TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

Image cropped for size from the original, posted in the antiques subreddit.  I'll place the answer "below the fold" so you ca...

A letter to the editor in the August 2025 issue of American Philatelist magazine commented on a previous article about how the changeover f...

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

I'll defer any personal commentary.  The source article at The Guardian makes note of China's expected public response to Trump...

The week between Christmas and New Years may be a festive period, but the garbage bin still needs to be wheeled out to the roadside.  We...

This is one of the three best books I read in 2025 (the others being Orbital and Playground ).  As the title indicates, this book elucidate...

I previously posted an aerial image of this Italian mountaintop community about five years ago, but this evening image enhanced by city lig...

"Coming soon."  I generally enjoy movies made by A24 .  I'll do a proper review when it arrives.

I had not heard about this sculpture until I recently read about it in a book about the history of language (which I'll blog later).  He...

An excerpt of a poem by W. H. Auden offers a different viewpoint of Rodin's iconic work: Lifted off the potty, Infants from their...

The pale region "fades in and out during the day."  You can read an informed discussion in the comment thread at the piercing sub...

"Three suns are better than won! On two, the New Year!" - Skeetmotis Happy Holidays & Merry New Year - from Dutch ! Greetings,...

I encountered the above image on the interestingasfuck subreddit, apparently a sign at a fish-cleaning station at a resort or motel.   I th...

As reported in The New York Times : It has ignited an uproar in the school system, the Salmon River Central School District, a small distric...

Reposted to remind readers there is still time to offer greetings and pix to fellow readers.  I'll plan to post the submissions sometime...