Famous First Words: There is nothing wrong with your
television set... Outer Limits
Welcome to Clean Up the World Weekend: My house is not messy,
I'm training for the Olympic obstacle course. / Try hosting a OCD support
group; someone is bound to start cleaning.
..........And I ain't got nothin' but the blues.........BB
King .....Early in the Morning
Peace is every step. --Thich Nhat Hanh
It
is a damp Friday morning. The sky is
filled will clouds of a variety of shapes and sizes and colors. The low wispy ones are hurrying to the
northeast while the bigger, higher ones just sit looking beautiful in the light
of the rising sun. Water drops shine on
every green surface ground bound or airborne.
There are no birds at the feeders or on the wing and so the splashing of
the fountain and distant motors make up the morning's sound track. The temperature is a pleasant 65°F but the
air is laced with humidity and the smell of damp soil and damp foliage and
sometime damp dog. Puck sits on the
landing of the deck watching but the squirrels are busy these days hiding
acorns and whatnot. Squirrels and rabbits
are missing like the birds from the morning scene. But the lure of sweetened, creamed decaf and thoughts
of you call us back to our rooms. I hope
your morning is a lovely as mine.
Hope
your weekend is anything but neat and clean, my wonderful family. Hugs and kisses
Child Room Cleaning analysis: 1% - cleaning, 30% - complaining,
69% - playing with the stuff they just
found. / The burglar always took a shower just before work so he could make a
clean getaway.
..........When I hear my baby call my name.........BB King .....Feel Like a Million
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday,
BART
^ What does B.A.R.T. stand for anyway?
^^ Where is BART and where does it go?
^^^ Who runs BART?
^^^^ What size is BART (stations or vehicles or miles)?
^^^^^How
fast is BART?
Fake Library Statistic of the Week: 16% of librarians
are really just a cat in disguise. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Amazing Thing on the Internet of the Week:
Patty Duke (yes, Helen Keller as an evil child) singing Housewife's Lament - all about cleaning. ....she laid down and died and was buried in
dirt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2wRlJBv0lk
Moonbeam: What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could
not fail? --Robert
Schuller
They say it's the thought that counts. If that were true, my house would have been
cleaned a long time ago. / Cleaning is
just putting stuff in less obvious places.
..........Just waiting for you.........BB King .....Whole Lot of Lovin'
Something to Think About of the Week: Atoms pass through
an eternal revolving door of possible form, energy, and mass dance in fluid
relationship. We are stardust...Glenda
Burgess
Big Hello: Aluu - Greenlandic
Week of the Week: International
Housekeepers Week (September 11-17) - I'm an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get divorced I keep the house.
Who keeps the ocean clean, a mermaid? / I love cleaning up
messes that I didn't make; that's why I got married.
..........I believe, I believe I'll go back home.........BB King .....Dust My Broom
^
BART is the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.
Almanac:
It is Friday, September 16, 2016. The
moon is full (Harvest or Corn) tonight and is in Pisces. The United Nations has declared this
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. In addition it is Anne Dudley Bradstreet Day,
Clean Up the World Weekend (16-18), Constitution Day/ Pledge Across America,
International Grenache Day, Mayflower Day, National Tattoo Story Day, National
POW/MIA Recognition Day, National Trademen Day, Play-doh Day, Stay Away from
Seattle Day, and Trail of Tears Commemoration Day. In Malaysia and Singapore it is
Independence Day (1963).
Among those born on this
day were Henry V (1387), Louis XIV (1638), Francis Parkman (1823), J.C. Penney
(1875), James J. Jeans (1877), Allen Funt (1914), Bess Myerson (1924), B B King
(Blues Boy, 1925), Robert Schuller (1926), Peter Falk (1927), Ed Begley Jr
(1949), and Jennifer Tilly (1958).
On September sixteenth
the great seal of the US was first used (1782), the typesetting machine was
patented (1857), Oklahoma opened the Cherokee Strip to white settlement (1893),
General Motors was founded (1908), the American Legion was incorporated (1919),
Sam Rayburn was elected speaker of the House (1940), Outer Limits
premiered on TV (1963), Ford announced amnesty of Vietnam war
"deserters" (1974), the BART began regular trans-bay service (1974),
Papua New Guinea gained its independence (1975), and the Episcopal church
approved ordination of women (1976).
Tonight's Sky: Full Moon. As night comes on, look for
the Great Square of Pegasus to the moon's upper left. The Square, a bit larger
than a fist at arm's length, stands on one corner. A fairly deep penumbral (fringe) eclipse of
the Moon is visible from eastern Europe, eastern Africa, Asia, and the
westernmost Pacific. September planets: Dawn - Mercury,
Morning - Uranus, Dusk - Venus, Evening - Mars, Saturn,
& Neptune.
This Week: Saturday, September 17 - Locate an Old Friend Day
& Time's Up Day
Sunday, September 18
- National Cheeseburger Day & National Respect Day
Night Sky, September 18: Venus is low in the evening
twilight.
Monday, September 19
- Talk Like a Pirate Day & Respect for the Aged Day
Night Sky, September 19: Antares is quite low in the
southwest as twilight ends.
Tuesday, September 20
- Get Ready Day
Wednesday, September 21
- International Day of Peace
Thursday, September 22
- Dear Diary Day & Elephant Appreciation Day
Night sky, September 22:
Autumnal Equinox.
A clean house suggests there is no internet connection. /
Cleaning house holds a great fascination for everyone in the family. They can sit for hours and watch me.
..........When I broke my mother's rule.........BB King .....Wee Baby Blues
^^
BART serves the San Francisco bay area - the city, Oakland, San Mateo County
& Santa Clara County.
