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* ''[[Eraserhead Nevsky]]'' | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* ''[[Scannery Row]]'' | |||
* [[Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue)]] | |||
* ''[[Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance]]'' | |||
{{Selected anniversaries/ | |||
File:Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance.jpg|link=Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance|'''''[[Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance]]''''' is a self-discovery travel and body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Robert Pirsi | |||
File:Eraserhead Nevsky.jpg|link=Eraserhead Nevsky|'''''[[Eraserhead Nevsky]]''''' is a 1938 Soviet surrealist allegory film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and David Lynch. It depicts the attempted invasion of desolate industrial landscape in the 13th century by a man in space moving levers, and his defeat by Prince Eraserhead, known popularly as Eraserhead Nevsky. | |||
File:Scannery Row.jpg|link=Scannery Row|'''''[[Scannery Row]]''''' is a science fiction horror-romance film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger. | |||
File:Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue).jpg|link=Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue)|'''''[[Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue)]]''''' is a musical noir thriller film directed by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, and the Carpent | |||
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Ely Minnesota, population 3200, a hour's drive from a larger city (Virginia, pop. 8900). | |||
Not much happens here. Once or twice a year I read about a drug bust or an overdose. Rumor of arson last summer. Amazon packages stolen from steps. | |||
Nights are quiet, I don't worry. | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1687163459731951616 Post] @ Twitter (3 August 2023) | |||
== "The Big News" email to AirVuz == | |||
From the email announcement I sent to AirVuz a few minutes ago (September 18, 2019): | |||
<blockquote> | |||
Hello AirVuz, | |||
The big news is that I have purchased property in Ely, Minnesota, and I am in the process of moving up there right now. | |||
The property is a residential/commercial space on the main street in the heart of downtown Ely. It's been an art gallery and framing service (the Kess Gallery) for thirty years. The artist couple that own it are retiring. The building needs a lot of work, but the price is low so I can afford to fix it up. | |||
Most of the property is taken up by the gallery / retail space, with very cramped living quarters at the back, but that's okay for now. Next year I will rehab the entire residential area, tear down the old garage and back porch, and build out more living space in back including maybe a separate small residential unit for AirBnB. | |||
Closing is scheduled for September 30, but the owners handed me the keys right after I signed the purchase agreement and said go ahead and move in. (They have a house nearby.) | |||
So, I will be busy moving for the next couple of weeks, but then I will settle down and get back to work. | |||
Drive time from Ely to the AirVuz World Headquarters is about four and a half hours, and I want to get into the metro about weekly, so I will attend at least some staff meetings, maybe all of them. | |||
You are all invited (once I get settled in) to visit me in Ely: | |||
130 East Sheridan Street | |||
Ely, MN | |||
55731 | |||
I will rename the place the Karl Jones Gallery and continue to show and sell art, mainly by my Twin Cities friends and myself, also by local artists. I don't expect the gallery to make much money, that's not how galleries usually work. But I'm sure it will be great fun. | |||
The former owner, who has an established clientele base for framing services, is setting me up with all of his stock and training me how to do framing, which will be a nice little sideline business. | |||
That's about it for now. I will keep you posted as things progress. | |||
Your Man in Ely, | |||
Karl Jones | |||
</blockquote> | |||
== If I ever disappear == | |||
If I ever disappear like I occasionally threaten to, just think that I was on Art of Darkness, published by Apocalypse Confidential, I created The Forest of Symbols. I had a good run. | |||
Forest of Symbols @AldousAsterion | |||
== == | |||
That's one small step | |||
for gpt, | |||
one giant leap | |||
for chatkind | |||
== == | |||
Four strong winds that blow Sherbrooke | |||
Seventeen Seventy-Eight runs high | |||
How I wish all those things come what me | |||
But our letter of marque has come | |||
And I'm bound for movin' on | |||
I'll look for the scummiest vessel I’ve ever seen | |||
O the year was Seventeen Seventy-Eight | |||
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now | |||
A letter of marque came from the king | |||
To | |||
God damn them all | |||
I was told we’d cruise the seas for American gold | |||
We’d fire no guns, shed no tears | |||
Now I’m a broken man on a Halifax pier | |||
The last of Barrett’s Privateers | |||
Four strong winds that blow lonely | |||
Seven seas that run high | |||
All those things that don't change come what may | |||
But our good times are all gone | |||
And I'm bound for movin' on | |||
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way | |||
== == | |||
Don't know why<br> | |||
There's a gun up in the sky<br> | |||
Heavy weather<br> | |||
Since my government ain't together<br> | |||
Keeps raining bullets all the time | |||
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIgVCU19pjg | |||
The lunatic I said you'd call | |||
The lunatic I said you'd call | |||
Remembering rings and Doctor Robert's laugh | |||
Got to be there any time at all | |||
The lunatic will pick you up | |||
The lunatic will pick you up | |||
The paper hold he's folded everything he can | |||
Got to keep the loony's special cup | |||
And if the dam breaks open for the National Health | |||
You shout and no one can succeed | |||
And if you must believe in everyone in need | |||
