Famous
First Words: Oh, help me! ...Tamino The Magic Flute
Today
is Hug a Vegetarian Day! How many carnivores does it take to change
a light bulb? None, they would rather stay in the dark about things.
/ How many vegetarians does it take to screw in a light bulb? I don't
know, but where do you get your protein?
..........Never
even think of counting sheep.........Johnny Mathis ..…in the Wee
Small Hours of the Morning
Peace
is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison
and conciliation of differences. -- Mikhail Gorbachev
It
is a cool (47°F) Friday morning. There is not a single hint of
cloud in the sky and no bird sings matins nor graces our trees and
feeders. No breeze kisses the cheek or forces the coolness into the
clothing but fingers and noses begin to chill. The world is
wonderfully colored; grass avoided the August browns this year and is
strong and green and so heavy with dew that it sparkles even in the
shadow. Deep autumn yellow mums are popping out while the subtle
pinks of the last tea roses still abide. The sound of splashing
water from the fountain and the muffled roar of distant traffic
provide the soundtrack. There are not even people walking dogs for
Puck to warn away; but the trash truck rolls by and I cover my ears
until it finishes and moves on. I bring my hands to my mouth the
warm them with my breath and they smell of ivory soap and coffee
beans. Mmmuumm. So we return to freshly brewed decaf and thoughts of
you.
Hope
your weekend in warm and spicy, ePistliers.
Why
did the chicken cross the road? Colonel Sanders was chasing her. /
Why did the vegetarian cross the road? She was protesting for the
chicken. / Why did the tofu cross the road? To prove he wasn't
chicken.
..........only
darkness every day.........Freddie King …..Ain't No Sunshine
Trivia
Questions: It's Save the Koalas Day!
^
Koala's aren't really bears, what are they?
^^
Where do Koala's live?
^^^
What do Koala's do all night?
^^^^
Why?
^^^^^
How come Koala's need saving?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
23% of librarians
punk coworkers at staff parties by making the most disgusting recipe
they can find in a donation pile cookbook.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.
--Lester Maddox
Why
does vegan cheese taste so bad? It wasn't tested on mice. / Mary
couldn't take it anymore she went back to eating meat; you could say
she lost her veg-inity.
..........Forever
is over.........Deborah Allen …..Break These Chains
Something
to Think About of the Week:
The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a
star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came
from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most
poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust.
--Lawrence M. Krauss
Big
Hello: Bonjou – Haitian Creole (Haiti)
Week
of the Week: Banned Books Week
(September 26 – October 1) – Calling a book “Young Adult” is
just a fancy way of saying the book is censored. --Oliver Markus
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Retropalooza 2016 (Arlington, TX / October 1-2) Enjoy all things
retro – toys, music, video games...there's even a Tetris tournament
on Sunday afternoon. http://retropalooza.com/
How
should I spice these veggie-burgers? Doesn't matter, they're not
suppose to taste good. /Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
..........Why
do birds sing so gay.........Frankie Lymon …..Why Do Fools Fall in
Love
^
Though often called the koala "bear," this cuddly
animal is not a bear at all; it is a marsupial, or pouched mammal.
After giving birth, a female koala carries her baby in her pouch for
about six months.
Almanac:
It is Friday, September 30, 2016. The moon is new (Black*)
today and is in Libra. It is Blasphemy Day,
International Translation Day, and National Mulled Cider Day.
Because it is the last Friday it is also Hug a Vegetarian Day, Save
the Koala Day, Sport Purple for Platelets Day, and Vegan Baking Day.
Among
those born on this day were Robinson Crusoe (1627), Jean Perrin
(1870), Kenny Baker (1912), Lester Maddox (1915), Deborah Kerr
(1921), Truman Capote (1924), Elie Wiesel (1928), Angie Dickinson
(1931), Freddie King (1934), Johnny Mathis (1935), Frankie Lymon
(1942), Marilyn McCoo (1943), Rula Lenska (1947), Deborah Allen
(1953), and Dave Magadan (1962).
