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== Better Than News ==
 
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== Beyond Plausible ==
 
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== In Other Words ==
 
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== Are You Sure ==
 
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== Topic of the Day ==
 
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Revision as of 05:39, 27 June 2023

Self portrait (30 August 2024) @ 7:16 pm.

Better Than News

  • Full Metal Shining is a war horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Vincent D'Onofrio.

    Full Metal Shining is a war horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Vincent D'Onofrio.

  • Full Metal Recall is a science fiction war film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Len Wiseman starring Colin Farrell, Matthew Modine, and R. Lee Ermey.

    Full Metal Recall is a science fiction war film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Len Wiseman starring Colin Farrell, Matthew Modine, and R. Lee Ermey.

  • Down and Out in the Breakfast Club is an American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Paul Mazursky and John Hughes, starring Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy.

    Down and Out in the Breakfast Club is an American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Paul Mazursky and John Hughes, starring Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy.

  • Sorcerer 2: Maximum Horsepower is an American action-thriller film produced and directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. It is a prequel to Friedkin's 1977 film Sorcerer.

    Sorcerer 2: Maximum Horsepower is an American action-thriller film produced and directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. It is a prequel to Friedkin's 1977 film Sorcerer.

  • Avatar: The Last Air Horn is an American animated fantasy action television series about people who can telekinetically create painfully loud sounds inspired by air horns.

    Avatar: The Last Air Horn is an American animated fantasy action television series about people who can telekinetically create painfully loud sounds inspired by air horns.

  • Anura is a science fiction reality television show featuring Sigourney Weaver meeting frog-like creatures on alien planets.

    Anura is a science fiction reality television show featuring Sigourney Weaver meeting frog-like creatures on alien planets.

  • Unhandled Exception is a science fiction drama film about a heartbroken robot who discovers a mysterious error code.

    Unhandled Exception is a science fiction drama film about a heartbroken robot who discovers a mysterious error code.

Beyond Plausible

  • The Lord of the Danes is an epic Shakespearean play about a prince of Gondor (Hamlet) whose attempts to exorcise the ghost of his father lead to madness, betrayal, and murder.

    The Lord of the Danes is an epic Shakespearean play about a prince of Gondor (Hamlet) whose attempts to exorcise the ghost of his father lead to madness, betrayal, and murder.

  • The Dane in the High Castle is a tragic science fiction play by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.

    The Dane in the High Castle is a tragic science fiction play by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.

  • Citrusball is a family of sports involving citrus fruit. Derived from basketball, citrusball is played around the world, with many diverse local variations.

    Citrusball is a family of sports involving citrus fruit. Derived from basketball, citrusball is played around the world, with many diverse local variations.

In Other Words

  • Blunderball is a 1965 British spy film about a secret marine biologist (Sean Connery) who must find two top-secret NATO atomic dolphins stolen by SPRAT.

    Blunderball is a 1965 British spy film about a secret marine biologist (Sean Connery) who must find two top-secret NATO atomic dolphins stolen by SPRAT.

Are You Sure

... that "The Casein Glory" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek?

Topic of the Day

Cheese

  • Brie Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film about the doomed love between a maverick dairy farmer and a rival rancher's wife, set against the backdrop of the wide prairie land of the Midwest.

    Brie Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film about the doomed love between a maverick dairy farmer and a rival rancher's wife, set against the backdrop of the wide prairie land of the Midwest.

  • Snow Angel in Queso is a thriller comedy film about an addictive queso dip which causes [REDACTED] until the bags all bursts and chips fly everywhere.

    Snow Angel in Queso is a thriller comedy film about an addictive queso dip which causes [REDACTED] until the bags all bursts and chips fly everywhere.

  • Hellcheeser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a cheese-based snack foods which summon the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between Cheetos and Doritos.

    Hellcheeser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a cheese-based snack foods which summon the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between Cheetos and Doritos.

  • A Gouda gun is a type of hand tool for applying Gouda cheese in a precise and often decorative manner.

    A Gouda gun is a type of hand tool for applying Gouda cheese in a precise and often decorative manner.

  • Kit Kat String Cheese in low Earth orbit. [Source: Off-World Candy Agency]

    Kit Kat String Cheese in low Earth orbit. [Source: Off-World Candy Agency]

  • "The Casein Glory" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

    "The Casein Glory" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

  • Flying Pig Cheese House is a pareidolia-based cheese merchandising franchise.

    Flying Pig Cheese House is a pareidolia-based cheese merchandising franchise.

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