Famous
First Words: Su,
borghesi e magnati... Migon --Ambroise Thomas
Happy,
Happy Petroleum Day! I do know a good oil joke, but its crude./
Marathon Oil has officially stopped drilling through the water for
oil and is now drilling through the oil for water.
..........But
for now, love, let's be real.........Gordon Lightfoot …..If You
Could Read My Mind
Without
peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
--Jawaharlal Nehru
It
is a pleasant (57°F) Friday morning. The sky is universally overcast
with shades of thin gray floating beneath giving the world a
dreamlike dimness. Sounds of distant and no so distant motors
grinding is familiar and balances the dream with a reality of work
and speed and time passing. The rest of the world seems in no hurry
in the muted light, in the morning. Gulls, not quite enough to be a
flock, fly aimlessly high above, with an occasional skree, skree. A
single crow, also high, caws once and heads south to find her murder.
Ah, and now a school of some smaller birds, flying closer to the
ground; the soundlessness of their flight adds to the sensation that
they are fish making their way through water – random but within
some unknown boundaries. More dreamlike layers to the day. The
grass is still green and a few pink tea roses cling to the bush but
they offer no fragrance. The aroma is of damp soil and wet grass.
The back door is open to the weather and Puck's squirrel rant is
joined by Pepper, who remains on the deck as an amen chorus. Cooper
who doesn't bark but does run about looking very cute. What an
incredible morning. Yet we do return to our rooms, to coffee
doctored with cream and sweetener, to the smell of life and coffee
brewing, and most wonderfully, to you.
Hope
your weekend is dusted with random acts of kindness, ePistliers.
It's
good that you can insert your credit card right into the gas pump
now; soon it will also be able to approved the loan you'll need to
pay for it. / They say this oil spill has the potential to kill more
wildlife than a Sarah Palin hunting trip. --David Letterman
..........But
I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blow.........Gordon
Lightfoot …..Early Mornin' Rain
Trivia
Questions: Happy Homemade Bread Day!
^
For about how long has bread been eaten?
^^
Know in what decade the US government outlawed sliced bread?
^^^
Aside from the US government inference, when was sliced bread
generally available?
^^^^
Why is pita bread hollow in the middle?
^^^^^
Any idea why the goodwives of the colonies kept bread in the baby's
crib?
First
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Isn't it strange how mental
illness hardly massacres anyone in Canada, Australia, and the United
Kingdom? --Submitted by rhb of ks
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
Causes
of librarian emergency room visits: -33%
hot tea -33%
cat attacks -33%
cake-slicing incidents -1%
face palms
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
I
am a petroleum engineer. To save time, let's just assume that I am
never wrong. / This spill is the worst thing to happen to beaches
since the Speedo. --Bill Maher
..........No
need to get bothered.........Gordon Lightfoot …..Lazy Mornin'
Moonbeam:
Algebra is generous; she often gives more than is asked of her.
--Jean le Rond D'Alembert
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Buoris – Lule Sámi (Sweden)
Week
of the Week: World Kindness Week
(November 11-17) --Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.
--Ashleigh Brilliant
Expecto
Petroleum ! --Harry Potter at the gas station / Petroecuador's plans
to catch 500,000 gallons of spilled crude a day with ducks!
..........You're
as warm as the bright morning sun.........Gordon Lightfoot …..Fine
As Fine Can Be
^
Breads,
and particularly flatbreads, have been around for centuries.
Flatbreads date back to the Ancient Egyptians. Pita bread has been in
existence for at least 12,000 years in Middle-Eastern countries.
Almanac:
It is Friday, November 17, 2017. The moon is new tomorrow and is in
Scorpio. It is Homemade Bread Day, National Unfriend
Day, Petroleum Day, and World Prematurity Awareness Day.
Among
those born on this day were Il Bronziono (1503), Jean d'Alembert
(1717), August Ferdinand Mobius (1790), Titian Ramsey Peale (1799),
Lee Strasberg (1901), Isamu Noguchi (1904), Jack Lescoulie (1917),
Rock Hudson (1925), David Amram (1930), Gordon Lightfoot (1938),
Martin Scorsese (1942), Lauren Hutton (1943), Danny De Vito (1944),
and Traci Lords (1962).
