Famous
First Words: Ho there! You guardians of the woods... Parsifal
(Wagner)
This
is the weekend of the International Lumberjack Championships.
...What do you call a drunk lumberjack? A Rumberjack... ~~I tried
to be a lumberjack but I couldn't cut it.
..........Make
yourself easy.........Grateful Dead …..Till The Morning Comes
Blessed
are the simple, for they shall have much peace. --Thomas A Kempis
It
is a beautiful (72°F) Friday morning. The pale blue sky is smeared
with wispy white clouds like a giant blueberry bagel. When Puck and
I walk by the little wood across the street it smells of damp soil
and overripe foliage and twilight. There is no breeze but the air is
permeated with water; I can almost feel it against my skin as I walk
down the sidewalk. In the backyard the splash of the fountain forms
the center of the morning soundtrack and bird call adds texture and
depth...tweet eeer, tweet eeer comes from an unseen specimen. Now
and ten a car rolls by on its way to the hurry of traffic and work.
Puck sits on the deck. He sits down square (all four feet out) with
his head erect and this ear moving slightly lest the tweet eeer
change into the squeak of a squirrel which now has a nest in the tree
just north of the fence. A pair of cardinals flash red across the
green leaves of the young pear tree and stop to assess how much of a
threat I am before alighting for breakfast. What a very peaceful
morning in the neighborhood. Sigh. So we return indoors and now I sit
with a cup of decaf, sweetened and creamed, and I get to write to
you. What a great start.
Hope
your weekend is as gnarly as it gets, ePistliers.
Lumberjacks
and forest animals swim at Fir Beech. / How many lumberjacks does it
take to screw in a light bulb? None; there are no light bulbs in the
forest.
..........
One way is the morning light….......Allman Brothers Band …..Seven
Turns
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, Miami ! ...Florida, that is..
^
More than 800 Miami buildings feature what kind of architecture?
^^
Which two National Parks border Miami?
^^^
What makes Miami Beach so unique?
^^^^
How diverse (i.e. cosmopolitan) is Miami, anyway?
^^^^^
What contributes to Miami's title, Cruise Capital of the World?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
The inevitable late-morning caffeine crash is responsible for 38% of
librarian self-loathing.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Talk
Like a Lumberjack of The Week: Beaver Bait are trash logs and
debris. A High Climber is the person who tops a spar tree and hangs
the butt rigging. The Push is the foreman on a log drive.
This
puny guy applies for a job as a lumberjack. "Sorry,” says the
head lumberjack, eyeing the man up and down, "You're just too
small." "Give me a chance to show you what I can do,"
the guy pleads. "You won't regret it." "Okay,"
says the boss. "See that giant oak over there? Let's see if you
can chop it down." Half an hour later, the mighty oak is felled,
amazing the boss. "Where'd you learn to cut trees like that?"
he asks. "The Sahara Forest." "You mean the Sahara
Desert ?" "Sure, if that's what they call it now."
..........If
I spring a leak she mends me…......The Band …..Up on Cripple
Creek
Moonbeam:
My creed is love; wherever its caravan turns along the way, that is
my belief, my faith. --Ibn
al-'Arabi
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: 안녕하십니까
(annyeong-hasimnikka)
- Korean
Week
of the Week: International Tree Climbing
Days (July 28-30) –Fred & Frieda were great animal hunters for
zoos at the turn of the 20th
century. They brought more than120 monkeys into the collection,
mostly by climbing trees and acting like a nuts.
..........Drivin'
that train, high on cocaine.........The Grateful Dead …..Casey
Jones
^
There are more than 800 buildings that feature Art
Deco Architecture in Miami Beach. This makes it the largest
collection of this type of architecture in the entire world. The
historic districts of Espanola Way, Collins/Washington Avenues,
Flamingo Park and Museum make up the National Register Art Deco
District.
