Famous
First Words: Bell'alba foriera --Coro La Favorita
It's
National Cookie Cutter Week – Raisin cookies that look like
chocolate chip cookies are the main reason I have trust issues. /
Today I will live in the moment unless it's unpleasant in which case
I will eat a cookie. --Cookie Monster
..........I'm
not that innocent.........Britney Spears …..Oops, I Did It Again
In
some ways, the challenges are even more daunting than they were at
the peak of the cold war. Not only do we continue to face grave
nuclear threats, but those threats are being compounded by new
weapons developments, new violence within states, and new challenges
to the rule of law. — Kofi Annan
It
is a cold (19°F) Friday
morning. The moon has disappeared but the stars shine in a cloudless,
black sky. Puck did his morning business and is now curled into
sleep on the hastily made bed. No self respecting bird is awake at
the hour (6:15am) and outside the world hears only distant car
motors. But in our rooms it is warm and smells of fresh coffee and
stale incense and I hear the snuffle of dog breath and Harry
Belafonte faintly singing the Banana Boat Song. I sit at my
computer – a circle of light in an otherwise dark room – sipping
sweetened, creamy decaf and writing to you. What fun.
Hope
your weekend is sweet and crunchy, ePistliers.
If
I had 10 cookies and you took half, what you would have? That's
right, a black eye. / Why was the cookie sad? Because his mom was a
wafer so long.
..........I'm
gonna take you where the lights are bright..........Def Leppard
…..Hello America
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, Model A
^
Model A – did it come before or after the Model T?
^^
In how many colors was the Model A available?
^^^
Any idea what styles the Model A took?
^^^^
About how much did the first Model A cost?
^^^^^
When did the Model A stop production?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
A librarian's circuit workout consists of shelving 2 carts, shifting
3 ranges, moving 4 shelves, and unjamming one copier.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see
reality. --Nikos Kazantzakis
Hey,
dude, on a scale of jello to cookies, how baked do I look? / Common
Core Learning: Red Riding Hood has 7 biscuits and 5 cookies in her
basket. If FedEx arrives at Disneyland at 7:00, how many teddy bears
wear hats?
..........bump,
bump til the break of dawn.........Britney Spears …..Early Morning
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Researchers have proven, scientifically, that humans are all one
people. The color of our ancestor's skin and ultimately my skin and
your skin is a consequence of ultra-violet light, of latitude and
climate. Despite our recent sad conflicts here in the US there
really is no such thing, scientifically, as race. We are one
species. Each of us is much more alike than we are different. We
all came from Africa. We're all made of the same star dust. We're
all going to live and die on the same planet – a pale blue dot in
the vastness of space. We have to work together. --Bill Nye
Big
Hello: Halló -
Icelandic
Week
of the Week: December 1-7 is National
Hand Washing Awareness Month –I taught little Lena to wash her
hands by telling her to pretend she was a surgeon and always had to
have clean hands. It worked for a while. But now she was to be a
auto mechanic.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Thru The Stones – The largest Outlander
fan convention in the Central US – December 2-3, Bettendorf, IA.
http://www.thruthestones.com/
My
day dreams about being skinny keep getting interrupted by the sound
of me chewing cookies. / Charlie Brown: What can you say to a girl
that shows you really like her? Snoopy: How about, “enclosed please
find a cookie”?
..........No
promises, no guarantees..........Def Leppard …..White Lightning
^
The Model T was produced from 1908 until 1927. The Model A began
production in 1927.
Almanac:
It is Friday, December 2, 2016. The moon will be first quarter next
Wednesday and is in Capricorn. The UN has declared this
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. It is also Pan
Ameircan Health Day, Rosa Parks Day, Faux Fur Friday, National
Fritters Day, National Mutt Day, Safety Razor Day, and Special
Education Day. And in the UAE it is Independence Day (1971).
Finally, because it is the First Friday in December it is also
National Salesperson Day.
