Even though it is currently a balmy 68°F / 20° C at 4:37am at WLBOTT HQ, we are expecting some cold weather in a few days. Although not in the official forecast, a low of 41° can leave a dusting of frost. This presents an existential threat to the sweet potatoes. As regular readers of […]
Category: Random Acts of WLBOTTness
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, […]
What? A pangram or holoalphabetic sentence is a sentence using every letter of a given alphabet at least once. Pangrams have been used to display typefaces, test equipment, and develop skills in handwriting, calligraphy, and typing. OriginsThe best-known English pangram is “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. It has been used since […]
Peaked? Admittedly, to pretend that WLBOTT has done anything except flatline – that is rather presumptuous on my part. But we won’t let reality deter us. The question is: once you’ve (fraudulently) achieved the highest award possible, is there any point going on? And what is the highest award possible? The cover of Mad Magazine, […]
We are reporting on an internationally incident that, thankfully, WLBOTT was not involved in. We fired up the WLBOTT time machine to share with you: An incident happened in 2012 during an international shooting championship in Kuwait. The organizers mistakenly played a parody version of Kazakhstan’s national anthem from the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of […]
Time it was, and what a time it was, it wasA time of innocence, A time of confidencesLong ago, it must be, I have a photographPreserve your memories; They’re all that’s left you.- Paul Simon / Bookends Some bittersweet news today. While discussing WLBOTT’s VP candidate with Elder G, I received a message that his/her […]
There is an obscure clause in the Olympic Games rulebook. WLBOTT, as a first time nation-state participant, is allowed to introduce an unlimited number of Demonstration Events. We plan to leverage this clause to our full advantage. First, a little dull background A demonstration sport, or exhibition sport, is a sport which is played to […]
WLBOTT fields several archery teams at the Paris XXXIII Olympics. Our IT Dept. Fields a Team Sadly, most of the team members missed the meeting for proper use of the bow and arrow. Lookin’ sharp, IT Dept! The Elders Make Us Proud Team Photos Delightful WLBOTT Uniforms WLBOTT Team Myopia Form and Grace Meet The […]
The Cantankerati – The Cantankerous Illuminati WLBOTT In History In the 1920’s the WLBOTT executive committee formed an ad hoc task group to channel the energies of the peevish and disgruntled Elders. The task group was named the Cantankerati. Never before revealed photos of early Cantankerati gatherings (known as the Algonquin Twine Table). The task […]
UC#3 has asked the near-impossible of WLBOTT. He wants us to make “plumb bobs” interesting. UC#2 might want to pivot on his research to fully investigate the origins and use of plumb bobs in ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman construction. Full Fulbright guaranteed UC#3 Challenge Accepted! Etymology The plumb in plumb bob derives from Latin […]