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File:CDC_headquarters_at_Druid_Hills.jpg|The CDC's Director of Public Relations insists that the annexation by Atlanta in 2018 "had nothing to do with giant wicker men filled with sacrificial victims awaiting their death by unholy conflagration." A subsequent analysis of CDC's medical waste stream will confirm the Director's statements. | File:CDC_headquarters_at_Druid_Hills.jpg|link=Druid Hills (nonfiction)|The CDC's Director of Public Relations insists that the annexation by Atlanta in 2018 "had nothing to do with [[Druid Hills (nonfiction)|giant wicker men filled with sacrificial victims awaiting their death by unholy conflagration]]." A subsequent analysis of CDC's medical waste stream will confirm the Director's statements. | ||
File:Dear Diary (Death Star edition).jpg|link=Dear Diary (Death Star edition)|"[[Dear Diary (Death Star edition)|Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star]] and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good." | File:Dear Diary (Death Star edition).jpg|link=Dear Diary (Death Star edition)|"[[Dear Diary (Death Star edition)|Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star]] and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good." | ||
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File:Reindeer Games (Jeopardy).jpg|link=Reindeer games|[[Reindeer games|What are those which all of the other reindeer wouldn't let poor Rudolph join in any of?]]. | File:Reindeer Games (Jeopardy).jpg|link=Reindeer games|[[Reindeer games|What are those which all of the other reindeer wouldn't let poor Rudolph join in any of?]]. | ||
File:Welcome to the Squadron.jpg|link=Welcome to the Squadron|Public relations officer Karl Jones calls the [[Flying Diner]] his "favorite short-order chow anywhere on or above the surface of this planet." | |||
File:Santa Santa Claus video BG.jpg|"[[Santa Santa Claus (nonfiction)|Santa Santa Claus]]" by [[Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)|Howard Ashby Kranz]]. | File:Santa Santa Claus video BG.jpg|"[[Santa Santa Claus (nonfiction)|Santa Santa Claus]]" by [[Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)|Howard Ashby Kranz]]. | ||
File:City on the Edge of Flower Power.jpg|link=City on the Edge of Flower Power|Publicity still for ''[[City on the Edge of Flower Power]]'', one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek. | File:City on the Edge of Flower Power.jpg|link=City on the Edge of Flower Power|Publicity still for ''[[City on the Edge of Flower Power]]'', one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek. | ||
File: | File:Andromeda Galaxy robbery.jpg|link=Andromeda Galaxy robbery|The '''[[Andromeda Galaxy robbery]]''' (also known as the '''Great Andromeda Galaxy robbery''') was a coordinated attack upon the Andromeda Galaxy. The robbery was committed by parties as yet unidentified (December 2020) using hijacked laser guide stars. | ||
File:Traveller.jpg|link=Traveller (nonfiction)|Signed first edition of ''[[Traveller (nonfiction)|Traveller]]'' used in otherwise routine [[high-energy literature]] experiment unexpectedly develops [[Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]]. | File:Traveller.jpg|link=Traveller (nonfiction)|Signed first edition of ''[[Traveller (nonfiction)|Traveller]]'' used in otherwise routine [[high-energy literature]] experiment unexpectedly develops [[Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]]. | ||
File: | File:Spiral Rings 2.jpg|link=Spiral Rings 2 (nonfiction)|''[[Spiral Rings 2 (nonfiction)|Spiral Rings 2]]'' declared Picture of the Day by the mayor of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] on behalf of the city and province of New Minneapolis, and in celebration of the Winter Solstice. | ||
File:Frondo_Ediacar_and_his_Mighty_Mighty_Rangeomorphs.jpg|link=Frondo Ediacar|[[Frondo Ediacar]] is the stage name of paleontologist and musician [REDACTED]. Ediacar is known for his elaborate stage productions, including hermetically sealed performance spaces which replicate environmental conditions of the pre-Cambrian era. | File:Frondo_Ediacar_and_his_Mighty_Mighty_Rangeomorphs.jpg|link=Frondo Ediacar|[[Frondo Ediacar]] is the stage name of paleontologist and musician [REDACTED]. Ediacar is known for his elaborate stage productions, including hermetically sealed performance spaces which replicate environmental conditions of the pre-Cambrian era. | ||
File: | File:A_Field_Guide_to_Edible_Theropods.jpg|link=A Field Guide to Edible Theropods|''[[A Field Guide to Edible Theropods]]'' is a book about preparing, cooking, serving, and eating various theropods. | ||
File: | File:The Gift of Pepsi.jpg|link=The Gift of Pepsi|"[[The Gift of Pepsi]]" is a get-well card published by the Gnomon Chronicles Institute for Extradimensional Pepsi Activities. | ||
File:All Your Pepsi Are Belong To Us.png|link=All your Pepsi are belong to us|[[All your Pepsi are belong to us]]. | File:All Your Pepsi Are Belong To Us.png|link=All your Pepsi are belong to us|[[All your Pepsi are belong to us]]. | ||
File: | File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|[[Diagramaceous soil]] yields new source of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|Pepsi algorithm]], useful as starter fluid in biochemical scrying engines. | ||
File: | File:Unexpected Moscow Visitor.jpg|link=Unexpected Moscow Visitor|''[[Unexpected Moscow Visitor]]'' unexpectedly visits Moscow. | ||
File:2001_A_Species_Odyssey_infographic.jpg|link=2001: A Species Odyssey|''[[2001: A Species Odyssey]]'' is a short documentary film about the ethical dilemma faced by two astronauts (Frank Bowman and David Poole) when they discover an alien-human hybrid child stowed away on their spaceship. | |||