On
September thirtith Guttenberg published his first book (Bible, 1452),
The
Magic Flute
premiered (Vienna, 1791), the US claimed the Midway Islands (1867),
Bechuanaland became a British protectorate (1885), the city of New
York was established (1898), the first manned rocket plane took
flight (1929), Hoover Dam was dedicated (1934), Porgy
and Bess
premiered (1935), the first Congress of International Astronautical
Federation opened (Paris, 1950), the first atomic-powered submarine
was launched (1954), the last episode of Howdy
Doody
aired (1960), San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts reopened (1967),
the first automatic docking in space took place (Kosmos 186 &
188, 1967), the summer Olympics opened in Seoul, South Korea (1981),
and Haitian president, Jean-Bertand Aristide was ousted (1991).
Tonight's
Sky:
October Planets: Morning sky: Mercury,
Jupiter.
Night sky: Uranus.
Evening sky:
Venus,
Saturn, Mars
*
A Black moon is the second new moon in a calendar month. This
happens about every 32 months.
This
Week: Saturday, October 1 –
National Lace Day & International Music Day
Sunday,
October 2 – Guardian Angels Day & Islamic New Year
Monday,
October 3 – Day of Unity & World Habitat Day
Tuesday,
October 4 – Improve Your Office Day & National Taco Day
Night
Sky, October 4:
The Orionids meteor shower - medium strength shower that
sometimes reaches high strength activity.
Wednesday,
October 5 – Balloons Around the World Day & Walk to
School Day
Thursday,
October 6 – Mad Hatter Day & Ecological Debt Day
Pandas
are living proof that one can be fat eating just salad. / A
couple's vegetarian son was coming home from university for
Thanksgiving so they killed the fatted zucchini.
..........
I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree.........Johnny Mathis …..Misty
^^
Koalas live in eastern Australia, where the eucalyptus trees
they love are most plentiful. In fact, they rarely leave these trees,
and their sharp claws and opposable digits easily keep them aloft.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: After watching copious amounts of
crime dramas, I have come to the conclusion that serial killers only
kill women with matching bra and panty sets. I feel so much safer
now. --Submitted by dl of ks
Moonbeam:
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but
the inner music that words make. --Truman Capote
Late
Night Snacks: This weekend some jerk placed
pressure cooker bombs in a couple different places around New York
City. One reason that more people weren’t hurt is that this jerk
left duffel bags on the street, and two of the bombs were discovered
by thieves snatching bags. Because, as all New Yorkers know: If you
see something, steal something. --Setphen Colbert / Six members of
the cast of “The West Wing” are going to campaign for Hillary
Clinton at an event in Ohio. The move has backfired, though — now
everyone in Ohio is voting for Martin Sheen. --Conan O'Brien / A
letter written by George Washington in 1786 is going on sale for
$35,000. The letter is to a friend and says, “Don’t tell anyone,
but I was born in Kenya.” --Jimmy Fallon / Yahoo today announced
that at least 500 million user accounts have been hacked, which would
be one of the biggest cyber security breaches ever. They got
information from 500 million people who are still inexplicably using
Yahoo. --Jimmy Kimmel / Amazon in Japan is now offering a priest
delivery service for Buddhists who don’t have a local temple. The
box may look empty when it arrives, but after you gaze into it you
realize the priest was inside you all along. --Seth Meyers / Donald
Trump, America's wealthiest hemorrhoid...
--John Oliver
We
may have different religions, different languages, different colored
skin, but we all belong to one human race. -– Kofi Annan.
How
to confuse a vegetarian:
..........Baby,
come as you are.........Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. …..You
Don't Have to Be a Star
^^^
While tucked into the forks or nooks of a eucalyptus, a koala
(Phascolarctos cinereus) may rest for between 18 and 20 hours
a day.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The iconic Palace of Fine
Arts in San Francisco is one of the most photographed sites in the
city; it has been featured in numerous film and TV productions. It’s
also a popular wedding location and dazzling performance venue, as
well as a wonderful place for a stroll after a visit to the
Exploratorium. ~~I loved the Exploratorium and recommmend it to
anyone visiting San Francisco.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Alcopop – A type of alcoholic drink designed and marketed to appeal
to young people. “Critics
of alcopops say they are cynically packaged to appeal to under-age
drinkers; the industry retorts that it is up to retailers to uphold
the law. --Guardian,
May 1997” http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-alc1.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
The latest Young Adult Books: Jerry Potter and the Dollar Store
Cloak.
