Famous
First Words: To the people of the state of New York...
Federalist Papers #1
Today
is Black Cat Day!! Halloween cat food is priced purr can. / If you
cross a black cat and a white oak you get a black and white catalog.
You
may be a witch if ... you haven't used your broom for sweeping in
years.
..........Then
all the colors will bleed into one.........U2 …..I Still Haven't
Found What I'm Looking For
I
truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not
only educating our minds, but our hearts and our souls. --Malala
Yousafzal
It
is a chilly Friday morning. 38°F is insisted upon by a light
breeze, possibly from the west. It has set me to wondering where I
left my gloves last spring. A thick cloud cover varies in color but
is universal in muting the sky so that the world is lighting up very
slowly; it picks up highlights and creates shadows revealing the
still green grass and the red, red maples, and the yellow oaks. The
ash tree's squirrel nest adds interest among the now are limbs.
Distant motors grind and no birdsong softens them; the fountain is
hibernating for the winter. Puck is silent has he stalks the
perimeter and patrols under the deck; but he growls a little at
whatever it is that lives under the storage shed; I think it is the
opossum, but I'm not sure. I take a few deep breaths but there is
no smell in the air; cold weather has swallowed all the aromas. We
return to our rooms. Puck is as anxious as I to find warmth (he has
a wardrobe of coats and will be reminded of that soon). Our rooms
smell of coffee and living. Puck drinks a ramekin of half and half
and I drank a cup of decaf carefully modified with artificial sugar
and more half and half. Delicious. But that's not the best part,
the best part is writing to you.
Hope
you weekend oozes with luck, ePistliers.
The
police picked up my black cat; claimed she was the purrpatrator of
felonies. / For Halloween, Black Cats prefer Mice Crispy Treats.
Witches
do it in circles.
..........no
reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke.........U2 …..All
Along the Watchtower
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday Water Skis !
^
Any idea, in what year water skiing was invented?
^^
Is water skiing an Olympic sport?
^^^
Safety requires at least how many people in the tow boat?
^^^^
Care to guess the record number of skiers towed by a single boat?
^^^^^
What events are included in water skiing tournaments?
First
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: ...I know it's true because
my gut tells me it's true. I'm curious, where do you stick your head
to listen to your gut. --Dilbert by Scott Adams 10/20/17
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
28%
of librarians wish Library Police were a thing so they could
humorously say "Book him" more frequently.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
That
whole “black cats are unlucky” malarkey was a rumor started by
mice. / Janet's cat ran up a huge phone bill calling his cousin
purrson to persian.
You
may be a witch if ... you're happy with who you are and give not a
rat's fart what others think.
..........When
an honest man sees an honest wage.........U2 …..Van Diemen's Land
Moonbeam:
Manners
are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that
awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
--Emily Post
Something
to Think About of the Week: A
group of bats, hanging from the ceiling of a cave, discover a single
bat STANDING upright below them on the floor of the cave. Surprised
by this unusual behavior, they ask, "What's wrong with you? What
are you doing down there?" The standing bat answers, "Yoga!"
Big
Hello: Moin – Low Saxon (Germany & Denmark)
Week
of the Week: International Magic Week
(October 25-31) - How
many magicians does it take to screw in a light bulb? One hundred –
one to actually do it, four to tell him his flashed, and 95 to claim
they’ve developed a better handling.
Caution:
Don't practice your spells in front of the mirror.
..........in
the locust wind comes a rattle and hum.........U2 …..Bullet the
Blue Sky
^
Ralph
Samuelson of Lake City, Minnesota is credited with inventing the
sport of water skiing. In 1922, Samuelson attached a set of makeshift
skis to his feet (constructed of boards) and held on to a clothesline
as a boat pulled hum. He discovered that shifting his body weight to
the rear with his makeshift skis pointed up resulted in a stable,
balanced formation, and thus began the sport of water skiing.
Almanac:
It is Friday, October 27, 2017. The moon is first quarter tonight
and is in Aquarius. The United Nations has declared
this World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (UNESCO). It is Black Cat
Day, Cranky Co-workers Day, and Navy Day. St Vincent Islands
celebrate Statehood Day (1969). Because it is the last Friday it is
also Frankenstein Friday, International Bandanna Day, National
Breadstix (Bread Sticks) Day, and Francis E Willard Day, aka
Temperance Day.
Among
those born on this day were James Cook (1728), Niccolo Paganini
(1782), Issac Merrit Singer (1811), Klas Arnoldson (1844), Theodore
Roosevelt (1858), Emily Post (1872), Jack Carson (1910), Dylan Thomas
(1914), Nanette Fabray (1920), Roy Lichtenstein (1923), Ruby Dee
(1923), Sylvia Plath (1932), John Cleese (1929), Terry J Hart (1946),
and Marla Maples (1963).
