December 14

From Gnomon Chronicles


Better Than News

  • Full Metal BB is a Christmas comedy war film directed Stanley Kubrick and Bob Clark, and starring Peter Billingsley, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Darren McGavin.

    Full Metal BB is a Christmas comedy war film directed Stanley Kubrick and Bob Clark, and starring Peter Billingsley, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Darren McGavin.

  • The Sanding is a 1980 science horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. The film based on Frank Herbert and Stephen King's 1977 novel by the same name.

    The Sanding is a 1980 science horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. The film based on Frank Herbert and Stephen King's 1977 novel by the same name.

  • The Bourne Cryptocurrency is a monetary protocol thriller film starring Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, a software developer who suffers from amnesia.

    The Bourne Cryptocurrency is a monetary protocol thriller film starring Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, a software developer who suffers from amnesia.

  • SSSKMF! is a quarterly journal published by and for professional escapologists.

    SSSKMF! is a quarterly journal published by and for professional escapologists.

  • "Take On G" is a song by Kenny G and a-ha.

    "Take On G" is a song by Kenny G and a-ha.

  • "Take On Buffalo Gals" is a song by Pete Seeger and A-ha.

    "Take On Buffalo Gals" is a song by Pete Seeger and A-ha.

Beyond Plausible

  • Following It is an independent neo-noir horror crime thriller film about a young man who follows strangers around the streets of London who is mistaken for the supernatural monster which is pursuing his lover.

    Following It is an independent neo-noir horror crime thriller film about a young man who follows strangers around the streets of London who is mistaken for the supernatural monster which is pursuing his lover.

In Other Words

  • Haribo Bosses is a 2011 American black comedy film about three friends who steal candy from their respective overbearing, abusive bosses.

    Haribo Bosses is a 2011 American black comedy film about three friends who steal candy from their respective overbearing, abusive bosses.

  • Whoever tweets monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a tweetster.

    Whoever tweets monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a tweetster.

  • A Christmas Peril is a 1946 American Christmas horror film about a man who helps others in his community (Jimmy Stewart) who is driven to madness and suicide by the demonic Cenobites.

    A Christmas Peril is a 1946 American Christmas horror film about a man who helps others in his community (Jimmy Stewart) who is driven to madness and suicide by the demonic Cenobites.

Are You Sure

• ... that physicist and educator Nikolay Basov (14 December 1922 – 1 July 2001) conducted fundamental research in quantum electronics, leading to the development of laser and maser, for which Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes?

• ... that She's Gotta Habit is a 1986 American fashion-religion film about a young clothing designer who serves the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and the feelings this arrangement provokes?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1546: Astronomer Tycho Brahe born. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time.

    1546: Astronomer Tycho Brahe born. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time.

  • 1782: The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight. Shown here: first public flight (June 4, 1783).

    1782: The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight. Shown here: first public flight (June 4, 1783).

  • 1922: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov born. He will do fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.

    1922: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov born. He will do fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.

  • 1940: Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

    1940: Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

  • 1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. is granted a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.

    1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. is granted a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.

  • 1953: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer Wade Davis born.

    1953: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer Wade Davis born.

  • 1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 orbiter begins its extended mission.

    1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 orbiter begins its extended mission.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the forty-first anniversary of the Viking 2 orbiter beginning its extended mission.

    2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the forty-first anniversary of the Viking 2 orbiter beginning its extended mission.

Topic of the Day

Sylvester Stallone

  • Glyphhanger is a 1993 American action comedy buddy linguistics film about an Army mountain division translator (Stallone) and the last man in the world to speak the oldest known language on Earth (Lithgow) who search for the legendary Lost Glyphs of the Rockies.

    Glyphhanger is a 1993 American action comedy buddy linguistics film about an Army mountain division translator (Stallone) and the last man in the world to speak the oldest known language on Earth (Lithgow) who search for the legendary Lost Glyphs of the Rockies.

  • Gravity's Expendables is a 1973 novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon about a team of elite mercenaries tasked with stealing a Nazi secret weapon. It was adapted for a 2010 film starring Sylvester Stallone.

    Gravity's Expendables is a 1973 novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon about a team of elite mercenaries tasked with stealing a Nazi secret weapon. It was adapted for a 2010 film starring Sylvester Stallone.

  • Rambo: First Brood is a psychological body horror action film directed by David Cronenberg and Ted Kotcheff, starring Samantha Eggar and Sylvester Stallone.

    Rambo: First Brood is a psychological body horror action film directed by David Cronenberg and Ted Kotcheff, starring Samantha Eggar and Sylvester Stallone.

  • Siege Blood 2: Soldier at Sea is a 1992 American action-romance buddy film about a soldier (Rambo) and a naval officer (Steven Seagal) who must stop a radical women's rights group from seizing a troop transport and populating the micronation of Amazonia.

    Siege Blood 2: Soldier at Sea is a 1992 American action-romance buddy film about a soldier (Rambo) and a naval officer (Steven Seagal) who must stop a radical women's rights group from seizing a troop transport and populating the micronation of Amazonia.

  • Rocky vs. Cocaine Bear is a 1976 sports animal rights horror film starring Sylvester Stallone as a heavyweight contender who must confront a cocaine-crazed bear.

    Rocky vs. Cocaine Bear is a 1976 sports animal rights horror film starring Sylvester Stallone as a heavyweight contender who must confront a cocaine-crazed bear.

  • Demolition Manfred Mann were an English-American rock band, featuring keyboardist Manfred Mann and actors Wesley Snipes and Sylvester Stallone.

    Demolition Manfred Mann were an English-American rock band, featuring keyboardist Manfred Mann and actors Wesley Snipes and Sylvester Stallone.

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