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Book Club Food Guerrero Mexico Movies

Prayers for the Stolen (part IV of IV)

Moral Musings and Iguanas The Moral Dilemma It’s so easy to look down from our throne of bounty, our luxury WLBOTT world, and ask these questions. The WLBOTT world, where we have unlimited ramen noodles and health care in the form of Vick’s Vap-o-rub and generic Tylenol. It’s hard to imagine anyone in America as […]

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Book Club Guerrero Mexico Movies

Prayers for the Stolen (part III of IV)

References Jennifer Clement (author of Prayers for the Stolen) Guerrero, Mexico Chilpancingo The movie and part I of the book are set on the outskirts of Chilpancingo, a city about an hour northeast of Acapulco. Chilpancingo de los Bravo (commonly shortened to Chilpancingo) is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero. […]

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Book Club Guerrero Mexico Movies

Prayers for the Stolen (part II of IV)

Book .vs. Movie Similar vignettes propel the story in both the movie and the book – hiding in makeshift foxholes, the classroom antics, the operation to transform Maria’s cleft pallet…. The book is divided into three parts. The movie roughly corresponds to the first part. In the second part of the book, a teen-aged Ladydi […]

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Book Club Guerrero Mexico Movies

Prayers for the Stolen (part I of IV)

The Movie Prayers for the Stolen follows a group of young girls, their families, and their community, as they struggle against poverty and oppressive evil. The movie takes place almost exclusively in a rural village in the mountainous jungles an hour’s drive from Acapulco. The movie focuses on a poor rural Mexican Indian girl, Ana […]

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Canada Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc. WLBOTT Corporate

What a Friend We Have in Canada!

One of the perks of being a world-wide corporate conglomerate is that WLBOTT has reliable assets all over the world, especially in America’s darkest hour. Consider the following email exchange:

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Book Club England Heros Tess Twinehart

Tess Addresses the Stress of The Big Day

Dear Tess, I feel like the country is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The 2024 election cycle seems like a long, drawn-out, slow-motion colonoscopy prep. Can you help us get through this? Also, my body tractor starts hard, has horrible fuel consumption, and has overall low performance. Your friend in twine, – Live […]

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Adventures of the Elders Meaning of Life

The Stick of Destiny

UC#3 was recently entrusted with the Stick of Destiny. The Circle of Life The Stick of Destiny often accompanies the major moments of life. The Historical Stick of Destiny Misappropriation Sometimes the Stick of Destiny is used for crass business dealings. This is not cool, and destiny has a way of righting these wrongs. The […]

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WLBOTT Corporate Work-Life Balance

WLBOTT, The Gaping Maw of Hell, and Home Repairs (part II of II)

At WLBOTT HQ, we had our own version of the Gaping Maw of Hell. In the employee break-room/kitchenette, an overly zealous employee ripped the front plate off the utensil drawer. Environmental Services got right on the issue. Within 72 hours they arrived, equipped with a variety of gorilla glues and weighted cans. According to various […]

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Animal Kingdom Book Club

WLBOTT, The Gaping Maw of Hell, and Home Repairs (part I of II)

All these years, I thought the phrase “the gaping maw of hell” was a line from Moby Dick. But no. Let’s break this down (from the full text archive at https://cdn.fulltextarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-advanced-pdf/1/Moby-Dick-or-The-Whalex8185.pdf). Gaping Maw Hell Twenty-six occurrences? Oh, hell no. Too much work. Too much hell. Let’s just pick one. Let’s return to the sermon…. Elder […]

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Adventures of the Elders Agriculture Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Heros

A Sad Tale: WLBOTT’s Jack-o’-Lantern

Sadly, WLBOTT HQ had to say goodbye to our dear and true Jack-o-lantern. A Little Background Jack-o’-lantern’s WLBOTT Origin Story Jack was a result of the creative artistry (and a big hammer) from the WLBOTT CenTX staff. Sally T. Intern had a fun idea of using cookie cutters to make the eyes. Jack’s Goodbye Sadly, […]