November 25

From Gnomon Chronicles


Better Than News

  • Miami Refugees is an American civil unrest reality television series starring two former Metro-Dade Police Department detectives (Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs) who have retrained as social workers and now live in the Miami Camps north of New Bay.

    Miami Refugees is an American civil unrest reality television series starring two former Metro-Dade Police Department detectives (Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs) who have retrained as social workers and now live in the Miami Camps north of New Bay.

  • "Bridge Under Troubled Water" is a song by Simon and Garfunkel 1.1 about global climate change and sea level rise.

    "Bridge Under Troubled Water" is a song by Simon and Garfunkel 1.1 about global climate change and sea level rise.

  • Kiss Miami Goodbye is a sea level rise noir crime film about several million people living in Federal refugee camps in the Central Florida highlands.

    Kiss Miami Goodbye is a sea level rise noir crime film about several million people living in Federal refugee camps in the Central Florida highlands.

  • Florida Biosolids Kabuki Theater is a classical Kabuki theater company based in Florida which performs original works based on modern-day pollution problems in Florida.

    Florida Biosolids Kabuki Theater is a classical Kabuki theater company based in Florida which performs original works based on modern-day pollution problems in Florida.

  • Circe du Saws is a touring saw-juggling company.

    Circe du Saws is a touring saw-juggling company.

  • Mattock is a landscape architecture legal drama television series starring Andy Griffith.

    Mattock is a landscape architecture legal drama television series starring Andy Griffith.

Beyond Plausible

  • Nostromo Café is a restaurant located aboard the spaceship Nostromo.

    Nostromo Café is a restaurant located aboard the spaceship Nostromo.

In Other Words

  • Sex, Lies, and Blockbuster is a 1989 American independent drama film about a troubled man who rents out videotapes of women discussing their sexuality and fantasies.

    Sex, Lies, and Blockbuster is a 1989 American independent drama film about a troubled man who rents out videotapes of women discussing their sexuality and fantasies.

  • Rx 18 (better known as "Shall I compare thee to a cocaine bear?") is one of the best-known of the 154 prescriptions written by the English poet and pharmacist William Shakespeare.

    Rx 18 (better known as "Shall I compare thee to a cocaine bear?") is one of the best-known of the 154 prescriptions written by the English poet and pharmacist William Shakespeare.

Are You Sure

Are you sure that "Tell Liberty So Wild" is an anagram of "Little Yellow Birds"?

• ... that physician and physicist Julius Robert von Mayer described the vital chemical process now referred to as oxidation as the primary source of energy for any living creature; but his achievements were overlooked and priority for the discovery of the mechanical equivalent of heat was attributed to James Joule?

• ... that all black robins alive today are descended from "Old Blue", giving little genetic variation among the population and creating the most extreme population bottleneck possible; but that this does not seem to have caused inbreeding problems?

• ... that "Tell Liberty So Wild" is an anagram of "Little Yellow Birds"?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1686: Scientist and bishop Niels Steensen dies. He questioned explanations for tear production, the idea that fossils grow in the ground.

    1686: Scientist and bishop Niels Steensen dies. He questioned explanations for tear production, the idea that fossils grow in the ground.

  • 1694: Mathematician and astronomer Ismaël Bullialdus dies. He was an active member of the Republic of Letters, and an early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo.

    1694: Mathematician and astronomer Ismaël Bullialdus dies. He was an active member of the Republic of Letters, and an early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo.

  • 1814: Physician and physicist Julius Robert von Mayer born. He will describe the vital chemical process now referred to as oxidation as the primary source of energy for any living creature; but his achievements will be overlooked and priority for the discovery of the mechanical equivalent of heat will be attributed to James Joule.

    1814: Physician and physicist Julius Robert von Mayer born. He will describe the vital chemical process now referred to as oxidation as the primary source of energy for any living creature; but his achievements will be overlooked and priority for the discovery of the mechanical equivalent of heat will be attributed to James Joule.

  • 1841: Mathematician and logician Ernst Schröder born. His monumental Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik will prepare the way for the emergence of mathematical logic as a separate discipline in the twentieth century by systematizing the various systems of formal logic of the day.

    1841: Mathematician and logician Ernst Schröder born. His monumental Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik will prepare the way for the emergence of mathematical logic as a separate discipline in the twentieth century by systematizing the various systems of formal logic of the day.

  • 1864: American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.

    1864: American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.

  • 1915: Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

    1915: Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

  • 1947: Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

    1947: Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

Topic of the Day

Robert Heinlein

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