At WLBOTT, we enjoy a variety of religious experiences. For the most part, as long as our primary allegiance is to twine and shareholder value, we encourage our flock to seek their own path to truth. A few exceptions apply: we find dogmatic atheists and evangelical, magaT Christians to be equally tedious and stultifying[1]. And […]
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Where’s Elder JA?
Lady R, Elder JA‘s better half, now has a new tool at her disposal to track down JA. Just follow the tube! To help JA keep his tubing organized, Lady R put her knitting skills to work. They enjoy going on walks together, especially the three week spring-summer-fall when visiting Yellow Knife. On this day, […]
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O2 and Bonus N2
One of our Elders, Elder JA, recently came into possession of an oxygen concentrator. An oxygen concentrator is a device that concentrates the oxygen from a gas supply (typically ambient air) by selectively removing nitrogen to supply an oxygen-enriched product gas stream. They are used industrially, to provide supplemental oxygen at high altitudes, and as […]
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D Major
A delightful morning with Elder G! WLBOTT: Good morning, G. What musical key shall we sing in to welcome the day? ELDER G: Good morning, Elder JZ. If the morning were a doorway, the key you choose is the shape of the sunlight that slips through it. So let’s pick one that belongs to dawn. […]
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Radishes, Part 3
This past Saturday we held the Spring 2026 Radish Harvest. The weather was mild, the radishes were plump, and our team of harvesters was enthusiastic. The Helper-Chickens can identify the radishes at the peak of tubular plumpness. A good rinsing before bringing the radishes into the WLBOTT Test Kitchen. Post-Harvest Preparations Waggie Logos? We are […]
WLBOTT:Let’s start today by describing a truly random real life event. This morning I sent an email to a WLBOTT Elder describing a nice spaghetti dinner we recently had. For the first time in my life, I spelled “spaghetti” right on the first try. Since there are only so many combinations of letters in the […]
Elder JimZim, accompanied by WLBOTT‘s Security Undersecretary Natasha X, recently visited the NSA’s National Crypological Museum in [redacted]. More information is available on their web site: https://www.nsa.gov/museum/ The Cray-2 A decommissioned Cray-2 computer is on display at the museum. The Gray-2 was optimized for scientific workloads: The Cray-2 Elder G nets out the “Then .vs. […]
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Dreamtime / Perth
Circumnavigation series Port Hedland → Perth (PER): ~820 miles Our final stop on the Cessna Semi-circumnavigation is Perth, in southwestern Australia. What a welcome Elder G and I received! Perth Welcomes Us The city was more than welcoming. Perth – The Nuts and Bolts Who is Elizabeth Quay? Turns out she’s not a person, but […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Denpasar → Port Hedland (PHE): ~1,200 miles We’ve reached Australia! As our Cessna Citation crossed the Indian Ocean, we excitedly anticipated our arrival in Port Hedland. Port Hedland What a fascinating town! Hot, salty, busy, iron-rich red dirt. Barges loaded with iron ore and salt. Salt Salt […]
Today is a big day at WLBOTT HQ. Today we have the second Gathering of the Elders. It is also Friday the 13th. It was an enthusiastic group! A First During the gathering, we had what may have been the world’s first Zoom arm wrestling championship. Since the results are undergoing official review, we will […]