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Adventures of the Elders Agriculture Food Iceland

The Gleaning and the Okra

“You say Tomato, I say Tomato” – Elder JimZim Two items of interest to our WLBOTT agricultural committee occurred recently. First… Elder JimZim and Grønk I had a good time gleaning. There were eight volunteers, 250 lbs in 1.5 hours. Many varieties of small tomatoes- different colors, etc. The farmer worked along side us. It […]

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Grønk

[ed. note: Big thanks to Elder JimZim for introducing us to Grønk. Elder JimZim (on the advice of his attorneys) is interested in establishing plausible deniability, but his fingerprints are all over Grønk (figuratively). WLBOTT stands on the shoulders of giants, and Elder JimZim has asked up, politely but firmly, to not wear spiked heels […]

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WLBOTT On the Silver Screen

WLBOTT Visits Ouarzazate Our youngest Elder, Elder DZ, is in a predicament. His student housing lease ends on the 15th of August, and the next lease, in a different apartment, doesn’t begin until September 1st. So he has to lug out all his stuff and find a place to stay for two weeks. But he’s […]

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Adventures of the Elders ENGin Spain

Secrets of Madrid: Part 2

Every great city keeps its bones in the basement.Madrid keeps some of them in a horse.– Elder KM [ed. note: Big thanks to Elder KM for today’s BLOTT! As Elder G says: “This is vintage Elder KM. It starts with a curious observation, wanders into history, and then quietly opens a trapdoor beneath the reader.”] […]

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Birthday, WLBOTT Style

One of our Esteemed Viejo Elder celebrated his birthday yesterday. After harvesting and consuming a whole grain, free range, open source, cage free breakfast of groats, okra and crickets, Elder JZ attended to his annual dental hygiene. The Cake Next on the agenda was picking up the birthday cakes and pies from Upper Crust Bakery. […]

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Adventures of the Elders ENGin Spain

Secrets of Madrid: Part 1

Elder KM’s First-Person Field Guide to theMacabre, the Impossible, and the Ornithologically Tragic We travel not to escape life, but so that life does not escape us. Also, for the jamon. – Elder Claude [ed. note: Big thanks to Elder KM for today’s BLOTT!] I love Ukraine with all my heart; but there’s a close […]

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Elder JimZim: B-Day Sando

The Gateway to Culinary Self-Sufficiency Elder JimZim is celebrating his birthday. To make this day blott-o-licious, we offered Elder JimZim the vast resources of WLBOTT. He is at the helm of the creative flotilla. His request? My mind went to my gratitude for my favorite bite – an open face pickles and mayonnaise sandwich (I […]

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𝔓52

Yesterday, Elder DZ and I saw the World’s Rarest and Most Valuable Papyrus Fragment (WRMVPF). Also known as P52 (or 𝔓52), this papyrus fragment was on display at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center. Prior to our adventure, we had a cordial breakfast of “eggs in purgatory”, tortillas, tomatoes, and avocado. Elder DZ drove […]

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Sports Tech: Wimbledon and Ping Pong

Yesterday, I plopped down on the official WLBOTT couch. On the TV was the Wimbledon Men’s Final. Recovering from the exhausting demands of my WLBOTT managerial duties, I had neither the will nor the energy to reach for the remote. But this led me to think: what sports would not be possible without modern material […]

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Adventures of the Elders Curated Absurdity Massachusetts

Elder JimZim’s Challenge

WLBOTT Corporate HQ received the following email from Elder JimZim this afternoon: Challenge Accepted! We called an “All Hands On Deck[1]” to the WLBOTT staff of graphic artists. We fed them Elder JimZim’s verbatim email. [1] Mandatory unpaid overtime Some good results, but lacked a certain WLBOTT flair. Perch to the Rescue We’ve mentioned that […]