I'll see you pay the dark side of yourself | |||
The lunatic is on the grass | |||
The lunatic is on the grass | |||
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs | |||
Got to keep the loonies on the path | |||
The lunatic is in the hall | |||
The lunatics are in my hall | |||
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor | |||
And every day, the paperboy brings more | |||
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon | |||
And if there is no room upon the hill | |||
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too | |||
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon | |||
Ring, my friend I said you'd call | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
Day or night he'll be there any time at all | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
You're a new and better man | |||
He helps you to understand | |||
He does everything he can | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
If you're down he'll pick you up | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
Take a drink from his special cup | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
He's a man you must believe | |||
Helping anyone in need | |||
No one can succeed like Doctor Robert | |||
Well, well, well, you're feeling fine | |||
Well, well, well, he'll make you | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
My friend works for the National Health | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
Don't pay money just to see yourself | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
Doctor Robert | |||
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'''''Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of fiction and nonfiction by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. Fresh content daily.<br> | |||
[[{{#time:F j|now - 2 hours}}]]<br> | |||
== Better Than News == | |||
{{Better Than News/{{#time:F j|now - 2 hours}}}} | |||
== Are You Sure ... == | |||
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== On This Day == | |||
{{Selected anniversaries/{{#time:F j|now - 2 hours}}}} | |||
== Topic of the Day == | |||
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Revision as of 08:36, 31 May 2024
- Eraserhead Nevsky
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Scannery Row
- Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue)
- Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance
File:Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance.jpg|link=Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance|Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance is a self-discovery travel and body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Robert Pirsi
File:Eraserhead Nevsky.jpg|link=Eraserhead Nevsky|Eraserhead Nevsky is a 1938 Soviet surrealist allegory film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and David Lynch. It depicts the attempted invasion of desolate industrial landscape in the 13th century by a man in space moving levers, and his defeat by Prince Eraserhead, known popularly as Eraserhead Nevsky.
File:Scannery Row.jpg|link=Scannery Row|Scannery Row is a science fiction horror-romance film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger.
File:Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue).jpg|link=Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue)|Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue) is a musical noir thriller film directed by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, and the Carpent
September 28
September 28
Ely Minnesota, population 3200, a hour's drive from a larger city (Virginia, pop. 8900).
Not much happens here. Once or twice a year I read about a drug bust or an overdose. Rumor of arson last summer. Amazon packages stolen from steps.
Nights are quiet, I don't worry.
- Post @ Twitter (3 August 2023)
"The Big News" email to AirVuz
From the email announcement I sent to AirVuz a few minutes ago (September 18, 2019):
Hello AirVuz,
The big news is that I have purchased property in Ely, Minnesota, and I am in the process of moving up there right now.
The property is a residential/commercial space on the main street in the heart of downtown Ely. It's been an art gallery and framing service (the Kess Gallery) for thirty years. The artist couple that own it are retiring. The building needs a lot of work, but the price is low so I can afford to fix it up.
Most of the property is taken up by the gallery / retail space, with very cramped living quarters at the back, but that's okay for now. Next year I will rehab the entire residential area, tear down the old garage and back porch, and build out more living space in back including maybe a separate small residential unit for AirBnB.
Closing is scheduled for September 30, but the owners handed me the keys right after I signed the purchase agreement and said go ahead and move in. (They have a house nearby.)
So, I will be busy moving for the next couple of weeks, but then I will settle down and get back to work.
Drive time from Ely to the AirVuz World Headquarters is about four and a half hours, and I want to get into the metro about weekly, so I will attend at least some staff meetings, maybe all of them.
You are all invited (once I get settled in) to visit me in Ely:
130 East Sheridan Street Ely, MN 55731
I will rename the place the Karl Jones Gallery and continue to show and sell art, mainly by my Twin Cities friends and myself, also by local artists. I don't expect the gallery to make much money, that's not how galleries usually work. But I'm sure it will be great fun.
The former owner, who has an established clientele base for framing services, is setting me up with all of his stock and training me how to do framing, which will be a nice little sideline business.
That's about it for now. I will keep you posted as things progress.
Your Man in Ely, Karl Jones
If I ever disappear
If I ever disappear like I occasionally threaten to, just think that I was on Art of Darkness, published by Apocalypse Confidential, I created The Forest of Symbols. I had a good run.
