Famous
First Words: In a hole in the ground... The Hobbit
Happy
Ice Cream Cone Day !! A balanced diet is an ice cream cone in each
hand.
..........Feel
wild feel possessed.........Joan Jett …..Black Leather
If
peace had a smell, it would be the smell of a library full of old,
leather-bound books. --Mark Pryer.
It
is a beautiful Friday morning. The sky is filled with puffy,
friendly clouds; some of them look like footprints left my huge cloud
dogs (angel dogs, storm dogs?) 74°F is an excellent temperature for
walking or just being outdoors. Totally ignoring the fact that fall
is upon us, the world is still green, from the grass on the bottom to
the tallest branch of the oldest trees – green. Roses bushes in
the neighbors yard are still dotted with pink and red. And the fall
mums are blooming too in deep gold and copper. A breeze – at times
a little demanding – plays about my face and moves my skirt against
my legs. There are no birds within sight or sound but there is a
chirring from the little wood across the street that could be
crickets or a few left over cicada. And, of course, the grinding of
motors away across the countryside and sometimes right down the
street in front of us. After barking a bit around the fence Puck is
settled on the deck watching the morning roll by. The yard is
dappled by the rising sun shining through the trees and over the
rooftops with the shadows constantly moving in the wind. Finally, we
return to our rooms, the smell of brewing coffee and familiar...ness.
Best of all the morning, yet, here I sit sipping creamy decaf and
writing to you. ...a beautiful morning, indeed.
Hope
your weekend comes with sprinkles, ePistliers.
Connie,
the ice cream cone, went to Sundae School; after that she thought she
was hot fudge.
..........Lots
of flags to wave.........Joan Jett …..Ridin' with James Dean
Trivia
Questions: Happy Chain Mail Day!
^
Care to guess how early chain mail was used as armor?
^^
Know why it is called “mail”?
^^^
When and/or for how long was chain mail common military armor?
^^^^
What protection does mail afford?
^^^^^
About how much does a suit of mail weigh?
Reflections
of the Week: Last weekend I went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum
and stared at Pollock's Enchanted Forest and glanced at
Motherwell's black circles – Elegy to the Spanish Republic No.
126. I fell in love with Enchanted Forest, absolutely in
love. I didn't expect that and I'm still not able to articulate why I
love it. Motherwell is flat paint on a canvas (the tensions of
modern life); Pollock is textures and colors and it implies things
not actually seen – trees, faces, animals, a hand. It's also really
big...both of them are. I kind of wished that the bottom hung only a
few inches above the floor so that I could stand by it and feel like
I was in the forest. It would take me away from the tensions of
modern life – which is what I'm looking for in art, really, not
elegy's to it. I recommend the exhibit; it's there until October
29th. Hummmm, that long, I may go back.
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
Strangely, 75% of librarians demand to know sources for
everything...except the free food in the break room
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
When
the doctor told me I had to eat more greens, I switched to pistachio
ice cream cones.
..........Blissfullness,
togetherness.........Joan Jett …..Love Hurts
Moonbeam:
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like
less than half of you half as well as you deserve. --Bilbo Baggins
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: sábąai-dįi - Lao
Week
of the Week: National Indoor Plant Week
(September 17-23) - "I have no plants in my house. They won't
live for me. Some of them don't even wait to die, they commit
suicide." --Jerry Seinfeld
I've
been an adult for a long time and I haven't eaten nearly as many ice
cream cones and my 10 year old self thought I would.
..........Hattie
told Mattie about a thing she saw.........Joan Jett …..Wooly Bully
^
Creation of mail is commonly credited to Celts, but the Etruscans had
it from at least the 4th century BCE.
Almanac:
It is Friday, September 22, 2017. The moon was new on Wednesday and
is in Scorpio. It is American Business Women's Day,
Autumn (Autumnnal Equinox), 4:02 pm EDT, Bright Pink Lipstick Day,
Car Free Day, Chainmail Day, Dear Diary Day, Elephant Appreciation
Day, Hobbit Day, Ice Cream Cone Day, International Day of Radiant
Peace, Mabon, Mali Independence Day (1960), National Centenarian's
Day, National Doodle Day, National Leg Wear Day, National Rock n'
Roll Dog Day, and National White Chocolate Day. Because it the
fourth Friday it is also Love Note Day and American Indian Day.
Among
those born on this day were Bilbo Baggins (1290), Lord Chesterfield
(1694), Michael Faraday (1791), Erich von Stroheim (1885), Paul Muni
(1895), Chen Ning Yang (1922), Junko Tabei (1939), Joan Jett and
Scott Baio (1960).
