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Latest revision as of 06:33, 20 August 2024
Better Than News
Rashomon Time-Slip is a science fiction psychological thriller novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. It was adapted for film by Akira Kurosawa in 1950.
Burn After Eating is a comedy foodie film written and directed by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, and Brad Pitt.
Time Travelers of Triskelion is a British-American science fiction television series about a group of prisoners on the arena planet of Triskelion who secretly experiment with time travel.
The Dark Side of E.C. is a 1973 album by Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton.
The Alien Strikes Back is a science fiction horror film directed by Irvin Kershner and Ridley Scott, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Tom Skerritt, and Sigourney Weaver.
Enemy of the Ape is an American science fiction political action thriller film directed by Tony Scott and Matt Reeves, starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, and Andy Serkis.
Beyond Plausible
The Memento Falcon is an American neo-noir psychological thriller film starring Humphrey Bogart as a private detective who suffers from anterograde amnesia, resulting in short-term memory loss and the inability to form new memories.
"What the World Needs Now is Meme" is a song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It has been covered by numerous artists including Dionne Warwick.
In Other Words
Pyro Parts is 1997 American arson comedy film which follows the life of an arsonist (Howard Sterno) from boyhood and his rise to success as the "shock jock" of pyromaniacs.
"I'd Lord the Flies and Teach to Sing" is the slogan from a 1971 Coca Cola advertising campaign featuring the song by the same name.
Are You Sure
... that Baby Boulder is an Applied Geology Activity Kit from Gnomon Chronicles Industries?
Selected Anniversaries
1647: Physicist, mathematician, and inventor Denis Papin born. Papin will invent the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker and the steam engine.
1854: Poet Jan Kochanowski dies. He established poetic patterns which would become integral to the Polish literary language.
1920: Science fiction writer and screenwriter Ray Bradbury born. The New York Times will call Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".
1974: Mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet, and inventor Jacob Bronowski dies.
Topic of the Day
Food and Beverages
Fleetwood Big Mac are a British-American rock fast-food band, formed in London in 1967.
Invasion of the Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwiches is an alleged fast food franchise based in low Earth orbit.
McRib is a 1991 science fiction fast-food film about an alien sandwich which invades the Earth.
Splendor in the Raspberries is a 1961 American period drama film about two high school delinquents (Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty) who must work for a summer on the the county reformatory's raspberry farm, navigating feelings of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak.