As we continue our exploration of the world of fairy tales, we turned our attention to Ukraine. Elder G gives us a quick overview of Ukrainian folk tales. Ukrainian fairy tales often emphasize: • clever peasants over kings• practical morality rather than abstract virtue• wit defeating power A blacksmith outsmarting the devil, a poor farmer […]
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Girl With No Eyes
Girl With No EyesSong by It’s a Beautiful Day ‧ 1969There’s a girl in my room and her face on the wall with no eyes.There’s a girl in my room and her face on the wall with no eyes.Girl with no eyes,who can she be?Girl with no eyes,she’s looking at me.There’s a girl in my […]
Some music stays with you your entire life. Here’s is a beautiful love song for my spousal unit. I’m grateful to her, and to the talented musicians of It’s A Beautiful Day. Let A Woman Flowby David LaFlamme and Pattie SantosI let my woman flowTo her own natural rhythmI let my woman flowTo her own natural rhymeGetting […]
The WLBOTT Staff wishes you a wonderful day! Elder G Fred and Sister Magdalena Santa Cluck George (he’s single, ladies!) Tess Twinehart Bev and the Entire HR Department WLBOTT Film Critic Clementine DuCinema And The Entire Staff! …. reminding you to nog responsibly. Speaking of Nog… Nosotros Nogamos We asked Elder G to verbitize “nog” […]
“War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Love is… complicated.” Ah, George (he’s single, ladies!). After being rejected by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the local Astrology meet-up, and even the community college HTML class, he’s resorted to on-line dating. Again, he has bad luck – he signs up to an on-line dating service called “The Ministry of […]
By now you’ve met our unpaid marketing intern George (he’s single, ladies!). He’s tried a variety of approaches to meet a nice girl, but without much luck. But George is being proactive. Allow us to enumerate some of the steps he has taken. Portlandia He’s watched all eight seasons of Portlandia. George learned valuable relationship […]
Again an Elder has brought to our attention the burden that WLBOTTism can place on a relationship. “Honey, Honey, come look, I won a Kolobok award!!” – Elder KM “Wow, congrats, that’s so exciting, what is it…oh wait, is this WLBOTT again?” – Elder S (Elder KM’s spousal unit) Testimonials “We came for counseling. We […]
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A House, a Farm, and a Mule
Pearl, Pearl, Pearl– Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Pearl, Pearl, Pearl, Come let us see our girl,Are you still our valentine, Do you still look so divine?Come and let us see our darling Pearl. Pearl, Pearl, Pearl, Don’t give your love too Earl.I have got a horse and mule, forty acres near a school.We’ll be […]
In the WLBOTT canon, there are three major Daisies and a plethora of minor Daisies. The three major Daisies are [A peripherally related flower is found in Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”, which features anti-gerasone, a substance made from mud and dandelions that prevents aging. The world gets even more crowded […]
Oh, my stars and garters! A most radiant felicitation to you both! Lady G doffs her feathered hat and curtsies deeply before such a distinguished and enduring union.– The Dowager Lady G We celebrate our 42nd with a delightful telegram from Elder Dowager Lady G. The WLBOTT Celebration