Famous First
Words: Blerot had been my most intimate
friend... Guy de Maupassant A
Philosopher
Happy
International Beer Day! Remember, beer
doesn't have many nutrients, so you have to drink a lot of it. / Beer! Now
there is a temporary solution.
..........It
makes me a jolly good fellow.........Tom T Hall
.....I Like Beer
Grace and
peace be yours in abundance. --Peter (II Peter 1:2)
It is a cloudy Friday morning.
75°F makes it a fine day. The sky is a solid light gray with clumps of slightly
darker gray floating under it and tiny wisps of even grayer fluff here and there.
The occasional breeze wafts smells of freshly
mown lawns and summer flowers. There is a
new fountain in the backyard that spills water over large stones and sounds a wonderful
rhythm section to the birdsong around the feeders. Even Puck sitting on the deck is silent and listening.
The tree I am standing under is dropping
seedpods onto my arms and hair. I keep hoping
it is rain. Ah, the trash trucks have arrived
and birdsong and the splashing water disappear and we return to the indoors, to
freshly brewed decaf, and to thoughts of
you.
Hope your weekend is
bathed in foamy goodness, ePistliers.
It is true
that beer won't solve your problems, but then again, neither will milk. / Beer:
because we're Lutheran.
..........Wanna
tell you a story about the house rent blues.........George Thorogood & the
Destroyers .....One Bourbon, One Scotch,
One Beer
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday, American
Bandstand !
^ Any idea what eastern
city spawned Bandstand and nurtured it until it went national?
^^ Which singer of
"Diana" was the first performer on the national show?
^^^ Which singing duo then
calling themselves Tom & Jerry debuted in 58 with "Hey! Little Schoolgirl"?
^^^^ Who was the first and
only co-host of Bandstand? Hint: It was for the disco special.
^^^^^When
did the last Bandstand air?
Fake Library
Statistic of the Week:
Only 4% of library event photos posted on Facebook are in focus. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions
which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks.
--Mary R. Beard
Warning:
Consuming large quantities of beer may cause uncontrollable muscle spasms
masquerading as dancing. / Save Water, Drink Beer.
..........Last
night I walked the floor.........Hank Williams
.....There's a Tear in My Beer
Something to
Think About of the Week:
Obviously, there are differences between walking meditation
and sitting meditation. For one thing we
keep our eyes open during walking meditation.
We have to be aware of things outside ourselves (objects we might trip
over, other people that we might walk into)...wind, the sun, and the rain; and
the sounds of nature and of humans and machines. http://www.wildmind.org/walking/overview
Big Hello: Ola - Galician (Northern
Spain)
Week of the Week: The
National
Hobo Convention begins on the 11th in Britt, IA. This is the hobo recipe for Mulligan of
Happiness: Take a large bowl, fill it with sunshine. Add a bit of patience, faith
and kindness. Sift a cup of romance with a teaspoon of sympathy, a teaspoon of
forgiveness, moisten with a teardrop, adding tolerance, friendship along with
ambition. Mix well with stardust, fold in imagination, place in a heavenly blue
pan, bake well with the light of God's candle. Serve every day and it will
bring you a mulligan of Happiness. http://www.brittiowa.com/hobo/logo-symbols.htm
Next Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week:
My brother has been replacing family photos with pics of Steve Buscemi and my
mom hasn't noticed. --submitted by ar of
ks
Peace Joke of
the Week:
A neutron
walks into a bar and asks, "How much for a beer?" The bartender replies, "For you, no
charge. / I don't drink beer anymore. Of
course, I don't drink beer any less either.
.......... The
crowd gets loud when the band gets right.........ZZ Top .....Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
^ The
Philadelphia dance show "Bandstand," hosted by Bob Horn, debuted on
WFIL-TV. The DJ actually playing the
records was a NY transplant named Dick Clark.
Almanac: It is Friday, August 5, 2016. The moon was new on Tuesday and is in
Virgo. It is National
Oyster Day and National Underwear Day. In Iran it is Constitution Day and worldwide
it is Test Ban Day (Int'l Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War). Because it is the first Friday in August it
is also Braham Pie Day aka Homemade Pie Day, International Beer Day, and Tomboy Tools Day.
Among those born on this
day were John Eliot (1604), William (the first black child born in the English
New World, 1624), Thomas Lynch (1749), Guy de Maupassant (1850), Mary R. Beard
(1876), Conrad Aiken (1899), John Huston (1906), Selma Diamond (1920), Richard
Kleindienst (1923), Neil Armstrong (1930), John Saxon (1935), Loni Anderson
(1944), Rick Derringer (1947), and Kevin Thomas Riley (2180).
