Famous
First Words: An act to punish and prevent...Bill outlawing Polygamy (37th United States Congress, Sess. 2.,
ch. 126, 12 Stat. 501)
July is Wheat Month. "And then when I got home all my wheat
had been ground into flour," the farmer complained to the police
officer. The sergeant laid a hand on his
arm and replied, "We've gotten similar reports all over town. This could be the work of a serial
miller".
..........Don't know much
more.........Blondie .....Kung Fu Girls
"We must join with the
tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred
responsibility." - Paul
Robeson
It is a cool (68°F) Friday morning. The sky is a beautiful blue smeared with thin
clouds tinted pink and yellow by the rising sun. The very light breeze emphasizes the cool and
its contrast to recent other mornings.
The clear brilliance of the heavens pick out the colors of the
earth...green and brown grasses, orange lilies, white Queen Anne's Lace. Puck is quiet this morning; perhaps even he
is caught in the magic of the morning.
Local birds are singing praises to the day and a murder of crows flies
high overhead honking commentary as the go.
As we pass them, this and that lawn smells of dampness soil from the
automatic sprinklers followed by the scent of dry and dying foliage. Even with the birdsong and the occasional
passing car, the world is quiet waiting...waiting for the noise of the long weekend.
Puck and I return home to sip artificially
sweetened coffee with Joyce** who has spent the night. Great morning,
great day!!
Hope your weekend is a slice of cinnamon
swirl, ePistliers.
** Joyce Kahn who was my partner when the ePistle
was new (2000) and we sent it out together on Friday nights.
The wheat farmer was always
stressed out; he had a high-thresher job.
..........But I still can't
overlook ya.........Blondie .....I'm
Gonna Love You Too
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday, Gideons International!
^ Can you name any of the 3 men at the
first Gideons meeting?
^^ Why the name?
^^^ When or where or why did they begin to
place bibles in hotel?
^^^^ How many countries and languages do the Gideons serve today?
^^^^ How many countries and languages do the Gideons serve today?
^^^^^ How big is
the Gideons International?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
Study shows that 100% of kids who check out 'The Berenstain Bears and the Drug
Free Zone' will never purchase drugs from a bear. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam: Carry
out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the
knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. --Princess Di
Billy Ray Cyrus quit country
music to build a gigantic oven and bake huge loaves of whole grain breads. He
called it the Achey Bakery Hearth.
..........reel to reel is
living rarity.........Blondie
.....Dreaming
Something to Think About of the
Week: When we experience inner
peace, we can extend ourselves to others more readily. Serving humanity helps
to uplift, and alleviate pain and unhappiness. You may feel helpless when you
witness so much suffering in the world. It is impossible to help everyone.
However, you can start in small ways. Ask yourself, "Whom may I help
today? http://www.fragrantheart.com/cms/free-audio-meditations/love/peace-love-and-compassion
Big Hello: Bula - Fijian (Fiji)
Week of the Week: Roswell UFO Days (July 1-4) -
Quote of the Week: In the absence of feedback, people will
fill in the blanks with a negative. They
will assume you don't care about them or don't like them. --Pat Summitt.
After
years of psychotherapy, John no longer believes he is a grain of wheat.
However, one day he and a friend came across a chicken, and John was terrified.
”Why are you so afraid, you're not a
grain of wheat after all," his friend asked. John replied, "You know
it and I know it, but the chicken doesn't know it.
..........The door is open
and the lights are cold.........Blondie
.....Angels on the Balcony
^ Only three men were present at that first
meeting: John H. Nicholson, Samuel E. Hill, and Will J. Knights.
Almanac: It is Friday, July 1,
2016. The moon will be new on Monday and
is in Gemini. It is Canada
Day, International Chicken Wing Day, National GSA Employee Day, Second Half of
The Year Day, US Postage Stamp Day, and Zip Code Day. In Burundi and Rwanda it is Independence Day
(1962). Canada calls Canada Day Dominion
Day. Ghana commemorates Republic Day
(1960) while Surinam combines Freedom Day and Labour Day; finally, Turkey
remembers seafarers with Navy & Merchant Marine Day.
Among
those born on this day were G. W. Leibniz (1646), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788),
George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, 1804), Thomas Green Clemson (1807),
Walter White (1810), James M. Cain (1892), Charles Laughton (1899), Irna
Phillips (1901), Billy Wyler (1902), Estee Lauder (1908), David Brower (1912),
Farley Granger (1925), Imelda Marcos (1930), Leslie Caron (1931), Bobby Day
(1932), Jamie Farr (1934), Sydney Pollack (1934), Twyla Tharp (1941), Genevieve
Bujold (1942), Debbie Harry (1945), Dan Aykroyd (1952), Carl Lewis (1961), and
Princess Di (1961).
