Famous
First Words: Delle nostre fatiche... Rinaldo by Handel
Happy
World Bartender Day! So
a guy walks into a bar with a pair of jumper cables around his neck.
The bartender looks at him and says gruffly, " All right, pal,
I'll let you stay but don't start anything."
..........the
hellfire brimstone blues.........Michelle Shocked …..33 R.P.M.
Soul
“Don’t
let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It
will be one of the great experiences of your lives,” --Bill Gates
It
is a windy (W 15 mph) Friday morning. The sky is a textureless gray
without a hint of the wind so apparent down here. A mist fills the
air with precipitation that's not actually falling but hanging
midair. Puck finishes his business, sends out a few token barks in
the direction of the tree, and returns indoors. I have not finished
my business and so I stand in the wind allowing the sprinkles to kiss
my cheek. It is above freezing (37°F) but the wind shaves off a few
points and the feel of winter has returned. A few birds are under the
feeder but they are singing no morning greetings; that is reserved to
motor cars and trash trucks. The tree limbs are still bare of leaves
but the younger trees have swelling buds whipping around like
frenzied but softened switches. The tall grass in the yard down the
way reminds me of an artist hurriedly painting the sky with a brown
brush. I try to take a last deep breath but the humidity thwarts me
and I follow Puck to the warm indoors, to the smell of brewing coffee
and soap. Best of all I get to sit down with a sweet, creamy cup of
Northwest Blend and thoughts of you. Make it all worthwhile.
Hope
your weekend hits the highball, ePistliers
“Poor
Old fool,” thought the well-dressed gentleman as he watched an old
man fishing in a puddle outside a pub. So he invited the old man
inside for a drink. As they sipped their whiskeys, the gentleman
thought he’d humor the old man and asked, “So how many have you
caught today?” The old man replied, “You’re the eighth.”
..........With
a big can of spray paint.........Michelle Shocked …..Graffiti
Limbo
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, Estonia!
^
What is the capital of Estonia, anyway?
^^
Well, do you know what the summer capital of Estonia is, then?
^^^
What countries border Estonia?
^^^^
What are the 3 colors on the Estonian flag?
^^^^^
From whom did Estonia win its independence?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
33% of changes in a library are made to annoy a single staff member
or patron. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
Never blame anyone in life. Good people give happiness, bad people
give experiences, worst people give a lesson, best people give
memories. --August Derleth
A
guy walks into a bar. He asks the bartender, "Do you have any
helicopter flavored potato chips?" The bartender shakes his head
and says, "No, we only have plain." / A
man walks into a bar and asks the bartender to give him a glass of
"Less". The bartender said, sorry never heard of it. Is it
foreign? The guys says, I don't know. My doctor told me about it. He
said I should try drinking less.
..........Right
as ruin, the raindrops fell.........Michelle Shocked …..Laundry
Day
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Compassion Must Be Applied With Wisdom. There are more causes that
exist than an individual or group can possibly be involved with. It
is important to choose your causes carefully. Learn to Act instead of
React. https://fiercelove.wordpress.com/what-is-spiritual-activism/
Big
Hello: Halo - Javanese
Week
of the Week: National Engineers Week
(February 19-15)
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
GalaxyFest (Colorado Spring, CO / February 24-26) Besides
seeing comics you will feel like you have traveled into a fantasy
world of pop culture that won’t ever stop as it goes around the
clock from beginning to end.
http://www.galaxyfest.org/
A
guy walks into a bar and asks for ten shots of the establishments
finest single malt scotch. The bartender sets him up, and the guy
takes the first shot in the row and pours it on the floor. He then
takes the last one in the and does the same. The bartender asks him,
"Why did you do that?" And the guy replies, " Well the
first shot always tastes like crap, and the last one always makes me
sick!" / A guy walks into a
bar and sees an woman sitting alone. He asks, "Outside? Under?
Around? Over? The woman gives him a cool look and asks, "Are
you trying to preposition me?"
..........little
ferret-face f*cker.........Michelle Shocked …..Weasel Be Poppin'
^
Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is home to about 430,000 people,
Estonia's biggest town.
Almanac:
It is Friday, February 24, 2017. The moon will be new on Sunday and
is in Aquarius. It is World Bartender Day. Also in
Cuba it is the anniversary of the Baire
Uprising, Estonia celebrates Independence Day (1920), in Ghana it is
Liberation Day (1966), and in Indiana it is Vincennes Day-George
Clark's defeat of British (1779). Finally in México it Flag Day.
Among
those born on this day were Muhammad ibn
Battutah (1304), Charles V (1500), Matthias Sarbiewski (1557),
Catherine I (1684), Samuel Wesley (1766), Johann Baptist Cramer
(1771), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Samuel Lover (1797), Winslow Homer
(1836), Daniel Updike (1860), Chester Nimitz (1885), Mary Ellen Chase
(1887), Marjorie Main (1890), August Derleth (1909), Max Black
(1909), Zachary Scott (1914), William Fairbank (1917), Abe Vigoda
(1921), Paul Jones (1942), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Barry Bostwick
(1946), Steven Jobs (1955), Sammy Kershaw Kaplan (1958), Dakota
Joling (1961), and Michelle Shocked (1962).
On
February twenty-fourth Pope Julius II
excommunicated the Republic of Venice (1510), Ferdinand was crowned
king of Bohemia (1527), Santiago, Chile was founded (1538),
Monteverdi's Orfeo premiered
(Mantua, 1607), Handel's Rinaldo
premiered (London, 1711), Mexico gained independence (1821), the
siege of the Alamo began (lasted 13 days, 1836), the steam shovel was
patented (1839), the Arizona Territory was created (1863), Peer
Gynt
premiered (Olso, 1876), work began on the Panama Canal (1881),
Estonia gained independence (1920), Israel & Egypt signed an
armistice agreement (1949), Iraq & Turkey signed the Pact of
Baghdad (1955), the fist pulsar was discovered (1968), and Elton John
was knighted (1998).
Night
Sky (2/24): Sirius blazes high in the south on the meridian by
about 8 or 9 pm now. Using binoculars, examine the spot 4° south of
Sirius. 4 degrees is somewhat less than the width of a typical
binocular's field of view. Can you see a dim little patch of speckly
gray haze? That's the open star cluster M41, about 2,200 light-years
away. Sirius, by comparison, is only 8.6 light-years away.
This
Week: Saturday,
February 25 – International Sword Swallowers Day &
Open That Bottle Night
Sunday,
February 26 – World Brotherhood Day & For Pete's Sake
Day
Night
Sky (2/26):
an
annular eclipse of the Sun will cross parts of southernmost South
America, the South Atlantic, and east-central Africa. A partial
eclipse will be seen over much larger areas of South America and
Africa. Map
and details.
Monday,
February 27 – International Polar Bear Day & Lundi Gras
..........We
have Smucker's, Welches, Knotts Berry Farm.........Michelle Shocked
…..Strawberry Jam
^^
Parnu serves as the summer capital where there are always many big
celebrations going on.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: Sweden stood with us after Bowling
Green. Today we stand with Sweden. --submitted by lj of ks
Moonbeam:
Mirror, mirror, here I stand; whose the fairest in the land?
--Wilhelm Grimm
Late
Night Snacks: There is so much going on in the
world right now. Not just in the world, there’s a lot going on in
the universe. For those of you who are looking to get off the planet,
astronomers at the Carnegie Institution discovered more than 100
potential planets that may be habitable, which means we’re one step
closer to finding a planet with intelligent life --Jimmy Kimmel /
Drumpf also discussed the recent bombshell about his staff
communicating with Russia, and he said that he hasn’t made a phone
call to Russia in years. You could tell Drumpf was lying because his
tie grew another three inches. --Jimmy Fallon / Trump said Hillary
Clinton’s name 11 times during this press conference. Why is he
still talking about Hillary Clinton? The election is over! Even
lovesick teenage boys are like, “Move on, man. Let her go.”
--Conan O'Brien / Drumpf held a press conference today because in the
middle of all this insanity, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu visited the White House. As a courtesy, Drumpf asked his
staff to put a 24-hour hold on retweeting neo-Nazis. That’s just
good manners. --Stephen Colbert / Today was Clean Out Your Computer
Day. And, if you’re a 14-year-old boy, use bleach. --Seth Meyers
And
there comes a times when one must take a position that is neither
safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because conscience
tells him it is right. --Martin Luther King Jr.
It's
the Christmas season; a guy walks into a bar in Atlanta, GA and
notices a Nativity Scene behind the bar but the three wise men are
all wearing fireman's hats. He asks the bartender why the Magi are
wearing fireman's hats and the barkeep says, "Well, everyone
knows that they came from afar." / A man
walks into a bar, then goes to the bathroom. He comes out, goes to
the bartender. He says, "you've got a great place, but my buddy
was here last night, and he said you have golden urinals. Where are
they?" The bartender turns to the band and yells, "Frank,
I've got a lead on the guy who ruined your sax!"
..........She's
bringing such shame to the family name.........Michelle Shocked
…..Prodigal Daughter
^^^
Estonia is bordered to the east by Russia and to the south by Latvia.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: A pulsar is a celestial object, thought to
be a rapidly rotating neutron star**, that emits regular pulses of
radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation at rates of up to one
thousand pulses per second. **Other definitions emphasis that they
are not stars. Mysteries of the universe.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Verbigeration – The continual utterance of certain words or phrases
at short intervals, without reference to their meaning, senseless
word salad...(It
has been regarded as a symptom of a mental disorder, though we in the
UK, currently in the run-up to a general election, may feel it could
be used to describe certain British political figures.)
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ver2.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Make a Cola Volcano. Mix one or two drops Tabasco Pepper Sauce to a
glass of Coca-Cola, stir well, and add ice.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tabasco.html
So,
Thomas Edison walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender
says, "Okay, I'll serve you a beer, just don't get any ideas."
/ A guy walks into a Wedding Reception. He goes up to the Bartender
and asks, "Is this the punch Line?"
...........We'll
spinach it off with our E.I.Avocado.........Michelle Shocked
…..Garden Salad Diplomacy
^^^^
The Estonian flag has blue for the sky, black for the earth, and
white for hope.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Eyeball – the round part of
the eye of a vertebrate. A Midsummer Night's Dream Act
III Scene III Oberon: And make his eyeballs roll with wonted sight.
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week:
The Tone Matrix. Click on the squares and a lovely little jingle
will emerge. http://tonematrix.audiotool.com/
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck squinting into the warm sun of mid-February
in the case of the Summer Smoothie.
A
termite walks into a bar and asks is the bartender here? / A
man walks into a bar with his alligator and asks: "Do you serve
Besty DeVos here?". The bartender says: "Yes, of course we
do!" The man says, "OK, I'll have a beer for myself and
DeVos for my alligator."
..........I
need a vacation.........Michelle Shocked …..Hello Hopeville
^^^^^
Estonia won its independence from the USSR.
Month
of the Week: February is National
Weddings Month …
Famous
Kansans:
Will
Kane is the sheriff in the 1952 classic Western High
Noon.
He is from Hadleyville, Kansas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Noon
Today's
Peace of History
February 24, 1972: Daniel Berrigan (one
of the "Catonsville 9") was released after 18 months of a
three-year term. He went to Harrisburg, PA, where his brother Phil
Berrigan was on trial, also for anti-Vietnam War activities.
What
do you call a Bohemian that gets thrown out of a bar? A bounced
Czech / A C, an E-flat, and a G go into a bar.
The bartender says: "Sorry, but we don't serve minors." So,
the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between
them.
..........I'd
really love the company.........Michelle Shocked …..Flight of
Fancy
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle February 24, 2017, aLeing ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
No
More News, Please. please.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early
morning air and return a different person – beguiled, enchanted.
--Mary Ellen Chase
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 2/23/17: $763,966,832,817.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 2/16/17: $763,256,782,298.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 2/23/17:
$820,259,187,658.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 2/16/17:
$820,239,187,512.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 2/23/17: $13,797,252,850.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 2/16/17: $13,688,224,972.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 2/23/17:
$142,964,863,980.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 2/16/17:
$142,358,250,409.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 2/23/17:
$1,745,221,323,859.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 2/16/17:
$1,743,739,700,111.
Let
us be protectors of creation,
protectors of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one
another and of the environment. --Pope Francis.
..........Give
into its grace and its glory, a shining and beautiful
light.........Michelle Shocked …..Go In Peace
Skunk
walks into a bar and he says, "Hey where did everybody go?"
/ An infinite number of mathematicians
walk into a bar. The first orders a beer. The second
orders half a beer. The third orders a quarter of a beer.
Before the next one can order, the bartender says, “You’re all
jerks,” and pours two beers.
Famous
Last Words: On all grace the fruit captures. --Monteverdi
Orfeo
May
Peace be your punch
And
Joy your chaser
prairie
mama
christine
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