TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

In today's common parlance a "nightcap" would be a recreational beverage taken in the predormital period, but in the broader s...

Since the component parts can be reused, one would have to think this marks the beginning of the end of fireworks displays. Related :  Annoy...

But now she's Queen of Denmark.  Her story is told in the New York Times . ...when Mary Donaldson, then a 28-year-old from Tasmania work...

I didn't know such things existed (or that there was a need for them).  But on the other hand I just discovered that there is a subreddi...

 (But not Things You Wouldn't Know If We Didn't Blog Intermittently) Tom Scott is ending his ten year series of YouTube videos, whic...

I thought this might be fake, but apparently it is true . In the book Words of Our Hero, Ulysses S. Grant , published circa 1885, the remark...

The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music i...

And Mrs. Blandings (Myrna Loy) tries to get her ideal color scheme incorporated into the house.  In the screencap embedded above, she is sho...

This morning as I consumed my daily (over)dose of Reddit, I encountered a gif about " sunflower oil extraction ."  I don't kn...

For New Year's Eve, instead of embedding fireworks I've chosen a classic song. "We'll Meet Again" was a signature t...

Everyone has heard stories about unfortunate businessmen who have had their restaurant or store rendered inoperative until they paid "r...

And capped off by the central band of the Milky Way.  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day .

Explained at Cinerama Film : György Pálfi’s Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen is a quintessential love story, the ultimate experience for cin...

Clever.  Via  Bored Panda , where there is more science humor.  (re " rickroll ")

A screencap I took while recently rewatching North by Northwest for the umpteenth time.  I am intrigued by the stylish wallpaper in the bac...