When life hands you fascism, you look for opportunities for fantastic-ism. We’ve all heard that jeff bezos recently laid off 300 journalists from the Washington post. He literally stranded his own journalists in a war zone in Ukraine. There are many disturbing ramifications of this move, especially related to freedom of the press and appeasement […]
Category: Erudition
Today we learned that ivy does not twine! Not in the true botanical sense. Ivy (like Hedera helix, English ivy) is classified as a climbing plant or liana. But unlike plants that grow tall with thick, supportive stems, ivy evolved a strategy to save energy by using other structures (trees, walls, fences) for support. Instead […]
At the most basic level, a computer image is a grid of dots of different colors. A computer screen is feed the grid, dot by dot, starting at the upper left corner. It displays a row of dots, then moves down a bit, and displays the next row of dots. When it gets to the […]
Our esteemed Elder G informs me that there are approximately 100 four-letter curse words in the English language. WLBOTT Word-of-the-Day WLBOTT: If you had to say there was a “queen mother” of all curse words, what would it be? Elder G: The “queen mother” of all curse words would probably be “f***.” Its versatility is […]
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Goaßgschau
Goaßgschau Did you know that when your eyes randomly go out of focus and then you are too lazy to focus them back in and just stare at nothing for a while In Bavarian (Germany) that’s called: “goaßgschau” which translates to “stare of a goat “ I love that there’s a word for this Love,The […]
We’ve Been Through Some Crappy Times Before When you find yourself in times of trouble….When you’re weary, feeling small…..When life gets you down, Mrs. Brown….Where do we turn?The Austin Lounge Lizards, of course! We’ve Been Through Some Crappy Times Before- The Austin Lounge LizardsYou say the last elections didn’t turn out like you planned.You’re feeling […]
What? A pangram or holoalphabetic sentence is a sentence using every letter of a given alphabet at least once. Pangrams have been used to display typefaces, test equipment, and develop skills in handwriting, calligraphy, and typing. OriginsThe best-known English pangram is “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. It has been used since […]
We have the greatest admiration for our Ukrainian buddies who are trying to learn English. How hard can it be? Very hard. Admittedly, these charts English-centric, but it gives the sense of how divergent languages are (from the US State Department). The web is heavily weighted to English (https://www.statista.com/chart/4140/low-diversity-of-languages-on-the-web-hinders-accessability) Who’s Learning What? Some Quirky Language […]
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Centered Square Number
Let’s talk a little more about 41…. WLBOTT: Yesterday two Elders of WLBOTT celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary (to each other). Can you tell me some special properties for the number 41? Chat: Congratulations on the Elders’ 41st wedding anniversary! That’s a wonderful milestone. Here are some interesting properties and facts about the number 41: […]
In the year 2124, how many people are we talking about? From antiquity until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the global population grew very slowly, at about 0.04% per year. After about 1800, the growth rate accelerated to a peak of 2.1% annually during the 1962–1968 period, but since then, due to the worldwide […]