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Ungawa

As a child, I was fascinated with the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies. What an idyllic life! A loving family, living in a tree house, no boring school all day, ostrich eggs over easy for breakfast, and a pet chimpanzee. Every day was a field day with a picnic. And Tarzan had a magic word! Ungawa! […]

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Curated Absurdity Month in Review

Month in Review: June, 2023 (part 2)

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Curated Absurdity Month in Review

Month in Review: June, 2023 (part 1)

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Music

Spotlight on Flutes

Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #3 for today’s topic. Metropolitan Flute Festival Orchestra My Spousal Unit played in the Metropolitan Flute Festival Orchestra concert this weekend in Groton MA. [Spousal Unit] played alto flute in the 65 piece flute orchestra. In addition to the wonderful music, it was amazing to hear the entire flute family being […]

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No Cash Value

Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s topic. Esteemed members, One of the suggestions for cleaning old coins that I found via google is to put the coin in a mixture of lemon juice and salt for a while.  Of course, I didn’t want to try this out on a valuable coin, so I took […]

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America Destinations North America Will there be a buffet?

Destination: Clackamas

Clackamas (/ˈklækəməs/ CLAK-ə-məss) is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States,[3] and is a suburb of Portland. The population was approximately 7,000 as of 2010. – From Wikipedia Not to be confused with Clackamas County, Oregon. However, in WLBOTT fashion, we remain very confused. Oregon City Municipal Elevator, Clackamas County Into the […]

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America North America Texas

West Texas Oddities

The Cadillac Ranch (Amarillo) Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #4 for today’s topic. Distance from Edmonton, Alberta: 2,724 kmDistance from Austin, Texas: 477 milesDistance from Santa Barbara, California: 1,150 milesWLBOTT Status: ApprovedWill there be a Buffet? Big Texas YES Luna’s Jacal (Big Bend National Park) Distance from Edmonton, Alberta: 3,402 kmDistance from Austin, Texas: 491 milesDistance from Santa Barbara, California: 1,206 milesWLBOTT Status: ApprovedWill […]

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Heros WYNHA

Celebrating Margaret Hamilton

Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s topic. Margaret Hamilton – pioneer in Computer Science, designer of the on-board Apollo flight software, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama. She also coined the term “software engineering.” Presidential Medal of Freedom The very first contract NASA issued for the Apollo program (in August 1961) […]

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Sticking It To The Man

Roads To Moscow

A lot going on today (2023-06-24). I’m reminded of the nightmarish song by Al Steward, “Roads to Moscow”. It is the semi-biographical account of author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The following video is age-restricted because it shows historical images of the battles between the Soviet Union and Germany, with Al Stewart‘s “Roads to Moscow” as the backdrop. […]

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Happy Midsommar!

Today WLBOTT celebrates the summer solstice! As the earth circles the sun, the tilt of our planet gives the northern hemisphere the longest amount of sunlight. Celebrated in many ways around the world, in Texas the solstice means that the days will get shorter, hopefully resulting in a cool front in October or November. Midsommar: […]