Famous
First Words: I HAVE today issued an Executive order, providing
for taking over the country's railroads... Harry S Truman
This
is International Bat Night: What's the best way to hold a bat? By
the handle. / Softball games are played at night because bats sleep
during the day.
..........Time
is today.........Kiss …..Love Gun
Peace
is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by
peaceful means. --Ronald Reagan
It
is a gorgeous Friday morning. 65°F
is perfect for walking or hanging out and the light breeze impresses
that fact on the cheek and other exposed parts. Grass is down right
wet with dew and smells of wet grass without the underlying odor of
damp soil that usually accompanies it. This morning's sky is lightly
hazy with clouds occasionally bumping up like buttermilk skies and on
the horizons gather to look like actual clouds. Puck discussed
something heatedly with a creature in the next yard whom I never saw
or heard. Birdsong is more prevalent than the birds themselves who
are not yet gathering for breakfast. There is a lot of traffic this
morning that interrupts the birdsong and moves quickly on down the
line. Everything is so green for late August. There are no brown
patches of burned grass – not even in the micro-park out front
where they never water the lawn. Puck finally ends his exchange and
settles on the deck – alert but relaxed and enjoying the morning
air. We are retired, the dog and I, and get up when the light slants
through the window just so. These days we're up late enough to meet
the children waiting for the bus; nevertheless, it is time for coffee
and so we retreat to the house, to the smell of coffee and breakfast,
indoor aromas. Wow! What a fine day and now – artificially
sweetened and heavily creamed decaf in hand and mouth – I get to
write to you.
Hope
your weekend flies by night, ePistliers.
Is
a baby bat called a battle? / Bruce Wayne's date did go well; she
claimed he had bat breath.
I
never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come
into my neighborhood after dark. --Dick Gregory ~~I will miss Dick!
..........now
that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically
admired...........Elvis Costello …..Welcome to the Working Week
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, Walt (Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr.).
^
What is Walt Kelly's most famous comic strip character?
^^
Where did it live?
^^^When
did the strip first appear, more or less?
^^^^
What is the most famous quote from the Walt Kelly strip?
^^^^^^
And what is its most famous Christmas song?
First
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: July
9, 1776: New Yorkers “Destroy history” by toppling a statue of
George III. And that's why nobody knows who won the American
Revolutionary War. --Submitted by rhb of ks
Senior
Moment of the Week: I don't think of my skin as saggy...I
think of it as relaxed fit.
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
99% of patrons can never remember if it's 40 or 50 zeros in the
middle of their library card number.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
The
local blood bank was robbed last night; the police suspect bats. /
My Mentor told me to dress for the job I want so I'm here at a job
interview dressed as batman.
I
never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for
that. --Dick Gregory
..........Golden
halos radiating higher..........Judas Priest …..Solar Angels
Moonbeam:
Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be
kissed into smiles again. --Bret Harte
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Caɲam! (Salam) - Kyrgyz
Week
of the Week: National American Organic
Brewers Week (August 24 - 27): About 6 months ago I decided to join
the craze and I set up a brewery on my back porch. I used only
organically grown hops and corn for the mash. I used only distilled
water. With a little luck and some trial and error, I finally got a
good balance of taste and buzz. So I sent a sample to the KU
chemistry department for analysis. A week letter I got an email
saying “your yeti is menopausal”.
Being
white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the
soldiers out. --Dick Gregory
..........You're
a family man............Leonard Bernstein …...Jet Song
^
Pogo
is the title and central character of a long-running daily American
comic strip, created by Walt Kelly
(1913–1973)
and distributed by the Post-Hall
Syndicate.
Almanac:
It is Friday, August 25, 2017. The moon was new last Monday, duh,
and is in Libra. It is Kiss and Make Up Day,
National Park Service Day, National Second-hand Wardrobe Day, and
World Daffodil Day. France celebrates Liberation Day (1944) and in
Uruguay it is Independence Day (1825). Because it is the Last Full
Weekend it is also International Bat Night.
Among
those born on this date were Ivan the Termible (aka IV, 1530), George
Stubbs (1724), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Bret Harte (1836), Michael
Rennie (1909), Walt Kelly (1913), Van Johnson (1916), Mel Ferrer
(1917), Leonard Bernstein (1918), George Wallace (1919), Monty Hall
(1923), Sean Connery (1930), Regis Philbin (1931), Tom Skerritt
(1933), Gene Simmons (KISS, 1949), Rob Halford (Judas Priest, 1951),
and Elvis Costello (1954).
