Today’s addition of The Guardian interviews Heather Cox Richardson. HCR is held in the highest regard by WLBOTT, and has been given the honorary title WYNHO. [ed. note: nobody here remembers what WYNHO stands for, but we all agree it is a very good thing. UC#1 is researching.][ed. note: Ace researcher and archivist UC#1 replied […]
Category: Scholarship/Erudition
[UC#3] Ladies and Gents – while we curate the exciting venues for our tour, I think it important to have a list of venues that we have visited but might want to exclude from our tour. I offer up the following museum That I found fascinating and recommended to several people, but everyone (including my […]
I thought I was going to successfully complete my voyage on Spaceship Earth without having to deal with John Milton, but no. However, it turned out to be a pretty interesting experience. I was recently introduced a section of John Milton’s Paradise Lost, where Satan seduced Eve. Art derived from Paradise Lost Gustave Doré We’re […]
¡Feliz Equinoccio! Sept 23rd, 2023: The Autumnal Equinox Today is the day we’ve been waiting for – the Autumnal Equinox! It’s official, because it’s from the government and because it is announced in COURIER NEW: From Austin’s own EarthSky: Equinox: Austin (7:00am Central) Santa Barbara, CA Edmonton, AB Oslo, Norway Houston, Tx And the Line […]
It is no secret that WLBOTT is interested in jumping into the highly lucrative book review game – a direct challenge to the Reviewer Cartel (we’re looking at you, New York Times). Our complex book review criteria (the subject of a future BLOTT) led naturally to the discussion of continuous versus non-continuous functions. To get […]
Thanks to WLBOTT Chief Ethics Advisor UC#2 for today’s topic. Holy Wars have started over less…. [ed. note: Faith on the Fringe has some pretty good outside-the-box ideas] Super technically, I think we need to hold our horses for a while…. Anywho…. let’s get back to the comma….
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A Chat With Your Mother by Lou and Peter Berryman Oh, the pirates in their fetid galleons, daggers in their skivvies,With infected tattooed fingers on a blunderbuss or two;Signs of scurvy in their eyes, only mermaids on their minds;It’s from them I would expect to hear the F-word, not from you. Chorus (repeated after each […]
Yesterday’s visit to the Atlantic Sea Cucumber, Ltd. motivated us to take a look at the surrounding neighborhood. Hacketts Cove, Nova Scotia, is absolutely stunning. Hacketts Cove and Peggy’s Cove are just down the road from Halifax. Some photos from real estate sites…. William E deGarthe Memorial Monument William E. deGarthe carved this “lasting monument […]
I’m re-re-re-reading Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut. The first thing to surprise me was that it was published in 1963. It seems like the kind of book that was published the day before you read it, or re-read it, or re-re-read it. What is a Cat’s Cradle? According to Meriam-Webster…. Semi-sequitur: one cannot think of […]
Today’s word is….. So there is no ambiguity…. What does Wikipedia have to say about today’s word? What does Dr. Grande have to say about schadenfreude?“Immature….” “Distorted view of seeking balance and justice in the world” but “not closely associated with a mental disorder”. I’m thinking, “in moderation, given the right circumstances, it’s probably okay.” […]