On
November seventeenth Elizabeth I ascended the English throne (1558),
the US Congress held it's first session in DC (1800), Mignon
premiered (Paris, 1866), the Suez Canal opened (1869), the American
Theosophical Society was founded (1875), the Panama Canal opened
(1913), LBJ married ladybird (1934), the Dulles International Airport
was dedicated (1962), the Leonids meteor shower peaked at 150,000/
hour (1966), Surveyor 6 became the first earth machine to lift off
the moon (1967), Bhutto won the election in Pakistan (1988), and Bret
Saberhagen signed a record $2,966,667 contact with the Royals (1989).
Night
Sky, 11/17: Peak Night for Leonids Meteor Shower.
Skywatchers
may be able to see some meteors on days just before and after the
peak. Excellent viewing conditions for watching. Nowhere near
150,000/hour
This
Week: Saturday, November 18 –
Family Volunteer Day & National Adoption Day
Night
Sky, 11/18: Two
challenge planets! As twilight fades, look low in the southwest for
Saturn and Mercury. They're about a fist at arm's length apart.
Binoculars help.
Sunday,
November 19 – Have a Bad Day Day & Gettysburg Address
Day & Rocky and Bullwinkle Day
Monday,
November 20- Name your PC Day & Transgender Day of
Remembrance & Universal Children's Day
Night
Sky, 11/20:
As
dawn begins Mars is on the upper right and Venus on the lower right.
Tuesday,
November 21 – World Hello Day & National
Entrepreneurship Day
Night
Sky, 11/21: Around
8 pm, depending on where you are, zero-magnitude Capella rises
exactly as high in the northeast as zero-magnitude Vega has sunk in
the west-northwest.
Wednesday,
November 22 – in Guinea it is Portuguese Aggression
Anniversary Day
Thursday,
November 23 – Dr Who Day
I
am a Petroleum Engineer. But only until I discover a way to drink
for a living. / British Petroleum thinks the “environmental impact
of this oil spill will be very, very modest” because they're not in
Florida.
..........
Let me slip away on you.........Gordon Lightfoot …..Carefree
Highway
^^
The
worst idea since sliced bread? Banning it. In 1943 a member of the US
government decided to ban sliced bread, for reasons that still remain
unclear. It was an unpopular idea to say the least, lasting only a
short time. Really,
Check it Out
'Nother
Funniest thing I read of the Week: When two egotists meet,
it's an I for an I. --Submitted by sd of co
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
WaxaCon (November 18-19) –features (among other things) Geek Speed
Dating http://www.waxacon.com/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
Dayton Regional Science Festival – November 17-18. all things STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).
http://boonshoftmuseum.org/events-activities/dayton-regional-science-festival%20
Moonbeam:
It is weight that gives meaning to weightlessness. --Isamu
Noguchi
Late
Night Snacks: It was a beautiful day here in
southern California. Very pleasant. You noticed the last couple of
days have been very pleasant? Do you think it has anything to do with
the fact that Trump is out of the country? --Jimmy Kimmel /
President Trump continues his diplomatic tour through Asia.
Yesterday, in a joint appearance with Chinese President Xi Jinping,
Trump gave China “great credit for taking advantage of the United
States in trade negotiations.” Sounds like someone is looking for a
new country to help him rig the next election. --James Corden /
President Trump declined to take questions from reporters following
his joint statement today with Chinese President Xi, making him the
first president to do so in decades. I guess he was afraid someone
would ask the dreaded question, “Can you name that person standing
next to you?” --Seth Meyers / President Trump’s press secretary
Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed that no one in President Trump’s
administration supports slavery. To put that in perspective, the last
press secretary who had to make that statement worked for Ulysses S.
Grant. --Conan O'Brien / Trump and his Republican buddies are still
trying to do anything. So far, nothing. The latest chop at the t-ball
is tax reform. Today, they announced a $1.5 trillion overhaul of the
tax code, with major tax cuts to corporations and the rich. This is
the biggest story! Or it would be, if we hadn’t just heard that
Beyoncé will be starring in the new “Lion King”! --Stephen
Colbert
Not
So Late Night Snacks: It was the president's first official
visit to Asia so he could confer with our allies in Japan and China,
threaten our enemy in N Korea, and check in on the children who sew
his ties. --Peter Sagal Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me
In
a gentle way you can shake the world --Ghandi
Dear
British Petroleum, it's fish oil that is good for you not oiled fish.
