TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

"Things You Wouldn't Know If We Didn't Blog Intermittently."

03 June 2026

Found in the hair of a trauma victim...

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The patient's wife posted this image in the whatisit subreddit, where I learned that this is a modern xray marker.  I spent 30 years re...

Rhinestone jewelry can be valuable

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The embedded image shows a demi-parure (matched set of earrings and necklace) created with Aurora Borealis rhinestones, which were popular ...

Erasing Gaza

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A series of before-and-after satellite photos document the physical destruction going on in Gaza.  At the link are a set of photos with sli...
29 May 2026

Humor for English majors

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See also A Cartoon for English Majors .
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A cartoon for English majors - updated

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This one was "over my head."  I'll post now for other English majors to ponder, and update after the weekend with some relevan...
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When the endgame is defeat - updated

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Excerpts from an article in The Atlantic  last week: ... Trump’s repeated threats to resume attacks since then have proved to be bluffs. The...
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28 May 2026

Rechalking the Cerne Abbas Giant

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Readers here will certainly be familiar with the Cerne Giant .  What I had not appreciated from casual reading is the depth to which the cha...
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27 May 2026

News re the Strait of Hormuz

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From Facebook, so it might not be true... But what is true is that I listed to an Al Jazeera interview with a fellow from Tehran who mention...
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26 May 2026

Storytime chair (Penzance, Cornwall)

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Details of the chair's design elements from local folklore are clarified at the Neatorama via.  I presume the colorful discs by the cha...
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"Moral panic" over babydoll dresses

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Let's start with a definition:  A babydoll is a short, sleeveless, loose-fitting nightgown or negligee , intended as nightwear for wome...
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Spend three hours with David Attenborough

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Via Kottke
23 May 2026

Pythagorean tiling

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The painting is Street Musicians at the Doorway of a House , by Jacob Ochtervelt (1665).  The pattern on the floor is an example of ...
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Tessellated pavement tiles in Granada

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It just absolutely fascinates me that each of these hexagonal tiles has the same pattern , but that the resultant overall result can be so v...
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22 May 2026

The price of eggs

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I've been doing my own grocery shopping for the past 58 years.  I open the egg carton to peek inside and check the bottom for wet spots....
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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index

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Offered without comment from me.
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