On
October twenty-seventh the US Navy was established (1775), the first
Federalist letter appeared in a NY newspaper (1787), the first Macys
store opened (NYC, 1858), the US annexed west Florida from Spain
(1810), Boss Tweed was arrested for corruption (1871), Night
on Bald Mountain
debuted (1886), Variety
first used the word jazz in print (1916), the world's first subway
opened (NYC, 1904), water skis were patented (1925), DuPont
introduced "nylon" (1938), You
Bet Your Life
premiered on radio (1947), B O Davis, Jr became the first black USAF
general (1954), the American Basketball League began play (1961),
Nader's Raiders formed (1969), Begin & Sadat won the Nobel Peace
prize (1978), and U2 opened their Rattle
and Hum
tour (1988).
Night
Sky, 10/27:
First-quarter Moon (exactly first-quarter at 6:22 p.m. EDT). At
nightfall, you'll find Altair shining about 30° (three fists at
arm's length) to the Moon's upper right. Much closer to the Moon's
upper right, by only about 6°, are 3rd-magnitude Alpha and Beta
Capricorni. Alpha is the upper one. Can you resolve Alpha into a tiny
twin pair with your unaided eyes? Binoculars make it easy — and
should also resolve Beta, another wide double, although its
components are somewhat closer and very unequal.
This
Week: Saturday, October 28 –
Champagne Day & Make a Difference Day
Night
Sky, 10/28: Draw
a line from Altair very high in the southwest after dark, to the
right to brighter Vega, very high in the west. Continue the line half
as far onward, and you hit the Lozenge: the pointy-nosed head of
Draco, the Dragon. Its brightest star is orange Eltanin, the tip of
the Dragon's nose, which points toward Vega.
Sunday,
October 29 – Internet Day & National Cat Day & Visit
a Cemetery Day
Monday,
October 30 – Create a Great Funeral Day & Haunted
Refrigerator Night
Night
Sky, 10/30: Venus rises around the beginning
of dawn and shines very low due east as dawn brightens. Mars is
higher in the dawn to the upper right of Venus.
Tuesday,
October 31 – Beggars' Night & National UNICEF Day &
Samhain & World Cities Day
Wednesday,
November 1 – Hockey Mask Day & Extra Mile Day &
National Authors Day
Night
Sky, 11/1: Saturn glows low in the southwest
at dusk. Uranus and Neptune are well up after dark in the east and
southeast.
Thursday,
November 2 – Cookie Monster's Birthday & National Men
Make Dinner Day
Jack's
black cat, FreeDa, hates their neighbor Jane who has a poodle named
Scare D Cat. / Catastrophe: an award given for the black cat with the
nicest buns.
You
may be a witch if ... if your inner goddess is not amused by
halloween.
..........No
man is my enemy.........U2 …..Love Rescue Me
^^
Water
skiing was added as an Olympic sport in 1972, drawing even more
recognition and authenticity to it.
Next
Funniest thing I read of the Week: Don't be ashamed of who you
are. That's your parents job.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
VCON 2017 (Vancouver, BC, October 27 – 29). Featuring 41½ guests
of honour. http://vcon.ca/
Moonbeam:
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short
flare of interest and passion. --Sylvia Plath who died at age 31.
Late
Night Snacks: Only
Kimmel was live last week: Went to see Bruce Springsteen last night
on Broadway. And you're not going to believe this, he was great.
Turns out he's really great. Bruce almost restored my faith in
America last night. And then the president tweeted and it was gone
again. --Jimmy Kimmel
Late
Night Snacks for October 27, 2015:
Carson's strongest support comes from evangelical Christians, a group
that Donald Trump has had real trouble with, evidently. People who
read the Bible just don't want to follow someone who looks that much
like a golden calf. --Stephen Colbert / Both the World Series and
the new NBA season started tonight. Or as most people put it, "Damn,
there's no football on." --Jimmy Fallon / Some candidates, like
Democratic candidate Martin O'Malley, are having trouble getting
celebrities on their bandwagon. We here at "The Late Late Show"
are open to supporting you, Martin O'Malley, but first we have a
couple questions. Question 1: Who are you? Question 2 . . . That is
really the only question we have. --James Corden / Russia is making
plans to send four monkeys to Mars. Not as preparation for a human
mission — but because the monkeys criticized Vladimir Putin.
--Conan O'Brien / The U.S. Air Force announced today their new model
of stealth bomber will cost half a billion dollars each. And, even
worse, it uses a different charger than the old model. --Seth Meyers
Not
So Late Night Snacks: People are trying to
catch him in the act of lying like he's going to feel any shame ...
he lives in a world where truth and falsehood don't exist. He does
not care; it's like you're trying to play a game of epistemological
lasar tag with a guy who doesn't know or care what any of those words
mean. --Adam Burke Wait, Wait Don't Tell
Me
If
we want to reach real peace in this world, we should start educating
children. --Mahatma Gandhi
If
you cross a black alley cat with a chicken you get a peeping tom. /
Beware of black cats; they may try to snuggle you to death.
