Gander is a town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately 40 km (25 mi) south of Gander Bay, 100 km (62 mi) south of Twillingate and 90 km (56 mi) east of Grand Falls-Windsor. … When the U.S. closed its airspace after […]
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Goaßgschau
Goaßgschau Did you know that when your eyes randomly go out of focus and then you are too lazy to focus them back in and just stare at nothing for a while In Bavarian (Germany) that’s called: “goaßgschau” which translates to “stare of a goat “ I love that there’s a word for this Love,The […]
Anti-censorship advocates have joined the book publisher Penguin Random House in condemning a Texas county that reclassified an account of European settlers’ colonization of Indigenous Americans as fiction. The furor in Montgomery county – near Houston – follows the decision by a citizens review panel, at the behest of rightwing activists, to place Colonization and […]
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, […]
Today we go down the Periodic Table rabbit hole. Many of today’s screen shots are from the excellent web site Periodic Tables.com Human Abundance What exactly are you full of? https://periodictable.com/Properties/A/HumanAbundance.html Q: Did you hear about the boy that ate uranium?A: He got an atomic ache. Notice how uranium is present in the human body. […]
Kupala Night is one of the major folk holidays of the Eastern Slavs that coincides with the Christian feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and the East Slavic feast of Saint John’s Eve. In folk tradition, it was revered as the day of the summer solstice and was originally celebrated on the […]
WLBOTT is very happy to celebrate Nuns on the Bus! Nuns on the Bus is a Catholic advocacy group in the United States. Their name comes from the fact that they tour the country on a bus. Led by Sister Simone Campbell, they place emphasis on the Church’s long-standing commitment to social justice. In different […]
Dear Tess, I am blessed with a wonderful life partner (or so I thought). Recently, I joined an eccentric club of twine enthusiasts. Naturally, I’ve been acquiring increasingly larger balls of twine (some sent by my fans, some homemade, some scavenged around the neighborhood). I am also now full of fun facts from the blog […]
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Tess Talks Twine
Tess Twinehart’s advice to the lovelorn is a regular feature of WLBOTT. She also has expertise in farm equipment, emotional support chickens, and twineology. In her free time, Tess advocates for waxed dental floss, whole grains, and motion sickness awareness. Tess is also an Olympic Hopeful. Dear Tess, I’m writing you today because I’m in […]
My Ukrainian ENGin buddy told me about an interesting Ukrainian ritual for the celebration of the Epiphany. In Ukraine, the celebration of Epiphany, or “Yordan” (also known as “Vodokhreshche”), takes place on January 19th. It’s a major religious holiday in the Orthodox Christian tradition, marking the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. A key […]