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Domestic Tranquility Lasting Love Those Crazy Kids! Work-Life Balance

The Ministry of Love™ (part 2)

“War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Love is… complicated.” Ah, George (he’s single, ladies!). After being rejected by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the local Astrology meet-up, and even the community college HTML class, he’s resorted to on-line dating. Again, he has bad luck – he signs up to an on-line dating service called “The Ministry of […]

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Adventures of the Elders Domestic Tranquility Those Crazy Kids! Work-Life Balance

Happy Thanksgiving!

Let’s explore the Thanksgiving celebration at WLBOTT HQ. Elder Karyna Elder Karyna sent us a lovely Thanksgiving greeting. Elder KM Our very busy Elder KM splits her time between her ENGin duties and WLBOTT responsibilities. She sent us a lovely Ukrainian Christmas decoration, shown her with Sally the Intern. The Unpaid Interns We are so […]

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Agriculture Egypt Oh, Grow Up! Those Crazy Kids!

The New Crescent: Olives (part 2)

New Crescent series                                  Next in the series Let’s get back to our Olive Orchard for The New Crescent. Time to take a practical look at the olive orchard project. Assumptions Orchard size 100 acres orchard size Trees per acre 300 high-density but not super-high Establishment (cost per acre) $5,000 initial planting, irrigation, […]

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Association of Retired Belly Dancers

WLBOTT is proud to sponsor the Association of Retired Belly Dancers (ARBD) Gala. The Gala will be held next February in Edmonton, Alberta. The 47th Annual Shimmy Summit, proudly presented by WLBOTT:“Peace Through Twine, Joy Through Hip Scarves.” Highlights might include: Gathering at the Venue The enthusiasm and anticipation was palpable. Next time we’ll hire […]

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Curated Absurdity Late Stage Capitalism Poetry Those Crazy Kids!

Elle Cordova: A Poet Laureate for the New Millennium?

Today we are enjoying a poem by Elle Cordova. Brands These Daysby Elle CordovaLookOur product is delicious, nutritious, highly ambitiousSuspiciously rich and richly prodigiousMicrowavable, waste reclaimableFree of cruelty, green, sustainableOver the counter, under the tableFarm to town and barn to ladleMust be true; it’s right on the labelWe’re not a commodity; we’re a stapleWe’re plant-based, […]

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Europe Fashion Lasting Love Those Crazy Kids!

The WLBOTT Royal Wedding

WLBOTT’s most eligible (and only) bachelor, UC#2, will be heading to Düsseldorf this week as part of his summer scholarship. Semi-Sequitur: Please try this Say this three times, and your mood will improve 27%: Düssel Düssel Dorf Dorf DorfDüssel Düssel Dorf Dorf DorfDüssel Düssel Dorf Dorf Dorf Anyhow, UC#2 will be in close proximity to […]

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Scholarship/Erudition Those Crazy Kids! Work-Life Balance

The Rock Star Nature of Coptic Scholarship

During a one-on-one performance review with UC#2 yesterday, we realized that yesterday’s BLOTT failed to capture the true rock star nature of UC#2’s scholarship. As you recall, UC#2 is a leading expert in 1st and 2nd century Coptic manuscripts. We have failed to take into account the added stress, the demands of groupies, the constant […]

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WLBOTT Goes to the Science Fair (part I of II)

Q: What is the bane of every parents’ life?A: The 7th grade science fair. WLBOTT has been selected to judge the annual science fair at Rufus T. Firefly Middle School in Bryan-College Station, Texas. The Scorpion Symphony: Can Scorpions Dance to Music? Aerodynamics of the Tortilla This turned out to be a popular area of […]

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F-Bombs and Anger Management

With all that’s going wrong, this morning I awoke with a mosquito bite in a very inconvenient place. How did it even get in there? But most fortuitously, the book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a $%#$ became available from the Austin Public Library. In a nutshell [ed. note: f-bombs removed for brevity]: Which […]

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Curated Absurdity Those Crazy Kids! Work-Life Balance

Not Exactly a Buzz Kill

The last thing WLBOTT wants to do is be a buzz kill. But that being said, weed is a pretty controversial subject. We all know people – friends, family, loved ones, whose lives have been seriously derailed, sometimes seriously shredded, from way, way too much weed. And we probably all know people who like to […]