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'''''The Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of fiction and nonfiction by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. Fresh content daily.<br> | '''''The Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of fiction and nonfiction by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. Fresh content daily.<br> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 23 December 2024
The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
December 23
Better Than News
Scroogebusters is a 1984 American supernatural Christmas film about a cynical and selfish parapsychologist who is haunted by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on possessing Santa Claus.
Harry Potter and the Reservoir Dogs of Fire is a fantasy crime film directed by Mike Newell and Quentin Tarantino, starring David Tennant, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, and Steve Buscemi.
The Witches of Hairspray is a comedy supernatural thriller film written and directed by John Water and George Miller.
The World According to Gort is a 1982 American science fiction comedy-drama about an eccentric writer (Robin Williams) who befriends an alien robot.
Lethal Mermaid, Too is an American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller and Richard Donner, starring Ben Stiller, Mel Gibson, and Danny Glover.
The Hunt for Notting Hill is a romantic submarine comedy-thriller spy film directed by Roger Michell and John McTiernan, and starring Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Sean Connery, Emma Chambers, and Alec Baldwin.
Beyond Plausible
Jonathan Swift Vineyards is a winery and Dionysery located in the 1667 to 1745 region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the county of Albemarle. It is among the 23 wineries located on the Prime Number Wine Trail.
One More Sleep 'til Carrousel is the theme song from Logan's Silent Running, performed by Kermit the Frog.
In Other Words
They Live, We Shop is a 2021 American documentary film about the hypnotic effects of money.
"All we have to sphere is sphere itself" is popular catch-phrase from the mid-1930s, widely but incorrectly attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Are You Sure ...
• ... that Pierre Varignon was one of the earliest and strongest French advocates of infinitesimal calculus?
• ... that inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer discovered a Gnomon algorithm function which detects and tracks the marine cryptid known as Neptune Slaughter?
• ... that Blue City Sunset combines hand drawing and digital image editing?
Selected Anniversaries
1722: Mathematician and academic Pierre Varignon dies. He simplified the proofs of many propositions in mechanics, adapted Leibniz's calculus to the inertial mechanics of Newton's Principia, and treated mechanics in terms of the composition of forces.
1822: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer born. He will design and invent submarines.
1933: Mathematician Rikitarō Fujisawa dies. During the Meiji era he was instrumental in reforming mathematics education in Japan and establishing the ideas of European mathematics in Japan.
Topic of the Day
Star Wars
Defending Your Life: A New Hope is a 1977 American epic space allegory film about a man who finds himself on trial a long time ago in an afterlife far, far away.
"The Gift of the Jedi" is a short story by O. Henry about Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, a young husband and wife who deal with the challenge of buying secret Imperial gifts for each other with very few Midi-chlorians.
Interview
INTERVIEW: "Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.
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