June 8
Better Than News
Splash 2049 is an American science fiction romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and Denis Villeneuve, starring Daryl Hannah and Ryan Gosling.
The Candidate: Endgame is an American political science fiction drama film about leftist lawyer Bill McKay (Robert Redford), who is recruited by Hydra to run for World Security Council Secretary seat against admired Republican Thanos (Josh Brolin).
One C.H.O.M.P. at a Time is an American television sitcom about a young inventor (Valerie Bertinelli) who creates C.H.O.M.P.S. ("Canine HOMe Protection System"), a robotic dog for use as part of a home protection system.
Grateful Droid is a Grateful Dead cover band starring C3P0, R2D2, and a varying cast of supporting droids.
"Toy Ford Kit" is anagram of "Tokyo Drift".
The Game-Players of Nixon is a 1963 biography of Richard Nixon by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
Are You Sure
... that mathematician, astronomer, and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered four satellites of the planet Saturn and noted the division of the rings of Saturn, and that the Cassini Division is named after him?
On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction
1625: Mathematician, astronomer, and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini born. He will discover four satellites of the planet Saturn and note the division of the rings of Saturn; the Cassini Division will be named after him.
1789: James Madison introduces nine amendments to the constitution in the House of Representatives, inluencing later Bill of Rights amendments.
1809: Thomas Paine dies. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.
1887: Inventor Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.
1955: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee born. He will invent the World Wide Web.
Topic of the Day
Anger
Anchor Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film about a businessman (Sandler) who must work with an unconventional ship designer (Jack Nicholson).
Humbugs is a brand of beta-pheromone candy manufactured and distributed by the Off-World Candy Company. Each of the colors is a different flavor of anger.
Heroes Incited: Ire Man is a short documentary film about a scientist with anger management issues (Bruce Banner) who invents a metal exoskeleton which calms his rage.
"Petulant Irish Cascade" is an anagram of "Saccharine Platitudes".
