TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

Pennies are in the news today because Donald Trump has ordered that their production be terminated immediately.  That's fine, and is som...

The full phrase, as I encountered it* read as follows: He sent in his expense account: "for himself & Servant, totaling one ...

I am recurrently amazed at the wonderful logic and math puzzles posted at Futility Closet .    "You’re in a pitch-dark room. On a tabl...

Note that not only are the radius and ulna broken, but the metal plates inside the bones (from repair of previous fractures) are bent at a 9...

"In August, United and Delta Air Lines were sued by passengers in two separate but similar suits. Both airlines were accused of unfairl...

I may be introducing the subject only to myself if this item is well-known.  I encountered it in a reasonably concise Wirecutter article: ...

There is a very interesting article in the September issue of The Atlantic.  " My Father, Guitar Guru to the Rock Gods " is writte...

“We picked up one excellent word – a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get ; a nice limber, expressive, handy word – ‘Lagniappe.’ They ...

Wisconsin Butterflies is the definitive online resource for reporting sightings across the state. Last year's video is here .

  Those interested can read more about the event and the song .   Reposted again from 2015 to add illustrations of some of the ways ship...

I saw this image in the WhatIsIt subreddit , where readers were asked to provide an explanation for their intended function.   I thought per...

"In a land still soaked from the rainy season, a river stained with tannin from a nearby forest marbles the sand." From a set of ...

Here's one way I'm well ahead of the curve on fashion and design.  I've been bringing wasp nests and other natural curiosities i...

All of the recently published charts, and most of the headlines, indicate that monetary inflation is "not a problem" at time in th...

I have a new favorite president. Before reading this book, literally the only things I knew about James Garfield were that he was featur...