eXasperated ePistle

Famous First Words: Never happy any more! The Lady's Lament Gabriel Dante Rossetti

The state of women's health is the country has skipped being a joke and gone to being cold blooded murder. But it is Limerick Day...There once were some men in D.C.

Elected by you and by me

Who had nary a care

For the health under where

Our lady parts happen to be.

..........Friday raindrops always bring.........Burt Bacharach …..Saturday Sunshine

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern of all mankind. --Mos Def

It is a beautiful Friday morning. The sky is a soft blue with only a few thin, white streamer clouds to the south to emphasize its absolute azure-ness. There is a great variety of birdsong in the air...tweets, chirps, trills...even a pair of ducks in a great and noisy hurry to get to the wetlands; but mourning doves competing for the Melancholy Morning Prize provide the dominant fugue. Puck missed his inspection of the perimeter because Pax wants to play and he is torn between duty and desire. The world is so very green these days even overhead. It gives me the feeling of bounty, of surplus and it makes the world smell of foliage and flowers. I take a few cleansing breaths of it. So I walk around the yard to see the new fence which is in place, if not exactly finished. The neighbor dogs that will share part of our back fence are inside at the moment. All quiet. Ahhh, but coffee calls me and we return to our rooms to eat dogs treats with milk and fix a sweet, creamy decaf and a talk with old friends. What a nice way to start a weekend.

Hope your weekend is healthy and hale, ePistliers

Their mission is really quite plain:

Stop women from using their brains

To prevent STDs

And to plan families

For a stump speech in their next campaign.

..........Like the wind in the trees.........The Cult …..Be Free

Trivia Questions: It is Fintastic Friday – Giving a voice to sharks...

^ About how many different kinds of sharks are there?

^^ What was the name of the shark in Jaws?

^^^ What do you know about the fins in shark fin soup?

^^^^ What is the world's largest and our closest shark aquarium?

^^^^^ Who gave voice the the sharks Oscar and/or Don Lino in the movie Sharks Tale.

Fake Library Statistic of the Week: Librarians spend 38% of their time on airplanes trying to figure out what book their neighbor is reading. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts

Moonbeam: How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. --Florence Nightingale

Their motives are rather insidious

And their smug old man faces look hideous

Telling girls to drop dead

So that they get ahead

In a poll, hoping we stay oblivious.

..........No satisfaction anywhere..........Billy Squier …..Too Daze Gone

Something to Think About of the Week:

Big Hello: Ko na mauri – Kiribati (Micronesia)

Week of the Week: National Hug Holiday Week (May 7-13) – I did not fall down; the floor looked sad and I thought it needed a hug.

Science Fiction Convention of the Week: MARCon (Multiple Alternative Realities Convention, Columbus, OH, 5/12-14) 48 hours of continuous open gaming. http://marcon.org/

They’re serving the public a portion

Of dangerous myths on abortion

And the truth is behind

All the lies they’ve designed

It defies logic out of proportion.

..........Look inside your heart, I'll look inside of mine.........Steve Winwood …..Higher Love

^ There are between 350 and 450 kinds of sharks.

Almanac: It is Friday, May 12, 2017. The moon was full (Pink) on Wednesday and is in Sagittarius. It is Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day, Hug Your Cat Day, International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases , International Nurses Day , Limerick Day, National Nutty Fudge Day, One Day Without Shoes, and Odometer Day. In Finland it is Snellman Day (1806). Khmer Republic commemorates Constitution Day (1972) and in the US it is National Hospital Day (1921). Since it is the Friday before Mother's Day, it is Military Spouse Appreciation Day, and Child Care Provider Day. And because it is the second Fridayit is Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks A Voice.

Among those born on the day were Jan F van Bloom (1662), August II (1670), Giovanni Antonio Ricieri (1679), Justus Freiherr von Liebig (1803), Edward Lear (1812), Florence Nightingale (1820), Gabriel Dante Rossetti (1828), Halsey William Wilson (1868), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Heinrich Kirchner (1902), Katharine Hepburn (1907), Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin (1910), Howard K. Smith (1914), Yogi Berra (1925), Burt Bacharach (1929), Millie Perkins (1938), Ronald Ziegler (1939), Anthony Newman (1941), Barry B Longyear (1942), Ian McLagen (Fances , 1946), Steve Winwood (1948), Billy Squier (1950), Gabriel Byrne (1950), Billy Duffy (The Cult, 1961), Emilio Estevez (1962), Vanessa Williams (1963), and Stephen Baldwin (1966).

On May twelfth England and Netherlands formed the League of Augsburg (1689), Maria Theresa was crowned queen of Bohemia (1733), ice cream was first advertised (1777), Manitoba became a Canadian province (1870), street cars in Louisville, KY integrated (1871), the second NAACP conference was held (NYC, 1910), Mussolini ended woman's rights in Italy (1928), Elizabeth Taylor (fourth) married Eddie Fisher (second) (1960), H Rap Brown repleaced Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, 1967), the "March of Poor" led by Rev. Abernathy reached DC (1968), Harry A Blackmun was confirmed onto the Supreme Court (1970), James C Fletcher was appointed head of NASA (1986), Comic Relief 90 raised $4.7 million (4th, 1990), and Cheers closed up (1993).

