Famous
First Words: Flying V --Gibson
Guitars website
Happy
Technology Day! Kronos* was so stupid
he put airbags on his computer in case it crashed. / Nero Wolfe**
was so fat when he joined MySpace he used it all up. *Because
Kronos was so stupid he ate a rock and thought it was his kid.
**Because Wolfe was so fat every time he opened his mouth
there was a heavy discussion.
..........Well,
I can ease your pain.........Pink Floyd …..Comfortably Numb
Peace
is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions,
slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. --John
F. Kennedy
It
is a bitter (-2°F) Friday
morning. The sky is littered with thin, streaky clouds whose humid
substance does nothing to hold warmth to the earth. An annoying wind
brings the wind chill to minus twelve. Snow cover, foot worn and
disheveled, reflects the cold from below. No bird songs greets us.
Puck walks gingerly and we return indoors as soon as his business is
complete; except, of course, to bark at students on their way to the
bus stop. So we return to our well lit rooms that smell of brewing
coffee and left over incense. I put on music (City of New Orleans)
to drown furnace noises and a ticking clock. Puck curls up on the
bed, content to hibernate until ground is accessible again. I fix
myself a cup of Northwest Blend***
that smells of cream and tastes of cinnamon and sit down to
write to you. What a morning.
Hope
your weekend and your year are both full of fun and joy, ePistliers.
***I
also received Moose Munch for Christmas, but the heat of the cinnamon
appealed more on such a cold day.
I
don't know how come I go through computers so fast; I think they eat
up too many the microchips. / What does an air conditioner have in
common with a computer? They both lose efficiency as soon as you
open windows.
..........He
wore a scarlet tunic and a blue green hood.........Pink Floyd …..The
Gnome
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, New Mexico!
^
How much of New Mexico is covered in water?
^^
Any idea what the state flower of New Mexico is?
^^^
How much of New Mexico is covered in forest?
^^^^
What is the principal drawing card of the annual Las Cruces “Whole
Enchilada Fiesta” held each October?
^^^^^
About how many Anasazi sites have been identified in New Mexico?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
87% of librarians have a space heater hidden somewhere in the library
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Christine
Update: I'm not dizzy except now and
again. (No the other kind is spelled ditzy.) It may be “can I
really survive another winter” anxiety. But I feel fine and ready
to take on 2017.
Moonbeam:
I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon. --Heinrich Schliemann
Siri,
where is the best place to hide a body? ...The second page of a
Google search. / I've decided to change my password to “incorrect”;
then, if I type it wrong, my computer will remind me, “Your
password is incorrect.”
..........Lotuses
lean on each other in yearning.........Pink Floyd …..Set The
Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Something
to Think About of the Week:
...the
little we do know about nature suggests that we know even less about
God. We had only just managed to get an inkling of the grandeur of
the cosmos and its exquisite laws that guide the evolution of
trillions if not infinite numbers of worlds. This newly acquired
vision made the God who created the World seem hopelessly local and
dated, bound to transparently human misperceptions and conceits of
the past.”
--Carl Sagan
Big
Hello: Hi or Apa kabar or Salam sejahtera - Indonesian
Week
of the Week: Elvis' Birthday Celebration
Week (January 4-8)
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week: Wizard World Comic Con – New
Orleans (January 6-8) ...Featuring David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) and
Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy).
http://www.wizardworld.com/comiccon/neworleans
How
many LED lights does it take to change a light bulb? O, they can't,
they're not bright enough. / How many programmers does it take to
change a light bulb? Duh, that's hardware.
..........Envy
is the bond between the hopeful and the damned.........Pink Floyd
…..Green is the Colour
^
Lakes and rivers make up only .002% of New Mexico's total surface
area. The lowest water-to-land ratio of all the states. ~~And
several of the lakes are man-made.
Almanac:
It is Friday, January 6, 2017. The moon was first quarter yesterday
and is in Aries. It is National Bean Day, National
Cuddle Up Day, National Shortbread Day, National Technology Day, and
Three Kings Day aka Epiphany aka Twelfth Night. And in Uruguay it is
Children's Day.
