I introduced my son to the United States intellectual property protection system years ago. We noticed that our self-inflating whoopee cushion was patented! But innovation never rests! It turns out that the self-inflating whoopee cushion is the subject of intense research and development. What is the Whoopee Cushion? But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. […]
Category: Lasting Love
Dear Tess, I’ve fallen into the habit of listening to air raid sirens. Not just one, but usually five. I like the way they go in and out of phase and produce delightful harmonics. For variation, I will start the playlist in different order, or use the shuffle feature of Spotify. It’s been a bit […]
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 […]
[Ed. note: as we prepared to illustrate our series on The Bravery of Women and Maternal Mortality, some of the AI-generated images presented implausible mixes of ethnicity and race. Please know there is no disrespect. Many of these images are illustrative and beautiful in their own right, even when there is confusion with the racial […]
“Wedding Song (There Is Love)” is a title of a 1971 hit single by Paul Stookey: the song—which Stookey credits to divine inspiration – has since been recorded by many singers (with versions by Petula Clark and Mary MacGregor returning it to the Billboard Hot 100)—and remains a popular choice for performance at weddings. Wikipedia […]
WLBOTT’s most eligible (and only) bachelor, UC#2, will be heading to Düsseldorf this week as part of his summer scholarship. Semi-Sequitur: Please try this Say this three times, and your mood will improve 27%: Düssel Düssel Dorf Dorf DorfDüssel Düssel Dorf Dorf DorfDüssel Düssel Dorf Dorf Dorf Anyhow, UC#2 will be in close proximity to […]
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WLBOTT In Love
As we look back on the BLOTTs, we notice a common theme: the joys of love. We’ve been working with Elder G to explore love in our wacky world. Young Love We love to hear stories of how couples met. Each one is a fairy tale unto itself. The Transmission Assembly Line at the Tractor […]
Today we celebrate the half-way point between Canada Day and the 4th of July. The symbol of our unity is -40° C/F, the temperature where Fahrenheit and Celsius meet in harmony. We include Ukraine in our celebration, making it a tri-unity, or trunity. °: alt + 0176 (numeric keypad) Mountain Sapphire Celebrates Canada Day The […]
Song For Sagittarians is a rich, meditative, and profound song by Shawn Phillips. Song For Sagittariansby Shawn PhillipsOh, archer with your bowstring tightWon’t you let fly with your shaft of lightAre you hunting your quarry now?Are you leaving me, babe, leaving anyhow?But I will remember you when the rain pours downAnd I see you standing […]
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Subversive Compassion
We are entering a dark time where compassion and striving for justice are becoming subversive activities. To many in our land, “the least of our brothers and sisters” is being replaced by hateful rhetoric from racist, xenophobic religious and political leaders. They have abandoned The Sermon on the Mount, calling it “wokeness.” [Tim] Alberta’s new […]