Night Sky, 5/12: Three zero-magnitude stars shine after dark - Arcturus high in the southeast, Vega much lower in the northeast, and Capella in the northwest. They appear so bright because each is at least 60 times as luminous as the Sun, and because they're all relatively nearby: 37, 25, and 42 light-years from us, respectively.

This Week: Saturday, May 13 – International Migratory Bird Day & Mother Ocean Day

Sunday, May 14 – Underground America Day & Mother's Day

Night Sky, 5/14: The Arch of Spring spans the western sky in late twilight. Pollux and Castor form its top: they're lined up roughly horizontally in the west-northwest, about three finger-widths at arm's length apart.

Monday, May 15 – International Day of Families & Straw Hat Day

Night Sky, 5/15: If it's clear on the evening of the 15th, and using a small telescope, one could observe the 4 Gallilean Moons lined up on one side of the giant planet.

Tuesday, May 16 – Biographer's Day & Mimosa Day

Wednesday, May 17 – World Hypertension Day & Same Sex Marriage Day

Night Sky 5/17: The planet Mercury reaches greatest western elongation of 25.8 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Mercury since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky. Look for the planet low in the eastern sky just before sunrise.

Thursday, May 18 – National Museum Day & Buy A Musical Instrument Day

This tactic is old as the nation:

Congress acting like they’re the salvation

Of women worldwide

When the fact is they hide

In misogyny’s latest creation

..........Then your soul is in the lost and found.........Steve Winwood …..Freedom Rider

^^ The animatronic shark in jaws was called Bruce or The Great White Turd depending on how frustrating it was at a given moment.

Funniest thing I read of the Week: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Evidence that Humans are smarter than Cats: We don't chase Laser dots on the carpet. We're not afraid of Vacuum Cleaners. A Cat Named Bitches: Evidence that cats are smarter than humans: We didn't elect Donald Trump president. We don't we need a second point. --Submitted by sb or ar

Moonbeam: I used to say the evening that I developed the first x-ray photograph I took of insulin in 1935 was the most exciting moment of my life. But the Saturday afternoon in late July 1969, when we realized that the insulin electron density map was interpret-able, runs that moment very close. --Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Late Night Snacks: House Republicans today voted on and passed an Obamacare replacement bill without knowing how much it could cost. Though I’m not surprised — they also voted on an Obama replacement without knowing the cost. --Seth Meyers / I mean, seriously — Drumpf and Putin “fixing” North Korea? That’s like Chris Christie and Newt Gingrich “guarding” a wedding cake. --Jimmy Fallon / Today, FBI Director James Comey said the thought that he helped Donald Drumpf get elected president makes him “mildly nauseous.” Comey then excused himself to attend a meeting of Underreacters Anonymous. --Conan O'Brien / It is not unusual for powerful men to give their son-in-laws "do-nothing" jobs but leave it to Donald Trump, who can't even get nepotism right, to give his a "do-everything" job. --John Oliver / A picture went viral of a man delivering a 30-gallon tub of Cinnabon frosting on a bus — or as we call him in my house, Santa Claus. You just know everyone on that bus was like, “Forget my stop, I’ve got to see how this ends.” 30 gallons — that’s enough for nearly two Cinnabons. --Will Arnett (subbing for Jimmy Kimmel)

We do not want riches, we want peace and love. --Red Cloud

But women have had quite enough

It really should not be this tough

In 2015

To obtain a vaccine

So we don’t get preventable stuff.

..........Tell me what you're searching for.........Steve Winwood …..Another Deal Goes Down

^^^ Genuine shark fin soup or stew is made with shark fins obtained from any of a variety of shark species. Raw shark fins are processed by first removing the skin and denticles, then trimming them to shape and bleaching to a more desirable color.

Worthless Fact of the Week: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (born Hubert Gerold Brown, October 4, 1943), also known as H. Rap Brown, was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, and during a short-lived (six months) alliance between SNCC and the Black Panther Party, he served as their minister of justice.

Wicked Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: When women aren't at the table, we're on the menu. --Cecile Richards --Submitted by sb of ar

Weird Word of the Week: Hypnopompic – a drowsy, half-alert, comfortable state Often applied to hallucinations. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-hyp3.htm

Wacky Uses for Common Products: Soothe a sore throat. Mix two teaspoons of Tang in a glass of water and drink the orange beverage to fight a sore throat. The vitamin C in Tang may help your body fight the germs invading your throat.

It’s probably worthwhile to mention

That women are paying attention

And they’re not gonna stand

For a man with his hand

In their sexual health and prevention.

