Categories
America Canada Heros Ukraine

President Zelenskyy Meets a D-Day Veteran

If there is any doubt that the good people of America and Canada love Ukraine, please read the following. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment with a veteran during a D-Day ceremony in Normandy, France on Thursday. The veteran, who also met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, kissed Zelenskyy’s hand and told him […]

Categories
Mildly Interesting Texas WLBOTT Corporate

WLBOTT Sponsors SiPaGo

WLBOTT was honored to sponsor this year’s SiPaGo gathering- The Sisterhood of the Pagan Goddesses. The gathering was held amongst the mesquite and fire ants outside of Killeen, Texas, on a recent clammy and sultry Saturday (heat index: 113F). Our sponsorship included an all-you-can eat perogy buffet, discounted balls of twine, and arts & crafts. […]

Categories
Alberta Food Will there be a buffet?

Varenyky / Perogies / Вареники: A Deep Dive

The Stream of Consciousness 6/5/2024 7:24 AM Gentle people – as we traverse the northern prairie on our way to the largest ball of twine, we need to stop at Wall Drug in SD to see the 80’ brontosaurus. We can discuss whether we go to nearby Mount Rushmore to see it before Trump gets […]

Categories
Heros Texas Work-Life Balance

Celebrating the Austin YMCA

We here at WLBOTT Corporate love the local Austin YMCA! Friendly folks, great hours, convenient location, affordable, and inclusive. We’d like to give you a feel for the eclectic and inclusive nature of the Northwest Family Austin Y. Texas Friendly The Silver Mermaid Program Conveniently Located Near St. Twinella Convent Reflects the International Flavor of […]

Categories
ENGin Heros Ukraine

Annoying People / Надокучливі люди

Perhaps this is a US thing only, or maybe just a WLBOTT thing, be we occasionally encounter annoying people. In order to help our Ukrainian ENGin buddies, here are ways to express this frustration. (ed. note: the translations are a little iffy.) WLBOTT Word of the Day They are a bugging me. Вони мене дратують. […]

Categories
America The Criminal Justice System

Love is in the Air! (Supreme Court Version)

Match the Scotus with the Spousal Unit! Justice Spouse Scotus 01 SU 01 Scotus 02 SU 02 Scotus 03 SU 03 Scotus 04 SU 04 Scotus 05 SU 05 Scotus 06 SU 06 Scotus 07 SU 07 Scotus 08 SU 08 Scotus 09 SU 09 Interlude: More Love The Answers Biographies from the SCOTUS official […]

Categories
Heros - NOT New York Sticking It To The Man The Criminal Justice System

Can We Please Get On With our Lives?

In a minute. But first…. Correlation, causation and coincidence There is both a metaphysical and statistical debate about the titled topics.  But I will just point out the drop in Hormel stock today, a can of Spam is 340 grams  and Trump getting convicted on 34 counts.  I’ll let the Elders ruminate on this. UC#3

Categories
Movies Nova Scotia The land, the people, the culture

Is WLBOTT (Lunch) Counter-Revolutionary?

A lively discussion is taking place among the Elders. 5/25/2024, 10:42 AM I feel the elders have been trying to be inclusive of our guild recognizing some of us use the metric system vs American system of measurement and Celsius vs Fahrenheit temperature scales. But my ear-worm today is the term ‘counterclockwise’ vs ‘anti clockwise’ […]

Categories
Food Heros Late Stage Capitalism Nature Philippines

Golden Rice, Part II

There is so much to talk about with Golden Rice that we have only seen the tip of the Rice-Berg™©®℗☮. Distrust of Corporate Producers One of the concerns of opponents of Golden Rice is a distrust of the GMO patent holders. In August of 2013, a group of protesters uprooted the golden rice plants in […]

Categories
England Food Music Ukraine WLBOTT Corporate

We Are Not a Cult (Part II): Praise and Worship of our Leader

To dispel any rumors that WLBOTT is a cult, I invited our esteemed members to write Praise and Worship limericks to extol my humility. So the day began as usual. At 4:30am the BLOTTers arose, practiced group yodeling, had a hearty breakfast of kale and coco puffs, a brisk 6 km jog in a foggy […]