Famous
First Words: Dr Livingston, I presume...
Happy
Sesame Street Day! Did you know that 99% of the cookies in the world
are consumed by 1% of the monsters? / Hey, Ernie, how do I look?
With your eyes, Bert, with your eyes.
..........Shaggy
cotton skin and just one set of clothes..........Donna Fargo …..I
Wish I Was a Teddy Bear
Because
we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony
and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream,
but a necessity. --Dalai Lama XIV
It
is a cold (26°F) Friday morning. The sky is smeared with a thick
cloud of puffy gray; this cloud bank seems not to move even though
there is a fairly stiff north wind. I huddle by the storage shed to
stay out of its path. Cooper is in the yard this morning and Puck
abandons the usual perimeter walk and instead races Coop around the
yard, up the deck steps, down the other deck steps, under the porch
until I am exhausted just watching. Cooper can keep up pretty well
on the straight away but is much slower on the steps. A large,
disorganized flock of gulls fly – apparently endlessly – to the
east; they make no noise. A taut checkmark of geese fly south
without honking. No local birds are yet out of bed. Even the distant
grind of motors is quiet so the local trash truck takes its solo. But
I begin to feel the wind and even the dogs in their fur coats are
streaming wispy steams from their mouths. We enter through the deck
door – upstairs – so Coop and Puck and snag a treat. The house
smells of coffee and morning; it sounds like the clip of dog nails on
hardwood floors. I smile at it as I doctor my decaf and sit down in
the blue glow of my computer. Now comes the best part – you.
Hope
your weekend is a magic carpet ride, my precious muppets.
Sorry,
Count, it looks like your days are numbered. / The economy is so bad,
three other guys are sharing Oscar's trashcan.
..........We
watched the moon..........Dave Loggins …..Ship in a Bottle
Trivia
Questions: Happy birthday, Dominoes!
^
Where was the game of Dominoes invented?
^^
Any idea where where the oldest known domino set was found?
^^^
Know why are they called dominoes?
^^^^
Do you remember how many dominoes are in the regular set?
^^^^^
What is the “domino effect”?
First
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Ayn
Rand, Rand Paul and Paul Ryan walk into a bar. The bartender serves
them tainted alcohol because there are no regulations. They die.
--Submitted by rhb of ks
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
Average
librarian uses 6.4 gallons of Purell between November 1 and March 1.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Is
it just me, or does Oscar look like a giant, moving bud of weed? /
Yeah, I grew up watching Sesame Street, now I have a felt
fetish.
..........Shine
on me sunshine..........Donna Fargo …..Happiest Girl in the USA
Moonbeam:
God
writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in
the flowers and clouds and stars.
--Martin Luther
Something
to Think About of the Week: Family Trip to Nirvana
Big
Hello: Gyebale ko – Luganda (Uganda)
Week
of the Week: November 7-13th
is Dear Santa Letters Week –Dear Santa, Text my dad. He has my
complete list.
Before
leaving the factory each Tickle-Me-Elmo dolls was given two test
tickles. / New Bestseller: The Crumb Trail to Diabetes: The Cookie
Monster Story.
..........All
of our dreams will come true..........Dave Loggins …..Someday
^
Dominoes were most likely invented in China, however, games played
with dominoes have been invented elsewhere.
Almanac:
It is Friday, November 20, 2017. The moon was last quarter yesterday
and is in Leo. The UN has declared this World
Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO). It is Area Code Day
(785), Domino Day, NET Cancer Awareness Day, Marine Corps Birthday,
Sesame Street
Day, and Windows Day (Microsoft). In India they celebrate Guru
Nanak's Day; the guru was the first teacher of the Sikhs and in
Indonesia it is Hero Day/Youth Day.
Among
those born on the day were Martin Luther (1483), Francois
Couperin (1668), George II (1683), Oliver Goldsmith (1730), Frederick
von Schiller (1759), Jared Kirtland (1793), Vachel Lindsay (1879),
Frances Perkins (1882), Claude Raains (1889), George Fenneman (1919),
Richard Burton (1925), Clarence Pendleton,
Jr (1930), Roy Scheider (1935), Dave Loggins (1944), Donna Fargo
(1945), Sinbad (1956), and MacKenzie Phillips (1959).
On
November tenth the
Dutch ceded New Netherlands to England (1674), the US Marine Corps
was established (1775), Kentucky outlawed dueling (1801), the Osage
Treaty
was signed (1808), Maximilian became emperor of Mexico (1864),
persumably Stanley met Livingston (1871), the first Woman's Christian
Temperance Union meeting was held (Boston, 1891), 41 suffragists were
arrested in front of the White House (1917), the first National Book
Week was observed and the American Legion held its first convention
(Minneapolis, 1919), Hirohito was enthroned as Emperor of Japan
(1928), Sesame
Street
premiered (1969), the Edmund Fitzgerald sank into Lake Superior
(1975), and the transits of Earth as seen from Mars occurs (2084).
Night
Sky, 11/10:
Plan
for this now: In broad daylight on Saturday morning the Moon, just
past last quarter, occults Regulus for much of North America. You'll
need a telescope and very clear air. The star disappears on the
Moon's bright limb and reappears from behind the dark limb.
This
Week: Saturday, November 11 –
Origami Day & National Homunculus Awareness Day
Sunday,
November 12 – World Pneumonia Day & World Orphans Day
Night
Sky, 11/12: Venus and Jupiter rise during
dawn. Mars rises around 3-4 am and is moderately high in early dawn.
Monday,
November 13 – World Kindness Day
Tuesday,
November 14 – International Girls Day & Loosen UP,
Lighten Up Day
Night
Sky, 11/14: Mercury is buried deep in the afterlglow of
sunset. Saturn glows very low in southwest at dusk Uranus and
Neptune are well up after dark in the southeastern side of the sky.
Wednesday,
November 15 – I Love to Write Day & Great American
Smoke-out & World Philosophy Day
Thursday,
November 16 – National Button Day & Teddy Bear Day
And
in another upscale move, Cookie Monster has been replaced by the
Gluten-Free Biscotti Monster. / My life goal is to become a crime
boss on Sesame Street. --Cleavage Crumbs
..........And
the colors of my rainbow turn blue ..........Donna Fargo …..Funny
Face
^^
The
oldest known domino set was found in Tutankhamun’s tomb, among the
ruins of Thebes. Tutankhamun was king of ancient Egypt in the 18th
dynasty, 1355 BC. According to historians, a Chinese set, with 32
pieces, existed in the year 1120 AD. Although domino tiles are
clearly of Chinese inheritance, there is a debate over whether the
European tile set came from China to Europe in the fourteenth century
or was invented independently. link
http://www.worlddomino.com/history.htm
Next
Funniest thing I Read of the Week: Schrodinger's Delivery
Service: Your packages always arrives with or without the contents.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Celebrate
Tolkien
November 9-10, Greensville, SC. Beware – their guests
include several PhDs in theology and faith and stuff. ?? Sprinkled
throughout the event will be a variety of fun and games, as only JRR
Tolkien could dream up! Join us for a pipe smoking competition,
Hobbit games, and Middle Earth themed food and music. We're making
full use of the Old Cigar Warehouse's expansive venue to give you a
rousing
good time.
https://www.celebratetolkien.com/#about
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
National Science Teachers Association Convention:Making Waves: Moving
Science Forward. (November 9-11, Milwaukee, WI)
http://www.nsta.org/conferences/area2.aspx
Moonbeam:
Never
be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the
devil. --Vachel Lindsay
Late
Night Snacks: Facebook says it shut down
nearly six million accounts in the US last October. Five million were
Russian agents, while the rest were people who kept posting “so
ready for the weekend.” --Jimmy Fallon / It’s come out that this
year, indicted Trump adviser Paul Manafort traveled to Mexico using a
fake name. Then again, if you worked for Trump and you were in
Mexico, would YOU use your real name?*** --Conan O'Brien / Can we
not just have one holiday that isn’t about politics? Like Christmas
has become about what it says on Starbucks cups. Halloween is now
about socialism. I swear to God, if they try to claim that the Easter
Bunny was involved in Benghazi, I’m moving back to England.
--James Corden / In an interview yesterday, White House chief of
staff John Kelly said the Civil War was caused by a lack of ability
to compromise. Even weirder, he said that Pearl Harbor was an air
traffic control issue. I don't know why we ever thought there was a
reasonable person working in Trump's White House. That's like going
into a Hot Topic and asking to meet their rocket scientist. --Seth
Meyers / ...this year is going to be super spooky for Donald Trump
because special prosecutor and off-duty lurch, Robert Mueller, just
announced the first indictments in the Russia investigation. And
who’s our first lucky winner? It’s former Trump campaign manager
Paul Manafort ... I know it’s almost Halloween, but it really feels
more like Christmas. --Stephen Colbert
***Have
you ever read a Russian novel? Everybody has at least 2 names;
otherwise you'd be able to follow the plot.
No
So Late Night Snacks:
He
actually picked up a piece paper with the bill written on it and
kissed it. As per his habit he first popped a tic tac. --Peter Sagal
No, wait, first he grabbed it by the lower half of the paper.
--Faith Salie
--Wait,
Wait, Don't Tell Me
The
world doesn't want to be saved. It wants to be loved. That's how we
save it.
