A lively discussion is taking place among the Elders. 5/25/2024, 10:42 AM I feel the elders have been trying to be inclusive of our guild recognizing some of us use the metric system vs American system of measurement and Celsius vs Fahrenheit temperature scales. But my ear-worm today is the term ‘counterclockwise’ vs ‘anti clockwise’ […]
Category: Destinations
There is so much to talk about with Golden Rice that we have only seen the tip of the Rice-Berg™©®℗☮. Distrust of Corporate Producers One of the concerns of opponents of Golden Rice is a distrust of the GMO patent holders. In August of 2013, a group of protesters uprooted the golden rice plants in […]
To dispel any rumors that WLBOTT is a cult, I invited our esteemed members to write Praise and Worship limericks to extol my humility. So the day began as usual. At 4:30am the BLOTTers arose, practiced group yodeling, had a hearty breakfast of kale and coco puffs, a brisk 6 km jog in a foggy […]
The other day, while Sally the Intern and I were shaving the head of a new WLBOTT novitiate, she asked me, “is WLBOTT a cult?” This gave me pause. Semi-Sequitur: WLBOTT Word of the Day Are we a cult? What IS a cult? Let’s look at what Very Well Mind says…. Let us enumerate and […]
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SPAM (part I of IV)
We blame UC#3 for today’s torturous tempest of a Spam BLOTT. Gentlepeople – I am still waiting on Securities Exchange Commission approval of our WLBOTT fund but should have it by tomorrow. But I wanted to explain one of the investment choices. Our most Esteamed Senior Elder, UC#4 (Señor Viejo), has a strong affinity for […]
More, please…. A Little Background Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Усик; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He is the undisputed heavyweight champion, holding the WBA (Super), IBF and WBO titles since 2021, the Ring magazine title since 2022, and the WBC title since 2024. Previously, he held the undisputed cruiserweight […]
UC#3 sparked our interest recently with this suggestion: A survey for the elders – which books have you ‘reread’ the most? I’m not asking for favorite books or most compelling, but which books have continued to read again? UC#3 KM and UC#2 Both KM and UC#2 are huge Harry Potter fans. UC#2 uses the first […]
Rochelle provides us with a hopeful and peaceful vision of the year 2124. UC#3’s original prompt inspired Project 2124: GentleBlotts, the thought experiment I am proposing for the elders to discuss in the next few weeks is : In 2124 – how will people be living, traveling and staying connected? Rule #1 – this has […]
In one WLBOTT 2124 timeline, a major ocean current collapses, causing fairly rapid climate change to Scandinavia and parts of northern Europe. This leads the US to open up a large area of Alaska to the climate refugees, (or Frosties, as they become known) for the great Ice Exodus. In this Project 2124 timeline, the […]
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The AMOC Diaspora (part I)
In one Project 2124 scenario, the AMOC suddenly collapses in the year 2044. Europe soon gets much colder, resulting in a massive refugee crisis. In 2057, the US welcome climate refugees from Scandinavia, Ireland, and the Baltic countries, in a huge diaspora known as the Ice Exodus. A Little Background Diaspora A diaspora (sometimes voluntary, […]