Famous First Words: Not like the brazen giant of Greek
fame... Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus
June is
National Candy Month. What is
the chemical formula for the molecules in candy?
Carbon-Holmium-Cobalt-Lanthanum-Tellurium or CHoCoLaTe
..........He's a great big
bundle o'joy.........Red Foley
.....Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy
“To replace the old paradigm of war with a new paradigm of
waging peace, we must be pioneers who can push the boundaries of human
understanding. We must be doctors who
can cure the virus of violence. We must
be soldiers of peace who can do more than preach to the choir. And we must be artists who will make the
world our masterpiece.” --Paul Chappell
It is a steamy Friday morning. The 75°F temperature is boosted by a 92% humidity.
The sky is white and has no hint of cloud to shade the rising sun. Birds are up
early complaining and explaining and rabbits, as always, are everywhere. All other wildlife is hold up in whatever cool
spot they can find. A breeze saunters by
now and again. It bears scents of floral
and growth and pollen but no relief. At 92%
humidity I expect it to splash water on my
face, but it doesn't do that either. Puck
and I watch the cute little white dog that has moved in across the street and then
we return to our rooms, the cool, dry air of indoors. I exchange the humidity of Kansas with the steam
of decaf, sweetened and creamed. Ahhhh, coffee and you - a great combination.
Hope your weekend is sweet, ePistliers.
Engross: In panning, to build up layers of sugar
and chocolate coating.
A man found a magic lamp on
the beach. He rubbed it and out popped a genie, who gave the man three wishes.
The man wished for a million dollars, and poof! There was a million dollars.
Then he wished for a convertible, and poof! There was a convertible. And then,
he wished he could be irresistible to all women... Poof! He turned into a box
of chocolates.
..........My home lies deep
within you.........Barry Manilow .....I
Write the Songs
Trivia Questions: Happy Eat Your Vegetables Day
^ How much of your meal should consists of
fruits and vegetables?
^^ About what percentage of a cucumber is
water?
^^^ Washington, Victoria, Santa Rosa and
Bokhara are varieties of which vegetable?
^^^^ Can we count peas and beans as
vegetables?
^^^^^ How many of
the 5 types of lettuce can you name?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
A recent Pew survey found that 78% of patrons are secretly eating &
drinking in the library despite 'No food or drink' policies.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Return of ConTamination 2016 (June 17-19). St. Louis' Horror, Sci-Fi, Pop
Culture Convention... http://www.con-tamination.com/
Moonbeam: An ounce of love is worth a pound of
knowledge. --John Wesley
A study says that chocolate
may lower your chances of a stroke. That is, a swimming stroke, a golf stroke,
a tennis stroke...
..........I gotta move that
tells me what to do.........James Brown .....Super Bad
Something to Think About of the
Week: Keep Calm and Never Stop
Dreaming.
Big Hello: Ola - Extremaduran (Salamanca, Spain)
Week of the Week: Worldwide Knit (and crochet)
in Public Week (June 11-19) -
Quote of the Week: Mass shootings are not uniquely
American. What is uniquely American is
the determination not to do anything to prevent them. --David Frum
Careful, too much candy can
make you thick to your stomach. / Those Russell Stover candies are so good,
Gov. Brownback is trying to outlaw them.
..........Faded feathers in
her hair.........Barry Manilow
.....Copacabana
^ “Make half your plate fruits and
vegetables” is a part of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Almanac: It is Friday, June 17,
2016. The moon will be full (Strawberry)
on Monday and is in Scorpio. The UN
has declared this World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. In addition it is Eat Your Vegetables Day,
Stewarts Root Beer Day, Work@Home Father's Day.
In Iceland it is Republic Day (1944) and in Japan it is the Lily
Festival. Because it is the third Friday
it is also Ugliest Dog Day and National Flip Flop Day ( Shoes).
Among
those born on this day were Edward I (1239), John Wesley (1703), Jon Sigurdsson
(1811), John Robert Gregg (1867), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Ralph Bellamy (1904),
Red Foley (1910), Stringbean (1915), Crazylegs Hirsch (1923), James Brown
(1928), Barry Manilow (1946), David Concepcion (1948), Joe Piscopo (1951), and
Michael Gross (1964).
On
June seventeenth Drake (Francis, not the rapper) landed in California (1579),
Goodyear obtained his first patent (1837), the Republican Party opened its
first convention (1856), the Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC (1885), the Barney
Google cartoon strip debuted (1909), the first kidney was transplanted
(1950), Julius and Ethel Rosenberg received a stay of execution (1953), Blacks
began boycotting city stores in Tuskegee (1957), Brazil won the 7th World Cup
(1962), Bible reading and prayer in public schools was outlawed (1963), and 5
people were arrested burglarizing Democratic Party Headquarters at Watergate
(1972).
Tonight's Sky:
With the Moon at apex, Mars and Saturn make a wide, flattish triangle at
dusk. A 3-inch telescope will show Saturn's
biggest and brightest moon, Titan.
This Week:
Saturday, June 18 - World Juggling Day and Polar Bear Swim Day
Sunday,
June 19 - Father's Day, Juneteenth, and World Sauntering Day
Tonight's
Sky: The new moon of the
Solstice
Monday,
June 20 - American Eagle Day and Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Day
Tuesday,
June 21 - Atheists Solidarity Day and Global Orgasm Day
Wednesday,
June 22 - Let it Go Day and Global Smurfs Day
Thursday, June 23 - Pink Flamingo Day and
Typing Day
Don't eat too much fudge, or
else you will have so much pudge you won't be able to budge. --Daniel Worona
..........I've been trying to
get the funky job done.........James Brown
.....Gravity
^^ 90% of cucumber is water.
