Without telling me you haven’t read a book since high school….
Category: North America
UC#1 Back when I was considerably smaller than I am now, my dad set up an electric train for me and my sibs. Our house had only a partial basement – for the front half of the house it was only partially excavated leaving a space big enough for kids to play in. Dad took […]
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Calais Maine
We had planned to feature two notable people from Calais, Maine (and hope to very soon), but we were detracted by the town itself and it’s sister city and namesake, Calais France. If you want to get a head start on Andrea Gibson‘s incredible poetry, check out their YouTube channel. Roger Lyndon was a mathematician […]
[recent executive correspondence: UC#1=>The Texas Elders] Fellow WLBOTT’ers, While I have know about the Trans Canada Trail for many years, until recently I never knew how extensive it is. We frequently walk the part of the trail that goes around [UC#1 jurisdiction] but that is a very small part of it. Of course, the trail […]
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Not Haiku, Texas Style
Stay A Little Longer You ought to see my blue eyed Sally She lives a way down on Shinbone Alley The number on the gate is the number on the door And the next house over is the grocery store You can’t go home if you’re going by the mill ‘Cause the bridge washed out […]
WLBOTT corporate headquarters / US-South experienced between 80% to 90% of the full fury of the 2023 annular solar eclipse. A little eclipsology…. We experienced a weird dimming of the midday light, unusual shadow patterns, and a deep blue sky. But the real weirdness came when we started photographing the shadow patterns on the WLBOTT […]
[thanks to UC#1 for today’s rabbit hole] Alberta’s first Lithium Pilot Plant will refine lithium brine. How are we doing, commodity-wise? Today’s spot price is about $28 USD / kg. Lithium Facts: Gov. of Canada Canada is definitely in the ball game. We’re #3! Lithium as an Element Lithium started off strong, but time and […]
Today’s addition of The Guardian interviews Heather Cox Richardson. HCR is held in the highest regard by WLBOTT, and has been given the honorary title WYNHO. [ed. note: nobody here remembers what WYNHO stands for, but we all agree it is a very good thing. UC#1 is researching.][ed. note: Ace researcher and archivist UC#1 replied […]
Well, I think I mentioned earlier that, after spending most of my retirement fund on a new natural gas furnace / heat pump we noticed our 2013 Honda CRV exhibiting a death rattle when starting cold. Actually, we noticed the sound a few years ago and the local Honda dealer replaced a belt or something […]
The Buddy Walk / Caminata De Amigos is an annual event held by the Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas. The 24th Annual Buddy Walk was held on October 1st at Reunion Ranch (about 25 miles northwest of Austin). The Buddy Walk is, in a word, a blast! Lots going on, great weather, a chance […]