TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

They look beautiful even in a stagnant drainage ditch.

Explained at the whatdoesthismean subreddit: Those little black dots on your car’s windshield are called frits. They are printed on the gla...

Via Bits and Pieces , where there is always a variety of different and humorous material.

As reported by Bloomberg : “This is a working farm,” boasts a sign at Rushett Farm. At first glance, the scene appears to be just that: A tr...

Via Miss Cellania . Reposted from 2024 because I needed a laugh tonight.  And it's interesting on a reread to notice how the errors the ...

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...

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

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...

See also A Cartoon for English Majors .

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

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

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...

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...

Details of the chair's design elements from local folklore are clarified at the Neatorama via.  I presume the colorful discs by the cha...

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