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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.

    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.

  • The World According to Gort is a 1982 American science fiction comedy-drama about an eccentric writer (Robin Williams) who befriends an alien robot.

    The World According to Gort is a 1982 American science fiction comedy-drama about an eccentric writer (Robin Williams) who befriends an alien robot.

  • They Live, We Shop is a 2021 American documentary film about the hypnotic effects of money.

    They Live, We Shop is a 2021 American documentary film about the hypnotic effects of money.

  • Puss in Boots: Final Destination is a 2023 American horror-adventure film based on characters from Final Destination (2000) and inspired by Giovanni Francesco Straparola's fairy tale about a swashbuckling cat.

    Puss in Boots: Final Destination is a 2023 American horror-adventure film based on characters from Final Destination (2000) and inspired by Giovanni Francesco Straparola's fairy tale about a swashbuckling cat.

  • One More Sleep 'til Carrousel is the theme song from Logan's Silent Running, performed by Kermit the Frog.

    One More Sleep 'til Carrousel is the theme song from Logan's Silent Running, performed by Kermit the Frog.

  • Titanic Maru is a 2022 international shipping logistics horror film narrated by Cthulhu.

    Titanic Maru is a 2022 international shipping logistics horror film narrated by Cthulhu.

  • "All we have to sphere is sphere itself" is popular catch-phrase from the mid-1930s, widely but incorrectly attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt.

    "All we have to sphere is sphere itself" is popular catch-phrase from the mid-1930s, widely but incorrectly attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  • 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.

    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.

  • Bierced is a 1999 American supernatural horror-lexicography film starring Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce. It is loosely based on the life of writer Ambrose Bierce.

    Bierced is a 1999 American supernatural horror-lexicography film starring Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce. It is loosely based on the life of writer Ambrose Bierce.

  • The Witches of Hairspray is a comedy supernatural thriller film written and directed by John Water and George Miller.

    The Witches of Hairspray is a comedy supernatural thriller film written and directed by John Water and George Miller.

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

  • A Confederacy of Dealers is a picaresque novel about Ignatius J. Reilly, an educated but slothful 30-year-old man who, in his quest for employment, has various adventures selling marijuana to colorful French Quarter characters.

    A Confederacy of Dealers is a picaresque novel about Ignatius J. Reilly, an educated but slothful 30-year-old man who, in his quest for employment, has various adventures selling marijuana to colorful French Quarter characters.

Are You Sure ...

Art critic and alleged math criminal Matt Farthing uses the Varignon tracking algorithm to locate the marine cryptid known as Neptune Slaughter.

• ... 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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    "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.

Favorites

The Nixie Economy: How black market Nixie tubes fuel the underground economy is a nonfiction book by mathematician and Gnomon algorithm theorist Alice Beta about the economic and historical significance of Nixie tubes.

Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction, with different species of Euglena playing the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson.

Lend a Hand voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

Spectrum is a 2015 action-physics film about the scientific organization Spectrum and its enigmatic leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Isaac Newton), who intends to overthrow the dominant paradigm. Co-starring Daniel Craig as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Spiral Rings 2.

Hamlet is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Art is long, life is brave.
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