Famous
First Words: Da-doo-da. Da-doo-da ...Chorus, Porgy &
Bess
A
carnevale ogni scherzo vale – During Carnevale, any joke goes. I
was on Jackson Square so I went into that little corner shop and
bought 4 corners.
..........In
New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhere.........Randy Newman
…..Kingfish
"Each
time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of
others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny
ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different
centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can
sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."
--Robert Kennedy
It
is a toasty (64°F)
Tuesday morning. The breeze comes in gusts but cannot blow away the
balmy temperature. It can and does move the lesser, lower clouds –
puffs of gray under the streaks below the solid layer – towards the
northeast. The air is filled with bird songs; some is familiar, the
call and answer of the cardinal, the atonal chirp of sparrows. Some
are strange and new sung by unseen birds in leafless trees. The
world smells of dampness but does not look like rain – past,
present, or future. I pull it deep into my lungs and savor the earthy
fragrance. Puck dominated the soundtrack for a while chasing away a
couple of squirrels who were enjoying an early breakfast around the
bird feeders. The screen door is open on the deck and three other
dogs come to present a front against the squirrels and the two little
boys on bikes wheeling their way to school. The uproar is great.
Still, I linger not wanting to leave the warm outdoor. But coffee
calls me and eventually I make my way back here to a cup of sweet,
creamy tartness and the chance to wish you such a wonderful party
that it will take 40 days to repent.
Let
the good times roll, dear hearts
Here,
catch:
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While
I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, I went to the dog races. So I
bet on a dog at ten to one. It came in at quarter past four.
..........From
Bourbon Street to Esplanade..........LeRoux …..New Orleans Ladies
Trivia
Questions: Republicans turn 163 years old today.
^
Where was the Republican Party formed?
^^
How did it get its name?
^^^ When or how did they become the Grand Ole Party?
^^^ When or how did they become the Grand Ole Party?
^^^^
About how many slaves were freed by the Republican Party's president
Lincoln?
^^^^^
What practice along with slavery did the 1956 platform list as twin
relics of barbarism?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
14% of librarian like otters better than cats.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
Only you can prevent forest fires. --Smokey the Bear
NOTICE:
No ePistle this Friday. See you again on March 10th.
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For
Mardi Gras I went on a whiskey diet. I've lost three days already.
..........Smoked
a lot of bhang down in New Orleans.........Creedence Clearwater
Revival …..Proud Mary
Lenten
Moment of the Week: No act of virtue
can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no
matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep
on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good
to others, you do nothing great." --John
Chrysostom
Big
Hello: Puiznu – Jenesch aka Jenisch or Yenish – a variety
of German spoken by the Yeniche nomads.
Week
of the Week: February is Pet Dental
Health Month -
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I
stopped by this little cafe in the French Quarter that said Breakfast
Served Any Time; I ordered beignets in the Age of Reason.
Mardi
Gras Video of the Week:
10 Things to Do in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH7fd8LiUnQ&index=4&list=PL8SHWvOzj_j-_GaF5Quj5S6b0oVioHH9y
..........Deep
down Louisiana close to New Orleans.........Chuck Berry …..Johnnie
B Goode
^
The 1st proto-Republican Party meeting took place in
Ripon, WI. In July of 1954 10,000 people turned out for a mass
meeting in Jackson, MI, and the first convention was February 22,
1856 in Pittsburgh. It announced its birth as a unified political
force June 17, 1856 at its 1st nominating convention in
Philadelphia.
Almanac:
It is Tuesday, February 28, 2017. The moon was new on Sunday and is
in Aries. Besides Mardi Gras it is Public Sleeping Day, Floral
Design Day, National Tooth Fairy Day, Rare Disease Day, and US Snow
Shoe Days. In Finland this is Kalevala Day
(1835) and in Luxembourg they celebrate Burgsonndeg aka end of
winter.
Among
those born on this day were Montaigne
(1533), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Augustus Callcott (1779), Ben
Hecht (1893), Linus Pauling (1901), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Vincente
Minnelli (1910), Zero Mostel (Samuel Monroe, 1915), Smokey the Bear
(1928), Gavin MacLeod (1931), John Fahey (1939), Bernadette Peters
(1948), John Turturro (1957) and Rae Dawn Chong (1962).
