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== Better Than News ==
== Better Than News ==


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== Beyond Plausible ==
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== In Other Words ==
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== On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction ==
== Selected Anniversaries ==


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Latest revision as of 11:31, 21 August 2024

Ely 8 pm (31 August 2023).

Better Than News

  • Do Gardens Dream of Earthly Delights? is a science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.

    Do Gardens Dream of Earthly Delights? is a science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.

  • Anchor Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film about a businessman (Sandler) who must work with an unconventional ship designer (Jack Nicholson).

    Anchor Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film about a businessman (Sandler) who must work with an unconventional ship designer (Jack Nicholson).

  • Theremin Psycho is a 1960 musical horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock about an encounter on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and shy Theremin master Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) and its aftermath.

    Theremin Psycho is a 1960 musical horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock about an encounter on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and shy Theremin master Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) and its aftermath.

  • Marie is an alternate history biographical television series loosely based on the life of Marie Curie.

    Marie is an alternate history biographical television series loosely based on the life of Marie Curie.

  • From Russia With LSD is a 1963 British spy film in which James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet pharmaceutical chemist Tatiana Romanova in Switzerland, where BLOTTR plans to avenge Bond's killing of the Blue Meanies.

    From Russia With LSD is a 1963 British spy film in which James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet pharmaceutical chemist Tatiana Romanova in Switzerland, where BLOTTR plans to avenge Bond's killing of the Blue Meanies.

  • Hellcheeser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a cheese-based snack food which summons the Cheddarbites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between Cheetos and Doritos.

    Hellcheeser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a cheese-based snack food which summons the Cheddarbites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between Cheetos and Doritos.

  • "My Oilier Longings" is an anagram of "Losing My Religion".

    "My Oilier Longings" is an anagram of "Losing My Religion".

Beyond Plausible

  • Pee Noir It's not a wine. It's not a waste product. It's Pee Noir.™

    Pee Noir It's not a wine. It's not a waste product. It's Pee Noir.™

In Other Words

  • Burt Lancaster's Wide World of Rugs is an American interior decoration anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961 to January 3, 1998, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by Burt Lancaster, with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 1987, the title continued to be used for general home and garden programs on the network until 2006.

    Burt Lancaster's Wide World of Rugs is an American interior decoration anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961 to January 3, 1998, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by Burt Lancaster, with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 1987, the title continued to be used for general home and garden programs on the network until 2006.

Are You Sure

... ISIS-K is an advanced, vitamin-fortified combat breakfast cereal manufactured by Chef Grand Tarkin under license from the Great Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1897: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

    1897: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

  • 1899: Georg Cantor writes to Dedekind, remarking that his "diagonal process" could be used to show that the power set of a set has more elements than the set itself.

    1899: Georg Cantor writes to Dedekind, remarking that his "diagonal process" could be used to show that the power set of a set has more elements than the set itself.

  • 1945: Mathematician and academic Stefan Banach dies. Banach was one of the founders of modern functional analysis.

    1945: Mathematician and academic Stefan Banach dies. Banach was one of the founders of modern functional analysis.

  • 1950: Mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel addresses the International Congress of Mathematicians, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on his work in relativity theory.

    1950: Mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel addresses the International Congress of Mathematicians, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on his work in relativity theory.

Topic of the Day

Cereals

  • Jungian Charms is an alleged breakfast cereal which manifests the user's shadow self.

    Jungian Charms is an alleged breakfast cereal which manifests the user's shadow self.

  • ISIS-K is an advanced, vitamin-fortified combat breakfast cereal manufactured by Chef Grand Tarkin under license from the Great Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.

    ISIS-K is an advanced, vitamin-fortified combat breakfast cereal manufactured by Chef Grand Tarkin under license from the Great Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.

  • Tungsten-Nuts is a rogue transdimesional corporation which attempts to camouflage itself as a breakfast cereal. Tungsten-Nuts is toxic to most Euclidean-based life forms, including humans.

    Tungsten-Nuts is a rogue transdimesional corporation which attempts to camouflage itself as a breakfast cereal. Tungsten-Nuts is toxic to most Euclidean-based life forms, including humans.

  • Probabilitios is a probability theory breakfast cereal which uses dice-like cereal bits to generate a pseudo-random experience for each consumer.

    Probabilitios is a probability theory breakfast cereal which uses dice-like cereal bits to generate a pseudo-random experience for each consumer.

  • Awkward Sparkles is an emotionally troubled breakfast cereal which suffers from anxiety attacks.

    Awkward Sparkles is an emotionally troubled breakfast cereal which suffers from anxiety attacks.

  • Lucky Cosmos is an unlicensed transdimensional breakfast cereal camouflaged as an autonomous cosmological model which describes the observable universe from the earliest known "First Bowl" through its subsequent large-scale evolution into the most important meal of the day.

    Lucky Cosmos is an unlicensed transdimensional breakfast cereal camouflaged as an autonomous cosmological model which describes the observable universe from the earliest known "First Bowl" through its subsequent large-scale evolution into the most important meal of the day.

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