On
August twenty-fifth Galileo demonstrated his first telescope (1609),
New Orleans was founded (1718), Uruguay declared independence from
Brazil (1825), Belgium revolted against Netherlands (1830), the first
international polo meet was held (1886), the US National Park
Services was established (1916), US and Germany signed a peace treaty
(1921), Paris was liberated (1944), Truman nationalized the railroads
to avoid a strike (1950), US/USSR signed a $10 billion grain pact
(1983), and Carl Lewis ran 100m in 9.86 seconds (1991).
Night
Sky, 8/25: Look low in the west in twilight for the waxing
crescent moon. It forms a triangle with Jupiter & Spica.
This
Week: Saturday, August 26 –
Women's Equality Day & International Tongue Twister Day
Sunday,
August 27- Just Because Day (Just
Because)
Night
Sky, 8/27: The actual Little Dipper is tipping over leftward
in the north. It's only 40% as long as the Andromegasus
Dipper and most of it is much fainter.
Monday,
August 28- Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
Tuesday,
August 29- According to Hoyle Day & International Day
Against Nuclear Tests
Night
Sky, 8/29: Mercury & Mars are still hidden by the sun.
Earth is best visible in the daytime, centered below you.
Wednesday,
August 30 – National Holistic Pet Day & National Toasted
Marshmallow Day & Tug-of-War Day
Thursday,
August 31- National Diatomaceous Earth Day & Love
Litigating Lawyers Day
Night
Sky, 8/31: Venus, Uranus and Neptune are visible in the
morning sky while Saturn is visible in the evening.
The
vampire children play bat's cradle. / Is that the Dark Knight? No,
it's just a bat pun.
If
it weren't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market. --Dick
Gregory
..........Breeze
it, buzz it, easy does it............Leonard Bernstein …...Cool
^^
Set in the Okefenokee Swamp of the southeastern
United States, the strip often engaged in social and political satire
through the adventures of its anthropomorphic funny animal
characters.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: I hate when people
say "Act like an adult". Have you seen adults lately?
That's horrible advice. --Morgan Freeman
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Bubonicon 49:Albuquerque, NM, August 25-27. This year's theme: Back
In Time... http://bubonicon.com/
Moonbeam:
Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people
we've been bombing over the year been complaining? --George Wallace
Late
Night Snacks: Chief of Staff John Kelly
pressed Drumpf to make another public statement. Grudgingly, Mr.
Drumpf agreed. "OK, I'll say Nazis are bad, but you can't make
me mean it. OK? Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. I call Nazi
backsies." --Stephen Colbert / While President Drumpf fielded
questions yesterday about Charlottesville, White House Chief of Staff
John Kelly was seen staring at the ground with his arms crossed. And
after hearing the press conference, so was the Statue of Liberty.
--Seth Meyers / President Drumpf tweeted this morning that he’s
“sad” over the removal of our “beautiful statues.” Of course,
Drumpf may just be sticking up for his fellow bronze-colored symbols
of hate. --Conan O'Brien / Speaking of statues, did you see this
today? The president tweeted that removing Confederate statues takes
beauty out of our parks that can never be replaced. Then he said,
“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go cut down a bunch of trees
to build a hotel and golf course.” --Jimmy Fallon / Drumpf thinks
these 100-year-old Confederate monuments are beautiful. Which is
weird. Usually Drumpf doesn’t call anything beautiful if it’s
over 30 years old. --James Corden / President Drumpf is having an
historically bad week, which he kept going strong with a string of
combative tweets this morning. He makes one good point. If we’re
going to start taking down every monument that pays tribute to
racists, we should probably take down every building with the name
“Drumpf” on it. --Jimmy Kimmel
Those
who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution
inevitable. -- John F. Kennedy
Three
pastors were having lunch at a diner. The first one said, "You
know, since the summer started I've been having a lot of trouble with
bats in the loft and attic at my church. I've tried everything -
noise, spray, cats - nothing seems to scare them away." The
second pastor replied, "Me too. I've got hundreds of those
things living in my belfry and in the narthex attic. I had the whole
place fumigated, but they still won’t go away." The third
pastor then said, "I had that problem a while ago. So I baptized
them and made them members of the church. Haven't seen one back
since!"
Everything
we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't
afford it. --Dick Gregory
..........It's
alarming how charming I feel............Leonard Bernstein …...I
Feel Pretty
^^^
Kelly created the characters of Pogo the possum and Albert the
alligator in 1941 for issue #1 of Dell's Animal Comics, in the
story "Albert Takes the Cake".