On
July first the first vote on the Declaration
of Independence was taken (1776), John Rutledge became the second chief
justice of the Supreme Court (1795), the first US postage stamps went on sale
(1847), the first intercollegiate baseball game was played (1859), Congress
outlawed polygamy (1862), free postal delivery began in 49 US cities (1863),
the US mint in Carson City, NV opened (1869), Prince Edward Island became a
real providence (1873), Frederick Douglass was named Minister to Haiti (1889),
the Gideon Society was established (1899), Comiskey Park opened (1910), Ike
married Mamie (1916), Ghana became a republic (1960), Haleakala National Park
was established (HI, 1961), Medicare went into effect (1966), John Lennon held
his first full art exhibition (1968), Ms magazine began publishing
(1972), the first search and rescue satellite was launched (Kosmos, 1982), and
China regained sovereignty of Hong Kong (1997).
Tonight's Night Sky: Is
your sky dark enough for you to see the Coma Berenices star cluster naked-eye?
Just after the very end of twilight, spot Jupiter in the west. The cluster is
above it about 2½ fists at arm's length. Its brightest members form an inverted
Y. It nearly fills a binocular view.
July Planets: Dawn: Mercury / Evening: Mars, Saturn, and
Jupiter / Night: Uranus and Neptune.
This Week: Saturday, July
2 - International Day of Cooperatives and World UFO Day
Night
Sky, July 2: If you have a
dark enough sky, the Milky Way now forms a magnificent arch across the whole
eastern sky after nightfall is complete
Sunday, July 3 - International Plastic Bag Free Day and
Superman Day
Monday, July 4 - Independence Day and Independence from
Meat Day
Night
Sky, July 4: NASA's Juno
spacecraft (launched in 2011) is expected to go into polar orbit around Jupiter
today. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html
Tuesday, July 5 - Bikini Day
Wednesday, July 6 - Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day and
International Kissing Day aka World Kiss Day
Thursday, July 7
- Chocolate Day and Global Forgiveness Day
Happy Birthday, G.W! Newton, Leibniz, and Pascal were playing
hide-and-seek, and Leibniz was it. Pascal ran into the bushes, but Newton
simply drew a box on the ground and stood in the middle of it. When Leibniz
finished counting, he turned around and saw Newton standing there. “Newton, I’ve found you,” Leibniz said. "No you haven’t,” argued Newton, “you’ve
found Pascal.” Gesturing at the ground, he continued, “One Newton per square
meter.”
..........I need city
lights.........Blondie .....War Child
^^ Mr. Knights suggested The Gideon
Association after reading Judges
6 and 7.
Science Fiction Convention of the
Week: Escape Velocity hosted
by the Museum of Science Fiction in Washington, DC. A micro
futuristic world’s fair to promote STEAM education within the context of
science fiction using the fun of comic cons and fascination of science and
engineering festivals. http://escapevelocity.events/
Moonbeam: Guard well within yourself that treasure,
kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how
to acquire without meanness. --George
Sand
Late Night Snacks: Democrats held a big sit-in on the House
floor to protest Congress' refusal to vote on gun control. Or in other words,
Democrats were tired of Congress not getting anything done, so they refused to
get anything done until someone got something done. --Jimmy Fallon / Last
night’s sit-in by Congressional Democrats was live-streamed and got over 3
million views. Which is why today, Congress got picked up for two seasons on
Netflix. --Conan O'Brien / House Democrats staged a dramatic 26-hour sit-in on
the floor of the House to force a vote on background check provisions. The
Democrats decided to get the Republicans' attention by doing something they can
relate to: sitting on their butts and getting nothing done. --James Corden / After ending their 26-hour
sit-in, House Democrats vowed to continue fighting for gun control when
Congress resumes in July. Because it’s going to take that long for some of
these guys to get up off the floor.
--Seth Meyers / After the protest began, Paul Ryan declared a recess and
cut off C-SPAN's live feed. Now, personally, I don't want to live in a world
where Paul Ryan decides what's on TV. I'm guessing it would just be P90X
infomercials and "Top Gun" 24 hours a day. --Stephen Colbert / The
value of the British pound responded instantly coming down more sharply than a
headmaster's cane on a ruddy bottom.
--Samantha Bee / The United Kingdom, birthplace of the Beatles and yet
very much the world's Ringo. --John
Oliver
We do not want riches. We
want peace and love." --Red
Cloud
The bun is the lowest form of wheat. / Wheat's favorite movie? The Yeastmaster.
..........Shake and
shag.........Blondie .....Happy Dog
^^^ In view of the fact that almost all of
the Gideons in the early years of the association were traveling men, the
question quite naturally arose regarding how they might be more effective
witnesses in the hotels where they spent so much of their time. One trustee
went so far as to suggest that The Gideons furnish a Bible for each bedroom of
the hotels in the United States. He commented, “In my opinion, this would not
only stimulate the activities of the rank and file of the membership, but would
be a gracious act, wholly in keeping with the divine mission of the Gideon
Association.” This plan, which they called “The Bible Project” was adopted at
Louisville, Kentucky, in 1908.
