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Adventures of the Elders Food

Fantasy Dinner, Part I: Sally the Intern

[ed. note: This is part of our fantasy dinner series] The board tasked the WLBOTTers with the following challenge: Sally the Intern immediately knew what she wanted to try – Beef Bourguignon. Beef Bourguignon, a classic French stew, is known for its rich and flavorful taste. While it may seem a bit involved, it’s not […]

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Food Kyrgyzstan The land, the people, the culture

Yurts / Sushi / Feynman’s Van / Kyrgyzstan (it all fits)

UC#3 [wrt Sapphire/WLBOTT World Tour] Combining the microbus, I offer the following limerick: The WLBOTT vagabonds traveled via microbus and slept in a yurtThey would set up their temporary dwelling and sleep on the dirtWhen ready to leave, they would pack up the yurt and moveA painted peace sign and flowers on the bus set […]

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America Food Meaning of Life

Girl Scout Cookies

Girl Scout Cookies are cookies sold by Girl Scouts in the United States to raise funds to support Girl Scout councils and individual troops. The cookies are widely popular and are commonly sold by going door-to-door, online, through school or town fundraisers, or at “cookie booths” set up at storefronts. The program is intended to […]

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Food Greece WLBOTT Corporate

A WLBOTT Caper

[thanks to UC#3 for today’s rabbit hole] Fellow travelers [of both time and space] – I really like capers – both the nonpareils and the large caper berries that are the size of blueberries. I think including the Italian island of Salina to look into caper farming will flange up well with our journey from […]

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Food Late Stage Capitalism WLBOTT Corporate

WLBOTT Gives Back: Job Training

WLBOTT has been training unemployed pagan priestesses to become Door Dash drivers. This program has been an incredible success (in the sense that we get a massive tax write-off). Trainees Fully Employed Addition Hospitality Skills Needed Crew Chief Trainees Employee of the Month: Lady MacBeth

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Food Random Acts of WLBOTTness WLBOTT Corporate

I can’t say anything profound while I’m serving fish!

What is WLBOTT? WLBOTT is many thing to many people. It is an empty vessel where we can pour our hopes and fears, of all the years…. We can ask, “Why do the heathens rage?” We can ask, “Why do the raving heave?” We can ask, “Why do the heaving rage?” Sometimes WLBOTT is factoid-based. […]

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Canada Food

Jalapenos: A Canadian Business Opportunity

Given the following: WLBOTT sees a business opportunity! But first, let’s get to know Yellowknife a bit better Getting there…. Real Time Weather The good news: no pollen and minimal concerns about skin cancer. Canadian Jalapenos! Time for some innovative marketing! Produce Maple Jalapeno Syrup Canned Genetically Merged Herring/Jalapenos Sponsorship Opportunities: Canadian Jalapenos Cute Canadian […]

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Fine Arts Food Meaning of Life Scholarship/Erudition

Lost Gift of the Maji

[Today we are treated to a BLOTT by Elders UC#3, UC#1, and UC#1-SU] UC#3 (from an undisclosed location in HousTex) As is little known but I am sure UC#2 [staff spiritual advisor] will discover during his academic pursuits, in addition to gold, frankincense and myrrh, the Maji also brought jalapeño cheese biscuits to the Blessed […]

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Adventures of the Elders Food The Lowcountry

Lives of the Elders (part 2)

More Culinary Adventures UC#3 =>Hoppin’ John Even so, it appears that Hoppin’ John is popular among the staff and doctors at Johns Hopkins. [see Footnotes] Friend of the Blog “H” Friend of the WLBOTT (Amicus WLBOTTis) “H” reports in: Listening to Roger Miller songs as I write this … he was such a witty prankster […]

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Adventures of the Elders Food Heros

WCK and the Elders of WLBOTT

Elders – in lieu of holiday presents, we’ve made a contribution to World Central Kitchen (WCK) in honor of the Elders to be used to provide food in places like Gaza and Ukraine. I’ve been following WCK for years and believe it is a worthy cause to be associated with WLBOTT – food to those […]