Yesterday’s visit to the Atlantic Sea Cucumber, Ltd. motivated us to take a look at the surrounding neighborhood. Hacketts Cove, Nova Scotia, is absolutely stunning. Hacketts Cove and Peggy’s Cove are just down the road from Halifax. Some photos from real estate sites…. William E deGarthe Memorial Monument William E. deGarthe carved this “lasting monument […]
Category: Scholarship/Erudition
I’m re-re-re-reading Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut. The first thing to surprise me was that it was published in 1963. It seems like the kind of book that was published the day before you read it, or re-read it, or re-re-read it. What is a Cat’s Cradle? According to Meriam-Webster…. Semi-sequitur: one cannot think of […]
Today’s word is….. So there is no ambiguity…. What does Wikipedia have to say about today’s word? What does Dr. Grande have to say about schadenfreude?“Immature….” “Distorted view of seeking balance and justice in the world” but “not closely associated with a mental disorder”. I’m thinking, “in moderation, given the right circumstances, it’s probably okay.” […]
In yesterday’s post about climate change, I didn’t have space/time/continuum to post my favorite cartoon related to climate change: Turns out, as it was meant to turn out, that this is a pretty famous New Yorker cartoon by Tom Toro. Pretty cool (and inspiring) interview on NPR on how Tom Toro got his first cartoon […]
WLBOTT R&D has been looking into the current state of climate change science and mitigation recently. Some take-aways: All tables and charts are linked to the host source. I tried to use mainstream sources for data. How We Got Here Basically, it boils down to how many people we’ve had, have, and will have on […]
Had an interesting chat with my pal chatGPT this morning…. Turns out, as it was meant to turn out, that the full article can be found on the wright-brothers.org page. Mr. Root, it is our honor/honour to present you with the Medal of the Royal Order of WLBOTTness. Medina and A.I. Root Today A.I. Root […]
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2-Letter Words
At WLBOTT, we have a special place in our hearts for four-letter words. But in an effort to expand our horizons, today we investigate English 2-letter words. Searchable list: Ew joins another 106 two-letter words, which are aa, ab, ad, ae, ag, ah, ai, al, am, an, ar, as, at, aw, ax, ay, ba, be, bi, […]