Famous
First Words: We're going hoppin' --American Bandstand theme
song
Today
is the birthday of Joe Hill, Leon Trotsky, and Desmond Tutu. So I
went looking for jokes about revolutionaries and found squat. The
best I got was Trotsky: I like my beer cold, my coffee black, and
my revolution permanent.
..........I
don't want to live angry, I don't want to live scared.........John
Cougar Mellencamp …..Another Sunny Day
Peace
is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you
do, something you are, and something you give away. --John Lennon
It
is a chilly Friday morning. At 44°F
the temperature is assuring us that October has in fact arrived. At
first glance the sky seems like a solid gray cloud but if you watch
closely, thinner, smaller, darker clouds are not so slowly making
their way directly south. There are no birds to serenade the gloom;
rather water splashing on rocks and cars driving owners off to work
are all we hear. The heavily filtered light does not mute the
colors; the wonderful golden mums scattered across the suburban
landscape are trying their hardest to represent the absent sun. And
the greens are still strong but the maples across the street are
beginning to show red on the tips. Puck tries to bark at the
gentleman and his boxer, who comes by every morning about this time,
but stops mid-noise to sneeze. He's always amusing. The cold has
begun to bite at my fingers and nose and we hear the trash trucks
headed our way and so we return. Our rooms are filled with warmth
and the aroma of brewing coffee, very welcoming. And now with a cup
of lightly (if artificially) sweetened decaf with cream at my side, I
get to write to you. What fun!
Hope
your weekend overthrows boredom, ePistliers.
So
I tried Revolutionary Humor. During the Egyptian Arab
Spring demonstrations there was an app called Freedom. The
screen would show files being copied from a folder labeled /tunisia.
Overlaid with the error message: Cannot install Freedom. Please
remove Mubarak and try again.
..........Ah,
ah, ah, ah, hey hey hey.........John Cougar Mellencamp …..Hit the
Road, Jack
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday Movie Rating System !
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What is the purpose of the rating system?
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Who uses this rating system?
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Are all movies rated?
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Which state enacted its own movie restrictions?
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How many of the ratings can you name?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week: 40% of librarian nodding really
means “You can go away now”.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the
frost is on the punkin and the fodders in the shock. --James
Whitcomb Riley
Also
from Egypt: The longer Mubarak
stayed, the more the jokes piled up, much like the growing mound of
trash in the center of Tahrir Square. Protesters renamed both the
garbage pile and the toilets "National Democratic Party
headquarters" -- a reference to Mubarak's party; the real
headquarters had been destroyed by protesters.
..........Don't
put me on.........John Cougar Mellencamp …..Where the Sidewalk
Ends
Something
to Think About of the Week: Be humble for you are made of
earth, be noble for you are made of stars. --Raven Rajani
Big
Hello: Sannu – Hausa (a Chadic language spoken mainly in
Nigeria and Niger)
Week
of the Week: It is 4-H Week (October
2-8) – Did you hear about the magic tractor? It turned into a
field.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Gaslight Gathering 6 – A Steampunk & Neo-Victoriana Convention
in San Diego. (October 7-9). http://gaslightgathering.org/
Dear
Egyptian demonstrators, Please do not damage the pyramids. We will
not rebuild. --The Jews / Utah-based
fiction writer Angela Perry tweeted, "Mubarak. Dude. Egyptians
INVENTED writing on the wall. You really should learn to read it."
..........Washed
in amber street lights.........John Cougar Mellencamp …..Hot Night
in a Cold Town
^
Movie ratings provide parents with advance information about
the content of movies to help them determine what movies are
appropriate for their children at any age.
Almanac:
It is Friday, October 7, 2016. The moon will be first quarter early
on Sunday and is in Capricorn. It is National
Personal Safety Day, and You Matter to Me Day. Because it is the
first Friday is it also Lee's National Denim Day, National Diversity
Day, and World Smile Day. In Fiji it is Deed of Cession Day (1874)
and Libya celebrates Evacuation Day.