Funniest thing I read of the Week: Oh, I can't go back to Kansas; it just up
and blew away. --John Stewart You Can't Go Back to Kansas
Moonbeam: Hollywood made a movie of my life; the
film had me proposing to my wife on the football field...I would never misuse a
football field that way. --Elroy
"Crazylegs" Hirsch
Late Night Snacks: President Barack Obama is here tonight,
which means even he can’t score tickets to “Hamilton.” --Jimmy Fallon / Officials in San Diego
recently discovered a large stash of marijuana hidden in a chemical tanker.
Officials first became suspicious after noticing a chemical tanker in their
15-year-old son's bedroom. --Seth Meyers
/ Police were investigating a crime scene in Vancouver, when a crow flew down,
grabbed a knife in its beak, and flew away with a key piece of evidence. I've
got to say, the marketing for this "Angry Birds" movie is getting out
of control. --James Corden / Last week, a 90-year-old letter to Santa Claus was
found in a chimney. On the bright side, the 96-year-old who wrote the letter is
still alive and finally got that tricycle.
--Conan O'Brien / These high capacity penis substitutes are a shitty for
choice for hunting and for home defense. --Samantha Bee / Canada is changing
the lyrics to its national anthem. Apparently, Canadians felt the original
anthem didn't have enough apologies in it. This is true. A bill to make the
change passed in Canada's congress, or whatever they call it up there —
parliament or "law igloo." I'm not entirely sure. --Stephen Colbert
“Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the
center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action.
Love is the talisman of human weal and woe –the open sesame to every
soul.” --Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Forget love, I'd rather fall
in chocolate. / What country did candy come from? Sweeten
..........No more lame
excuses..........Barry Manilow .....Come
Monday
^^^ Washington, Victoria, Santa Rosa and
Bokhara are varieties of potato.
Worthless Fact of the Week: Flip flops have been around for at least
six thousand years. As a point of comparison, primitive shoes are shown in rock
paintings dating from the late Paleolithic (Stone Age) period some 15,000 years
ago. There are depictions of flip flops in ancient Egyptian murals on tombs and
temples from about 4,000 B.C.
Weird Word of the Week: Macilent - excessively thin, shriveled,
or lean. From the Latin macilentus,
lean. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-mac2.htm
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Shine leather shoes or boots. Rub a block of Spam over leather shoes or
boots and then buff. The animal oils in
Spam polish leather, as demonstrated by Leeza Gibbons on Extra. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/spam.html
Chocolate is cheaper than
therapy and you don't need an appointment. / What do you get when you eat
sweets on the beach? Sandy candy.
...........I feel nice, like
sugar and spice.........James Brown
...., I Feel Good
^^^^ Technically, peapods and beans are
fruits, however, they can be counted as vegetable in a nutrition chart. ~~Strawberries are berries either...I've
never trusted biologists.
Word Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Assassination - to murder a usually
important person by a surprise of secret attack. Macbeth Act 1 Scene 7 --Macbeth
'Nother Science Fiction Convention
of the Week: Indy PopCon
2016. (June 17-19) Indianapolis' Check out the Bloody PopCon Drive and the
Geeky Spelling Bee... https://indypopcon.com/speaker/ronald-wimberly/
Puck the Brave Episode of the Week: Here's our fearless Puck watching the
Tower of Power prevail against Paraguay in the 2016 Copa America Centenario.
I've never met a candy bar I didn't like. / The Zombie died choking on a life saver.
..........a lots of kisses on
the bottom..........Barry Manilow
.....I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
^^^^^ The 5 types of lettuce are
loose-leaf, Cos or romaine, crisphead, butterhead, and stem.
Month of the Week: June is Georgia Blueberry
Month - What's the difference between a Georgia blueberry and an elephant? They're both blue except the elephant.
Famous Kansans: Hilda Clark, the first woman to appear in
a Coca-Cola advertisement was born in Leavenworth in 1872.
Today's Peace of History June 17, 1972: In the early morning five men were arrested
for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the
Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. They had been hired by President Richard
Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) to install bugging devices
and copy documents.
The Kansas legislature just
passed a bill declaring candy corn a vegetable. / I have pills in my medicine
cabinet that are bigger than these "fun-size" candy bars.
..........Come here mama and
dig this crazy scene.........James Brown
.....Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Masthead of the Week:
fRiday ePistle June 17, 2016.
Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ None
of the news that fit to read. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam: Diphthongs are indicated by combinations
of hooks and circles. -- John
Robert Gregg ~~Much like Gallifrayan
Cost of War: Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/16/16: $739,704,076,299.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/9/16: $739,032,071,776.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/16/16: $819,550,830,407.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/9/16: $819,531,190,337.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/16/16: $10,068,199,271.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/9/16: $9,964,910,056.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/16/16: $122,215,725,038.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/9/16: $121,640,998,212.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/16/16: $1,694,552,984,907.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/9/16: $1,693,149,531,407.
“To forgive is the highest,
most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and
happiness” --Robert Muller
..........Oh, well, the bear
will be gentle and the wolf will be tame.........Red Foley .....Peace in the Valley
A company is now selling
"Breaking Bad" rock candy that looks just like crystal meth. The company says the candy is a fun way for
kids to pretend they're a terminally ill chemistry teacher who's gone
insane. --Conan O'Brien
Famous Last Words: with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes. --Spike Jones
Barney Google
May your Peace taste spicy
And your Joy taste sweet
prairie mama
christine
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