TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

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

12 January 2026

Not a flying carpet

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This photo was called an "accidental optical illusion" when it was posted at Reddit .  I think that's a very apt descriptio...
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These cubes are NOT MOVING

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An incredible optical illlusion.  I tried covering up the arrow prompts with paper, but the cubes still "move". Sadly I've nev...

William Faulkner disagrees with Cormac McCarthy's prose style. And vice-versa.

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I'm posting this for any other English majors who may be followers of this blog.  I've been an avid reader of Faulkner since my coll...

ICE immigration officers are detaining NATIVE AMERICANS in Minnesota

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For fox ache.   The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, says that four of its tribal members were recent...
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11 January 2026

How many martinis is too many ?

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In this "immortal quatrain," Dorothy Parker explained that her limit was two: “I like to have a martini, Two at the very mo...
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09 January 2026

Trevi fountain

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Photo cropped for size and emphasis from the original posted in The Guardian .
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Selling flowers on the streets of Aleppo

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"A woman peddles bouquets of flowers outside the ruins of the passport office in Aleppo. " Photographs from Syria, January 2025, b...
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Updated Monopoly cards

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"Things you may not know" about Peter Pan

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Over the past 15 years I have blogged items about the flying corset , the eternal "man-child"  concept, and about Captain Hook...
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08 January 2026

Old Reader's Digest puzzle

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Assume the goose (as pictured) is on the bed.  Via Australia Reader's Digest .  Answer below the fold...
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Apple iPhone upgrade warning

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Everyone who has a phone understands about the need for upgrading the system periodically, but I was surprised by the urgency implied in thi...
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"Quantum leap" - a potentially useful term

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My understanding would be that a "quantum leap" would refer to the distance between one electron orbit to another within an atom [...
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05 January 2026

Interesting tool

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Image cropped for size from the original, posted in the antiques subreddit.  I'll place the answer "below the fold" so you ca...
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Why some colonial Americans were born in "1722/3"

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A letter to the editor in the August 2025 issue of American Philatelist magazine commented on a previous article about how the changeover f...
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Terms used by gen Z to discuss romance and relationships

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Herewith, selections from a "comprehensive guide to the terms gen Z is using to talk about romance, sex and the pursuit of both." ...
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