Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s post. One of my early trips to Africa was with a Canadian Trade Mission, sponsored by the federal government to promote international business development. The trip took us through Kenya, Uganda and South Africa and in each country we met with various businessmen to look for opportunities to […]
Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s post. Norway, in Maine, not the one adjacent to Sweden. Interesting town, if only because of their new 1 MW solar project built on top of a contaminated old landfill site. This news comes to me via email from UGE International, a company traded on the TSE. Through […]
At WLBOTT, we have a special place in our hearts for four-letter words. But in an effort to expand our horizons, today we investigate English 2-letter words. Searchable list: Ew joins another 106 two-letter words, which are aa, ab, ad, ae, ag, ah, ai, al, am, an, ar, as, at, aw, ax, ay, ba, be, bi, […]
Big, big day in the WLBOTT-verse. But so we don’t peak too early, let’s reflect on some more not-haiku. (These Eggs Were) Born to Run– Rob Carlson“There’s no actual crime any more, the police will have time on their hands.” Across the Jersey lineThere’s a little dinnerRun by a couple a Greeks And though it’s […]
Much as General Sternwood lives vicariously* through Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep, WLBOTT admins live vicariously through you, dear readers. If you haven’t seen The Big Sleep, go check under the couch cushions for loose change to see if you can come up with $2.99. Blue Bell Rankings / Favorites Unindicted Co-conspirator #3 will […]
Ketchikan Many years ago I bought my wonderful spousal unit a silver sardine can pendant . At the time it was a pretty unique gift, but sadly there has been an explosion in this line of jewelry. The commodification of Sardine Can Necklaces. The SCN Cartel. Anyhow, the necklace came from an on-line jewelry store […]
We offer, for your culinary and bijouterie(*) enjoyment, the following food-themed earrings.
Unindicted co-conspirator #3 is fervently working on a WLBOTT public awareness campaign for the Haiku. Just to give a little background, Haiku (俳句) is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 phonetic units (called on in Japanese, which are similar to syllables) in […]
Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s topic. Do private structures qualify for the “largest” classification? My friend owns a share in a private “camping area” near Sundre, Alberta (where they welcome all and sundry (speaking of idioms)). He has built several structures, including, to the best of our knowledge, and until proven otherwise, the […]
Getting started…. Started writing this post about favorite / least favorite insects, but ended up writing about the LEAST favorite. Fascination took over. The thought process reminds me of a song by Kris Kristofferson: I started writing a song about Chris Gentry and ended up writing about Dennis Hopper, Johnny Cash… Norman, Norbert, Funky Donnie […]