TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

Screencap from an otherwise enjoyable movie I watched recently.  This scene has not been recorded at the classic Movie Mistakes website, bu...

Several years ago while visiting Olbrich Botanical Gardens here in Madison, we saw several unfamiliar mid-sized plants that were hosting a ...

"If you are enchanted by forbidden love of a woman, you must put on a pair of shoes and walk about until the feet sweat. But walk quick...

"Rat kings are cryptozoological phenomena said to arise when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails, which become stuck ...

My rule of thumb: if it's a David Attenborough video, it's worth blogging. BTW, if you've never used the "fullscreen...

Take your time pondering this clever map from xkcd .  When you give up, there is a link to the answer at the Kottke via.  (New England is o...

Anne Boleyn’s Hever “Rose” portrait is one of history’s most iconic faces, with her “B” pendant, her French hood, her dark eyes and a red ro...

The United States has been learning some unpleasant realities about "asymmetric warfare" in which the country with the most bomber...

I'm embedding a graphic I found in a May 2 Facebook post by Christian Decle (who apparently is a "digital creator.")  It's...

"A beleaguered grunt from the other room interrupts him.  Moments later, a teenage boy lopes out... Without a glance at Cameron, the bo...

Enjoyed the book and am looking forward to the movier.  Here is the New York Times review of the book back in 2023.   The movie drops on Ne...

Absolutely amazing.  Imagine being a human actor viewing this and wondering what your future holds re  employment.  Imagine what fake celebr...

Screencap from moments ago (Sunday May 3) on Bloomberg's The China Show .  The case was brought by a tech worker in Eastern China (Hangz...

Viewers at Neatorama are advised by Miss Cellania that this brief video is a public service announcement, so I was alert to the possibility...