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The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
December 22

Better Than News

  • Bald Santa is a 2003 Christmas crime drama film about a New York police detective (Telly Savalas) who goes undercover as a department store Santa Claus in order to flush out a ruthless shoplifter (Billy Bob Thornton).

    Bald Santa is a 2003 Christmas crime drama film about a New York police detective (Telly Savalas) who goes undercover as a department store Santa Claus in order to flush out a ruthless shoplifter (Billy Bob Thornton).

  • 101 Fuji Dalmations is a 1961 animated adventure drama film produced by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai.

    101 Fuji Dalmations is a 1961 animated adventure drama film produced by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai.

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Friendly is a spaghetti Western television series created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and directed by Sergio Leone.

    The Good, the Bad, and the Friendly is a spaghetti Western television series created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and directed by Sergio Leone.

  • "The Other, Paler Shade of White Meat" is a song by the English rock band and meat processor Procul Harum.

    "The Other, Paler Shade of White Meat" is a song by the English rock band and meat processor Procul Harum.

  • Radio Shack is a board game marketed to girls 6 to 14 years who are interested in crystal radio sets, Crookes radiometers, Jr. Ms. Ranger™ Walkie-Talkies, and the like.

    Radio Shack is a board game marketed to girls 6 to 14 years who are interested in crystal radio sets, Crookes radiometers, Jr. Ms. Ranger™ Walkie-Talkies, and the like.

Beyond Plausible

  • Quick Meme Extreme is a fictional anthropomorphic horse and the protagonist and title character of The Quick Meme Extreme Show.

    Quick Meme Extreme is a fictional anthropomorphic horse and the protagonist and title character of The Quick Meme Extreme Show.

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

William Blake's monster takes the stage.

• ... that Cesare Cremonini is now remembered as an infamous side actor in the Galileo affair, despite being one of the greatest philosophers of his time?
• ... that mathematician Johann Friedrich Pfaff's work on partial differential equations became part of the theory of differential forms?
• ... that a lecture in 1920 by William Blake's monster ended in a riot, with over fifty thousand fleas released from the Human Flea Circus?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1550: Philosopher and academic Cesare Cremonini born. His work will promote rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism.

    1550: Philosopher and academic Cesare Cremonini born. His work will promote rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism.

  • 1693: Astronomer Elisabeth Hevelius dies. One of the first female astronomers, Hevelius is known as "the mother of moon charts".

    1693: Astronomer Elisabeth Hevelius dies. One of the first female astronomers, Hevelius is known as "the mother of moon charts".

  • 1732: Inventor, engineer, and businessman Richard Arkwright born. Later in his life Arkwright will be known as the "father of the modern industrial factory system."

    1732: Inventor, engineer, and businessman Richard Arkwright born. Later in his life Arkwright will be known as the "father of the modern industrial factory system."

  • 1765: Mathematician Johann Friedrich Pfaff born. He will work on partial differential equations of the first order Pfaffian systems, as they are now called, which will become part of the theory of differential forms.

    1765: Mathematician Johann Friedrich Pfaff born. He will work on partial differential equations of the first order Pfaffian systems, as they are now called, which will become part of the theory of differential forms.

  • 1858: Composer Giacomo Puccini born. He will be called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".

    1858: Composer Giacomo Puccini born. He will be called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".

  • 1887: Mathematician and theorist Srinivasa Ramanujan born. He will make substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable.

    1887: Mathematician and theorist Srinivasa Ramanujan born. He will make substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable.

  • 1894: The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

    1894: The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

  • 1972: Inventor Norman Lorimer Dean dies. Dean designed the Dean drive, which he promoted as a reactionless drive.

    1972: Inventor Norman Lorimer Dean dies. Dean designed the Dean drive, which he promoted as a reactionless drive.

Topic of the Day

Food and Beverages

  • Arby's Double Beef and Choco-Mint Cheddar is an intermittently available sandwich from Arby's.

    Arby's Double Beef and Choco-Mint Cheddar is an intermittently available sandwich from Arby's.

  • 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.

  • "I'm Only Reuben" is a song by the rock band and catering firm The Beatles.

    "I'm Only Reuben" is a song by the rock band and catering firm The Beatles.

  • The Pomegranate cosmos model of the observable how the universe expanded from an initial state of extremely high density and high temperature, and offers a comprehensive explanation for a broad range of observed phenomena, including the abundance of light elements, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, and large-scale Pomegranate-Like Structures (PLS).

    The Pomegranate cosmos model of the observable how the universe expanded from an initial state of extremely high density and high temperature, and offers a comprehensive explanation for a broad range of observed phenomena, including the abundance of light elements, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, and large-scale Pomegranate-Like Structures (PLS).

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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