On
September twenty-second the last person in the US was hanged for
witchcraft (1692), Nathan Hale was executed (1776), Russia
established a colony on Kodiak Island (1784), the office of
Postmaster General was established (1789), the French Republican Era
began (1792), the first US built auto rolled out of the garage
(1893), the ice cream cone was patented (1903), Southern Methodist
Univeristy held its first class (Dallas, 1915), and Man
for UNCLE
debuted of tv (1964).
Night
Sky, 9/22:
Equinox:
Autumn begins in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern
Hemisphere. This is when the Sun crosses the equator (both Earth's
equator and the celestial equator) heading south for the season.
Coincidentally,
every year around when summer turns to fall, Deneb takes over from
brighter Vega as the zenith star right when twilight fades into night
(for skywatchers at mid-northern latitudes).
This
Week: Saturday, September 23 –
Fish Amnesty Day & International Lace Day
Sunday,
September 24 – International Day of the Deaf
Night
Sky, 9/24: Saturn's brightest moon, Titan, now stands about
four ring-lengths to Saturn's west. Titan circles Saturn every 16
days, so it takes 8 days to move east-west from one elongation to the
other.
Monday,
September 25 – Math Story Telling Day & National Tune-Up
Day
Tuesday,
September 26- Johnny Appleseed Day & National Voter
Registration Day
Night
Sky: 9/26: The Great Square of Pegasus is high in the east
after dark, balancing on one corner. From the Great Square's left
corner extends a big line of three 2nd-magnitude stars, running to
the lower left, that mark the head, backbone and bright leg of the
constellation Andromeda. (The line of three includes the Square's
left corner, her head.) Upper left from the foot of this line, you'll
find W-shaped Cassiopeia tilting up.
Wednesday,
September 27 – Ancestor Appreciation Day & National
Woman Road Warrior Day
Thursday,
September 28 – National Drink Beer Day & World Maritime
Day
..........Everybody's talking but it doesn't mean a lot.........Joan Jett …..Right in the Middle
^^
Mail - First guess: from the Latin macula (spot or opacity). Second
guess: From the old French maillier (to hammer)
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: And God said: Let's make kittens
soft and warm, like fuzzy hugs, and put tiny razor blades on their
feet. --Submitted by gr of oh
Reflections
Ad Nauseam of the Week: There was only one other guy at
Enchanted Forest. He was sitting staring at it. I moved around and
looked at it from angles and up close and stuff. I did stop by the
Block Galleries and there were lots of people but they mostly seemed
to be in groups that were discussing one or another painting so I was
able to find a few no one was talking about and get to know them
better. I certainly do love Manet's White Lilacs and might
visit it every time I go the museum.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Hal-Con Sci-Fi Fantasy Convention 2017. September 22-24, Halifax,
Nova Scotia. ... a
sci-fi,fantasy & gaming convention run completely by
much-too-dedicated volunteers
Ticket
Information
Moonbeam:
Now I know what a piece of bacon feels like when it is suddenly
picked out of the pan on a fork and put back of the shelf. --Bilbo
Baggins
Late
Night Snacks: A video was just posted of a
giant python in the New York City subway wrapped around a handrail.
Passengers were like, “Eww! He’s TOUCHING the handrail!”
--Jimmy Fallon / Now the thing with these tweets is somehow these
tweets imply that the tax reform plans would help hurricane victims.
And how would that ever possibly help? People would be like, “Hey,
did your house make it through the flooding?” “No. But luckily
the CEO of the company I work for is getting a massive tax cut and
that's really getting me through this.” --James Corden / Security
experts are now keeping a close eye on the rise of Osama bin Laden’s
son. Even worse, they say Osama bin Laden Jr. may be working tighter
with his siblings Eric bin Laden and Ivanka bin Laden. --Conan
O'Brien / In an interview with CNN yesterday, Hillary Clinton said
that the Electoral College “needs to be eliminated.” “Same with
regular college!” said Betsy DeVos. --Seth Meyers
No
So Late Night Snacks: We've never seen
Mario without a shirt on in all the many, many generations of the
game. It's the biggest scandal in the gaming world since we caught
some Qbert side boob. --Bob Sagal Wait,
Wait Don't Tell Me
I'm
fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die
in. --George McGovern
They
are either Baptist or Methodist Ice Cream Cones; i.e. they
come sprinkled or dipped. / Hey, Ernie, want an ice cream cone?
Sherbert.
