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Adventures of the Elders Meaning of Life

Tactical Nuclear Family

It’s wonderful to have our tactical nuclear family together for a few days. UC#2 is visiting from Santa Barbara. We’ve got a busy schedule of fun activities. Our Tactical Nuclear Family Playing the Childhood Game “Potato Onion Turnip” I almost had UC#2 convinced that we really did play this game when he was little. Family […]

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Fantasy Dinner, Part I: Sally the Intern

[ed. note: This is part of our fantasy dinner series] The board tasked the WLBOTTers with the following challenge: Sally the Intern immediately knew what she wanted to try – Beef Bourguignon. Beef Bourguignon, a classic French stew, is known for its rich and flavorful taste. While it may seem a bit involved, it’s not […]

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Yurts / Sushi / Feynman’s Van / Kyrgyzstan (it all fits)

UC#3 [wrt Sapphire/WLBOTT World Tour] Combining the microbus, I offer the following limerick: The WLBOTT vagabonds traveled via microbus and slept in a yurtThey would set up their temporary dwelling and sleep on the dirtWhen ready to leave, they would pack up the yurt and moveA painted peace sign and flowers on the bus set […]

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The Sapphire / WLBOTT World Tour

UC#1 Hi, all, I agree, a yurt is an ideal solution. Perhaps we can incorporate it with a VW microbus, sort of a yurt-on-wheels. UC#3, Alas, I never made it to any Stans. In fact, I only made it to three former USSR countries, Russia, Czechoslovakia and Poland. UC#4 So… a combination yurt/WLBOTT/Mountain Sapphire Tour […]

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A WLBOTT Caper

[thanks to UC#3 for today’s rabbit hole] Fellow travelers [of both time and space] – I really like capers – both the nonpareils and the large caper berries that are the size of blueberries. I think including the Italian island of Salina to look into caper farming will flange up well with our journey from […]

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Romance in the Break Room

Oh, how many romances have been sparked by a chance encounter in the WLBOTT break rooms? In response to this outpouring of love, WLBOTT fans the flames of these smoldering romances by offering a wedding venue (refurbished break room) and providing officiants. The Break Rooms We asked our regional offices to send us pictures of […]

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Do We Even Have a CFO?

Random Acts WLBOTT has been internationally recognized. Each Elder has been awarded 100 Pearly Gate Bonus Points. AI Image Generation: Status and Challenges At WLBOTT, we applaud the Triumph of Talent Over Technology (TOTOT). A big part of that is AI image generation. HotPothttps://hotpot.ai/art-generatorCurrent favorite – lot’s of variety, good image quality. But, you only […]

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Stop! You’re Only Making It Wurst.

WLBOTT is proud to announce its line of Ground Beef and Sausage Jewelry. The Ground Beef Collection Elegant Sausage Necklaces Semi-Sequitur: When the Soviets Attempted to Introduce the Sausage Olympics Remember when our friends from the former Soviet Union tried to co-opt the Olympics with their introduction of the Sausage Pole Vault? The good old […]

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What’s On (part 2)?

Everything Everywhere All at Once Everything Everywhere All at Once is a wild ride of a movie. A fun wild ride! One of my favorite movies from 2022. [ed. note: completely under my radar – I didn’t even hear about it until a few months ago.] It has just about everything – Sci-Fi, Kung-Fu, love, […]

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WLBOTT Makes a Mistake

Like any modern corporation, when we make a mistake, we lie like hell. But sometimes, for internal matters, we must find innocent parties to blame. So recently we sent out an internal memo. It was meant for our Energy Research Division, but unfortunately we also copied our Fashion Division, our Ministry of Virtue and Vice, […]