{"id":34280,"date":"2024-08-18T08:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T13:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=34280"},"modified":"2024-08-18T08:45:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T13:45:42","slug":"wlbott-goes-to-the-science-fair-part-ii-of-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=34280","title":{"rendered":"WLBOTT Goes to the Science Fair (part II of II)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Elders are naturally curious people, and constantly engage in their own science fair projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UC#3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UC#3 is engaged in his own personal journey: Corn Through Both Time and Space: Tracking the Digestive Journey of Corn in Humans<\/strong>. We eagerly await the publication of his results in the journal Nature<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Semi-Sequitur: UC#3 is the WLBOTT Chef Laureate<\/strong>. He has the superpower of being able to add Old Bay<\/strong> to virtually anything in a very tasty manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UC#4-SU and Sally T. Intern<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UC#4-SU<\/strong> and Sally T. Intern<\/strong> explore the noon temperature of water coming out of the garden house in CenTex. Today’s high projected to be 101\u00b0<\/strong>. [ed. note: we’re not using centigrade here, because we’ve been informed that the metric system is a gateway to socialism.]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The steady state temp (reflecting the average temperature of the water between WLBOTT HQ and Lake Ladybird) was 83.7\u00b0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olympic hopefuls and future Nobel Laureates: UC#4SU and Sally T. Intern:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is so hot in CenTex that the sweet potatoes need deep watering every single day<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UC#4SU also encountered this critter in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This critter came into the house in a bouquet of marigolds. These images are from her release into the wilds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UC#4SU wasn’t aware that the female praying mantis bites the head off the male after mating. Her response: “You go, girl!”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT WONDERS:<\/strong>
Q:<\/strong> Should UC#4 be concerned?
A:<\/strong> Yes. Very concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1] (footnote carried over from yesterday’s BLOTT)<\/sup> The effects of gamma rays on Man-on-the-Moon Marigolds<\/strong> is actually the name of a fascinating, touching, disturbing play\/movie from the early 70’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can watch the movie on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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