..........I
could find no place to land..........Dave Loggins …..Nobody Loves
Me Like You Do
^^^
Dominoes
were apparently unknown in Europe until the 18th century and may have
been invented in their modern form in the Dominican Republic. The
dark spots on light faces apparently reminded people of masquerade
masks with eyeholes (called dominoes) and thus gave the playing
pieces their name. Chinese dominoes do not have blanks, but some
whole tiles are duplicated link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominos#History
Worthless
Facts of the Week: Members of the National
Woman’s Party picketed the White House to convince the Wilson to
put pressure on Democratic senators to vote in favor of a
constitutional suffrage amendment. Picketers were not molested and,
in fact, the president often waved to them as he left the White
House. But once the United States entered World War I, things
changed. In June 1917, the police began arresting women outside the
White House. Undaunted by these arrests, women marched to the White
House on Independence Day, carrying banners reading “Governments
derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;” they
were promptly arrested.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read This Week: I just
realized that I havent't done the “Hokey Pokey” in over 10 years.
I guess when you get older, you just forget what it's all about.
--submitted by sd of ks
Weird
Word of the Week:
Inenarrable – indescribable, inexpressible: something that's
unutterable... from Latin enarrare – to narrate or describe and
prefix in – negative. Arrived in English via French.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ine1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Deodorize sneakers. Cut off the feet from a pair of clean, used
L'ggs Sheer Energy Panty Hose, fill each foot with unused Tidy Cats,
tie the ends, and please inside shoes or sneakers overnight. The cat
box filler absorbs moisture and odors.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tidycats.html
They
talk about it but they never actually tell you how to get to Sesame
Street. / Hey, Ernie, would you like some ice cream? Sherbert.
...........And
if I can fly I'll bet you can too..........Donna Fargo …..Hello
Little Bluebird
^^^^
Dominoes are descendants of dice. The two ends on
each of the original Chinese dominoes represented one of the 21
combinations that can occur with the throw of two dice. Modern
western dominoes, however, have blank ends on them as well and so the
number of dominoes is generally 28.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Olympian – relating to the
ancient or modern Olympic Games. Henry VI, Act 2, Scene IV.
George: and if we thrive, promise them such rewards as victors wear
at the Olympian games
Senior
Moment of the Week: I'm so old I bused
the first Thanksgiving.
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck changing directions in the Case of the
Bobbing Baby
If
the emperor runs an empire and the king runs a kingdom does the Count
run the country? / Have you heard, Bert, Ernie and Luis are getting
their own spin off Sesame Hills, 90210.
..........Please
come to Denver with the snowfall..........Dave Loggins …..Please
Come to Boston
^^^^^
A
domino
effect or
chain reaction is the cumulative effect produced when one event sets
off a chain of similar events. The term is best known as a mechanical
effect, and is used as an analogy to a falling row of dominoes.
Month
of the Week: November is National
Gratitude Month --One
Sunday a pastor told the congregation that the church needed some
extra money and asked the people to prayerfully consider giving a
little extra in the offering plate. He said that whoever gave the
most would be able to pick out three hymns. After
the offering plates were passed, the pastor glanced down and noticed
that someone had placed a $1,000 bill in offering. He was so excited
that he immediately shared his joy with his congregation and said
he’d like to personally thank the person who placed the money in
the plate. A very quiet, elderly, saintly lady all the way in the
back shyly raised her hand. The pastor asked her to come to the
front. Slowly she made her way to the pastor. He told her how
wonderful it was that she gave so much and in gratitude asked her to
pick out three hymns. Her eyes brightened as she looked over the
congregation, pointed to the three handsomest men in the building and
said, “I’ll take him and him and him.”
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Glacier
National Park in Montana is a vast area that rests on the United
States-Canada border, encompassing over 1 million acres, two mountain
ranges, over 130 lakes, and thousands of plant and animals species.
https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm
Today's
Peace of History: Today's Peace of History,
November 10, 1924: The Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights
organization in the U.S., was founded in Chicago by Henry Gerber, a
German immigrant.
..........I've
felt the sun and I know the rain..........Donna Fargo …..All About
a Feeling
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle November 10,, 2017. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Street
Sesame Smart and Funny Too. Exclusive
editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam:
The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim
to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.
-- Frances
Perkins
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 11/9/17: $788,828,462,561.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 11/2/17: $788,161,985,599.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 11/9/17:
$820,986,550,917.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 11/2/17:
$820,967,072,388.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 11/9/17:
$1,797,142,477,245.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 11/2/17:
$1,795,750,649,458.
Keep
calm and make world peace.
..........we
would laugh it off..........Dave Loggins …..Pieces of April
If
Trump cuts funding to Sesame Street, he'll never learn to read. /
Vote for me and we'll re-pave Sesame Street and make Mexico pay for
it.
Famous
Last Words: ...into the customs of society and the laws of the
land. Declaration of the WCTU (Woman's Christian Temperance Union).
May
Peace write your movie script
And
Joy be your ending
prairie
mama
christine
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