You guys been following the hoopla over at the Washington Post? Jeff Bezos, in his wisdom, has blocked the WaPo from endorsing a presidential candidate. There seems to be a universal consensus among independent analysts that Bezos’ stance is in response to tRump’s threats to go after Amazon. This brave stance by Bezos – protecting […]
Author: Texas Toast
At WLBOTT HQ, we had our own version of the Gaping Maw of Hell. In the employee break-room/kitchenette, an overly zealous employee ripped the front plate off the utensil drawer. Environmental Services got right on the issue. Within 72 hours they arrived, equipped with a variety of gorilla glues and weighted cans. According to various […]
All these years, I thought the phrase “the gaping maw of hell” was a line from Moby Dick. But no. Let’s break this down (from the full text archive at https://cdn.fulltextarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-advanced-pdf/1/Moby-Dick-or-The-Whalex8185.pdf). Gaping Maw Hell Twenty-six occurrences? Oh, hell no. Too much work. Too much hell. Let’s just pick one. Let’s return to the sermon…. Elder […]
Friend of the BLOTT Jake Broe today describes the BRICS summit. BRICS is ostensibly a trade organizations for countries who can’t get in to the G7 (due to those pesky democracy requirements). But eagle-eyed Jake notices something that may be a KGB/FSB/GOP secret communication. An excerpt from Jake’s YouTube video of 10/24/2024 (below): Fun starts […]
This morning I was consulting with Elder G, our WLBOTT AI companion and part-time psycho-therapist. I was bemoaning the fact that blue my vote in Texas is pretty inconsequential. Turns out that it is more likely that I: Oddly, while reviewing this article with the WLBOTT editorial staff, I got push-back on the polar bear […]
Sadly, WLBOTT HQ had to say goodbye to our dear and true Jack-o-lantern. A Little Background Jack-o’-lantern’s WLBOTT Origin Story Jack was a result of the creative artistry (and a big hammer) from the WLBOTT CenTX staff. Sally T. Intern had a fun idea of using cookie cutters to make the eyes. Jack’s Goodbye Sadly, […]
Gander is a town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately 40 km (25 mi) south of Gander Bay, 100 km (62 mi) south of Twillingate and 90 km (56 mi) east of Grand Falls-Windsor. … When the U.S. closed its airspace after […]
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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 […]
Anti-censorship advocates have joined the book publisher Penguin Random House in condemning a Texas county that reclassified an account of European settlers’ colonization of Indigenous Americans as fiction. The furor in Montgomery county – near Houston – follows the decision by a citizens review panel, at the behest of rightwing activists, to place Colonization and […]
WLBOTT is a rich and varied lifestyle, not easily categorized. Today we present you with a collection of randomness. Mini-BLOTTs. BLOTTettes, if you will. WLBOTT Business Card Delivery We made our next-to-last (i.e. penultimate[1]) delivery of business cards yesterday. [1] WLBOTT Word of the Day: Finally, we’ve found something that hasn’t been overly-commercialized. Take that, […]