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

April 16

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.

Better Than News

  • Conan Recall is an epic science fiction sword and sorcery film directed by John Milius and Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

    Conan Recall is an epic science fiction sword and sorcery film directed by John Milius and Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  • Dune: Par 5 is a science fiction sports novel by Frank Herbert and Tiger Woods.

    Dune: Par 5 is a science fiction sports novel by Frank Herbert and Tiger Woods.

  • Secret Reagent Man is a British-American television series about a spy (Patrick McGoohan) and a musician (Johnny Rivers) who team up to advance chemistry worldwide. Periodically guest starring Dmitri Mendeleev.

    Secret Reagent Man is a British-American television series about a spy (Patrick McGoohan) and a musician (Johnny Rivers) who team up to advance chemistry worldwide. Periodically guest starring Dmitri Mendeleev.

  • Ascension Island is a jazz album by John Coltrane recorded in June 1965 and released in 1966. It is considered a watershed in Coltrane's work, with the albums recorded before it being more conventional in structure and the albums recorded after it being concerned with geography and navigation.

    Ascension Island is a jazz album by John Coltrane recorded in June 1965 and released in 1966. It is considered a watershed in Coltrane's work, with the albums recorded before it being more conventional in structure and the albums recorded after it being concerned with geography and navigation.

  • RobinsonAde is a lemonade stand franchise inspired by the literary genre that takes its name from the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The success of this novel spawned so many imitations that its name was used to define a genre, which is sometimes described simply as a "lemonade on a desert island story" or a "castaway citrus narrative".

    RobinsonAde is a lemonade stand franchise inspired by the literary genre that takes its name from the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The success of this novel spawned so many imitations that its name was used to define a genre, which is sometimes described simply as a "lemonade on a desert island story" or a "castaway citrus narrative".

Beyond Plausible

  • St. Elmo's Fibre is a 1985 coming of age thriller film about a clique of Georgetown University graduates who fall prey to a mysterious film producer in a Muppet suit.

    St. Elmo's Fibre is a 1985 coming of age thriller film about a clique of Georgetown University graduates who fall prey to a mysterious film producer in a Muppet suit.

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

• ... that a United States Air Force Mark 15 nuclear bomb remains lost somewhere in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, following a mid-air collision on February 5, 1958?

• ... that mathematician and inventor John Hadley developed ways to make precision aspheric and parabolic objective mirrors for reflecting telescopes, and that in 1721 Hadley showed the first parabolic Newtonian telescope to the Royal Society, the telescope having a 6-inch-diameter (150 mm) primary mirror, comparing favorably with the large aerial refracting telescopes of the day?

• ... that meteorologist Edward Lorenz's discovery of deterministic chaos "profoundly influenced a wide range of basic sciences and brought about one of the most dramatic changes in mankind’s view of nature since Sir Isaac Newton," according to the committee that awarded Lorenz the 1991 Kyoto Prize for basic sciences in the field of earth and planetary sciences?

Topic of the Day

Sex

  • Blue Lace Hooks is a 1958 erotic thriller film starring Lana Turner and Red Buttons.

    Blue Lace Hooks is a 1958 erotic thriller film starring Lana Turner and Red Buttons.

  • Blade Rubber is a 1982 coming-of-age film about a developmentally delayed police officer (Harrison Ford) who tracks down a woman (Miss November) he only knows from a pre-war magazine.

    Blade Rubber is a 1982 coming-of-age film about a developmentally delayed police officer (Harrison Ford) who tracks down a woman (Miss November) he only knows from a pre-war magazine.

  • Denies Urge is a 2021 action-sexual abstinence education film written, directed by, and starring and Steven Seagal as an ex-Navy SEAL who must deny his sexual urges aboard the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri, which has been seized by mercenary bad boy Tommy Lee Jones and his gang of leather-wearing toughs.

    Denies Urge is a 2021 action-sexual abstinence education film written, directed by, and starring and Steven Seagal as an ex-Navy SEAL who must deny his sexual urges aboard the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri, which has been seized by mercenary bad boy Tommy Lee Jones and his gang of leather-wearing toughs.

  • The Peano curve is an alleged transdimensional sexual topology which exerts pleasures normally unavailable to Euclidean organisms.

    The Peano curve is an alleged transdimensional sexual topology which exerts pleasures normally unavailable to Euclidean organisms.

  • Parthenogenesis is to Lysistrata as x is to sociobiology. Solve for x.

    Parthenogenesis is to Lysistrata as x is to sociobiology. Solve for x.

  • Pooh vs. Alien is a 2021 children's action-education film. Plot: Piglet and Eeyore are caught in the crossfire of an ancient battle between Winnie-the-Pooh and aliens as they attempt to entertain children long enough for their parents to have some overdue sex.

    Pooh vs. Alien is a 2021 children's action-education film. Plot: Piglet and Eeyore are caught in the crossfire of an ancient battle between Winnie-the-Pooh and aliens as they attempt to entertain children long enough for their parents to have some overdue sex.

  • The Dark Penis Envy Rises is a 2021 superhero self-help film directed by [REDACTED]. Plot: Eight years after the events of The Dark Penis Envy, the revolutionary Bone forces Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from neurotic breakdown.

    The Dark Penis Envy Rises is a 2021 superhero self-help film directed by [REDACTED]. Plot: Eight years after the events of The Dark Penis Envy, the revolutionary Bone forces Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from neurotic breakdown.

  • Jacket Potatoes is an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which functions as an erotic snack food.

    Jacket Potatoes is an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which functions as an erotic snack food.

  • How Unimaginable is Unimaginable? is a short documentary film about an unholy threesome between Eros, Thanatos, and various Elder Gods.

    How Unimaginable is Unimaginable? is a short documentary film about an unholy threesome between Eros, Thanatos, and various Elder Gods.

  • Under the Skin is a 2013 science fiction film about an otherworldly woman (Scarlett Johansson) who preys on orchard workers in Scotland.

    Under the Skin is a 2013 science fiction film about an otherworldly woman (Scarlett Johansson) who preys on orchard workers in Scotland.

Favorites

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.

Adam and Eve in Candyland is a 1531 painting by Cranach the Elder.

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.

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.

Spiral Rings 2.
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