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.
Beyond Plausible
Scarlet Sunset (8 June 2024). Bourbon: 2 oz. / Grand Marnier: .5 oz. / Grenadine: .5 oz. / Ice to taste, top off with club soda.
In Other Words
"Tell Liberty So Wild" is an anagram of "Little Yellow Birds".
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?
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 candy manufactured and distributed by the Off-World Candy Company. Each of the colors is a neo-pheromone expressing 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".
