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Agriculture China Food WLBOTT Corporate

Mystery Pods and Fungal Research

At the WLBOTT Ag Extension Station, we’re trying to solve a mystery today. Recently, Elder MJ noticed these semi-spheres on a concrete pad at the WLBOTT Rodeo Fairgrounds near our central Texas HQ. You will notice that there are also some snail shells mixed in. There may or may not be squirrel involvement. Google image […]

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Hopeful Songs on Dismal Days

Kindness Transforms Like Art

Kindness doesn’t scale like tech, but it transforms like art. Today, we’re writing about a recent article in the Guardian newspaper. The article describes a memoir written by Bernadette Russell. She decided to do an act of kindness every day for a year. Interesting idea, right? A year of daily kindness is such a rich […]

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Music Musings

I Am a Bad Dream

I’m a bad dreamThat I just had todayAnd you shake your head And say it’s a shame.- Thick as a Brick / Jethro Tull

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Adventures of the Elders Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc. Current Events Late Stage Capitalism

Full Moon Over Tesla

A contingent of executives from WLBOTT HQ traveled from our corporate office to south Texas over the weekend. The route took us past the massive Tesla plant near the Austin airport. The opportunity, the temptation, was too great. We convinced a senior Elder to moon the plant. A drive-by mooning. A harmless act of civil […]

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Curated Absurdity Health, Beauty and Medicine Late Stage Capitalism

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 III): 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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Mexico Music Radio Free WLBOTT

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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ENGin Heros Poetry Ukraine

“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 […]