...........Shining star – lead us on through our lives.........Steve Winwood …..Shining Song

^^^^ The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the largest aquarium in the world housing more than 100,000 sea creatures. Funded mostly by a $250 million donation from Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, the aquarium opened in November 2005. The Georgia Aquarium is the only institution outside of Asia to house whale sharks. The sharks are kept in a gigantic 24 million liter (6.3 million gallon) tank in the Ocean Voyager exhibit.

Word Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Hobnob – mix socially, especially with those of higher social status. Twelfth Night Act III Scene IV Sir Toby Belch: Hob, nob, is his word; give't or take't.

Funniest Thing I Heard of the Week: Jeff Sessions is so white you can't wear him after Labor Day. Jeff Sessions is so white he makes Prairie Home Companion look like a Kendrick Lamar concert. --Peter Sagal Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me

Amazing Thing on the Internet of the Week: Whoopi Goldberg from Comic Relief VI (1994) on Lorena Bobbitt and leveling the playing field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olm-eJwTpac

Puck the Brave Episode of the Week: Here's our fearless Puck and his faithful companion, Pax, spying on the neighbors in the case of the Maltese Mole.

Speaking of Spying on the Neighbors of the Week: The house behind us sold and they are putting in a fence...this produces a certain amount of anxiety...will I only be able to see fence from now on...well, it isn't a privacy fence it a fence with alternating slats like in the dog picture above. It is a little taller than our fence but it not so high as the average privacy fence. I'll still be able to see the treetops and roofs but not the intersection per se. Puck might miss it; it provides many happy minutes of barking at indistinct objects moving at a distance.

Congress should really take note

And beware all the smears they promote

Because women are pissed

And the chance won’t be missed

To fire them all with our vote.

..........You tell me that you've had enough.........Billy Squier …..Alone In Your Dreams

^^^^^ Will Smith was Oscar and Robert De Niro was Don Lino in the animated movie Shark's Tale.

Month of the Week: May is Drum Month. --A man goes to a pacific island for vacation. As the boat nears, he notices the  constant sound of drumming. As he gets off the boat, he asks a native how long  the drumming will go on. The native casts about nervously and says "very bad  when drumming stops."  Later that day, the drumming is still going and it is really starting to get to him. So,  he asks another native when the drumming will stop. The native looks as if he's  just been spooked. "Very bad when drumming stops," he says, and hurries off.  After a couple of days with little sleep, the man had had enough. He grabbed the  first native he saw, slammed him up against a tree, and shouted, "What happens  when the drumming stops?!"  The native replied, "Bass solo."

Most Beautiful Thing in the State: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge...Fiords, bays, lakes, glaciers, mountains, and hundreds of islands … Pictures

Activism of the Week: There is a resistance group in St. Joseph, Missouri. They call themselves The Presisterhood of St. Jo. A couple of weeks after the women's march some news outfit reported that lots of people were happy with the Trump regime, after all no one in St. Joseph was protesting. St. Joseph has, actually, been pretty active since then. Go, St. Joseph!

Today's Peace of History: Today's Peace of History, May 12, 1968: The Poor People's Campaign, organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) began when contingents of the poor, mainly from the south, began pitching tents in a "Resurrection City" near the Lincoln Memorial.

If an Iowa Rep has his way
Women’s rights will yet further decay.
Zygote-rights will be greater
Than gals’, as polls cater
To nuts. Will he fail? Let us pray. --Madeleine Begun Kane

..........B52 baby, way up in the sky..........The Cult …..Peace Dog

Masthead of the Week: fRiday ePistle May 12, 2017, eXasperated ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ No News, No Slogan. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046

Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Nevertheless, She Preexisted --submitted by mh of ks

Moonbeam: There was an old man with a beard,

who said: 'It is just as I feared!

two owls and a hen,

four larks and a wren

have all built their nests in my beard. -Edward Lear

Cost of War:

Tax dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 5/11/17: $771,324,949,513.

Tax dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 5/4/17: $770,018,519,377.

Tax dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 5/11/17: $820,474,989,397.

Tax dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 5/4/17: $820,456,464,446.

Tax dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 5/11/17: $14,928,293,153.

Tax dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 5/4/17: $14,830,839,714.

Tax dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 5/11/17: $149,258,200,892.

Tax dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 5/4/17: $148,715,942,012.

Tax dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 5/11/17: $1,760,588,537,028.

Tax dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 5/4/17: $1,759,265,054,937.

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/

Without justice and love, peace will always be the great illusion. --Archbishop Helder Pessoa Camara

..........No, not just for some but for everyone.........Burt Bacharach …..What The World Need Now Is Love

Republicans love to pass laws
That restrict female parts, without pause.
But just utter “vagina”—
They’ll ship you to China.
Censor gals in all ways — that’s their cause. --Madeleine Begun Kane

Famous Last Words: Clever Girl. --Jurassic Park

May Peace season your life

And Joy spice your experience

prairie mama

christine

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