Funniest thing I read of the Week: My entire life can
be described in one sentence..."Well, that didn't go as planned".
Moonbeam: The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently
our own indifference. --Bess Myerson
Late Night Snacks: North Korea is on a
campaign to increase tourism. They have a new slogan, "Come for our
glorious sights, stay because you saw too much.
--Conan O'Brien / Green Party candidate Jill Stein said on Sunday that
she would not have assassinated Osama bin Laden, but instead would have
captured him and brought him to trial. I would say that will hurt her poll
numbers but she only has one. --Seth
Meyers / New York's Fashion Week kicked off yesterday. A crowded runway where
people keep going in circles, or as most New Yorkers call that, LaGuardia.
--Jimmy Fallon / The use of marijuana by older Americans has skyrocketed. It is
up 455 percent since 2002 — which, of course, is the year Oprah made it one of
her Favorite Things. --Jimmy Kimmel / A
court on the island of Corsica just upheld a local ban on burkinis, which
combine a burka with a bikini. Though I
gotta say, I don't see much kini. It's mostly burk. But then again, well, look
at those ankles! Hello! Those can't be natural. --Stephen Colbert
Peace-making is a healing process and it begins with me, but it
does not end there. --Gene Knudsen
Hoffman
I don't always clean my room; but when I do, I should be
studying. / Thought about cleaning the house.
But then I thought, what's the house done for me lately?
..........Two white horses in a line.........BB King .....See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
^^^
San Francisco Municipal
Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates BART and the Municipal Railway
system (MUNI), manages all forms of San Francisco area transportation and
traffic, including streetcars, cable cars, bicycles, pedestrians, taxis and
parking.
Worthless Fact of the Week: “The ozone hole is getting better,
and it will get better.” It’s not every day a scientific horror story has a
happy ending. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ozone-hole-was-super-scary-what-happened-it-180957775/?no-ist
Weird Word of the Week: Yedsirag - head man, foreman. " He was gooin’ orderin’ an’ mesterin’
abait, just for aw the world as if he’d bin top-sawyer an’ yed-sirag o’ the
lot." --The Folk-Speech of South Cheshire, by Thomas
Darlington, 1887 http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-yed1.htm
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I ate four cans of
alphabet soup and just had the largest vowel movement ever. --Submitted by tb of ak
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Protect your infant or toddler
from sharp corners on furniture. Use
Scotch Packing Tape to adhere Stayfree Maxi Pads over the corners of coffee
tables, end tables, cabinets, dining room tables, and other piece of furniture. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/stayfree.html ~~Your bridge club with love it.
I wish one of my personalities liked to clean. / My house looks
like I'm losing a game of Jumanji.
...........I've traveled for miles around.........BB King .....Bluesman
^^^^
BART has 45 stations (17 surface, 13 elevated and 15 subway) with 669 revenue
vehicles on 107 miles of track.
Word Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Bump - a
protuberance on a level surface --Romeo and Juliet, Act I Scene III
(Nurse)
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: DoDeca-Con 4 - All
Geek All the Time!! September 16-18 in
Columbia, MO.
Puck the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck telling the story of the case of the Weary Whippet.
I can get more cleaning done in the 10 minutes before guests
arrive and I can all week. / I cleaned house for 2 1/2 hours just to be able to
say to my guest, "Sorry for the mess".
..........Doing the best she can..........BB King .....Hard Working Woman
^^^^^
Trains average 35 mph but travel at 80 mph maximum. Station stops are 20 seconds.
Month of the Week: September is National
Mold Month - When life gives you mold, make penicillin.
Famous Kansans: Theresa Vail who is a hostess on
the Outdoor Channel was born in Leavenworth in 1990. She was also the first ever Miss America
contestant to openly display tattoos. http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article53613120.html
Today's Peace of History:
September 16, 1974: President Gerald Ford announced a conditional
amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders, provided they
swear allegiance to the country and agree to work two years in the branch of
the military they had abandoned. He did this one month following his pardon of
resigned former President Richard Nixon.
Beware! When you clean out the vacuum cleaner you become a
vacuum cleaner. / Organized people are just too lazy to look for things.
..........Because the times are getting so hard..........BB
King .....Recession Blues
Masthead of the Week: fRiday ePistle September 16, 2016.
Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ No
News, Barely Funny. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct.
Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam: The universe begins to look more like a great thought than
a great machine. --James Jeans
Cost of
War:
Tax dollars spent in
Afghanistan: as of 9/15/16: $748,452,686,744.
Tax dollars spent in
Afghanistan: as of 9/8/16: $747,801,518,669.
Tax dollars spent on the
Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/15/16: $819,806,519,465.
Tax dollars spent on the
Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/8/16: $819,787,488,337.
Tax dollars spent on
Daesh conflict as of 9/15/16: $11,412,833,151.
Tax dollars spent on
Daesh conflict as of 9/8/16: $11,312,679,407.
Tax dollars spent on the
Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/15/16: $129,697,515,058.
Tax dollars spent on the
Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/8/16: $129,140,633,795.
Tax dollars spent on all
wars since 2001 as of 9/15/16: $1,712,823,108,607.
Tax dollars spent on all
wars since 2001 as of 9/8/16: $1,711,463,274,355.
..........They say there's a time for everything,
baby.........BB King .....Time to Say
Goodbye
My definition of a Super Bowl is a toilet that cleans itself. / May
your home be clean enough to keep you healthy and messy enough to keep you
happy.
Famous Last Words: Smile, You're on Candid
Camera ..Allen Funt
May Peace clear your
dharma
And Joy clean your
karma
prairie mama
christine
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