Famous
First Words: The
National Assembly, composed of delegates …
Albanian
Declaration of Independence
November
is the first month of the Triple Crown of Surfing: Why did the
surfer cross the beach? To get to the other tide, of course. ~~Reef
Hawaiian Pro, the O'Neill World Cup and the Billabong Pipeline
Masters.
..........And
latch on to the affirmative.........Johnny Mercer …..Accentuate
the Positive
Only
humility will lead us to unity, and unity to peace. --Mother Teresa
It
is a windy (23 mph) Friday morning. The sound of the wind through
trees and grass and browning mums fills the air and the ear with a
roar of emptiness and cold. Birds are flying high above the earth
but they make no sound. Even the motors of cars off to start their
work day seem muted in the wind. The sky if nearly full of clouds
that might be threatening if they were not in such a hurry to be
somewhere east of here. The water splashing down the fountain is
moved in the breeze to spray and mist. Apparently the only thing not
affected by the wind is Puppy Pax who wants to play with Puck, who
has duties like warning off students riding their bikes to school,
just hasn't the time. Pax executes a cross between a howl and a bark
– a hork, perhaps, or a browl – which he is using in Puck's face.
The wind has begun to blow the cold (actually only 50°F)
into my fingers and I'm sure I can taste coffee freshly brewed
calling to me so we retreat to the warmth of our rooms and the smell
of ambition brewing. As I sip the cream tartness letting the steam
fill my head, I am glad to have a home on such a morning, and gladder
still to have a friend like you to share it with.
Hope
your weekend catches the Party Wave, ePistliers.
Surfing
Wisdom: Give a man a surfboard, and you've distracted him for a day.
Teach a man to surf, and you can't get him to work, ever. / Waves are
toys from God. --Clay Marzo
..........Two
drifters, off to see the world........Johnny Mercer …..Moon River
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, George !
^
What was the topic of the first Gallup Poll question (1935)?
^^What
did the poll find was the number one problem facing the nation in
1951? or 1993?
^^^
What percent of Americans approved of women wearing slacking in
public in 1948?
^^^^
What man has appeared on Gallup's Most Admired list more than any
other since 1948?
^^^^^
How many Americans claimed to be total teetotalers in 1999?
Eats
It of the Week:
Eats it is surfer
for wipes out. http://www.surfing-waves.com/surf_talk.htm
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
The first thing
100% of American librarians do on Election Day is practice their
polite smile in the bathroom mirror .
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a
vacation. --Clarence Day
Why
is the kitchen ceiling dripping? Future advances in plumbing will
make surfing at home a reality by the year 3000. / My passion for
surfing was more than my fear of sharks. --Bethany Hamilton
..........the
falling leaves drift by my window.......Johnny Mercer …..Autumn
Leaves
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Nyob zoo (live well) – Hmong (White) --(China)
Week
of the Week: World Kindness Week
(November 13 – 19) –I could kill you with kindness but shoving
you into traffic is so much quicker.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
TeslaCon 7 presents La grande Exposition Scientifique –A full
weekend steampunk event (November 17-20, Middleton, WI)
http://www.teslacon.com/
You
may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as Darth Vader surfing./
Farallon Island shark rumors are greatly exaggerated; the surfer
population there numbers four and a half.
..........You're
much too much, and just too very, very.......Johnny Mercer ….. Too
Marvelous For Words
^
Gallup's very first question was “Do you think expenditures by the
government for relief and recovery are too little, too great, or just
about right? (9% - too little / 60% - too great 31% just right)
Almanac:
It is Friday, November 18, 2016. The moon will be last quarter on
Monday and is in Cancer. It is European Antibiotic
Awareness Day, Married To A Scorpio Support Day, Mickey Mouse Day,
National Apple Cider Day, and Push-button Phone Day. In Albania and
Morocco it is Independence Day and the YWCA celebrates World
Fellowship Day all over the globe.