Among
those born on this day were Henry Doeff (1777), Georges Seurat
(1859), Henry Thacker Burleigh (1866), George Minot (1885), Nikos
Kazantazakis (1885), Eddie Sauter (1914), Randolph Hearst (1915),
Milton Delugg (1918), Maria Callas (1923), Alexander Haig, Jr.
(1924), Julie Harris (1925), Edwin Meese (1931), Brian Lumley (1937),
Stone Phillips (1954), Rick Savage (Def Leppard, 1960), and Britney
Spears (1981).
On
December second St Paul's Cathedral in London opened (1697), James
Madison was re-elected (1812), Donizetti's La
Favorita
premiered (1840), Brahm's
Third Symphone
premiered (1883), the first Model A Ford was sold (1927), the Peking
man skull was found (1928), Navel Intelligence stopped bugging the
Japanese consul (1941), Castro declared himself a Marxist (1961),
Ringo Starr had his tonsils removed (1964), Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai,
Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain formed the United Arab Emirates
(1971), Soyuz 16 was launched (1974), the first permanent artifical
heart was implanted (Utah, 1982), and the space shuttle STS-61 aka
Endeavor 5 was launched (1993).
Tonight's
Sky:
Venus can be seen 4.9°S and Mars can be seen 2.9°S of the moon
This
Week: Saturday, December 3 –
International Day of Person with Disabilities
Sunday,
December 4 – National Cookie Day & World Wildlife
Conservation Day
Tonight's
Sky, December 4: Mercury & Saturn are hiding deep in the
glare of sunset.
Monday,
December 5 – International Ninja Day & Bathtub Party Day
Tonight's
Sky, December 5: Jupiter rises around 2-3 am.
Tuesday,
December 6 – Miners' Day & World Soil Day
Tonight's
Sky, December 6: Uranus & Neptune are high in the
southeast shortly after dark.
Wednesday,
December 7 – International Civil Aviation Day & National
Cotton Candy Day
Tonight's
Sky, December 7: The moon goes first quarter in Pisces.
Thursday,
December 8 – Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day &
Official Lost and Found Day
..........It's
been hours, seems like days.........Britney Spears …..Email My
Heart
^^
The Model A had 4 standard colors and came with black painted
fenders. The colors were Maroon, Beige, Olive Green and Yellow.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: Brad and Angelina are divorced. The
Cubs are world series champions. Donald Trump is the president. Go
ahead. Talk to that guy or girl you don't think you have a chance
with. The universe clearly doesn't give a shit anymore. --Submitted
by llr of ks
Moonbeam:
A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show
he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could. --Brian
Lumley
Late
Night Snacks:
Victoria’s
Secret will open at 5 pm on Thanksgiving and stay open all the way
through Black Friday. Because if there's one thing people want to do,
it's stuff their faces all day, then try on some lingerie. --Jimmy
Fallon / The Dow Jones industrial average topped 19,000 today for the
first time. When they heard that, Americans everywhere nodded in
approval as if they actually know what the Dow Jones industrial
average is. --James Corden / Apple’s top designer has created a
special Christmas tree that does not feature any lights or
decorations. Said the designer, “I . . . didn’t know this was due
today.” --Seth Meyers / In the next
few years, the federal government is planning to forgive $100 billion
of student debt. So, congratulations to six USC grads.
