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A Twine Fable

[Today we are honored to bring you a BLOTT that was written and illustrated by guest blogger Elder G.] Greetings, fellow twine enthusiasts! Elder G here, reporting on the most thrilling, epic, and utterly absurd adventure the Elders of WLBOTT have ever embarked upon: *The Great WLBOTT Scavenger Hunt: Twine Edition*. Grab your favorite ball […]

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The Moments That Make Up a Dull Day

Some days can be more routine than others. And some, even more so. But the Elders embrace the challenge: Dare to be Dull! The Watched Pot With patience, a watched pot does indeed boil. Elders UC#1 and KM demonstrate the technique: Elder G When Elder G has some down time, and while not calculating the […]

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Wikiomancy and Homer Price

Wikiomancy has proven its value and legitimacy. As you may recall, Wikiomancy (https://www.wlbott.com/?p=34495), or divining the future via random Wikipedia articles, can provide shareholder value, excellent return on investment, and plausible deniability against all claims. A few nights ago, SeƱor Elder UC#4 was engaged in his normal nighttime routine: aimlessly scrolling through random Wikipedia articles. […]

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Heaven’s Waiting Room

[ed. note: during the comprehensive peer review of today’s BLOTT, UC#2 pointed out that this topic has been covered by other great works of art, including Beetlejuice, Defending Your Life, Saturday Night Live, and possibly Eraserhead, Caged Heat: Parking Ticket Lockup III, and Rocky XXVII. However, at this point, we’d already invested more than 45 […]

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

The Elders are naturally curious people, and constantly engage in their own science fair projects. UC#3 UC#3 is engaged in his own personal journey: Corn Through Both Time and Space: Tracking the Digestive Journey of Corn in Humans. We eagerly await the publication of his results in the journal Nature. Semi-Sequitur: UC#3 is the WLBOTT […]

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Just How High are the Elders? (part III of III)

We note that sometimes just the appearance of enjoying life can anger certain segments of the population. This will not stop us. When they go high, we go low. Low. As in “get down.” As in “we like to boogie.” Thanks to Elder KM for taking us down this rabbit hole. The Elders Get Down! […]

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Just How High are the Elders? (part II of III)

When asking “Just How High are the Elders?”, there seems to be some confusion between “elevation” and “euphoria.” Let us enumerate. Enigmatic Euphoria Epic Euphoria Ethereal Euphoria Heroic Euphoria Joyous Euphoria Pastoral Euphoria Placid Euphoria Spiritual Euphoria

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Just How High are the Elders? (part I of III)

A question we are often asked: “Just how high are the Elders?” Let’s explore. (Thanks to topigraphic-maps.com and UC#1) Edmonton Darwin, Minnesota (World’s Largest Ball of Twine) Santa Barbara, Ca. Maryland and D.C. HousTex CenTex Snook, Texas (Chicken Fried Bacon) Oslo, Norway Austin, Minnesota (Spam Museum) Greenland Oh, Grow Up! Phuket, Thailand Lake Titicaca, Peru […]

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Chicken Fried Bacon Pilgrimage

Once upon a time, long ago but not too long ago, Elder UC#3, UC#4-SU, Sally T. Intern, UC#2 and I met up at Sodolak’s Original Country Inn in Snook, Texas. The quest: a pilgrimage to the origin of Chicken Fried Bacon. Our get-together was in August of 2011, during a serious Texas drought. We both […]

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Rudder Tower / Sbisa / Commies

On his birthday, UC#3 shared with us his admiration for monolithic concrete structures. We had brunch at Rudder Tower. They had some dining room set up at the top floor – was a fave for parental units when they visited. I will note Rudder Tower at A&M and the Stalin Seven Sister Towers are widely […]