On August fifth Gilbert
claimed Newfoundland (1583), the first Spanish ship entered SF Bay (1775), the
first transatlantic telegraph cable was completed (1858), US Army abolished
flogging (1861), the US levied the first income tax (3% of income over $800,
1864), the cornerstone was laid for the Statue of Liberty (1884), the first
traffic light was installed (Cleveland, 1914), the first radio broadcast of a
baseball game aired (Priates-8, Phillies-0, 1921), Little Orphan Annie
debuted (1924), American Bandstand
premiered (1957), the first quasar was located by radio (1962), Mel Brooks
married Anne Bancroft (1964), Mariner 7 flew past Mars (1969), the USSR
launched Mars6 (1973), and Reagan fired 11,500 air traffic controllers (1981).
Tonight's Sky: Venus-Regulus conjunction. Shortly after sunset this evening and
tomorrow evening, Regulus is hardly more than 1° from much brighter Venus. August Planets: Morning: Uranus and Neptune
/ Dusk: Mercury and Venus / Evening: Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn.
This Week: Saturday, August 6 - International Hangover
Day
It is the
71st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
Many cities have vigils on this day or this weekend. Check the progressive calendar for your city.
~~Lawrence, KS - 6th of August at noon on the corner of 9th &
Massachusetts.
Tonight's Sky, August 6: Today is the midpoint of astronomical summer:
halfway between the June solstice and the September equinox (even though August
1st, Lammas Day, is generally celebrated as the "cross-quarter" day).
The exact midpoint of
summer is at 2:28 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (18:28 UT).
Sunday, August 7
- Lighthouse Day & Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Birthday
of Wallace (of & Gromit) no year mentioned
Monday, August
8
- Happiness Happens Day & International Cat Day
Birthday
of Samuel Beckett (Quantum Leap) 1953
Tuesday, August 9
- Veep Day & International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Birthday
of Philip J. Fry (Futurama) 1974
Wednesday, August 10
- Skyscraper Appreciation Day & S'mores Day
Thursday, August 11
- Presidential Joke Day
Birthday
of Ginny Weasley (Harry Potter)
Tonight's Sky,
August 11:
Perseids meteor shower producing up to 60 meteors per hours. After midnight
vest viewing.
It was
faster than the speed of light beer. /
Give a man a beer, he'll waste an hour.
Teach a man to brew, he'll waste a lifetime.
..........A
draw one, draw two, draw three, four glasses of beer.........The Blues
Brothers .....Hey Bartender
^^ Paul
Anka was the first performer to make his national TV appearance on
"American Bandstand," on August 7, 1957.
Funniest thing I read of the Week: Never put off 'til tomorrow what you can
straight up cancel.
Quotes of the
Week: If you
have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman...have
faith. There is yet time. --Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Moonbeam: As soon as anyone starts
telling you to be "realistic," cross that person off your invitation
list. --John Eliot
Science Fiction
Convention of the Week
Mythcon 47: San Antonia, TX, August 5-8: Mythopoeic Conference http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-47.htm
Late Night Snacks: Scientists from Indiana discovered that
an 8-year-old orangutan named Rocky who can mimic human voices and copy words
in a conversational way. But it got awkward when the first thing he said was,
"Actually, my name's Ricky.”
--Jimmy Fallon / The US Patent Office has rejected Whole
Foods' request to be called "the world’s healthiest grocery store."
However, they approved 7-Eleven’s request to be called "the world’s finest
antique foods dealer." --Conan O'Brien / History has been made. After
months of anticipation, Jo Jo has cut it down to just two remaining bachelors.
These are exciting times. Oh, and also, Hillary Clinton received the Democratic
nomination. --James Corden / New York was hit with a large thunderstorm last
night, which caused enough rain to create temporary waterfalls in some subway
stations. It’s the closest New Yorkers have ever come to seeing nature. --Seth
Meyers
World peace
is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is
going to solve it on their own. --Herbie
Hancock
Beer goes
through your system so fast because it doesn't have to stop and change color. /
Everyone needs to believe in something.
I believe I'll have another beer.
..........I
just take a little bit,, now an' then.........Albert Collins .....I Ain't Drunk, I'm Just Drinkin'
^^^ Using
the name Tom & Jerry (Art Garfunkel naming himself Tom Graph, a reference
to his interest in mathematics, and Paul Simon naming himself Jerry Landis
after the surname of Sue Landis, a girl he had dated), they sang Hey Schoolgirl.
Worthless Not So
Facty Facts of the Week:
Two different gentlemen are credited with inventing the traffic light. Garrett Morgan b. 1877 businessman of
Cleveland and J.P Knight, railway engineer b. 1828. Both were black so it's not a case of a white
guy getting the credit for a black man's work.
