TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

A tip of the hat to Jason Kottke , who found and posted excerpts of a strategy to markedly improve one's chances of winning the Monopoly...

I first saw Silver Linings Playbook when it was released back in 2013, but I seem not to have blogged it at the time.  I'm doing so now...

Wikipedia has an extensive list, from which I've extracted some of the names I recognize: Alan Alda born 1936 An actor most famous...

October is Polio Awareness Month (because it used to be a seasonal illness peaking in late summer and early autumn), so this is a good time ...

So named because of its seasonality, poliomyelitis was the cause of worldwide epidemics in the 1950s .  This new book presents a detailed lo...

There seems to be an endless number of political signs trolling Trump.  I found this one on Imgur . Addendum :   Because some readers disagr...

An aerial view of colorful autumn foliage and the Taihang No. 1 Tourist Road winding through a forest in Jinzhong, Shanxi province, China, o...

This is truly a "longwatch" (one and a half hours), so I just browsed it.  I continue to be impressed by the investment China is m...

Just realized that I've never previously blogged this absolutely classic performance.  As one commenter said "Imagine playing Led Z...

Everyone is rightfully expecting a massive turnout at the polls for the mid-term elections.  Appeals to vote are everywhere, but I want to e...

Whenever I want an interesting image to leave at the top of TYWKIWDBI at the end of a blogging day, I can always rely on a photo of a slime ...

Excerpts from an article in The Guardian  about a social trend in Britain: " I really loved hosting at home years ago, before I had kid...

The Atlantic makes note of a social trend in the U.S.: Americans have been spending less and less time with their friends over the past two...

Excerpts from an article in The Atlantic : A man walks into a restaurant. He doesn’t have a reservation, but that shouldn’t be a problem; th...