Famous First
Words: The Communist Party of the USA is of and for the U.S. Working
class. --Preamble to the Constitution of the
Communist Party of America
September is
National Rice Month. Of all the possible utensils that could have been invented
to eat rice...how did two sticks win out?
..........One
of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing.........Loulie Jean Norman
(Dubbing Diahann Carroll) .....Summertime
Thou shalt
not kill. --Exodus 20:13
It is a clear
Friday morning. The grass is scattered
with diamond dew drops. The light slants
from the east and takes the shape of whatever lies between ground and rising
sun: graceful lines between the fence posts and large blobs between the trees. The 58°F is absolutely perfect for a morning
walk or a morning watch in the backyard.
The school buses have come and gone so Puck no longer needs to stand
watch against the invading hordes of students and has retired to the deck to sit
in one of the puddles of sunlight. The
birdsong is largely in the little wood across the street and the feeders are
quiet. Instead the morning sounds of cars...this
one, here two, a big one now...rushing off for one last day of work and before the
long weekend. What a very pleasant morning;
I could easily stay here all day. But I return to the indoors, the smell of brewing coffee sweetened and creamy. Best of all,
now I'm writing to you.
Hope your
weekend is sticky and gluten free, ePistliers.
I love rice.
Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 10,000 of something.
..........But
old man sorrow mountin' all the way with me..........Dorothy Dandridge .....My
Man's Gone Now
Trivia Questions: September is
National Save A Tiger Month
* How unique is a tiger's stripes?
** How much can a tiger eat in a day?
*** How many tigers are there in the
average litter?
**** How does tiger purring different
from house cat purring?
***** What
skill do tigers possess that other feline breeds do not?
Fake Library
Statistic of the Week: 100%
of pregnant librarians have already heard whatever 'Due Date' joke you are
about to tell them. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam: The Hawaiian
people have been from time immemorial lovers of poetry and music. --Queen
Liliuokalani
I remember
the "good old days" when "snap, crackle, and pop" were
sound my Rice Krispies made not my body.
..........I
got no car, got no mule, I got no misery..........Sidney Poitier .....I Got
Plenty of Nothing
Something to
Think About of the Week: The
nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the
carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff. --Carl Sagan
Big Hello: Guten Tag -
German
Estate Sale of
the Week: Jo and I have come out of retirement to do an
estate sale. It will be next weekend at
3624 West Timber (Lawrence 66049). Here
are the pictures of some of the items and the info about the sale. http://dovedrop8.wixsite.com/prairiemama/estate-sale
Week of the Week: International
Enthusiasm Week (September 1-70) --Success consists of going from failure to
failure without loss of enthusiasm.
--Winston Churchill
Funniest Thing I
Read of the Week: If every word my children whined today were laid end to end,
they would stop at the door of a liquor store...in France.
She is so
slow it takes her an hour to fix instant rice.
..........Livin's
just begun..........Sidney Poitier .....Buzzard Keep on Flying
^ Tigers use
their distinctive coats as camouflage.
No two have exactly the same stripes.
Almanac: It is Friday, September 2, 2016.
The moon was new yesterday and is in Virgo. It is Top Tips Executive Toy Test Day,
Bison-ten Yell Day, Hug Your Boss Day, National No Patrick Day (Spongebob
Squarepants), and V-J Day. Because it is
the first Friday it is Bring Your Manners to Work Day and because it is labor
day weekend it is also Cows Chip Throwing Days.
Among those born on this
day were Queen Liliuokalani (1838), Henry George (1839), Cleveland Amory
(1917), Allen Drury (1918), Martha Mitchell (1918), Marge Champion (1919), Joan
Kennedy (1936), Peter Ueberroth (1937), Sharon McAuliffe (1948), and Keanu
Reeves (1964).
On September second
Phidippides ran the first marathon (490 BCE), the great fire of London began
(1666), gas lighting was introduced to Hawaii (1859), the Communist Party of
America was organized (Chicago, 1919), the first non-stop transatlantic flight
took off (37 hours, 1930) and Gershwin completed the score for Porgy and
Bess (1935).
Tonight's Sky:
September planets: Dawn - Mercury, Morning - Uranus, Dusk
- Venus, Evening - Mars, Saturn, & Neptune.
This Week: Saturday, September
3
- Bacon Day & National Tailgating Day
Night Sky, September 3: Neptune at Opposition. The blue giant will approach closest to Earth
and will be fully illuminated by the sun.
Sunday, September 4 - Newspaper
Carrier Day & National Wildlife Day
Monday, September 5 - Labor Day,
Be Late for Something Day, & International Day of Charity
Night Sky, September 5-9: Looking south-southwest after sunset one should
see Saturn (Above and to the right of Antares) and Mars (to the left of
Antares).
Tuesday, September 6 - Another Look Unlimited Day
Wednesday, September 7 - Neither
Snow nor Rain Day & Grandma Moses Day
Tonight's Sky, September 7: The beginning of the Southern Taurids meteor
shower. It begins slow and peaks in
October. Fireballs.
Thursday, September
8
- International Literacy Day & National Ampersand Day
..........Mornin'
time an' evenin' time an' summer time an' winter time..........Sidney Poitier
.....Bess, You Is My Woman Now
^^ A Bengal
tiger can eat 21kg of meat in a night and can kill the equivalent of 30 buffalo
a year.
Next Funniest
thing I read of the Week: I read to avoid Anger Management classes.