What
matters in not the length of the wand but the magic in the stick.
..........Like
a town needs a name.........U2 …..Hawkmoon 269
^^^
A
boat should only tow a water skier if there are at least two people
inside it – the captain and one other passenger. The captain must
observe his or her surroundings, while the second passenger is
responsible for observing the water skier. Operating a tow boat
without a passenger watching over the water skier is a serious
mistake that greatly increases the risk of an accident-related
injury.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: Macy's was founded by
Rowland Hussey Macy, who opened teh original Macy's store in downtown
Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1851 to serve the mill industry
employees of the area. The first New York City store openeed on the
corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue in New York City in 1858.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Global Warming is a hoax. Seas are rising because Jesus weeps every
time a dollar that could have bought a bomb buys a child healthcare.
--Submitted by pl of hi
Weird
Word of the Week:
Gaberlunzie /ɡǣbǝ'ɭ˄nzi / A
good Scots word this, of the medieval period, meaning a beggar,
though sadly nobody has much idea where it comes from. The first part
looks as though it might have something to do with gaberdine,
originally a garment worn by a pilgrim.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-gab1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Provide traction on snow-covered driveways and sidewalks. Sprinkle
unused Tidy Cats on the snow-covered walk or drive.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tidycats.html
You
may be a witch if ... you prefer driving a stick.
...........A
shot rings out in the Memphis sky.........U2 …..Pride (In the Name
of Love)
^^^^
The
World Record For the Most Water Skiers Towed By a Single Boat is 145.
It’s
pretty impressive when two or more water skiers are towed by the same
boat, but Tasmania’s Horsehead Water Ski Resort took took this to a
whole new level by towing a record-setting 145 skiers in 2010. The
previous world record was just 100 skiers, set 24 years prior. The
boat used in this record-setting event was a 3,000-horsepower World
Heritage Cruises’ catamaran Eagle.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Obsequiously – obediently
or attentive to a servile degree. Richard III
Act I Scene II, Lady Anne: whilst I awhile obsequiously lament the
untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster.
Best
Jack-o-lanterns of the Holiday:
Here's 10 great pumpkins.
http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/make-and-decorate/decorating/10-amazing-jack-o-lantern-masterpieces-pictures
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck preparing his holiday wardrobe in the case
of the Ghostly Gordon.
If
a black cat crosses your path, it means the cat has somewhere to go.
/ How do you know if your cat has been using your computer? ...the
mouse has teeth marks on it.
Sure,
you can pray for me, and I'll dance naked in the woods for you.
..........Sixty-six,
a highway speaks.........U2 …..Heartland
^^^^^
Practically
all major water skiing tournaments are centered around 3 main events:
slalom, jumping, and trick riding. In slalom, skiers must maneuver
around a series of staggered buoys without hitting them. In jumping,
skiers are pulled from an angle over a large ramp, at which point
they must thrust themselves into the air. In trick riding, skiers are
given the freedom to perform their own twists, turns, flip and tricks
in hopes of capturing the judges’ attention.
Month
of the Week: October is Positive
Attitude Month – A positive attitude may not solve all your
problems...but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the
effort.
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Natchez
Trace Parkway – Cypress Swamp Trail, Canton, MS. ...offers
the chance to see wildlife and is good for all skill levels. The
trail is primarily used for hiking and is best used from September
until February. Dogs are also able to use this trail.
https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/canton-jackson-ms/171-cypress-swamp.html
Today's
Peace of History, October
27, 1969: Ralph
Nader set up a consumer organization with young lawyers and
researchers (often called "Nader's Raiders") who produced
systematic exposés of industrial hazards, pollution, unsafe
products, and governmental neglect of consumer safety laws
Black
cats were created to give everyone the opportunity to be owned by a
mini-panther. / Black cats wear hairy coats fur protection.
You
may be a witch if ... if you'd rather fly around with a stick between
your legs than walk the earth with one up you ass.
..........See
them bright and shiny things.........U2 …..Silver and Gold
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle XXX XX, 2017. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Feline Fun and Peace. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell
Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam:
I've always modeled myself after Ginger. --Marla Maples ~~I
attempted to find a quote by MsMaples that was about something
besides herself. I found one it was about her daughter.
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 10/26/17: $787,484,742,709.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 10/19/17: $786,816,346,597.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 10/26/17:
$820,947,278,238.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 10/19/17:
$820,927,744,460.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 10/26/17:
$1,794,336,290,606.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 10/19/17:
$1,792,940,430,198.
I
will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world.
--Sadako Sasaki
….......I
was under the waves before love rescued me.........U2 …..When Love
Comes to Town
Dance
like the maiden; laugh like the mother; think like the crone.
Good
morning, human, I see my assassins have failed. / Stereotyping is
wrong! Hug a black cat today!
Famous
Last Words: Best witches!
May
Peace fills your bowl
And
Joy makes you purr
prairie
mama
christine
Last
Laugh:
