March 23
Better Than News
Sudden Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is an American film noir comedy road film about a successful woman (Joan Crawford) who marries a free-spirited writer (Hunter S. Thompson).
Wishing You Were Pink is the ninth studio album by the psychedelic horn-rock band Chicago Floyd. It features their hit song "Does Anybody Really Shine On You Crazy Diamond?"
Barefoot in Havana is an American romantic comedy thriller film about an uptight lawyer with a gambling problem (Robert Redford) who meet a free-spirited political activist (Jane Fonda) in Havana, Cuba on the eve of the Cuban Revolution.
The Dark Jedi Knight is a science fiction superhero film directed by George Lucas and Christopher Nolan.
Spice Trek is a 2021 science fiction crime drama film about interplanetary trafficking in melange, a prescience-inducing drug.
Red Spot Travel Agency is an exoplanetary retailer that provides travel and tourism-related services between Earth and Jupiter.
Beyond Plausible
The Taming of McLintock is a dramatic Western film about domestic violence and spousal abuse starring Strother Martin as Captain Corporal.
Denatured Protein Café is a restaurant in New Minneapolis, Canada specializing in biochemically innovative cuisine.
In Other Words
Scott Pilgrim is Not Enough is a romantic spy thriller film starring Kieran Culkin and Sophie Marceau.
Are You Sure
• ... that mathematician Emmy Noether made landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics?
• ... that Middle-earth Farm is an allegorical novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien?
Selected Anniversaries
1749: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace born. He will make important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.
1882: Mathematician Emmy Noether born. Noether will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.
1897: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge born. He will be a prolific author and influential mentor, and be credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.
1945: First publication of Middle-earth Farm, an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
1977: The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
2001: The Mir spacecraft is de-orbited. It had been in orbit for 15 years, it was occupied for ten of those years.
Topic of the Day
Hair
The Pompadour of Love is a pompapdours-only hair salon franchise.
Love in the Age of Muttonchops is a short documentary film about writer, scientist, and alleged time-traveler Isaac Asimov.
An American Bald Man in London is a 1981 horror travel film about two American backpackers who are attacked by a piratical janitor while traveling in England.
The Bioluminescent Hair Club is a world-wide bioluminescent hair restoration, bioluminescent hair regrowth, and bioluminescent hair replacement service.
Plait it once, Sam. For old time's sake.