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Protect a blister or corn. Using a pair of scissors, cut a Stayfree
Maxi Pad into a donut shape and place over the blister, leaving the
hole over the blister and letting the adhesive strip adhere to the
skin. The maxi pad will protect the blister while it heals.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/stayfree.html
What
does a vegetarian zombie eat? GggrrrrRRAAAIIiiinnNNnnnsSs. / I follow
a strict vegetarian diet; I only eat vegetarians.
...........I
put the ooh in the ooh wah wah.........Frankie Lymon ….I Put the
Bomp
^^^^
There
is a myth that Koalas sleep a lot because they ‘get
drunk’ on
gumleaves. Fortunately, this is not
correct! Most
of their time is spent sleeping because it requires a lot of energy
to digest their toxic,
fibrous, low-nutrition diet
and sleeping is the best way to conserve energy
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Caked – encrusted with a
thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry. Timon of Athens
Act II, Scene II (Timon)
Third
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If I
woke up and nothing hurt, I'd think I was dead.
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week:
Who's Banking Against the Sioux? Here is a chart about which banks
are bankrolling the North Dakota Pipeline project;
http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/russell-means-wife-pearl-means-calls-boycott-banks-funding-dakota-access-pipeline/
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck on the runway wearing his new halter of
cobalt blue in the case of the Modeling
Mudi. ~~Because he pulled his collar off barking rabidly at
another dog on our morning constitutional.
If
vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat? / 9 out of 10
cannibals agree – vegetarians taste better.
..........A
woman with a mind, a body with a soul.........Deborah Allen …..All
That I Am
^^^^^
These plump, fuzzy mammals were widely hunted during the 1920s
and 1930s, and their populations plunged. Helped by reintroduction,
they have reappeared over much of their former range, but their
populations are smaller and scattered. Koalas need a lot of
space—about a hundred trees per animal—a pressing problem as
Australia's woodlands continue to shrink.
Month
of the Week: October is Medical
Librarian Month – A patron asked the librarian where the books on
suicide were located. She replied, “They should be right over
here, but once checked out...they rarely come back.”
Famous
Kansans:
Carrie Westcott, Playboy Playmate of the Month (September 1993) was
born in Mission Hills in 1969. She also starred in a number of films
made by Playboy in the 1990s. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922496/
Today's
Peace of History: Today's Peace of History,
September 30, 2004: The U.S. Navy announced the shutdown of Project
ELF. (Extremely Low Frequencies).
Headlines:
Restaurants Beef Up Vegetarian Menus (Wall Street Journal 10/15/91) /
Strictly Vegetarian Trader Brings Home the Bacon (LA Times 8/21/88)
..........Lord,
that's worrying me.........Freddie King …..I Had a Dream
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle September 30, 2016: eNdival ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Old
News but Relatively New jokes.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures;
peace is our gift to each other. --Elie Wiesel
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 9/29/16: $749,811,737,054.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 9/22/16: $749,131,500,887.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/29/16:
$819,846,239,360.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/22/16:
$819,826,358,426.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 9/29/16: $11,621,716,432.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 9/22/16: $11,517,206,089.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/29/16:
$130,859,781,355.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/22/16:
$130,278,140,208.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 9/29/16:
$1,715,661,318,645.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 9/22/16:
$1,714,240,965,889.
I
am not an Athenian, nor am I a Greek. I am a citizen of the world.
-– Socrates
..........and
then we'll move on.........Johnny Mathis …..Come Saturday Morning
How
many vegetables died for your stupid salad? / If animals weren't
meant to be eaten, why are they made out of meat? / I didn't fight my
way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
Famous
Last Words: Goodbye, kids. --Clarabell on the final Howdy
Doody show
May
Peace weed your garden
And
Joy reap your harvest
prairie
mama
christine