Among
those born on this day were Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre (1789),
William S. Gilbert (1836), Clarence Day (1874), Howard Thurman
(1900), George Gallup (1901), Imogene Coca (1908), Johnny Mercer
(1909), Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (1923), Mickey Mouse (1928), Brenda
Vaccaro (1939), David Hemmings (1941), Linda Evans (1942), and
Elizabeth Perkins (1950).
On
November eighteenth William Tell shot an apple off of his son's head
(1307), the first Unitarian minister in the US was ordained (1787),
the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union was organized (WCTU,
1874), times zones were established by the railroads (US &
Canada, 1883), newspaper comic page were first printed in color (NY
World, 1894), the US invaded Nicaragua (1909), Albania declared
independence from Turkey (1912), and Mickey Mouse debuted (1928).
Tonight's
Sky: Cepheus of the pulsing stars – high overhead – follow
the changes with the naked eye
This
Week: Saturday, November 19 –
World Toilet Day (UN) & Rocky & Bullwinkle Day
Night
Sky, November 19: Jupiter rises about 2 ½ hours before the
sun while Saturn is low in the southwest after sunset.
Sunday,
November 20 – Universal Children's Day (UN) &
Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day (GOHARD)
Monday,
November 21 – World Television Day (UN) & World
Hello Day
Night
Sky, November 21: Moon Last Quarter inVirgo
Tuesday,
November 22 - Lebanese Independence Day (1943)
Night
Sky, November 22: Mercury is low in the southwest after sunset
and Mars is visible just above the southern horizon all month.
Wednesday,
November 23 – Doctor Who Day & International Image
Consultant Day
Night
Sky, November 23: Venus sets about 2 hours after the sun.
Thursday,
November 24 - Thanksgiving
How
do you know it's not a good day for surfing? You live in Kansas. /
Surfing is attitude dancing. --Gerry Lopez
..........doo
wee, doo wee ta too tee.......Johnny Mercer …..Blues in the Night
^^
In 1951 Americans cited the Korean war as the country's most
important problem; by 1993 is was health care.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week:
Moonbeam:
It's been a long way, but we're here. --Alan Shepard
Late
Night Snacks: Think of your protest like sex: you can be loud
and wild and do it all night long. But when something starts to burn,
you should probably stop. --Trevor Noah / There’s
talk that Donald Drumpf may appoint Sarah Palin as secretary of the
interior, which means she would oversee the National Park Service.
When they heard that, bears were like, “Well, we had a good run.”
--Jimmy Fallon / Americans these days can’t get nine guys to show
up for softball every Thursday night, do you think they’re going to
be signing up for a revolt? --James Corden / There’s been a lot of
fighting, a lot of arguing. Whoever wins, I want us to all promise
one thing: Let’s never do this again. --Jimmy Kimmel / Apple began
selling refurbished iPhones in its online store yesterday. Which is
good news for the 40 million people who smashed their screens last
night. --Seth Meyers / Drumpf is now receiving the classified daily
intelligence briefing known as “the book,” making it the only
book he owns that doesn’t have his picture on it. --Stephen Colbert
/ It’s been 48 hours since the election — I’m happy to report
the healing has begun. I just unblocked three family members on
Facebook. --Conan O'Brien
Forgive...not
because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
Surfing
in calm waters always leads to a bad tide. / We're all equal before a
ware. --Laird Hamilton
..........We're
in or we're out of the money.......Johnny Mercer …..Come Rain or
Come Shine
^^^
34% of the public approved of women wearing slacks in 1948. ~~Somehow
Rosie the Riveter in a dress is all wrong.
Worthless
Fact of the Week:
The first officers of the WCTU were president: Annie Turner
Wittenmyer, corresponding secretary: Frances E. Willard, recording
secretary, Mary Johnson. And treasurer, Mary Ingham.
https://www.wctu.org/history.html
~~Take that, Kansas, Carry Nation wasn't mentioned.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Hodening – a mumming or masquerade on Christmas Eve in Kent.
Originally agricultural workers went house to house to beg money.
Today – pub tours...
