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Late Stage Capitalism TechnoBLOTT

A Computer Blessing

It’s interesting when doing a Google search for “computer blessing”, the results are almost always paired with “curse”. Something to ponder. But it’s a great day at WLBOTT headquarters. After years and years of being under the oppressive thumb of Spectrum, we are now surfing with Google fiber. It took a full half hour to […]

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England New Zealand Will there be a buffet?

Exploring Cook

Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during […]

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WLBOTT Corporate

Corporate Christmas Party

Wishing you all the best in Shareholder Value! At WLBOTT, we’re all family.

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Book Club Exonumia/Philately are not contagious Mildly Interesting

Celebrating Second

The Two Dollar Bill DALLAS, Texas — Thomas Jefferson is usually known as a founding father, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States. He rarely gets any press for being on the two-dollar bill. But last week, his face got a lot of it after Heritage Auctions sold […]

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Meaning of Life Music

Euphoria

Shawn Phillips has a beautiful song from the mid-’60s called Coming Down Soft and Easy. A line from the song pops into my head now and then: “Psychosomatic delusions of euphoria”. It makes me think, “it’s okay be be happy for while – try not to overthink it!” Psychosomatic delusions of euphoriaBetter dig it nowBefore […]

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Meaning of Life Random Acts of WLBOTTness The land, the people, the culture WLBOTT Corporate

Survey #2

Thank you for participating in our second Visitor Satisfaction Survey! A pdf version of this survey can be found here. You join a time-honored Twine Tradition: Rules: Replies must be PG13, PG, G only. Spousal units, friends, relatives encouraged to participate. All published results will be anonymized. You can submit your responses via our corporate […]

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Adventures of the Elders Food Japan TOTOT

Casserole of Death (COD)

[ed. note: UC#3 and UC#3-SU return from Japan.] Up with jet lag. Cleaned out eggs, cheese, rice, jalapeño and dubious ham from fridge and baked it up. Keeping with my mission to keep food waste from landfills and to test the scientific fact that you won’t get sick from spoiled food cooked above 165F (75C) […]

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Mildly Interesting Random Acts of WLBOTTness

What is Yellow?

WLBOTT R&D recently came across an image that does not contain yellow.a little croppage….and more….and more croppage…. WLBOTT Wonders: Huh? References [1] Wikipedia Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. Wikipedia Yellow is a Busy Little Color

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Alabama El Salvador Food

Pupusa

Sally the Intern shared a dream from two nights ago. She dreamed about “Pupusa”. Not the actual food item, but just the word itself. After consulting with the WLBOTT staff Freudian analyst / astrologer / sign spinner / Tourism Campaign Developer / Lighthouse Bulb Technician / tele-barber / underappreciated herring influencer / gastroenterologist / mySpace […]

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Month in Review

Month in Review: Sweet Mysteries of Live