Weird Word of
the Week: Scobberlotcher - Dr. Ralph Kettel, describing students
at Trinity College ...sober, but went
idling about the grove with their hands in their pockets and telling the number
of the trees there or so. (1600s) http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-sco3.htmhttp://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-sco3.htm
Wacky Uses for
Common Products:
Rejuvenate dry skin. Lubricate with Star
Olive Oil. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/star.html
Next Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week:
Our government makes the Chicago Mob look like first grade drop outs. --#DEMEXIT
...........Out
of focus, much too bright..........Beck
.....Beercan
^^^^ Donna
Summer became the first and only co-host of American
Bandstand during a special disco show celebrating the release of Donna's new
film, Thank God It's Friday.
Word Shakespeare
Made Up of the Week:
Blanket - to cover or obscure with an extended covering. King
Lear Act II Scene III (Edgar)
Daughter of
Weird Word of the Week:
coddiwomple (v.) to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague
destination. Submitted by rhb of ks
Fake Animal Fact
of the Week: Polar
bears like to dress up as Judy Garland at the weekend. https://fakeanimalfacts.wordpress.com/page/2/
Puck the Brave Episode of the
Week: Here's
our fearless Puck cleverly hiding the field hockey ball under his tail in the
case of Jack's Russell Terriers.
A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900
miles a year. Another recent study found
that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about
41 miles per gallon.
..........full
of heartache and foam.........Popa Chubby
.....Sweet Goddess of Love and Beer
^^^^^ American Bandstand made it last broadcast on October 7, 1989.
Month of the
Week: August is National Read a Romance Month --I gently slid her panties to the side so
that I could fit the rest of her socks in the drawer.
Famous Kansans: Janet Murguia, president
of the National Council of La Raza, was born in Kansas City in 1954. http://www.nclr.org/about-us/president-and-ceo/
Third Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week:
Schrodinger's Immigrant: Simultaneously stealing your job and too lazy to
work. --Submitted by rhb of ks
Today's Peace of
History: Today's
Peace of History August 5, 1963: The US,
USSR, and the UK signed the Limited Test Ban Treaty in Moscow, banning nuclear
testing in the atmosphere, in space, or underwater. It has since been signed by more than 100
countries.
God made
beer so that the Irish would not take over the world. / Beer is proof the god
loves us and wants us to be happy.
..........Before
I lose my self control.........Shelly West
.....Somebody Buy This Cowgirl a Beer
Masthead of the Week: fRiday ePistle August 5, 2016. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ The
Serene Side of Humor. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam: That's one small step
for man, one giant leap for mankind. --
Neil Armstrong
Cost of War:
Tax dollars spent in
Afghanistan: as of 8/4/16: $744,420,365,793.
Tax dollars spent in
Afghanistan: as of 7/28/16: $743,739,755,410.
Tax dollars spent on the
Iraq war since 2001 as of 8/4/16: $819,668,778,337.
Tax dollars spent on the
Iraq war since 2001 as of 7/28/16: $819,668,778,337.
Tax dollars spent on Daesh
conflict as of 8/4/16: $10,793,066,887.
Tax dollars spent on
Daesh conflict as of 7/28/16: $10,688,479,612.
Tax dollars spent on the
Pentagon Slush Fund as of 8/4/16: $126,249,028,473.
Tax dollars spent on the
Pentagon Slush Fund as of 7/28/16: $125,667,069,411.
Tax dollars spent on all
wars since 2001 as of 8/4/16: $1,702,980,921,578.
Tax dollars spent on all
wars since 2001 as of 7/28/16: $1,704,402,171,886 .
My passion
stems from seeking world peace and finding how we can live together creatively
rather than violently. --Mimi Kennedy
..........ein
zwei drei vier.........Raymond Marlowe
.....Drinking Song from The
Student Prince
Three guys are riding in their truck, drinking beer, having a
good ol' time. The driver looks in the
mirror and sees the flashing lights of a police car so he pulls over. The other
two are real nervous, "What do we do with our beers? We're in trouble!"
"No," the driver says, "just do this: pull the label off of your
beer bottle and stick it to your forehead and let me do the talking." So
they all pull the labels off their beer bottles and stick 'em to their
foreheads. The policeman walks up and says,
"You boys were swerving down the road. Have you been drinking?" The
driver says, "Oh, no officer," and points to his forehead,
"we're on the patch, trying to quit."
Famous Last
Words: a
perfect fit. National Underwear Day website
May Peace grind
your grist
And Joy work
your wort
prairie mama
christine
Absolutely the
final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Honk if you think Concerto No. 1 in D Minor by
Johannes Brahms blows away J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in F-Flat
Major. (bumper sticker) --Submitted by sj of ks
...sorry, i couldn't help myself
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