Worthless Facts of the Week: Kansas produces enough wheat each year to
bake 36 billion loaves of bread and enough to feed everyone in the world, over
six billion people, for about 2 weeks. An acre of Kansas wheat produces enough
bread to feed nearly 9,000 people for one day.
Weird Word of the Week: Nous - To Brits, nous is common sense or
practical intelligence. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-nou1.htm
Wacky Uses for Common Products: If you run out of shaving cream, slather
on Star Olive Oil. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/star.html
Happy Anniversary, Dwight & Mamie! Ike stood over his tee shot for what seemed
an eternity; looking up, looking down, measuring the distance, figuring the
wind direction, and speed. He was driving his partner nuts. Finally his
exasperated partner says, "What's taking so long? Hit the blasted
ball!" Ike answers, "Mamie is
up there watching me from the clubhouse. I want to make this a perfect
shot." "Forget it, Mr.
President. You don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of hitting her from
here!"
...........The nights are
phosphorescent.........Blondie
.....Magic (Asadoya Yunta)
^^^^ Today, Gideons are organized in more than
190 countries and print in more than 90 languages.
Put Down of the Week: I
think that Hillary must have invested money in the Mao Jacket industry. She seems to be wearing the ugliest blazers I
have ever seen. The media is being kind
to say frumpy. Why?
Word Shakespeare Made Up of the
Week: Bandit - a robber or
outlaw belonging to a gang and typically operating in an isolated or lawless
area. King Henry VI, Part II (Suffolk)
Funniest thing I read of the Week: Brexit - England colonizes
half the world then complains about immigrants.
Submitted by cj of ks
Puck the Brave Episode of the Week: Here's our fearless Puck on the midnight
shift in the case of Graca Perez's Great Pyrenees.
~~Did you know that the Great Pyrenees is nocturnal.
Not expecting to do well on the economics exam, Bill was
heartened by the first question: In any given year, and to the nearest ton, how
much wheat did the United States export?
Smiling confidently, he wrote, "In 1492, none."
..........There's no coming,
there's no going. There's no end.........Blondie .....Love Doesn't Frighten Me
^^^^^ For fiscal year ending May 31, 2015,
the Association received $114.3 million in total Operating Support and Revenue of
which $99.5 million was used for the purchase and placement of Bibles and New
Testaments in 200 countries, territories, and possessions, and in over 95
languages.
Month of the Week: July is National Blueberries Month - What
is blue and goes up and down? A blueberry in an elevator! / What do you get when 354 blueberries try to
go through the door at the same time? Blueberry jamb!
Famous Kansans: Elmer Dresslar, Jr, a voice actor and the
baritone voice in the Jolly Green Giant commercials, was born in St. Frances in
1925. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/len-dresslar-mn0001190617
Daughter of Funniest Thing I Read
of the Week: The teacher told me to turn in my essay, but
I ain't no snitch. --submitted by gb of
kc
Today's Peace of History July 1, 1917:
8000 anti-war marchers demonstrated in Boston. Their banners read: “Is This
A popular War, Why Conscription? Who Stole
Panama? Who Crushed Haiti? We Demand Peace.”
Happy Birthday to the Gideons
! "You know you're on a questionable shuttle when all the in-flight
reading material is supplied by the Gideon Society."
..........When the gods were
crazy.........Blondie .....Rules for
Life
Masthead of the Week:
fRiday ePistle July 1, 2016.
Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Making Twice the Noise.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800
Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam: In
a word, the theory of proportions is for industrial teaching, what algebra is
for the most elevated mathematical teaching.
--Jean-Victor Poncelet
Cost of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/31/16: $741,047,266,054
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/23/16: $740,381,391,128
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/31/16: $819,590,086,097.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/23/16: $819,570,625,092.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/31/16: $10,274,626,177.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/23/16: $10,172,283,371.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/31/16: $123,364,319,744.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/23/16: $122,794,863,304.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/31/16: $1,697,357,908,671.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/23/16: $1,695,867,236,379.
"Peace is not a luxury.
It's not an option. It is fundamental to the existence and well-being of a
human being to have peace in their life." --Prem Rawat
..........All I want is the
best for our lives, my dear.........Blondie
.....Sunday Smile
The wheat shock worked hard,
got a scholarship, and studied philosophy at Cornel. She read Leibniz and Husserl and wrote her
dissertation on Karl Jaspers. Finally,
she had become a complex carbohydrate.
Famous Last Words: Get a list of all the cities in a ZIP
Code. --The Zip Codetm
Website: https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction_input
May Peace be your leavening
And Joy be your sweetener
prairie mama
christine
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