..........Can't
get enough.........Joan Jett …..Bad as We can Be
^^^
The use of mail as battlefield armor was common during the Iron Age
and the Middle Ages, becoming less common through the 16 & 17th
centuries.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The almanac was misleading. Today is the
anniversary of the last 8 people to be executed for witchcraft: Six
women - Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann
Pudeator, and Margaret Scott, and two men - Wilmot Redd and Samuel
Wardwell were hanged.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
White Hosue rejects Supremacist Label: “No one has done more than
Trump to prove white people are not superior. --Borowitz Report
Weird
Word of the Week:
Banausic – something mundane or merely functional. From the
classical Greek banausikos, artisan from baunos, a forge).
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ban3.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Prevent mildew in bathtub. Pour unused Tidy Cats in a flat box and
place in your bathtub when you leave your house for a long time to
prevent mildew. (Keep the bathroom door closed if you have cats so
they don't use it.” http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tidycats.html
Juliette
was arrested for eating an ice cream cone “provocatively” in
front of Vice-President Pence.
...........Sometimes
I wonder what I'm ever gonna do.........Joan Jett …..Summertime
Blues
^^^^
Mail provides effective defense against slashing blows by edged
weapons and penetration by thrusting and piercing weapons.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Moonbeam – a ray of moon
light. A Midsummer Night's Dream
Act III, Scene I – Titania: And pluck the wings from painted
butterflies to fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes...
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week:
Dan Bentley has put up an exciting website featuring pictures from
the last 15 years of the Lawrence KS Peace Vigil. It is a great site
and I highly recommend it. It is still in progress so narrative and
more pictures will be added.
https://lawrencekansaspeacevigil.wordpress.com/
Final
~~I promise~~
Reflections of the Week: I had a great time at the reunion.
For one thing it is amusing to begin a conversation with, “So, what
ya been doing for the last 55 years.” And people had it sewed up
into a couple sentences. “Well, I drove a truck for 20 years and
then I went back to school and now I'm a lawyer”...that sort of
thing. Women still more likely than men to mention their children
in those couple of sentences.
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck with his tail arched, alert and ready, in
the case of the Dappled Dachshund.
How
do mad scientists eat their ice cream? With their clones.
..........Til
we get it right I will see it through.........Joan Jett …..Ashes
in the Wind
^^^^^
A modern hauberk made from 1.5 mm diameter wire with 10 mm inner
diameter rings weighs roughly
10 kg (22 lb) and contains 15,000–45,000 rings. One of the
drawbacks of mail is the uneven weight
distribution; the stress falls mainly on shoulders.
Month
of the Week: September is National
Sewing Month – Sorry, Ted, it right here in the pre-nup – using
her fabric scissors for cutting paper IS grounds for divorce.
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Portland Head Lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. When visiting the
promontory where the lighthouse is located you will notice the waves
crashing over an unusual rock formation. They appear to be petrified
wood, but is actually quartzite and dark grey phyllite accumulating
in alternating layers. As you look out over Portland Harbor and Casco
Bay you will have the opportunity to view an additional four
lighthouse towers.
https://portlandheadlight.com/what-to-do/the-lighthouse
Today's
Peace of History, September
19, 1966: A group
of 22 eminent US scientists, including 7 Nobel laureates, urged
President Johnson to halt the use of anti-personnel and herbicidal
chemical weapons in Vietnam. That same day in Congress, House
Republicans issued a “white Paper" warning the United States
was becoming "a full-fledged combatant" in a war that was
becoming "bigger than the Korean War." The paper urged the
President to end the war "more speedily and at a smaller cost,
while safeguarding the independence and freedom of South Vietnam."
How
do ballplayers eat their ice cream? In the zone
..........I'm
bad at bein' subtle.........Joan Jett …..Victim of Circumstance
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle September 22, 2017. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
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Flavors of Peace & Humor.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire, with the kettle
just beginning to sing. --Bilbo Baggins
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 9/21/17: $784,113,964,952
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 9/14/17: $783,476,580,654
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/21/17:
$820,848,765,843.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/14/17:
$820,830,135,811.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 9/21/17: $16,893,937,215.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 9/14/17: $16,795,987,293.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/21/17:
$160,195,456,903
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/14/17:
$159,650,408,907
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 9/21/17:
$1,787,296,816,077.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 9/14/17:
$1,785,965,009,826.
One
day, I would like to turn on the news and hear, There's peace on
earth.
..........It's
time for me to move my ass.........Joan Jett …..Had Enough
How
do punsters eat ice cream? With a groan.
Famous
Last Words: ...until the end of the next session of Congress,
and no longer. An Act for the temporary establishment of the
Post-Office
May
Peace be your gelato
And
Joy your cherry on top
prairie
mama
christine
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