On
February twenty-eight Westminister Abbey opened (1570), the Salem
witch hunts began (1692), the Methodist Church was chartered (1784),
the Republican Party formally organized (1854), the Arkansas
legislature required free blacks to choose exile or slavery (1859),
the first college co-op store opened (1882), the first Vaudeville
theater opened (1883), nylon was discovered (1935), Native
Son
was published (1940), Porgy
and Bess
opened on Broadway (1943), Discoverer 1 launched (1959), Chamberlain
sank the NBA record 35th consecutive field goal (1967), Nixon
returned from China (1972) and M.A.S.H. aired its last episode
(1983).
Night
Sky (2/28) – The thickening moon
forms a fist-sized triangle with bright Venus and faint Mars in the
evening sky.
This
Week: Wednesday, March 1 – Ash
Wednesday & World Compliment Day & Pig Day
Thursday,
March 2 – Dr. Seuss Day & World Book Day
Friday,
March 3 – I Want You to Be Happy Day & What If Cats &
Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day
Saturday,
March 4 – Old Inauguration Day & National Grammar Day
Night
Sky (March 4): The dark limb of the first-quarter Moon occults
(crosses over) orange Aldebaran for viewers in most of the contiguous
United States, Mexico, and Central America. We're calling this the
best lunar occultation of 2017.
Sunday,
March 5 – Sock Monkey Day & Namesake Day & National
Absinthe Day
Monday,
March 6 – Day of the Dude & Oreo Cookie Day &
National Cereal Day
..........While
you stroll in New Orleans.........Professor Longhair …..Go to the
Mardi Gras
^^
The Republican Party name was christened in an editorial written by
New York newspaper magnate Horace Greeley. Greeley printed in June
1854: "We should not care much whether those thus united
(against slavery) were designated 'Whig,' 'Free Democrat' or
something else; though we think some simple name like 'Republican'
would more fitly designate those who had united to restore the Union
to its true mission of champion and promulgator of Liberty rather
than propagandist of slavery."
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: I will deport you. I will take away
your healthcare. I will discriminate against you. But please don't
be mean at my town hall!! --GOP
Moonbeam:
The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad
ones away. --Linus Pauling
Late
Night Snacks: But it makes sense that Drumpf
tells the most fibs of any president — even the color of his skin
is a lie. --James Corden / Another big story is Drumpf’s ongoing
feud with the media. Especially his tweet where he called the press
“the enemy of the American people.” And the American people said,
“No, that would still be kale. No one likes kale.” --Jimmy Fallon
/ According to a new report, more Americans over 65 are using
marijuana to relieve pain. Said one such American, “I’m 65? How
long have I been playing Call of Duty?” --Seth Meyers / Drumpf was
touring the Museum of African American History and Culture, and
according to witnesses, he noticed a stone auction block on which
slaves would stand and was moved to say, “Boy, that is just not
good. That is not good.” I haven’t heard that kind of eloquent
enunciation since the Civil War novel “The Red Badge of Dang, That
Is Messed Up.” --Stephen Colbert
We
don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the
process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people,
can transform the world." --Howard
Zinn
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..........Come
Wednesday she don't care.........Dierks Bentley …..Mardi Gras
^^^
The nickname of the Republican Party didn't get attached to it until
1888. After the Republicans won back the Presidency and Congress for
the first time since the Grant administration, the Chicago Tribune
proclaimed: "Let us be thankful that under the rule of the Grand
Old Party ... these United States will resume the onward and
upward march which the election of Grover Cleveland in 1884 partially
arrested."
Worthless
Fact of the Week: Discoverer 1 was a 5.73 m long, 1.52 m
diameter cylindrical Agena A upper stage capped by a conical
nosecone. The satellite casing was made of magnesium. Most of the 18
kg payload, consisting of communication and telemetry equipment, was
housed in the nosecone.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Widowered – the state of be a widower. Thomas Hardy The
Coronation
“much self-widowered”
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-wid2.htm
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Here’s
what old women know: we know that when you’ve got to use the
bathroom you HAVE TO USE THE BATHROOM. If I could have a frequent
wee-er card I could throw away all my frequent flier miles in a
month. We older women are Gold Standard Premium level toilet users.
