As part of our Re-Reading series: A survey for the elders – which books have you ‘reread’ the most? I’m not asking for favorite books or most compelling, but which books have continued to read again? UC#3 UC#3: Col. Red Reeder / West Point Plebe UC#3: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran One of my all-time […]
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UC#3 sparked our interest recently with this suggestion: A survey for the elders – which books have you ‘reread’ the most? I’m not asking for favorite books or most compelling, but which books have continued to read again? UC#3 KM and UC#2 Both KM and UC#2 are huge Harry Potter fans. UC#2 uses the first […]
BLOTTarians – I’m having dinner at a Texas bbq joint with a guy from Kazakhstan and another from China. Just talked with someone who went to Cuba and is heading to Turkey. And we just went to Japan and our son to NZ. Life today is tied to using internet , relatively cheap travel, AI, […]
Idioms are a colorful way of getting a point across. Often they reflect the culture, geography, folk lore, values, and sense of humor of the people who speak the language. A little background…. An idiom is a phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. Some phrases which become […]
A bit meandering, but today’s BLOTT leads us to the genus of Rodney Dangerfield. In the fifth grade, my family lived on a US air force base in southern Turkey. I went to school in a one-room Quonset hut. At the time, all I wanted to be in life was an astronaut, cowboy, or a […]
UC#4 has expressed an interest in building a backyard suburban pyramid. He is unable or unwilling to articulate why he wants to do this. Pyramids – The Basics A pyramid (from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís) ‘pyramid’) is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular and converge to a point at the top, making the shape […]
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Penguins, Tangentially
We started with the best of intentions. Today was going to be Penguin Day at WLBOTT, but were soon thwarted in our efforts. Busted: WLBOTT Pleads Innocent of All Charges Let’s Dig Into This I Am The WalrusWritten by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartneyI am he as you are he as you are meAnd […]
But First – Resident Alien Resident Alien is a Sci-Fi channel comedy/drama that is currently being streamed on Netflix. WLBOTT Ministry of Virtue and Vice: Wordy Dirds and an 8th grade sense of raunchy humor. Excellent! Lots to say about this show: good CGI, quirky characters, bad good guys, good bad guys, murder mysteries, humility […]
As official sponsors of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, WLBOTT needs to reschedule. Two reasons: Deposits In Jeopardy: Rent-A-Druid The Wandering Druid WLBOTT Wonders: WLBOTT Wonders: WLBOTT Wonders: Modern Druidry Druidry, sometimes termed Druidism, is a modern spiritual or religious movement that promotes the cultivation of honorable relationships with the physical landscapes, flora, fauna, and […]
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Happy Easter!
Why must people be so hardened in their beliefs? Why are people afraid of saying, “I don’t know.” Or better yet, “I don’t know, but my experiences suggest….” or “I don’t know, but if we take look at things this way, the world will be a better place.” To me, a dogmatic atheist is as […]