TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

Those of us in the hobby (and in some other pastimes involving collectables) often joke that "there is a very fine line between a hobby...

Officers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be equipped with much-delayed body cameras by the end of next month , it was rep...

“It’s a troublesome world.  All the people who are in it Are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole h...

I screencapped the above claim months ago, intending to research the matter, but have not found time to do so, and have now decided it's...

Reposted from 2017 because I've been distracted from blogging for the past couple weeks. Cartoon from the archives of The New Yorke...

As an old English major, I've enjoyed accumulating a vocabulary of words ending in "vore."  Most people know carnivore, herbiv...

When Trump and Netanyahu started this war, much of the attention in the business world was focused on the price of crude oil (Brent, WTI) an...

Most of the conventional media I monitor echo Trump's declarations.  The updates I respect the most come from Al Jazeera.  Here is this ...

No useful comments in the Facebook discussion thread.  I could't find evidence that this image is from Hieronymus Bosch.  I've joine...

Found in The Babylon Bee ("Fake News You Can Trust"), where there is tongue-in-cheek discussion of the topic.

As reported by the Institute for the Study of War yesterday (July 28).  I was so glad to see an informed discussion of the various competin...

I might comment later.  Got chores to do first.   link to be added - https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-unveils-bright-gold-sculptures-wa...

This movie has been categorized as "black comedy sci-fi", which seems reasonably appropriate.  It's not a new movie (2017) but...

An "explainer" column today in Al Jazeera provides detailed insight into the ongoing negotiations.  I won't excerpt here; tho...