March 22
Better Than News
Peaking There is an American satirical comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby and David Lunch, and starring Peter Sellers, Sheryl Lee, Kyle MacLachlan, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Ontkean, and Melvyn Douglas.
The Masked Singer is a Latverian reality singing competition television series hosted by Doctor Doom which features hideously scarred celebrities singing songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks concealing their identities.
J. Edgar Unchained is an American revisionist Western biographical drama film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx.
"Mr. Sandworm" is a popular song written by Pat Ballard and Frank Herbert.
"Be Unavailable" is a public-service advertising campaign which educates the general public on the value of being unavailable to play in the NBA playoffs, mainly because you have more important things to do.
"Imaginary Savior" is a 1978 hit single by the Messiah Rhythm Section, the first release and greatest hit from their album Nazarene Jam.
Beyond Plausible
Bobby Fischer 2049 is a science fiction historical drama film loosely based on the life of chess prodigy Bobby Fischer.
Damnation Alleython is a special event that happens once a year during which Damnation Motors features once-in-a-lifetime offers on post-Apocalyptic vehicles and accessories.
In Other Words
Robots of the Middle Ages is a collected volume of illuminated manuscripts, drawings, murals, mosaics, and other images from the Middle Ages depicting robots.
Are You Sure
... that physicist Nathan Rosen developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole?
Selected Anniversaries
1868: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan born. Millikan will win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
1909: Physicist Nathan Rosen born. Rosen will develop the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.
1990: Engineer Gerald Bull assassinated. He attempted to build artillery guns which could launch satellites into orbit.
2011: Computer scientist Philippe Flajolet dies. Flajolet contributed to general methods for analyzing the computational complexity of algorithms, including the theory of average-case complexity.
2006: Premiere of An Alien Home Companion, an American science fiction comedy film about the behind-the-scenes activities at a long-running public radio show which encounters an aggressive alien guest star. Director: Robert Altman.
Topic of the Day
Food
Raw Meal is a 1986 American dietary film about an elderly and malnourished FBI chef (Darrin McGavin), who wants to get revenge against a Mafia cooking school and sends a former FBI agent (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to destroy the school from the inside.
The Macaroni Break is a 1970 British war prison camp comfort food film starring Brian Keith and Helmut Griem.
Alderaan Croutons from Grand Chef Tarkin. They're not for Seasoning. They're for Sending a Message.
Fruitcake parkour is an Olympic sporting event in which contestants must traverse giant slices of fruitcake.
Serf Burger is a plant-based foodstuff formulated for the masses.