The
French-Canadian lumberjack cut his friend in half. He was accused of
sawed-ami. / What's the difference between a kangaroo and a
lumberjack? A kangaroo hops and chews, a lumberjack chops and hews.
Almanac:
It is Friday, July 28, 2017. The moon will be first quarter on
Sunday and is in Libra. United Nations has declared
this World Hepatitis Day (World Health Organization). It is Buffalo
Soldiers Day and National Milk Chocolate Day. In Bermuda it is Adm
George Somers Day (1609) and San Marino celebrates the Fall of Facism
Day (1943). The US commemorates both Joseph Lee Day-honors
playgrounds (1937) and Volunteers of America founders day (1859).
Peru celebrates Independence Day (1824). Because it is the last
Friday in July it is also the Garlic Festival (Gilroy, CA), National
Get Narly Day aka Gnarly Day, and National Talk in An Elevator Day.
Among
those born on this day were Ibn al-'Arabi (1165), Thomas Heyward
(1746), Philippe Fabre d'glantine (1750), Gerard Manley Hopkins
(1844), Beatrix Potter (1866), Marcel Duchamp (1887), Joe E Brown
(1892), Rudy Vallee (1901), Earl S Tupper and Vivian Vance (1907),
Darryl Hickman (1930), Jacques D'Amboise (1934), Jim Davis and
Richard Wright (1945), Sally Struther (1947), and Marilyn Quayle
(1949).
On
July twenty-eighthth Peru declared independence from Spain (1821), a
total solar eclipse was first captured on a daguerreotype (1851),
Parsifal was
first produced (Bayreuth, 1882), the City of Miami was incorporated
(Florida, 1896), the foxtrot was introduced (NYC, 1914), Hoover
evicted the bonus marchers camped in DC (1932), the first singing
telegram was delivered (1933), Mussolini resigned (1943), the senate
ratified the UN charter (89-2, 1945), Richard Nixon became the
Republican candidate (1960), and Summer Jam rock festival featured
the Grateful Dead, TheAllman Brothers Band and The Band (1973).
Night
Sky, July 28:
The Sagittarius Teapot is in the south after darkness is complete.
It's about a fist at arm's length wide, and it's now tilting to pour
from its spout on the right. The Teapot will tilt farther and
farther, pouring out for the rest of the summer — or for much of
the night if you stay out late.
This
Week: Saturday, July 29 –
National Dance Day & National Lipstick Day & Rain Day
Night
Sky, July 29:
Jupiter shines under the Moon this evening, more or less (their exact
placement will depend on your location). Picture
Sunday,
July 30 – Friendship Day aka International Day of Friendship
& Chicken and Waffles Day
Night
Sky, July 30:
Now,
in the west in twilight the moon shines upper left of Mercury and
Regulus. The planet and star are in conjunction, with Mercury to
Regulus's lower right.
Picture
Monday,
July 31 – National Mutt Day & World Ranger Day
Tuesday,
August 1 – Spider-Man Day & National Night Out
Night
Sky, August 1: Visible before sunrise – Neptune (south),
Uranus (southeast), and Venus (east)
Wednesday,
August 2 – National Coloring Book Day
Night
Sky, August 2: Visible after sunset - Mercury (west), Jupiter
(southwest), and Saturn (south)
Thursday,
August 3 – Watermelon Day & India Pale Ale Day
..........I
don't own the clothes I'm wearing….......Allman Brothers Band
…..Midnight Rider
^^
Miami Beach is surrounded by both the Biscayne
National Park and the Everglades National Park. It’s the only city
in the United States that has two different national parks as part of
its borders.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: I am so tired of falling asleep in
my chair that tomorrow I'm bringing a cot to work. --Bob Moher
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Fandom Fest – Fine art to comic art and everything in between.
Louisville, KY, July 28-30. ...with Weird Al Yankovic and Skeet
Ulrich http://fandomfest.com/
Moonbeam:
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off
some of the originality. --Beatrix Potter
Huuuummmmmmm??
of the Week: I just saw a 2017 Total Eclipse t-shirt for sale.