Do not get between us and the porcelain bowl. And I’m not showing
you my parts first, either, you creeper. From: Old Ladies Occupying
Bathrooms - It's Time.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/old-ladies-occupying-bathrooms-its-time_us_58ae14f2e4b0ea6ee3d03546
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Soothe sore muscles. Massage the hot sauce into your back, neck, and
sore muscles. The alkaloid capsaicin in Tabasco Pepper Sauce deadens
pain when applied topically. Capsaicin enters nerves and temporarily
depletes them of the neurotransmitter that sends pain signals to the
brain. Do not apply Tabasco Pepper Sauce to an open wound.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tabasco.html
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I
went to a restaurant on Bourbon Street and this duck came to my table
and gave me a beautiful red rose. So I explained to the waiter “No,
I ordered aromatic duck”.
...........Miss
the moss-covered vines, tall sugar pines.........Louis Armstrong
…..Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
^^^^
The Emancipation Proclamation transformed 4,000,000 human beings from
things to citizens. It relieved Congress from the infamous work of
hunting fugitive slaves, and charged it to see that slavery does not
exist.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Fashionable – representing
a current popular trend or style. Troilus and Cressida Ulysses:
For time is like a fashionable host that slightly shakes his parting
guest by the hand...
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week:
Watch Mardi Gras live on the New Orleans Mardi Gras Cams:
http://neworleanswebsites.com/cat/tr/mg/mgc/mgc.html
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck dancing at the Bacchus Ball in the case of
the Flandoodle
Float.
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We
were into our fifth hour of parades and beads and parades and floats
and my phone rang. My partner was disgusted and asked, “Who'd be
calling you here?” Actually, if I knew that, I wouldn't need a
phone at all.
..........Join
the chief with the Zulu gang.........The Hawketts …..Mardi Gras
Mambo
^^^^^
Resolved: That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign
powers over the Territories of the United States for their
government; and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the
right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the
Territories those twin relics of barbarism--Polygamy and Slavery.
~~Of course I believe that polygamy is slavery but then I think that
about traditional marriage as well.
Month
of the Week: February is Sweet Potato
Month …
Famous
Kansans:
Johnny
Kaw
is a mythical Kansas settler and the subject of a number of
Bunyan-esque tall tales about the settling of the territory.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6136
Today's
Peace of History: Today's Peace of History:
February 28, 1919 : Mohandas Gandhi launched his campaign of
non-cooperation with Imperial British control of India. He called his
overall method of nonviolent action Satyagraha, formed from satya
(truth) and agraha, used to describe an effort or endeavor. This
translates roughly as "Truth-force."
There
was a float throwing out little packets of peanuts. On the side of
the sack it said “may contain nuts”. Well, yes, I'd be annoyed
if I opened it thumb tacks fell out.
..........There
is a house in New Orleans.........Animals …..House of the Rising
Sun
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle March 28, 2017, ePistle eTouffee 2017. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Let
the Good News Roll.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never
happened. --Michel de Montaigne
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 2/27/17: $764,310,772,154.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 2/23/17: $763,966,832,817.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 2/27/17:
$820,269,991,517.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 2/23/17:
$820,259,187,658.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 2/27/17: $13,850,204,096.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 2/23/17: $13,797,252,850.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 2/27/17:
$143,259,500,614.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 2/23/17:
$142,964,863,980.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 2/27/17:
$1,745,940,586,232.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 2/23/17:
$1,745,221,323,859.
"Disobedience
is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves."
--Henry David Thoreau
..........I'll
see you by and by.........Fats Domino …..Walking To New Orleans
While
we were walking around Metairie when we saw Meryl Streep and Robert
Redford wrapped in a barcode. Does this mean they're an item?
Famous
Last Words: Just in case, I left you a note. --Trapper John
M.A.S.H. Final episode
May
Peace be your flag boy
And
Joy your wild Indian
prairie
mama
christine
last
laugh:
