golden pagodaLeaves turning dark crimsonTime for […]
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NFG – Never Fear the Gorgonzola
Executive Summary: The Gorgonzola Connection When in his formative years, UC#2 and father UC#4 whet on a quest/journey/endeavour/pilgrimage for the world’s stinkiest cheese. Sort of a rank ranking. We had a list (possibly taken from a book about things parents will barely tolerate). We were at HEB on sunny Saturday morning, looking for the Gorgonzola. […]
There are thousands of movies that are based on plays – earning its own Wikipedia page. Shakespeare is the line leader here…. Shakespeare plays The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare’s plays as having been produced, which makes him the most filmed author ever in any language. […]
Big news at OpenAI – shakeup in the management team yesterday. But I think mainstream media is missing the real lead – what about the calamitous coiffure crisis at OpenAI? Calamitous Coiffures, Part I This showed up for the Google Image search of “Coiffure Crisis”. WLBOTT Wonders: Why is Macron wrapped in bacon? Calamitous Coiffures, […]
[Thanks to UC#1-SU for today’s topic!] That video was really fun! I loved how he started out by dumping out 1000s of grains of rice on the table. What was he thinking??? And using a felt-tipped pen probably was both an advantage (since he might be used to such writing implements) and a disadvantage, because […]
[Thanks to UC#1-SU for pointing us towards today’s topic!] Rice Writing is a thing…. Rice writing is the art and skill of being able to write small enough to write on a grain of rice. HistoryRice writing originated in ancient Anatolia in Turkey and India. Many rituals and rites use rice as a medium, but […]
WLBOTT proudly announces our first corporate art piece: Purple Pixel #5c0881 (electron beam on cathode ray tube) Purple Pixel #5c0881 is available in a variety of frames: Plein Air Art Purple Pixel #5c0881 can also be considered an example of Plein Air Art: Purple Pixel #5c0881 on Tour Purple Pixel #5c0881‘s recent European tour was […]
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Tiny Art
There’s beauty in the silver, singin’ riverThere’s beauty in the sunrise in the sky– Bob Dylan, Tomorrow is a Long Time Yesterday we looked at some Big Art (by volume, not weight). Today, let’s head to the other end of the spectrum. Willard Wigan’s 2015 Microscopic Artwork exhibit at the California African American Museum When […]