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The first international polo game was played
in Newport, RI and was won by England (10-4 / 14-2) over the US.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: License
Plate: VLAD THE with a border plate that say IMPALA. --Submitted by
jm of ks
Weird
Word of the Week:
Yaoi – This word is only now beginning to appear in general
publications, though it has been around in its specialist area for
some years. Japanese - Manga or anime – focus on male-to-male
sexual relationships.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-yao1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Soak up car oil and transmission fluid. Tidy Cats works as an
absorbent to pick up transmission leaks from garage floors. Pour a
thick layer of unused Tidy Cats over the puddle, wait 24 hours, and
sweep up with a broom. Scrub clean with a solution of detergent and
hot water. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tidycats.html
I
wouldn't mind paying taxes if I knew they were going to a friendly
country. ---Dick Gregory
...........Leapin'
lizards! That's why I'm so bad............Leonard Bernstein …...Gee,
Officer Krupke
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Marketable – able or fit to
be sold. As You Like It Act
I Scene II: Celia: All the better; we shall be the more marketable.
Best
YouTube on the Internet of the Week: A pride of at least 15
lions (all females and children) block the road in Kruger Park, South
Africa. They are quite deliberate and laid back about it too. We
should run protests like this. It would be very effective. It's
kind of long so you can just check out the first few seconds - until
the lion turns her head so the camera gets her good side – and move
on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8i0hjegneY
Language
of Peace of the Week: Āxšti – Avestan (extinct) from Iran.
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck testing out his new personal eye-shield
wipers in the case of the Rain-Drenched Rashon.
Two
bats were hanging upside down on a branch discussing philosophy.
What is the worst evil you ever encountered? One asked. “Diarrhea”
was the quick answer./ Since Ben Afleck's Playing Batman, the
commissioner changed the bat signal to the Red Sox logo.
In
most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a
duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. --Dick Gregory.
..........I've
been waiting here to be your guide.........Kiss …..Psycho Circus
^^^^^
Deck
us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!
Month
of the Week: August is Read a Romance
Novel Month – Rejected Romance Novel Titles – Compensating for
Something / Lord of the Hissy-Fit / The Man Who Walked Away From
Facebook
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Maybe
if we told congress that global warming is reducing sperm counts,
they would do something about it. --Sumbitted by cs of ks
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Grotto of the Redemption, West Bend, IA. The
Grotto is frequently considered the “Eighth Wonder of the World”
and The
Iowan
magazine has described the Grotto as a “Miracle in Stone.” The
location was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in
2001 and has been included in such features as Roadside America and
Disney’s The Straight Story. A composite of nine seperate grottos,
each portrays a scene in the life of Christ. The largest man-made
Grotto in the world, the Grotto contains the largest collection of
precious stones and gems found anywhere in one location!
http://www.westbendgrotto.com/
Today's
Peace of History, August
25, 1969:
Company A of the 3rd Battalion, the 196th Light Brigade, refused to
advance further into the Songchang Valley of Vietnam after five days
of heavy casualties; their number had been reduced from 150 to 60.
This was one of hundreds of mutinies among troops during the war.
How
many Batmen does it take to change a light bulb? None, they like the
dark. / Chocula's teacher wrote a note to his parents about his
battitude.
I
buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them.
I'm looking for the crack in the fabric. --Dick Gregory
..........Everyone
was in peace of mind.........Judas Priest …..Dreamer Deceiver
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle August 25, 2017. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Peace & Humor and Batshit Craziness!
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite
enough time. --Leonard Bernstein
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 8/24/17: $781,433,751,907
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 8/17/17: $780,748,937,911.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 8/24/17:
$820,770,432,173.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 8/17/17:
$820,750,416,021.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 8/24/17: $16,481,992,468.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 8/17/17: $16,376,751,082.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 8/24/17:
$157,903,302,729
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 8/17/17:
$157,317,682,776
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 8/24/17:
$1,781,699,733,340.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 8/17/17:
$1,780,269,620,852.
Peace
is the best time for improvement and preparation of every kind; it is
in peace that our commerce flourishes most, that taxes are most
easily paid, and that the revenue is most productive. --James
Monroe
..........But
we all cheered wildly.........Elvis Costello …..Peace In Our Time
Batman
and Robin fought a steamroller and became Flatman and Ribbon. / Merry
Mouse was walking with her daughter Joy when a bat flew over.
“Look!” said Joy, “an angel.”
Famous
Last Words: ...and have hereunto affixed their seals. --US
Peace
Treaty with Germany
May
Peace grace your nights
And
Joy permeate your days
prairie
mama
christine
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