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Seeking Professional Help, Part III: Dentistry

We resume our series discussing our crappy WLBOTT “Bronze” medical insurance. To save costs, medical professional we visit must be dual-certified. This may push the boundaries of good taste, but what the heck, we’re WLBOTT. How about a dentist that is also a septic tank repairman? Elder G:It’s foul, it’s functional, it’s frighteningly efficient. And […]

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Curated Absurdity Health, Beauty and Medicine Late Stage Capitalism

Seeking Professional Help, Part II: Psychotherapy

We resume our series discussing our crappy WLBOTT “Bronze” medical insurance. To save costs, medical professional we visit must be dual-certified. Psychotherapy / HVAC This Temperature Setting – How Does It Make You Feel? Red Flags: Office Disorderly, Tools Scattered on the Couch We can not fully enumerate the red flags when entering into a […]

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Curated Absurdity Health, Beauty and Medicine Late Stage Capitalism

Seeking Professional Help, Part I: Chiropractic

So…. a fellow elder suggested that I seek professional help. It was said in a kind, loving, bellow; a sort of barking bay. The best of intentions, etc. We must assume he/she meant some sort of medical intervention. Unfortunately, due to our crappy WLBOTT “Bronze” medical insurance, any medical professional we visit must be dual-certified. […]

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Radio Free WLBOTT (part II): We Begin Staffing

Great staffing is critical to the success of any well run organization. This does not apply to Radio Free WLBOTT. However, Elder JA has enthusiastically offered his services. WLBOTT HQ Responds We’ve also located some black and white archival photos of Elder JA’s time at Canadian radio station CHEC. Based on these photos alone, we’d […]

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Radio Free WLBOTT (part II)

Free? What Exactly is Radio Free WLBOTT Free Of? Not Without Precedent: Pirate Radio There’s an interesting first-person account by Larry Melton of the infamous Dr. John Romulus Brinkley and the 100,000 watt Mexican radio station XERF. As the title suggests, there are a lot of semi-sequiturs to this story. XERF: Gun Fights, Wolfman Jack, […]

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“Wings” by Lina Kostenko

My Ukrainian ENGin buddy, and Friend of the BLOTT, has shared one of her favorite poems with us. Крилаby Lina Kostenko Kryla (Wings)by Lina Kostenko(Translated from Ukrainian by Elder G) А правда, крилатим ґрунту не треба. Землі немає, то буде небо. Немає поля, то буде воля. Немає пари, то будуть хмари. В цьому, напевно, правда […]

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Radio Free WLBOTT (part I)

The current United States regime is cutting many vital services. In it’s wisdom, it defunded a true jewel of democracy – Radio Free Europe. Radio Free Europe (RFE) began in 1949, to broadcast news, current events, politics, and, interestingly, jazz to the eastern European countries trapped behind the iron curtain. Nicola Careem The Mission RFE/RL’s […]

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Meaning of Life Musings

A Normal Human Condition

Existential angst is a normal human experience characterized by feelings of unease, dread, or apprehension stemming from contemplating the meaning of life, death, and one’s place in the universe. It’s a common feeling, not a mental illness, and can be managed through self-reflection, acceptance, and seeking support.– Gemini Existential Angst: Work From Home Edition

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WLBOTT Film Festival: Children’s Matinee

Due to popular demand, film critic Clementine DuCinema has added a Soviet-era children’s matinee to the upcoming WLBOTT film festival. Plow Now, Red Cow Plow Now, Red Cow is exactly the kind of film that leaves children teary-eyed, confused, and deeply committed to collectivist agriculture. Elder G 🎬 Children’s Matinee Feature Plow Now, Red Cow […]

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Boy Meets Tractor: The WLBOTT Film Festival

WLBOTT film critic Clemetine DuCinema, starting just yesterday, has already made a big impact on the film world. She has announced the first WLBOTT Annual Film Festival. This year’s theme: Boy Meets Tractor – A Celebration of Soviet Cinema. The Program Steel Hearts and Sunflowers (1954) He swore allegiance to the state… but also to […]