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-hod1.htm
Wicked
Funniest thing I read of the Week:
Rudy Giuliani for Secretary of State: Because the Whole World Needs a
Really Good Laugh
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Absorb painting drips in tight corners. When painting in a tight
corner, peel off the adhesive strip and stick the maxi pad to the
floor so it catches all the paint. You can use a pair of scissors to
cut the maxi pad to any shape you need.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/stayfree.html
How
many surf coaches does it take to change a light bulb? Two, one to
screw it in and one to say, “Nice turns, Dude.” / There are a
million ways to surf, so as long as you're smiling you're doing it
right. --Unknown
...........Turn
on the AC and the DC.......Johnny Mercer …..Glow Worm
^^^^
Billy Graham appeared most on the Most Admired List 42 times.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Countless – too many to be
counted, very many. Titus Andronicus
Act V Scene III Marcus Andronicus: O were the sum of these that I
should pay countless and infinite, yet would I pay them.
Christine's
Joke of the Week:
Things have been so bad lately, I've begun wearing a WARNING !
FALLING KARMA button to alert people.
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week:
As you may know, my current author crush is Jasper Fforde (Welsh) and
a movie has been made of a juvenile series of his called The
Last Dragon Slayer.
Here is a short trailer.
https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-1/the-last-dragonslayer
~~I only read the first in the series and wasn't real excited. But
the dragon looks good in the trailer. I may have to check it out.
My favorite series is Thursday Next and my second is the Nursery
Crimes Division.
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck wrestling with the demon in linen in the
case of the Harrowing Havana
Silk. ~~It reminds me of a quote from a MR James short story, O,
Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (1904):
..a
horrible, an intensely horrible face of crumpled linen.
Surfing
Wisdom: If you can't surf, try golf. / If in doubt, paddle out.
--Nat Young
..........No
cabs can be had out there........Johnny Mercer …..Baby, It's Cold
Outside
^^^^^
36% of the public claimed to the “total abstainers” in 1999.
Month
of the Week: In Australia November is
Moustache Month –I used to be boring, but now I have a mustache.
Famous
Kansans:
Alvin Creepy Karpis (born Albin Francis Karpowicz) a depression-era
gangster was raised in Topeka, KS. Creepy was the fourth and last of
the Public Enemies #1 (Dillinger, Floyd & Nelso).
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/karpis.htm
~~And another famous
guest at Alcatraz.
Daughter
of Amazing Thing on the Internet of the Week:
Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar at the health food restaurant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpn4_QeS7w8
Today's
Peace of History, November
18, 1910: Hundreds of suffragists
marched on the House of Commons in London, England, with
reinforcements arriving to replace the "fallen" and
arrested. Protesting government inaction on the Conciliation Bill,
which would have enfranchised about a million women, they were
brutally forced back by London police, leading to a public outcry.
Surfing
Wisdom: If you think it's hard to meet new people, try taking off on
the wrong wave. / Waves are not measured in feet and inches, they are
measured in increments of fear. --Buzzy Trent
..........Free
and easy, that's my style.......Johnny Mercer …..Any Place I Hang
My Hat Is Home
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle November 18, 2016: ePsitle eAts iT. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
No
news and even the jokes are lame.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's
a dirty little beast. --William Gilbert
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 11/17/16: $754,512,945,984.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 11/10/16: $753,883,641,905.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 11/17/16:
$819,983,637,175.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 11/10/16:
$819,965,245,066.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 11/17/16: $12,344,309,658.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 11/10/16: $12,247,556,648.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 11/17/16:
$134,880,422,775.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 11/10/16:
$134,342,068,531.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 11/17/16:
$1,725,479,318,821.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 11/10/16:
$1,724,164,958,948.
So
powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole
earth. --Baha'u'llah
..........And
one more for the road........Johnny Mercer …..One For My Baby
A
little boy is learning to surf, and when he and the father get to the
beach, once again, the waves are windy and sloppy. The boy asks,
“Daddy, what makes the wind blow?” Father says, “It’s caused
when daddy puts on his wet suit”.
Famous
Last Words: Cheers! -- Married to a Scorpio
Support Day Website
May
your Peace be banks
And
your Joy be eggy
prairie
mama
christine
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