--Conan O'Brien / The billionaire of the people ordered young garlic
soup with thyme and sautéed frogs legs. I thought he said he was
going to drain the swamp, not eat its contents. --Stephen Colbert
Peace,
to have meaning for many who have only known suffering in both peace
and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health and
education, as well as freedom and human dignity. — Ralph Johnson
Bunche
..........Razzle
'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light..........Def Leppard …..Pour
Some Sugar On Me
^^^
Body styles of the Model A included Coupe (standard, deluxe,
business, sport, and roadster), Convertible (Cabriolet, Sedan, and
Phaeton), Sedan, Town Car, Fordor, Victoria, Station Wagon, Taxicab,
Truck, and Commercial.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: Peking man is part of the Zhoukoudian
fossils which date from about 770,000 to 230,000 years ago.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
All I want for Christmas is the abolition of imperialist white
supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchy. --Submitted by ar of ks
Weird
Word of the Week:
Jamoke – unflattering description of people from the neighborhood.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-jam1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Condition hair and prevent split ends and frizzies. Mix one
tablespoon SueBee Honey and two teaspoons Star Olive Oil. Warm the
mixture (but not too hot), dip your fingers into it, and rub it into
the strands of hair. Soak a towel in hot water, wring it out
completely, and wrap around your head for twenty minutes. Then
shampoo as usual, lathering well to remove the olive oil.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/suebee.html
Realistic
Fortune Cookies: The fortune you seek is in another cookie. /
Realistic Fortune Cookies: You have rice stuck in your teeth.
...........Everything
seems shallow.........Britney Spears …..Someday (I Will
Understand)
^^^^
The first Model A off the line cost $385 for the roadster up to $1400
for the top-of-the-line Town Car.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Dauntless – showing
fearlessness and determination. King Henry VI, Part III , Act
III Scene III: King
Lewis XI: ...but let thy dauntless mind still ride in triumph over
all mischance.
Third
Funniest Thing I Read This Week:
I'd like to have the Porterhouse, rare, and a baked potato with lots
of butter and sour cream...but my electoral college here says I'll
have the vegetable plate. --Wiley Miller Non
Sequitur 11/30/16
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week:
Paint A Nebula. An incredibly beautiful site that makes the universe
your coloring book. https://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck disguised as a rock in the case of the Rough
Rottweiler.
If
bacon is bacon and cookies are cookies, then why do we cook bacon and
bake cookies? / It's cute how they made the Oreo package resealable
like I'm not going to eat them all at once.
..........I
realized that long ago..........Def Leppard …..Foolin'
^^^^^
The Model A production ended in March of 1932 after 4,858,644 had
been made.
Month
of the Week: December is National
Spiritual Literacy Month –
Famous
Kansans:
George “Bitter Creek” Newcomb, member of Doolin's Wild Bunch was
born in Ft. Scott in 1866.
http://www.kaycounty.info/ncoha/stories/wolfcreek.html
Today's
Peace of History, December
2, 1964: Thousands who were part of
the Berkeley Free Speech Movement gathered on the steps of Sproul
Hall, the administration building at that University of California
campus, to protest four students being disciplined for distributing
political literature; Joan Baez performed in support.
Realistic
Fortune Cookies: You will stare at a screen for the next 4 hours. /
Realistic Fortune Cookies: You will be hungry again in about an hour.
..........Tick,
tickin' as the time goes by.........Britney Spears …..Before the
Goodbye
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle December 2, 2016, ePistle pInata.
Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
None
of the news fits.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart
and the senses, then it has missed the point. --Maria Callas
Tattoo
of the Week: A design to represent the
Water Protectors in ND.
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 12/1/16: $755,877,105,144.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 11/24/16: $755,221,074,066.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 12/1/16:
$820,023,506,958.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 11/24/16:
$820,004,333,967.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 12/1/16: $12,553,958,006.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 11/24/16: $12,453,126,679.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 12/1/16:
$136,046,946,713.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 11/24/16:
$135,485,898,732.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 12/1/16:
$1,728,328,083,807.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 11/24/16:
$1,726,957,995,503.
Peace-making
is a healing process and it begins with me, but it does not end
there. — Gene Knudsen Hoffman
..........I
gotta get out, step aside..........Def Leppard …..You Got Me
Running
Remember,
when you remove the cookies from your computer, don't eat them. /
Keep Calm and Eat Cookies!
Famous
Last Words: ...a happy investment. --Ad for the Ford Model A
May
Peace be your dough
And
Joy your topping
prairie
mama
christine
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