  WIMPs, weakly-interacting massive particles, have been leading candidates for
particle dark matter for decades, and they remain a viable and highly motivated
possibility. In these lectures, I describe the basic motivations for WIMPs,
beginning with the WIMP miracle and its under-appreciated cousin, the discrete
WIMP miracle. I then give an overview of some of the basic features of WIMPs
and how to find them. These lectures conclude with some variations on the WIMP
theme that have by now become significant topics in their own right and
illustrate the richness of the WIMP paradigm.