Among
those born on this day were Richard II (1367), Joan of Arc (1412),
Francois de la Croix (1683), Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745),
Kaspar Masek (1794), Ludwig Erk (1807), Heinrich Schliemann (1822),
Sherlock Holmes (1854), Georges Witkowski (1867), Carl Sandburg
(1878), Tom Mix (1880), Sam Rayburn (1882), Khalil Gibran (1883),
Loretta Young (1913), Alan Watts (1915), Earl Scruggs (1924), EL
Doctorow (1931), Doris Troy (1937), Bonnie Franklin (1944), Pepe
LePew (1945), Roger Barfrett (Pink Floyd, 1946), Kim Wilson (1951),
and Rowan Atkinson (1955).
On
January sixth Harald was crowned king of England (1066), Pizarro
founded Lima, Peru (1535), Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves (his
4th, 1540), Washington married Martha (his 1st,
1759), Congress began investigating
Credit Mobilier (1873), New Mexico was admitted to the union (1912),
Merrill Lynch was founded (1914), US marines invaded Nicaragua
(1927), FDR gave his 4 freedoms speech (Speech, Worship, from want
and from fear, 1941), Britain recognized the Chinese government
(1950), Gibson patented the Flying V Guitar (1958), and the last
Milton Berle Show aired (1967).
Tonight's
Sky: Venus sets about 3 1/2 hours after
the sun while Jupiter rises around midnight. Sirius rises around 7
pm.
This
Week: Saturday, January 7 –
International Programmers' Day & Fruitcake Toss Day
Night
Sky, January 7: Look above the Moon this evening for the two
or three brightest stars of Aries.
Sunday,
January 8 – Midwife's Day aka Women's Day & National
Sunday Supper Day
Night
Sky, January 8: Mars, moving eastwards
relative to the stars, can be seen in the evening sky. ~~Saturn is
lost this month in the glare of the sun.
Monday,
January 9 – National Clean Off Your Desk Day & National
Cassoulet
Day
Tuesday,
January 10 – National Poetry at Work Day & League of
Nations Day
Night
Sky, January 10: Uranus is high in the south around 7 pm and
Mercury can be seen before dawn.
Wednesday,
January 11 – Learn Your Name in Morse
Code Day
Thursday,
January 12 – Kiss a Ginger Day & Blame Someone Else Day
Night
Sky, January 12: The moon comes full(Wolf) in Cancer. Neptune
looks like an icy blue-gray moon of Mars.
It's
easy to count in binary, as easy as 01 10 11. / There are 10 types of
people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.
..........The
sound of music in my ears.........Pink Floyd …..Fat Old Sun
^^
The leaves of the Yucca, New Mexico's state flower, can be used to
make rope, baskets, and sandals.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: Well aren't you just a little ray of
black pitch?
Moonbeam:
A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build
one. --Sam Rayburn
Late
Night Snacks – The Year in Review: A Chinese
investment firm has bought the company behind the Batman movies.
Which explains why in the next Batman movie, a young Bruce Wayne sees
his parents killed, then goes back to making iPhones at the factory.
--Conan O'Brien (1/14/16) / Today is Super Tuesday. Again. Am I the
only one who thinks there are starting to be more Super Tuesdays than
normal Tuesdays? They're even calling it Super Tuesday 3. --James
Corden (3/15/16) / A group of alleged mobsters were just arrested in
New York and their nicknames included Grandpa, Baldy, Lazy Eye and
Fat Sal. Which are the same nicknames Drumpf gave his possible
running mates. --Jimmy Fallon (4/16/16) / Last night, the Federal
Election Commission announced how much cash each campaign has on
hand. And Hillary Clinton is burying Donald Drumpf $42 million to
$1.3 million. I always knew those huge skyscrapers were
overcompensating for something in his pants. I just never imagined it
was his wallet. --Stephen Colbert (6/21/16) / Nissan is now offering
a limited-edition version of its Rogue SUV to promote the new movie
“Star Wars: Rogue One” featuring a collectible helmet, because
nothing says “great car” like a complimentary helmet. --Seth
Meyers (11/17/16) / It’s beginning to feel like Christmas here in
Hollywood. There’s gingerbread syrup in our lattes. There’s fake
snow in our outdoor shopping malls. Tiny Chihuahuas in Santa hats are
peeking out of our Louis Vuitton bags. It’s really a wonderful time
of the year. --Jimmy Kimmel (12/14/16)
Peace
is not an accident. Peace is not a gift. Peace is something we must
all work for, every day, in every country. --Ban Ki-moon
Why
did Facebook pay $1billion for Instagram; they could have downloaded
it for free. / They call it “hyper text” because of too much
JAVA.
