Circumnavigation series Port Hedland → Perth (PER): ~820 miles Our final stop on the Cessna Semi-circumnavigation is Perth, in southwestern Australia. What a welcome Elder G and I received! Perth Welcomes Us The city was more than welcoming. Perth – The Nuts and Bolts Who is Elizabeth Quay? Turns out she’s not a person, but […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Denpasar → Port Hedland (PHE): ~1,200 miles We’ve reached Australia! As our Cessna Citation crossed the Indian Ocean, we excitedly anticipated our arrival in Port Hedland. Port Hedland What a fascinating town! Hot, salty, busy, iron-rich red dirt. Barges loaded with iron ore and salt. Salt Salt […]
Today is a big day at WLBOTT HQ. Today we have the second Gathering of the Elders. It is also Friday the 13th. It was an enthusiastic group! A First During the gathering, we had what may have been the world’s first Zoom arm wrestling championship. Since the results are undergoing official review, we will […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Batam → Bali / Denpasar (DPS): ~1,000 miles We’ve crossed the Equator! Our next stop, and the last refueling before entering Australia, is Denpasar (DPS), the Capital of Bali. Elder G and I were quite surprised to see a line demarcating the northern and southern hemispheres, just […]
When life hands you fascism, you look for opportunities for fantastic-ism. We’ve all heard that jeff bezos recently laid off 300 journalists from the Washington post. He literally stranded his own journalists in a war zone in Ukraine. There are many disturbing ramifications of this move, especially related to freedom of the press and appeasement […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Bangkok → Batam (BTH): ~880 miles The next refueling stop for Elder G and myself was the Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam, Indonesia. One of Elder G‘s practical joker colleagues got a little confused about the concept of personal space…. Batam One of the amazing things […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Kolkata → Bangkok (DMK):: ~1,020 miles Today Elder G and I flew into Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. We’re refueling our Cessna Citation as we continue our journey from Edmonton to Perth. A congested airspace (according to AI)… Some confusion among the mechanics doing the […]
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 […]
The WLBOTT HR manager, Bev, was planning a birthday party for her niece Bevette, and learned that WLBOTT had an internal-use-only petting zoo. Bev does do her due diligence. She checked out the brochure: She was impressed that the zoo animals had their own Linked-In page… … as well as individual profiles: But on the […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Jaipur → Kolkata (CCU): ~950 miles Elder G and I flew into Kolkata on our next refueling stop, as we journey from Edmonton to Perth. During our final approach, we see the bustling city and the Hooghly River curling beneath us. The arrival gate is a busy […]