It featured a picture of the iconic alien face. Am I missing
something? Are alien supposed to invade during the 15 – 20 minutes
when the sun is eclipsed in a narrow path across a small percentage
of the globe? Couldn't they just invade at night?
Late
Night Snacks: A lot of people didn’t know
how to feel about the news. On one hand, O.J. is a convicted felon.
On the other hand, he managed to keep Drumpf off TV for a whole
afternoon. So it’s kind of a community service. --Jimmy Fallon /
President Drumpf said in a new interview that he had regrets about
appointing Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions said today that
he will continue to serve as long as it is appropriate. So only until
about 1955. --Seth Meyers / It is hard to overstate the level of
failure here. The GOP crushed their car at 90 miles an hour into a
cliff with a grin on their face. It's like if Batman vs. Superman
took a Pontiac Aztec to Blockbuster Video to rent "The Lone
Ranger" and watch it on laser disc. That's how badly they
failed. --Stephen Colbert
Not
So Late Night Snacks: The
healthcare bill is the only thing that won't die because of the
healthcare bill. --Peter Sagal, Wait,
Wait, Don't Tell Me
My
religion is simple. My religion is peace, love, compassion and
equality. --Notes from Nora
A
forestry analyst was sent out to a logging camp to survey the forest.
His job was to count the trees, take measurements, and make
spreadsheets to track the health of the forest to make sure the
logging was sustainable. He arrived in the evening and found the camp
very quiet. After introducing himself to the foreman, he asked if
anything was wrong. "Naw, son. Lumberjacks work hard, and the
fellers are all tired, that's all." He saw that clearly enough
over the next couple of days as he made his rounds, measuring trees
and plotting growth curves and other tree-geeky things. On the third
day, however, a fierce storm blew up, and even the hardy lumberjacks
were confined to the camp. That evening, however, after the rain
moved on, he saw them pulling back a tarp that had covered a plank
floor. He turned once more to the foreman to ask what was afoot.
"Well, son, lumberjacks're vigorous sorts. After bein' cooped up
all day, they got to burn off some energy so they can sleep, so we're
gonna have a dance." When the music started up, it was a
stately pavane, and the lumberjacks paced gracefully but slowly
through its measures. As the dance ended, he shot the foreman a
dubious look. "I know what yer thinkin', son, but they gotta
warm up slow, or they might pull a muscle later, and not be able to
work in the mornin'." Sure enough, the next tune was sprightly,
ten times as energetic as the first, though it still seemed a
bit...dainty...for a bunch of lumberjacks. When the third dance
began, though, to drums that thundered through the trees, the
lumberjacks' mighty boots seemed to shake the very earth. "Oh,
I get it!" cried the analyst. "It's logarithmic!"
..........Please
darken my door.........The Band …..Ophelia
^^^
Miami Beach is one of the few man-made islands in the
United States. It was once a desolate coconut grove plantation. Years
back, most people would have never guessed that it would now be the
popular tourist destination that it is today.