File:Better_Than_the_Book_-_2001_A_Space_Odyssey.jpg|link=Better Than the Book|The movie is better than the book: ''2001 A Space Odyssey''. | File:Better_Than_the_Book_-_2001_A_Space_Odyssey.jpg|link=Better Than the Book|The movie is better than the book: ''2001 A Space Odyssey''. | ||
File:Juke_Hal_-_some_very_poor_playlists.jpg|link=HAL 9000 (nonfiction)|"I know I've made some very poor playlists recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal." — "Jukebox" [[HAL 9000 (nonfiction)|HAL 9000]] | File:Juke_Hal_-_some_very_poor_playlists.jpg|link=HAL 9000 (nonfiction)|"I know I've made some very poor playlists recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal." — "Jukebox" [[HAL 9000 (nonfiction)|HAL 9000]] | ||
File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|link=Outsider mathematics|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'', the unofficial symbol of [[Outsider mathematics|outsider mathematicians]]. | File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|link=Outsider mathematics|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'', the unofficial symbol of [[Outsider mathematics|outsider mathematicians]]. | ||
File:Straight Outta Pleistocene.jpg|link=Straight Outta Pleistocene (song)|"[[Straight Outta Pleistocene (song)|Straight Outta Pleistocene]]" is a song by American hip hop plant bioscience group Phytologists With Attitude. | File:Straight Outta Pleistocene.jpg|link=Straight Outta Pleistocene (song)|"[[Straight Outta Pleistocene (song)|Straight Outta Pleistocene]]" is a song by American hip hop plant bioscience group Phytologists With Attitude. | ||
File:Blue Flower.jpg|link=Blue Flower (nonfiction)|''[[Blue Flower (nonfiction)|Blue Flower]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | |||
File:San Pietro scrying engine.png|link=San Pietro scrying engine|July 12, 2017: The [[San Pietro scrying engine]], among the most popular computational shrines of San Pietro in Vincoli, is used to process [[Spirograph (nonfiction)|Spirograph]] data after hours "on a lark". Traditionalists call it "dispectful", but the Pope gives his blessing. | File:San Pietro scrying engine.png|link=San Pietro scrying engine|July 12, 2017: The [[San Pietro scrying engine]], among the most popular computational shrines of San Pietro in Vincoli, is used to process [[Spirograph (nonfiction)|Spirograph]] data after hours "on a lark". Traditionalists call it "dispectful", but the Pope gives his blessing. | ||
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Revision as of 08:30, 28 December 2020
The CDC's Director of Public Relations insists that the annexation by Atlanta in 2018 "had nothing to do with giant wicker men filled with sacrificial victims awaiting their death by unholy conflagration." A subsequent analysis of CDC's medical waste stream will confirm the Director's statements.
"Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good."
Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule by Anonymous. (See "What book did we least expect for Christmas?".)
"Color Tools" declared Photograph of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
Children around the world receive gift certificates from Cretaceous Office Supplies thanks to Phanerozoics Anonymous, an unlicensed but charitable and widely respected transdimensional corporation.
Public relations officer Karl Jones calls the Flying Diner his "favorite short-order chow anywhere on or above the surface of this planet."
Publicity still for City on the Edge of Flower Power, one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek.
The Andromeda Galaxy robbery (also known as the Great Andromeda Galaxy robbery) was a coordinated attack upon the Andromeda Galaxy. The robbery was committed by parties as yet unidentified (December 2020) using hijacked laser guide stars.
Signed first edition of Traveller used in otherwise routine high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.
Spiral Rings 2 declared Picture of the Day by the mayor of New Minneapolis, Canada on behalf of the city and province of New Minneapolis, and in celebration of the Winter Solstice.
![Frondo Ediacar is the stage name of paleontologist and musician [REDACTED]. Ediacar is known for his elaborate stage productions, including hermetically sealed performance spaces which replicate environmental conditions of the pre-Cambrian era.](/w/images/thumb/f/f2/Frondo_Ediacar_and_his_Mighty_Mighty_Rangeomorphs.jpg/120px-Frondo_Ediacar_and_his_Mighty_Mighty_Rangeomorphs.jpg)
Frondo Ediacar is the stage name of paleontologist and musician [REDACTED]. Ediacar is known for his elaborate stage productions, including hermetically sealed performance spaces which replicate environmental conditions of the pre-Cambrian era.
A Field Guide to Edible Theropods is a book about preparing, cooking, serving, and eating various theropods.
"The Gift of Pepsi" is a get-well card published by the Gnomon Chronicles Institute for Extradimensional Pepsi Activities.
Diagramaceous soil yields new source of Pepsi algorithm, useful as starter fluid in biochemical scrying engines.
Unexpected Moscow Visitor unexpectedly visits Moscow.
2001: A Species Odyssey is a short documentary film about the ethical dilemma faced by two astronauts (Frank Bowman and David Poole) when they discover an alien-human hybrid child stowed away on their spaceship.
The movie is better than the book: 2001 A Space Odyssey.
"I know I've made some very poor playlists recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal." — "Jukebox" HAL 9000
Fruiting body of Bourbaki virages dangereux, the unofficial symbol of outsider mathematicians.
"Straight Outta Pleistocene" is a song by American hip hop plant bioscience group Phytologists With Attitude.
Blue Flower voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
July 12, 2017: The San Pietro scrying engine, among the most popular computational shrines of San Pietro in Vincoli, is used to process Spirograph data after hours "on a lark". Traditionalists call it "dispectful", but the Pope gives his blessing.
