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Adventures of the Elders Egypt Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Heros Meaning of Life

Senet

The ancient game Senet has become the go-to game at the WLBOTT barracks. The game over 4,500 years old. Senet or senat (Ancient Egyptian: romanized: znt, lit. ’passing’; cf. Coptic ⲥⲓⲛⲉ /sinə/, ‘passing, afternoon’) is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. The earliest representation […]

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Adventures of the Elders Food Ukraine

Cabbage Rolls

At the WLBOTT Test Kitchen and Tractor Lube Station, we are continuing our journey into the Twelve Dishes of Ukrainian Christmas. Yesterday, we made cabbage rolls, which is our current favorite. Our starting point was based on a recipe from All Recipes. Ingredients (slightly modified from the All Recipes version) Directions [1] The temperature setting […]

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Egypt History Scholarship/Erudition

Amanirenas, the One-Eyed Queen

As our marketing team was doing due diligence with our new line of playing cards, we discovered that there were no “one-eyed” queens in a standard deck. According to Elder G: However, the Google was able to provide more general information on the “one-eyed” queen. From the cool site Wonderopolis The reign of Kandake Amanirenas […]

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Animal Kingdom Oh, Grow Up!

A Flatulent Goose on a Foggy Day

We offer, without apology or explanation, the gallery of the flatulent goose on a foggy day. A Google Spider’s Journey…. December 26th, 2024 3:37pm CST December 28th, 2024 1:58pm CST We have arrived, although at this point WLBOTT is not considered “great.” We accept this with humility. January 16th, 2025 2:36pm CST We continue to […]

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Late Stage Capitalism WLBOTT Corporate

Face Card Auditions

As those of you who have read our highly redacted shareholder report would know, WLBOTT plans to expand our product line into the highly lucrative playing card market. Here are some photos from our recent open audition for Face Card Models.

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Curated Absurdity Music Vanity

Femmifatalis rockabillia

In the search for the Vareniki / Pierogi in the arts and sciences, we came across this 50’s rockabilly song by Johnny Horton. I Got a Hole in My PirogueSong by Johnny HortonWell I went out a fishin’ to make a little mon.To take to Cajulina so we could have some fun.On the way back, […]

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Curated Absurdity Music

70’s Song Game

Today we have a little game that Ender G thought up! These AI image galleries were created using a prompt from the title or lyrics to popular songs from the 1970’s. Song #1 Show / Hide Thank God I’m a Country Boy! Song #2 Show / Hide Coconut by Harry Nilsson Brother bought a coconut, […]

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Fine Arts Scholarship/Erudition

Peas in Art, History, and Religion

Adjunct to Pea Cutlets / Січеники з гороху Modern Interpretations of the Pea The Post-Apocalyptic Pea Ancient Pea Worship Heretical Cult of the Pea The Cult of the Pea Goddess The School of Rubenesque Pea Art Pea Nymphs of the Hearth, Field, and Forest The WLBOTT Elders Prep Peas at the Ladle & Lube

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Adventures of the Elders ENGin Food Ukraine

12 Ukrainian Christmas Dishes: Pea Cutlets / Січеники з гороху

Today we made another traditional Ukrainian dish, suggested by my ENGin buddy. The dish, Pea Cutlets / Січеники з гороху, is a simple recipe using dried peas. We found a recipe on the delightful Ukrainian food site Shuba. At the WLBOTT Test Kitchen, the Ladle & Lube, we made two executive decisions: Thoughts / Reflections […]

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Adventures of the Elders ENGin Food Ukraine

12 Ukrainian Christmas Dishes: Borscht

My Ukrainian ENGin buddy shared the twelve traditional dishes served on Christmas Eve. We are going to see how many we can make at the WLBOTT Test Kitchen and Tractor Lube Station. The menu: I’ll have to check with my buddy, but I believe that “Lenten” in this context means “vegetarian.” Lenten borscht — Пісний […]