Worthless
Fact of the Week:
Summer Jam was held at Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway outside
Watkins Glen, NY. It once held the Guinness
Book of World Records entry for "Largest audience at a pop
festival" with an estimated 600,000 rock fans attending.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: To
call his (Trump) interview with The New York Times incoherent babble
is an insult to incoherent babble. --Michael A Cohen --Submitted
by gr of oh
Weird
Word of the Week:
Seaborgium – a chemical element named after Prof. Glenn Seaborg who
is the only person in history of science to have an element named
after him during his lifetime.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-sea1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Clean rust from a sink or bathroom fixtures. Make a paste from Tang
and water, apply the paste to the rust stain, let sit for one hour,
brush, and rinse. The citric acid I the Tang oxidizes the rust.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tang.html
...........Chicago,
New York, Detroit and its all the same street.........The Grateful
Dead ….Truckin'
^^^^
Miami is a very diverse place. It is estimated that
there are at least 150 ethnicities as well as over 60 different
languages spoken there. When visiting Miami it doesn’t matter what
race you are or what language you speak, you will probably find
someone who is the same race and speaks the same language as you.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Luggage – bags in which to
pack personal belongings King Henry IV, Part I
Act V Scene IV Prince Henry: Come, bring your luggage nobly on
your back:
“Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Trump
was still saying Obama's birth certificate was fake last year. I'm
not sure the guy who holds fake press conferences, has a fake
university, a fake foundation, fake hair, and a fake tan should be in
charge of deciding what's real. --Seth Meyers Submitted by fb of az
Socialist
Quote of the Week: The real purpose of Socialism is precisely
to advance beyond the predatory phase of human development. –
Albert Einstein
A
lumberjack and his T-Rex walked into a restaurant. “Do you serve
politicians here?” he asked. “Sure”, said the waitress.
“Great”, said the lumberjack, “I'll take an order of flapjacks.
My T-Rex would like a republican.
..........It's
better than sunshine….......Allman Brothers Band …..Soulshine
^^^^^
The Port of Miami is known as the Cruise Capital of
the World because it serves almost five million passengers annually.
Month
of the Week: July is Women's Motorcycle
Month –One fine summer's evening Mary, Grace, and Anne were riding
back home from the bar, all three of them on Mary's Harley. Of
course, they got stopped and the cop says, “This motorcycle is only
licensed to carry 2 people, and there are 3 of you. One of you will
have to get off and walk.” “3 of us”, Mary asked turning
around, “what happened to Jane and Tiffany?”
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Waipio Valley, Hawaii – Fertile valley about 1 mile across and over
5 miles deep, surround by cliffs up to 2000 feet. Water falls, taro
fields, rivers and only about 100 residents.
https://www.gohawaii.com/big-island/regions-neighborhoods/hamakua-coast/waipio-valley-lookout/
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Bumper Sticker: Impeach Pence First --Submitted by rb of ks
Today's
Peace of History, July
28, 1982: San
Francisco became the first US city to ban the sale and possession of
handguns. The law was struck down by state courts, which ruled the
local law to be in violation of the California constitution which
gives the state the sole power to regulate firearms.
I
was hiking in the woods one day when I noticed Eric and Don Jr.
working for the parks department. Eric would dig a hole and as soon
as he was finished, Don Jr. would come a fill it up. “Hi,” I said
when they came near, “I can't figure out what you're doing there,
what is it?” “O,” Don Jr. explained, “usually Ivanka walks
between us and plants trees; but she's sick today.”
..........and
Luke's waiting on the judgment day.........The Band …..The Weight
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle July 28, 2017. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Generic Tag Line. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct.
Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam:
Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison.
--Gerard Manley Hopkins
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 7/27/17: $778,759,632,629.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 7/20/17: $778,080,229,526.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 7/27/17:
$820,692,277,279.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 7/20/17:
$820,672,418,669.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 7/27/17: $16,070,998,469.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 7/20/17: $15,966,545,081.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 7/27/17:
$155,616,417,663
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 7/20/17:
$155,035,216,728
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 7/27/17:
$1,776,115,234,445.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 7/20/17:
$1,774,696,189,513.
The
greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling
back. --Bryant H McGill
..........I
put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.........Monty Python
…..The Lumberjack Song
It's
not saw dust, it's man glitter. / One day I was walking in the
forest alone and a tree fell right in front of and I didn't hear
anything. / Fred the lumberjack complained that he had to carry his
ax with him all the time nowadays or people just thought he was a
hipster.
Famous
Last Words: ...It is Márgarét you mourn for. --Spring
and Fall, Gerard Manley Hopkins
May
Peace be your high climber
And
Joy be your push
prairie
mama
christine
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