Moonbeam: I can't take
a well-tanned person seriously. --Cleveland
Amory
Late Night
Snacks: Astronaut Jeffrey Williams just set the
U.S. record for most days in space, reaching the milestone of 521 days. It's
less of an accomplishment after NASA admitted they sort of forgot he was up
there. --Jimmy Fallon / A new Earth-like
planet has been discovered a few months before an election where Donald Trump
could be president. If that's not perfect timing, I don't know what is. --James Corden / "The View" this
week celebrated its 20th anniversary, although that might not be factually
correct, because I heard it on "The View." --Seth Meyers / In
California, the state senate yesterday rejected a bill that would abolish
daylight saving time. Some lawmakers want to get rid of it because they can't
figure out how to program their microwaves and they've had enough. --Jimmy Kimmel / KFC has released sunscreen
that smells like fried chicken. People who’ve tried it say it prevents you from
getting cancer and from having sex.
--Conan O'Brien / Mylan, the company that produces these EpiPens, CEO
Heather Bresch came forward to address the criticism. She said, “Look, no one's
more frustrated than me.” She's frustrated! I mean, the tone-deafness of that
just takes your breath away and getting your breath back will cost you over
$600. --Stephen Colbert
If we could
read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life
sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. – Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
..........Happy
feelin' in my bones astealin'..........Chorus .....Oh, I Can't Sit Down
^^^ Female
tigers give birth to litters of 2 to 6 cubs which they raise with little or no
help from the male.
Worthless Fact
of the Week: Robert Browning wrote a poem to Philippides
(or Pheidippides), first marathon runner, who is said to have run from Marathon
to Athens to deliver news of a military victory against the Persians. Run, Pheidippides, one race more! the meed is thy due!
Weird Word of
the Week: Virosphere - all the places where viruses are found or in which
they interact with their hosts. also
spelled viriosphere. http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-vir2.htm
Amazing Thing on
the Internet of the Week:
Here you can watch Soviet sci-fi movies in English or with English subtitles
online in HD (720). It’s absolutely free and no registration required! http://sovietmoviesonline.com/en/fantastic/
Wacky Uses for
Common Products: Rejuvenate a palm or fern plant.
Add two tablespoons Star Olive Oil at the root of the plant once a
month. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/star.html
Sake is my
partner in wine. / My office just opened a sushi and sake bar. It's in the Ladies Room, handicapped
stall. I'm the only one to attend, so
far.
...........De
things dat yo' liable to read in de Bible.........Sammy Davis Jr. .....It Ain't
Necessarily So
^^^^ Like
domestic cats, all tigers can purr.
Unlike their tame relatives, however, which can purr as they breathe
both in and out, tigers purrs only as they breathe out.
Word Shakespeare
Made Up of the Week: Blushing - to develop a pink tinge in the face from
embarrassment or shame. King Henry VI, Part III : Act I: Scene
IV (York)
Third Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: A group of children is called a migraine.
Science Fiction
Convention of the Week: Dragon Con - September 1-3, Atlanta GA. http://www.dragoncon.org/...the largest
multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction &
Fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music and film in the universe!
Puck the Brave Episode of the
Week: Here's our fearless Puck sporting horns in the case of the
Antlered Anatolian.
Life is too
short to eat ricecakes. / Rice cakes really satisfy my cravings for styrofoam.
..........Now
and forever.........Dorothy Dandridge .....What You Want Wid Bess
^^^^^ Unlike other cats, tigers are good swimmers
and often cool off in lakes and streams during the heat of the day.
Month of the Week: September is
National Mushroom Month
Famous Kansans: Satanta, Kiowa war chief, was born around 1820 in western
Kansas. He fought at the First Battle of Adobe Walls and earned
enduring fame for his use of an army bugle to confuse the troops in battle. https://www.tsl.texas.gov/treasures/indians/satanta.html
Today's Peace of
History: Today's Peace of History, September 2,
1945: Vietnam declared independence from France.
Rice cakes
have no right calling themselves cake at all. / There is no problem that 6
glasses of sake cannot solve.
..........Don't
be a fool, come along, come along..........Sammy Davis, Jr. .....There's a Boat
Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
Masthead of the
Week: fRiday ePistle September 2, 2016. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Old Jokes,
confusing setting. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct.
Lawrence, KS 66046
Last Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week:
Little Known Failure: Pavlov's Cat.
--Submitted by ma of ks
Moonbeam: The
integrity of the game is everything. --
Peter Ueberroth
Cost of War:
Tax dollars spent in
Afghanistan: as of 9/1/16: $747,130,593,153.
Tax dollars spent in
Afghanistan: as of 8/25/16: $746,432,918,978.
Tax dollars spent on the
Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/1/16: $819,767,879,605.
Tax dollars spent on the
Iraq war since 2001 as of 8/25/16: $819,747,489,198.
Tax dollars spent on Daesh
conflict as of 9/1/16: $11,209,644,512.
Tax dollars spent on
Daesh conflict as of 8/25/16: $11,102,394,796.
Tax dollars spent on the
Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/1/16: $128,566,935,312.
Tax dollars spent on the
Pentagon Slush Fund as of 8/25/16: $127,970,178,726.
Tax dollars spent on all
wars since 2001 as of 9/1/16: $1,710,062,225,934.
Tax dollars spent on all
wars since 2001 as of 8/25/16: $1,708,605,101,873.
I have come
into this world to see this: the sword drop from men's hands even at the height
of their arc of rage because we have finally realized there is just one flesh
we can wound. --Hafiz of Persia
..........I'll
ride that long, long road.........Sidney Poitier .....O, Lawd, I'm on My Way
At the
McDonalds in Koyoto, do they serve McSake?
Famous Last
Words: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHH...
Spongebob SquarePants Theme Song
May Peace always
proceed you
And Joy always
follow you
prairie mama
christine
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