March 26
Better Than News
The Man Who Shot Cat Ballou is an American neo-Western thriller film starring Jane Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne, and Lee Marvin.
Mister Peanut Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Southern agricultural policy film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Samuel L. Jackson.
The Exorcist: Rise of Kong is an epic supernatural monster film directed by Peter Jackson and William Friedkin, starring Max von Sydow, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Linda Blair.
The Lost Wordle is an American word game film noir directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, and Josh Wardle.
Tweet is a 1981 neo-noir action social media film by Michael Mann about a thief and retired Twitter influencer (James Caan) who is forced to post one last tweet.
"When you gaze long into Alan Arkin, Alan Arkin also gazes into you." —Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Plausible
"When time is outlawed, only outlaws will have time" is a slogan associated with the Time Rights movement.
"Material Whirl" is a song by American singer, songwriter, and helicopter pilot Madonna.
In Other Words
"Don't Look Back in Angers" is a song by the British rock band Oasis.
Are You Sure
• ... that physician and engineer John Mudge was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering"?
• ... that American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch was a founder of modern maritime navigation; and that his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, was carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel for some time; and that updated versions continue to be published?
• ... that mathematician and academic Paul Erdős firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity; and that Erdős lived an itinerant lifestyle for the explicit purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians?
Selected Anniversaries
1773: American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch born. He will be a founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, will be carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.
1793: Physician and engineer John Mudge dies. He was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".
1851: Mathematician George Chrystal born. He will be awarded a Gold Medal from the Royal Society of London (confirmed shortly after his death) for his studies of seiches (wave patterns in large inland bodies of water).
1913: Mathematician and academic Paul Erdős born. He will firmly believe mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians.
Topic of the Day
Julius Caesar
Caesar and the Pirates is an action-Empire comic strip created by Julius Caesar, which originally ran from his birth to his death.
Gaius Julius Christ (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), also referred to as Julius of Rome or Julius Christ, was a Roman general and religious leader who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of Christendom.
