Random Acts of Misfiring Neurons

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, Late Stage Capitalism!

Q: Do you know what computer programmers spread on their toast?
A: Paper jams

Texas Special Legislative Session

Because of our business card delivery, Greg Abbott called a special session of the Texas Legislature to ban distribution of WLBOTT business cards on any publicly owned golf courses. In the same bill, climate change is banned (not references to climate change, but the climate itself).

Special Biz Card Ban enforcement squad:

Through .vs. Thru

The spelling of “through” bugs me to no end. Think of the reduction in greenhouse gases if we dropped the “o…gh”.

Adventures in Bad Cinema

Terrifier 2 (dis-recommended by UC#3) / https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10403420

Synopsis (based on the 22 minutes I watched): Killer Clown meets up with an imaginary friend at the laundromat.

Pumpkin .vs. Sweet Potato Empanadas

There is a very subtle, but distinct difference between the HEB sweet potato empanada and the HEB pumpkin empanada. Both are delicious, and can be eaten fresh, frozen, canned, pickled or deep fried.

We invite you to go on your own culinary quest and report back.

Semi-sequitur: More reasons why HEB is the Grocery Laureate of Texas:

This topic of empanada filing is not without controversy. Passions run high on both sides of the pumpkin/sweet potato curtain.

This is the hill we will die on.

Today’s Ear Worm: Apeman

....
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman
....
'Cause the only time that I feel at ease
Is swinging up and down in the coconut trees
Oh what a life of luxury to be like an apeman
....
Oh come on and love me, be my apeman girl
And we'll be so happy in my apeman world
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
We'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, just like an apeman

“Apeman” is a 1970 song by the English rock band the Kinks. It was written by Ray Davies and appears on the album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. Written as a call to return to nature amidst the crowding and industry of the city, the song features calypso stylings. Like its predecessor, “Lola”, it had to have a lyric re-dubbed for commercial release.

“Apeman” was a successful follow-up to “Lola”, reaching number five on the British charts. It has since attracted critical acclaim.

Controversy and re-dubbing

[ed. note: UC#2 and I have discussed this issue ad-nasium^[2]]

The Kinks provoked some controversy, because in the line “…the air pollution is a-foggin’ up my eyes…”, the word “a-foggin'” sounded too much like “a-f&#@ing”. Like the band’s previous single “Lola”, where Ray Davies had to change “Coca-Cola” to “cherry cola”, he again had to fly back to London to re-record this line, dubbing over with a more clear “a-foggin'” prior to its single release, in turn causing a delay in the US single release of the tune. The original lyric remains intact on the album, and is heard at 2:20. On their performance on Top of the Pops, filmed later in November, the changed lyric can be heard on the backing tape.

“Apeman” was covered by British singer and teenage heartthrob^[3] Jack Wild on his 1971 album Everything’s Coming Up Roses, by the Esso Trinidad Steel Band in 1971
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