..........Free
to play along with time.........Pink Floyd …..Remember a Day
^^^
¼ of New Mexico is forested and the state has 7 National Forests
including the nation's largest, Gila National Forest.
Worthless
Fact of the Week:
According to early Spanish articles the Lima area was once
called Itchyma, after its original inhabitants.
Worthwhile
Action of the Week: The
February Sisters, realizing the precarious position of women's rights
and freedoms, support the Women's March on Washington (January 21,
2017) and its solidarity march in Topeka, Kansas. We urge you to
attend and to add your presence and your voice to the struggle.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Obnubilate – to darken, dim, cloud over, or obscure. From Latin
nubes, a cloud.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-obn1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Cure a hangover. Honey is a concentrated source of fructose. Eating
SueBee honey on crackers helps your body flush out whatever alcohol
remains. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/suebee.html
There
are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation,
naming things, and off-by-one errors. / I/O, I/O, it's to the ports I
go, to read and write each bit and byte, 1/O, I/O. --Gary Kephart
...........Now
wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan.........Pink Floyd …..A Pillow
of Winds
^^^^
Las Cruces makes the world's largest enchilada for the Whole
Enchilada Fiesta.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Drugged - food or drink
adulterated with a drug. Macbeth Act 2 Scene 2: Lady
Macbeth: ...I have drugg'd their possets, that death and nature do
contend about them...
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week: The most amazing space
discoveries of 2016:
http://www.space.com/35099-most-amazing-space-astronomy-discoveries-of-2016.html
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck pretending to nap in the case of the Sleepy
Silkzer.
When
Dr. Seuss was a Tech Writer:
If
a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
and
the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
and
the address of the memory makes your SD card abort,
then
the socket packet pocket has an error to report.
..........Your
fantasies merge with harsh realities.........Pink Floyd
…..Childhood's End
^^^^^
Archaeologists have found 25,000 sites associated with the amazing
Anasazi civilization who were ancestors of the Pueblo.
Month
of the Week: January is National Hot Tea
Month --How long does it take to ship tea from China? Oolong / What
was under the old lady's teacozy? Tea-pends
Famous
Kansans: You'll be happy to note that we are finished with
notorious Kansans and have moved on to fictional ones. Helen Crump,
girlfriend of Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry on the Andy Griffith
Show, was from “rural Kansas”.
Today's
Peace of History, January
6, 1832: The New England Anti-Slavery
Society was founded at the African Meeting House in Boston.
99
little bugs in the code...
99
little bugs in the code...
Take
one down, patch it around...
127
little bugs in the code...
..........We
don't need no education.........Pink Floyd …..Another Brick in the
Wall (Part II)
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle January 6, 2017, ePistle 2.17. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
No
new news at all.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
--Alan Watts
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 1/5/16: $759,222,373,664.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 12/29/16: $758,575,010,896.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 1/5/16:
$820,121,276,938.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 12/29/16:
$820,102,356,559.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 1/5/16: $13,068,123,110.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 12/29/16: $12,968,640,557.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 1/5/16:
$138,907,853,400.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 12/29/16:
$138,354,316,814.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 1/5/16:
$1,735,314,157,933.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 12/29/16:
$1,733,962,361,874.
Breathe
in joy and strength. Breathe out wisdom and peace.
..........But
it was only a fantasy.........Pink Floyd …..Hey You
Know
what goes “Pieces of seven, pieces of seven? A parroty error / I
use my iphone for almost everything except making phone calls.
Famous
Last Words: Uncle Miltie, saying good-night. --Milton
Berle
May
Peace attend all your updates
And
Joy attend all your regular dates
prairie
mama
christine
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