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gunzel , n : (Australia) A railway or tram enthusiast; particularly (formerly derogatory) one who is overly enthusiastic or foolish. (Australia, by extension) An enthusiast or geek with a specific interest. […] The film Trainspotting was released in the United Kingdom on this day in 1996.

Picture of the day on February 23, 2018: A Dutch Panzerhaubitze 2000 fires a round in Afghanistan.

Marco Rubio's Talking Point About Banning Assault Rifles Did Not Go Over The Way He Intended

Marco Rubio's Talking Point About Banning Assault Rifles Did Not Go Over The Way He Intended At a CNN town hall with the Stoneman Douglas community, Senator Marco Rubio tried to score a rhetorical point by saying "you would literally have to ban every semi-automatic rifle" if you wanted to get around assault weapon loopholes. Did he expect the crowd to gasp in horror? They cheered. February 22, 2018 at 11:01PM

Brendan Fraser on His Comeback, Disappearance, and the Experience that Nearly Ended His Career

Brendan Fraser on His Comeback, Disappearance, and the Experience that Nearly Ended His Career GQ's Zach Baron reports on the stupendous rise and surprising disappearance of the once ubiquitous movie star.

The Article of the day for February 23, 2018 is A Cure for Pokeritis . A Cure for Pokeritis is an American short silent film starring John Bunny and Flora Finch, released on February 23, 1912. A domestic comedy, it depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on his weekly poker game. It was one of many shorts produced by Vitagraph Studios, whose popularity made Bunny and Finch early film stars. Although its style of humor is dated, it is a historically important representative of its period and genre. The film was an early example of efforts to move beyond the conventions of stage plays: during the police raid, action took place in both the foreground and the background, with the actors moving between them. This cinematography technique improved the realism and pacing of the scene. A Cure for Pokeritis may be the first depiction of poker in film. Like Cassius Marcellus Coolidge's Dogs Playing Poker paintings, it reflects...