Forest of Symbols @AldousAsterion
That's one small step for gpt, one giant leap for chatkind
Four strong winds that blow Sherbrooke Seventeen Seventy-Eight runs high How I wish all those things come what me But our letter of marque has come And I'm bound for movin' on I'll look for the scummiest vessel I’ve ever seen
O the year was Seventeen Seventy-Eight
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
A letter of marque came from the king
To
God damn them all I was told we’d cruise the seas for American gold We’d fire no guns, shed no tears Now I’m a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett’s Privateers
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change come what may
But our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
Don't know why
There's a gun up in the sky
Heavy weather
Since my government ain't together
Keeps raining bullets all the time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIgVCU19pjg
The lunatic I said you'd call The lunatic I said you'd call Remembering rings and Doctor Robert's laugh Got to be there any time at all
The lunatic will pick you up The lunatic will pick you up The paper hold he's folded everything he can Got to keep the loony's special cup
And if the dam breaks open for the National Health You shout and no one can succeed And if you must believe in everyone in need I'll see you pay the dark side of yourself
The lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is on the grass Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs Got to keep the loonies on the path The lunatic is in the hall The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day, the paperboy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
Ring, my friend I said you'd call Doctor Robert Day or night he'll be there any time at all Doctor Robert Doctor Robert You're a new and better man He helps you to understand He does everything he can Doctor Robert If you're down he'll pick you up Doctor Robert Take a drink from his special cup Doctor Robert Doctor Robert He's a man you must believe Helping anyone in need No one can succeed like Doctor Robert Well, well, well, you're feeling fine Well, well, well, he'll make you Doctor Robert My friend works for the National Health Doctor Robert Don't pay money just to see yourself Doctor Robert Doctor Robert
Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
Better Than News
Jason and the Seventh Seal is a historical mythological adventure film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and Don Chaffey about the adventures of the Jason, the world's mightiest swordsman and chess-player.
The Primes of Miss Jean Brodie is a short novel by Muriel Sparks about a charismatic Scottish mathematics teacher, Miss Jean Brodie, and her influence on the lives of six impressionable number theory students.
Cannablanca is a 1942 stoner war drama film about American expatriate Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), whose old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) unexpectedly appears with her husband, award-winning cannabis farmer Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid).
Dr. Claymoney, or How We Got Along After the Ark is a dystopian science fiction novel by Octavia Butler and Philip K. Dick.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3: The Pizza Bird (full title: Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3: The Pizz Bird) is an allegorical fable about a seagull who competes with ravens, raccoons, and indigent humans for food scraps behind a pizza restaurant.
Kon-Tiki: Across Walden Pond is a book by Henry David Thoreau and Thor Heyerdahl, reflecting upon the authors' simple traversal of natural surroundings.
Are You Sure ...
• ... that Florence Violet McKenzie OBE (28 September 1890 or 1892 – 23 May 1982), affectionately known as "Mrs Mac", was a pioneer of wireless technology, Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong champion of technical education for women?
• ... that astronomer and mathematician Ismaël Bullialdus (28 September 1605 – 25 November 1694) was an active and prolific member of the Republic of Letters, the long-distance intellectual correspondence network that had emerged as an international community of self-proclaimed scholars and literary figures; that his letters demonstrate the geographic reach of the Republic of Letters (his correspondents lived not only in nearby countries like Holland and Italy, but also in Scandinavia, Poland, and the Near East); and that the most famous of the known letters included in the original Archive Boulliau include correspondence with luminaries including Galileo, Marin Mersenne, Henry Oldenburg, Christiaan Huygens, and Pierre de Fermat?
• ... that mathematician and physicist Martin David Kruskal (September 28, 1925 – December 26, 2006) made fundamental contributions in mathematics and science, ranging from plasma physics to general relativity and from nonlinear analysis to asymptotic analysis; that Kruskal's single most celebrated contribution was the discovery and theory of solitons; that Kruskal was known as a mentor of younger scientists; and that Kruskal was notable for his playfulness?
• ... that September 28 is Provincial Chromatography Day in New Minneapolis, Canada, and that both the Mayor and Lieutenant Governor of New Minneapolis have personally lobbied the governor general of Canada (the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II) in support of a national Canadian Chromatography Day?
On This Day
1605: Mathematician and astronomer Ismaël Bullialdus born. He will be an active member of the Republic of Letters, and an early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo.
1890 (or 1892): Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie born. She will be was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.
1925: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal born. Kruskal will make fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.
1953: Astronomer and cosmologist Edwin Hubble dies. He discovered the fact that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way.
Topic of the Day
Batman
The Dark Pie Rises is a 2012 action-cooking thriller film about Chef Bane (Tom Hardy), a criminal mastermind restaurateur who kidnaps the world's greatest pastry chef (Alon Aboutboul).
Eternal Dark Side of the Thoughtless Mind is a 2004 American drama film which follows two halves of a bisociated billionaire who have erased each other from their memories. The film uses elements of psychological thriller, science fiction, and a nonlinear narrative to explore the nature of Batman and the Joker.