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• Seeking Professional Help, Part II: PsychotherapyApril 3, 2025
  We resume our series discussing our crappy WLBOTT “Bronze” medical insurance. To save costs, medical professional we visit must be… Read more: Seeking Professional Help, Part II: Psychotherapy
• Seeking Professional Help, Part I: ChiropracticApril 3, 2025
  So…. a fellow elder suggested that I seek professional help. It was said in a kind, loving, bellow; a sort… Read more: Seeking Professional Help, Part I: Chiropractic
• Radio Free WLBOTT (part II): We Begin StaffingApril 2, 2025
  Great staffing is critical to the success of any well run organization. This does not apply to Radio Free WLBOTT.… Read more: Radio Free WLBOTT (part II): We Begin Staffing
• Radio Free WLBOTT (part II)April 1, 2025
  Free? What Exactly is Radio Free WLBOTT Free Of? Not Without Precedent: Pirate Radio There’s an interesting first-person account by… Read more: Radio Free WLBOTT (part II)
• “Wings” by Lina KostenkoApril 1, 2025
  My Ukrainian ENGin buddy, and Friend of the BLOTT, has shared one of her favorite poems with us. Крилаby Lina… Read more: “Wings” by Lina Kostenko
• Radio Free WLBOTT (part I)March 30, 2025
  The current United States regime is cutting many vital services. In it’s wisdom, it defunded a true jewel of democracy… Read more: Radio Free WLBOTT (part I)
• A Normal Human ConditionMarch 28, 2025
  Existential angst is a normal human experience characterized by feelings of unease, dread, or apprehension stemming from contemplating the meaning… Read more: A Normal Human Condition
• WLBOTT Film Festival: Children’s MatineeMarch 27, 2025
  Due to popular demand, film critic Clementine DuCinema has added a Soviet-era children’s matinee to the upcoming WLBOTT film festival.… Read more: WLBOTT Film Festival: Children’s Matinee
• Boy Meets Tractor: The WLBOTT Film FestivalMarch 27, 2025
  WLBOTT film critic Clemetine DuCinema, starting just yesterday, has already made a big impact on the film world. She has… Read more: Boy Meets Tractor: The WLBOTT Film Festival
• Clementine DuCinemaMarch 26, 2025
  Clementine DuCinema received her MFA and PhD in filmology from the University of Petrochemical Fumes and Fine Arts in Baytown,… Read more: Clementine DuCinema
• The Weight, Part IIMarch 26, 2025
  Yesterday we looked at the 1968 song The Weight, by The Band. We learned that the song’s author, Robbie Robertson,… Read more: The Weight, Part II
• The Weight: WLBOTT Hall of Bands, Ballads and BurdensMarch 25, 2025
  As one of the favorite songs by several of the Elders, we will explore “The Weight”, the 1968 song by… Read more: The Weight: WLBOTT Hall of Bands, Ballads and Burdens
• Day of Remembrance for Truth and JusticeMarch 24, 2025
  In Argentina, today is the national holiday “Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia” or “Day of… Read more: Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
• The Meaning of Life (part 1)March 24, 2025
  We were inspired by a fascinating article in the Guardian. James Bailey set out to recreate an experiment from 1932… Read more: The Meaning of Life (part 1)
• Troubling Tassel TurmoilMarch 23, 2025
  Following yesterday’s detasseling BLOTT, we would be remiss if we failed to relay the tassel confusion that occurred at Texas… Read more: Troubling Tassel Turmoil
• Detasseling A Tangled SituationMarch 22, 2025
  Dear Tess, I write to you from the edge of my sanity—and the edge of our cornfield. My name is… Read more: Detasseling A Tangled Situation
• Texas Rice and the Influence of Japanese ImmigrantsMarch 21, 2025
  From Elder JJZ: On a more serious note[1], really interesting connection between Japan and the establishment of the rice industry… Read more: Texas Rice and the Influence of Japanese Immigrants
• Elle Cordova: A Poet Laureate for the New Millennium?March 20, 2025
  Today we are enjoying a poem by Elle Cordova. Brands These Daysby Elle CordovaLookOur product is delicious, nutritious, highly ambitiousSuspiciously… Read more: Elle Cordova: A Poet Laureate for the New Millennium?
• Egg Joke Scarcity and the Need for Free-Range HumorMarch 19, 2025
  WLBOTT: Because of certain economic factors, egg prices have risen considerably. Is this also true with egg jokes? Elder G:… Read more: Egg Joke Scarcity and the Need for Free-Range Humor
• Sally T. Intern: Mission AccomplishedMarch 19, 2025
  Our very own Sally The Intern completed the 1,000 piece eponymous jig saw puzzle yesterday. Since all the pieces were… Read more: Sally T. Intern: Mission Accomplished