Most of the WLBOTT Elders’ CPU cycles are spent on upcoming naps, donuts, background defragmentation and existential dread. But lately we’ve been thinking about fairy tales. We’re attracted to their dream-like structure, the odd rewards and punishments, and the departure from the modern 3-act narrative. Also, they give an insight into what people valued. What […]
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WLBOTT Notes
We’re all familiar with Cliff Notes and Spark Notes, but those references still involves reading. And who has the time? We’re all busy people, so let’s let Elder G help us out. Moby-Dick: Man .v. Whale Lord of the Flies, Elder G–style, five words or fewer: Gone with the WindWLBOTT Notes edition: If we wanted […]
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Pippi Day at HQ
Staff Photos Sally and the other unpaid interns seemed to really enjoy the mandatory Pippi Fun Day. Some of the more senior workers didn’t quite get it. A bit of a Goth rebellion among some of the junior/senior members. Bev from HR ensures fun compliance. Elder G invited some of his cyber-buddies over for Pippi […]
The study of all things Pippi Longstocking Today WLBOTT’s celebrating the 80th anniversary of the publication of Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking. Elder G joins the fun! About Pippi Pippi Longstocking is the fictional main character in a series of children’s books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren’s daughter Karin, who asked […]
WLBOTT Dives Into Shakespeare Let us begin our dive into Shakespeare with one of my favorite BlueSky posters, Humor For Resistance. But all seriousness aside, we recently read the Tomorrow and Tomorrow soliloquy from Macbeth, and were very touched. So…. a little background to Macbeth’s speech…. We’ve got an ambitious guy with a high maintenance, […]
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 […]
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A We Bit of Confusion
Elder DZ was excitedly describing a book he had liberated from the UCSB book swap, called We. This book swap is a regular feature amongst institutions of academic freedom. They are sometimes referred to as: When in serious pursuit of free knowledge, Elder DZ often brings his Druid entourage, his retinue, his emotional support chickens, […]
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An Old Joke
I remember reading this joke in a Scholastic Book Service joke book as a kid, and not really getting it. I get it now. Mom: Did you tell your father that you dented his car?Son: Yes.Mom: What did he say?Son: Do you want me to leave out the swearing?Mom: Of course!Son: Oh, he didn’t say […]
Movie Tie-Ins As cheese becomes sentient, a whole new audience is available for movie enjoyment. Lactose Intolerant: Judgment Dairy The Dairyminator: The Whey of Destruction T-99 Movie Posters For Jane Austen Fans! Pride and Provolone “The genteel world of regency romance… now with extra dairy.” Brie and Prejudice “When love and lactose mix, society will […]
Jason Pargin is becoming our go-to guy for a voice of reason on Facebook. Hard truths and reality checks. Mostly apolitical, but an astute observer of culture. I recently came across one of his videos that inserts some reality into content creation. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1D2ptjh638 You can check out his videos here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/jasondavidwongpargin For some reason, this […]