/ the Societe Nationale des Petroles du Congo has named its new
emergency plan for oil spills, Operation Fingers Crossed.
..........Nesting
like the eagles in the trees.........Gordon Lightfoot …..Always on
the Bright Side
^^^
Actress
Betty White is actually old enough to remember a time before sliced
bread. The much-loved actress was born in 1922, while sliced bread
wasn’t introduced to the public until 1928. That means Betty’s
been around to savor what’s often called the greatest creation of
all time for many, many decades.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The coronation of Queen
Elizabeth I as queen regeant of the Kingdom of England took place at
Westminster Abbey, London, on 15 January 1559. Queen Elizabeth I had
ascended the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her
half-sister, Queen Mary I, on 17 November 1558.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Bumper Sticker: Any Functioning Adult 2020! --submitted by bm of ga
Weird
Word of the Week:
Jentacular – slug-a-beds or slow-waking … from the Latin
jentāculum – breakfast.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-jen1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Create a cell phone case. Insert your cell phone into a Trojan
Non-Lubricated Condom to create a waterproof case (turn a lubricated
condom inside out first). http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/trojan.html
~~Scanning down the list, this looks like a fun series.
What
do cars eat on their toast? Petroleum jelly. / Chinese Petroleum is
shipping their spilled oil back to Peking office where they bottle it
and sell it as spring water.
...........the
wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound.........Gordon Lightfoot
…..Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
^^^^
Have
you ever wondered why pita bread has a pocket? It’s created with
steam. Steam is used to cook pita bread, and while it’s cooling it
begins to flatten but you’re still left with that perfect pocket to
fill with all of your favorite ingredients.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Outbreak – n. eruption,
upsurge, outburst Hamlet Act II Scene I – Polonius: but
breathe his faults so quaintly that they may seem the taints of
liberty, the flash and outbreak of a fiery mind.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Planned Parenthood isn't
profiting off the deaths of children. You're thinking of the NRA.
--submitted by rhb of ks
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here is cub detective Cooper twisting the night away in the case of
the Waltzing
Salsa.
I
am a Petroleum Engineer. I don't just believe in miracles...I rely
on them. / The beach bully has stopped kicking over sandcastles.
Now, he just throws a match at them.
..........Take
your time, make your plan.........Gordon Lightfoot …..Mama Said
^^^^^
Want
to keep your little one from getting sick? If you believe in
superstitions, follow the old one that says a piece of bread in
baby’s cradle will keep him healthy.
Month
of the Week: November is Picture Book
Month
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Ft. Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, Valentine, NE. Fort
Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. It is home to a herd of bison, a
herd of elk, and a prairie dog town. A driving tour there will allow
you to find all three on most occasions. A beautiful
three-quarter-mile hiking trail near the Niobrara River will take you
by Fort Falls—one of the area’s prettier waterfalls—and wind
down along the scenic river.
Slide
Show
Today's
Peace of History, November 17, 1980:
Hundreds were arrested at the Women's Pentagon Action protest of
patriarchy and its war-making.
Exxon
says that global warming is caused by fire breathing polar bears./
Exxon-Mobil has put more birds in oil than Colonel Sanders.
..........And
the place that he loved best was the waters to the
west.........Gordon Lightfoot …..Ode to Big Blue
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle, November 17, 2017. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Oil
and Water/Peace and Humor.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
I
Lied, But This Really Is The Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Trump warns that dumping Roy Moore could start dangerous trend of
believing women. --The Borowitz Report (Not the news)
Moonbeam:
Like the Bible, Stanislavsky's basic texts on acting can be quoted to
any purpose. --Lee Strasberg
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 11/16/17: $789,510,516,466.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 11/9/17: $788,828,462,561.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 11/16/17:
$821,006,484,973.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 11/9/17:
$820,986,550,917.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 11/16/17:
$1,798,566,866,104.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 11/9/17:
$1,797,142,477,245.
When
there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be
achieved. – Mattie Stepanek
..........Soft
lips and fingertips resting in my soul.........Gordon Lightfoot
…..Pussywillows, Cat-Tails
I
am a rock star cleverly disguised as a Petroleum Engineer. / South
Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO) claims that the melting polar caps will
dilute their oil spill.
Famous
Last Words: equity and mercy in all judgments. --Coronation
Oath Elizabeth I
May
Peace be your leavening
And
Joy your crust
prairie
mama
christine
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