Among
those born on this day were Caesar Rodney (1728), William Billings
(1746), James Whitcomb Riley (1849), Martha McChesney Berry (1866),
Joe Hill (1879), Leon Trotsky (1879), Niels Bohr (1885), Andy Devine
(1905), Vaughn Monroe (1911), Alfred Drake (1914), Sarah Churchill
(1914), June Allyson (1917), Desmond Tutu (1931), Willie Naulls
(1934), John Cougar Mellencamp (1951), Tico Torres (1954), and Yo-You
Ma (1955).
On
October seventh the Stamp Act Congress convened (NY, 1765), the
Granite Railway began operations (1826), Spain abolished slavery in
Cuba (1886), the first infra-red photograph was taken (1931),
American
Bandstand
premiered (1957), Potter Stewart was appointed to the US Supreme
Court (1958), Route
66
premiered (1960), the Motion Picture Association of America adopted
the film rating system (1968), and Lynette Woodward became the first
female Harlem Globetrotter (1985).
Tonight's
Sky:
Mercury is
visible in the morning while Jupiter
rises in Virgo.
Venus, Antares
(red), and Saturn
line
up in the evening sky.
In the night Mars
is near the moon. Uranus
is coming into opposition (10/15) .
This
Week: Saturday, October 8 –
Universal Music Day & World Octopus Day
Sunday,
October 9 – Clergy Appreciation Day & National Chess Day
Monday,
October 10 – Native American Day & International Stage
Management Day
Tuesday,
October 11 – International Day of the Girl & National
Face Your Fears Day
Night
Sky, October 11: Jupiter rises behind the sun and passes
Mercury.
Wednesday,
October 12 – Free Thought Day & World Arthritis Day
Thursday,
October 13 – English Language Day & International
African Penguin Awareness Day
Serbia:
We took an oil barrel, taped a picture of Serbian dictator Slobodan
Milosevic to it, and set it up in the middle of Belgrade's largest
shopping district. Next to it we placed a baseball bat. Then we went
for coffee, sat down, and watched the fun unfold. Before long, dozens
of shoppers lined the street, each waiting for a chance to take a
swing at "Milosevic"—the man so many despised, but whom
most were too afraid to criticize. About 30 minutes in, the police
arrived. What would the Milosevic's police do? They couldn't arrest
shoppers—on what grounds? And they couldn't arrest the
culprits—since we were nowhere to be seen. So what did Milosevic's
police do? The only thing they could: They arrested the barrel.
..........Which
came as some surprise.........John Cougar Mellencamp …..The Man
Who Sold The World
^^
the MPSS film-rating system is used in the US and its territories.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: Never do anything you wouldn't want
to explain to the paramedics.
Moonbeam:
If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a
great many more mistakes. --Leon Trotsky
Late
Night Snacks: Bernie! They really like him. He
really connects with millennials, because a lot of his clothes are
also 18 to 30 years old. --Stephen Colbert / Remember when Mitt
Romney almost had to drop out of the race because he put his dog on
the top of the car? They were simpler times. --Jimmy Kimmel / This
week, a woman in Tennessee walked into her home and found two
burglars having sex on her couch. When they tried to run away, she
yelled, “At least steal the couch! --Jimmy Fallon / A woman in
Virginia got nearly 600 calls after C-SPAN accidentally posted her
number on the air. In response, the head of C-SPAN said, “Wait, we
have 600 viewers?” --Conan O'Brien / This Friday internet star
Grumpy Cat will join the Broadway cast of “Cats.” A guy who’s
going to see “Hamilton” was like, “I can’t wait.” --Seth
Meyers
Overcome
the devils with a thing called love. --Bob Marley
..........And
I'd trade in my ambitions.........John Cougar Mellencamp …..Warmer
Place to Sleep
^^^
Submitting a movie for a rating is a voluntary decision made by
filmmakers. However, the overwhelming majority of filmmakers have
their movies rated, and each member of the Motion Picture Association
of America has agreed to have all its theatrically released movies
rated.
Worthless
Fact of the Week:
The Granite Railway was built to carry stone from Quincy to Milton on
the Neponset River (NC). It became the first chartered railway to
evolved into a common carrier with closure.
http://www.american-rails.com/granite-railway.html
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If
Trump is the answer, how stupid must the question be? --Submitted by
ab of ks (Bumper Sticker)
Weird
Word of the Week:
Backronym: (sometimes
bacronym)
a reverse acronym. To create one, you take a word that isn’t an
acronym and create a fictitious expansion for it. A well known one
is APGAR – Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration from
Virginia Apgar, creator of the system.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-bac1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Make an ice pack. Saturate a Stayfree Maxi Pad with water, slip it
inside a Ziploc freezer bag, and keep it in the freezer as a
ready-made ice pack. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/stayfree.html
Miami's
Hispanic population took to the streets last night to celebrate Fidel
Castro temporarily stepping down from power. Way to go America! Our
plan to slowly deteriorate his health over the course of 50 years is
working. --Stephen Colbert
...........I
was whispering real heavy into the phone.........John Cougar
Mellencamp …..Cheap Shot
^^^^
Tennessee enacted a law in 1989 prohibiting patrons under the age of
18 from attending R-rated movies without a parent or guardian.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: We
might not party like we used to, but if we take a nap we can party
till dark! --sumbitted by ts of ?ks
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: caters – provide food and
drink in a professional capacity. As You Like It,
Act II Scene III (Adam) : …He that doth the ravens feed, yea,
providently caters for the sparrow...
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week:
On my facebook page is an hour and a half of the Lawrence Stands with
Standing Rock rally after the march. It's dated September 30th
so you have to scroll down a little ways.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1041984870
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here is our fearless Puck trying to convince a pretty Pembroke
that he is an abandoned dog in the case of the Incorrigible Corgi.
An
artist is commissioned to create a painting celebrating Soviet–Polish
friendship, to be called "Lenin in Poland." When the
painting is unveiled at the Kremlin, there is a gasp from the invited
guests; the painting depicts Nadezhda Krupskaya (Lenin's wife) naked
in bed with Leon Trotsky. One guest asks, "But this is a
travesty! Where is Lenin?" To which the painter replies, "Lenin
is in Poland."
..........A
neon sign blinks outside in the pouring rain.........John Cougar
Mellencamp …..Small Paradise
^^^^^
G – General Audiences / PG – Parental Guidance Suggested / PG-13
– Parents Strongly Cautioned / R – Restricted / NC-17 – Adults
Only
Month
of the Week:
October is Spinach Lovers Month --What
kind of socks do you need to plant spinach? Garden hose! / Where did
the spinach go to have a few drinks? To the Salad Bar!
Another
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If
the whole world smoked a joint at the same time, there would be world
peace for at least two hours. --Submitted by sd of ks
Famous
Kansans:
Harold F. Williamson, a business historian and professor of Economic
History at Northwestern, was born in Piper in 1901.
http://www.thebhc.org/williamson
Today's
Peace of History, October
7, 1989:
From 40,000 to 150,000 people marched on Washington to lobby Congress
and the Housing Secretary to provide affordable housing for the
homeless.
Sorry,
legislators spend more time thinks about your birth control than the
guys you sleep with do. / Women need not always keep their mouths
shut and their wombs open. --Emma Goldman
..........Never
give an inch, that's what I say, son.........John Cougar Mellencamp
…..Sometimes a Great Notion
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle October 7, 2016: ePistle rEvolution Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
No
news nor much else.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself. --Niels Bohr
Last
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Every time a woman shaves her legs and doesn't get laid, a unicorn
dies. --Submitted by dr of oh
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 10/6/16: $750,512,336,951
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 9/29/16: $749,811,737,054.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 10/6/16:
$819,866,715,349.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/29/16:
$819,846,239,360.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 10/6/16: $11,729,398,614.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 9/29/16: $11,621,716,432.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 10/6/16:
$131,458,943,907.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/29/16:
$130,859,781,355.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 10/6/16:
$1,717,124,424,775.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 9/29/16:
$1,715,661,318,645.
For
the times they are a-changin'. --Bob Dylan
..........Long
after the thrill of livin' is gone.........John Cougar Mellencamp
…..Jack & Diane
War
is when your government tells you who the enemy is. Revolution is
when you figure it out for youself. / I know up on top you are seeing
great sights, but down here on the bottom, we too should have rights.
Famous
Last Words: Get your kicks on Route 66 –Theme Song
May
Peace color your smile
And
Joy paint your laughter
prairie
mama
christine
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