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America Current Events Heros - NOT

So, What’s New?

Oh, not much…. I must admit, we’re a bit jealous. WLBOTT (currently) has under a dozen unindicted co-conspirators.

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Canada Food Heros Scholarship/Erudition Will there be a buffet?

Hacketts Cove, Novia Scotia

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 […]

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Animal Kingdom Canada Food

Promoting Awareness: Sea Cucumbers

This is part of an ongoing WLBOTT series: Weird Foods We’ve Eaten. Sea Cucumber Fun Facts Dude…. Habitat Bottom of the sea…. Defense Mechanism Marauding herds of Sea Cumbers Do we need to put this on our list of anxieties? Yes. Yes we do. The Canadian Connection: Rosalyn/Atlantic Sea Cucumber Company As it happens, as […]

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Europe Mildly Interesting Will there be a buffet?

The Paper Clip

Shallow dive of the Paper Clip. What are the made of?come on…. Quora…. not again….. Stars are born Let’s start at the very beginning….. The universe didn’t just wake up one day and say, “Here’s some iron. Let’s get to work on those paper clips!” First it had to have it’s big bang, and since […]

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Destinations Europe

Trawsfynydd

Trawsfynydd is charming Welsh village, conveniently located in Wales. The name is Welsh for “across [the] mountain”. Sadly, this Hermit Kingdom is inaccessible from most of the Earth. The area is sparsely populated with each hectare (acre) inhabited by an average 0.07 (0.03) persons. The village is typical of many Welsh villages. There is one […]

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Australia Current Events Existential Angst TechnoBLOTT

Marine Cloud Brightening: A Mist Opportunity

[ed. note: I wish I could take credit for this great pun, but it is from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.] Marine Cloud Brightening is a geoengineering technique that may play a big role in addressing climate change. The concept is simple: spray a salt water mist into the air, let the mist drift up […]

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Australia Current Events Movies TechnoBLOTT

Voyager 2

One of mankind’s greatest achievements is the journey of Voyager 2. The mission is still active after 45 years. And still in the news…. Fun Facts From The Measure of Things How can we hear it so far away? Really, Quora? Again? And what about Canberra? Canberra, the national capital of Australia, is conveniently located […]

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Canada Curated Absurdity Current Events The land, the people, the culture

The Founders Weigh In

WLBOTT is truly blessed to have founders whose sole focus is avoiding litigation and increasing shareholder value. Today we celebrate their recent contributions. UC#1.c (a.k.a. Sally the Intern) From a recent WLBOTT team building exercise in NYC: UC#1 Our founder UC#1, who is a member of the commonwealth, had to gently correct me – I […]

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Canada Destinations Food Music

Moving to Newfoundland

Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s BLOTT. You are more than welcome to emigrate to Canada.  Here’s a simple guide for you:  https://www.canadim.com/immigrate/move-to-canada/move-from-united-states/ [1] Now, a few points of clarification: One other thing to consider:  as a US citizen, you are required to pay US taxes, no matter how hard you try to disappear […]

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America North America TechnoBLOTT

Windy Martha

Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #3 for today’s topic. Windy Martha sounds like either a cocktail or a digestive condition. But today, let’s look at the massive wind project off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard: Vineyard Wind. This is kind of corporate Rah-Rah, but it’s still pretty cool…. Fun Facts Carbon Cost Let’s say that this […]