Famous
First Words: Well, since my baby left me... Heartbreak Hotel
January
is National Soup Month. The Soup Nazi bought a rescue dog; he called
him Soup Dawg. / A new restaurant opened down the block. They serve
gourmet consommé and bisques. Their specialty is Primordial.
..........'Cause
there's a reason to rejoice you see.........Chorus
…..Brand New Day The Wiz
50
Ways to Promote Peace - #50: Define what the word peace means
to you.
It
is a cold (14°F) Friday morning. The pale blue sky is awash with
even paler pink streaks posing as cloud banks; but they are just
decaying jet trails drifting slowly and pinkly to the south. Only
facing the east and the rising sun are there real clouds with shape
and texture seen in silhouette against the brightness on the horizon.
The waning moon high in the western sky glows as if from an inner
light and adds a disco element to the day. Birds are still abed,
waiting for warmer temperatures, perhaps; and so we are left with
distant motors and local traffic to kiss our ears. From the house on
the corner smoke or steam twists violently and rushes south before it
disappears in the dry air. No such wind is felt against my cheek; I
feel only a gentle brush of cold now and then. Even the dangling,
bare willow branches barely wave. Puck stalks the perimeter
silently, stopping only to briefly bark into the neighbor's yard for
good measure, and then moves on. I watch jet trails grow and decay.
It is Puck who comes to say he is ready to go inside. So we return
and he snuggles into a pile of blankets on the bed while I take off
gloves and scarves and coats and hats. Ah, but then, I pour myself a
fresh cup of Moose Munch, doctor it lovingly, take a long, warm sip,
and sit down next to the space heater to write to you. What a great
morning.
Hope
your weekend is terr...terr...terrific, ePistliers.
The
difference between beef soup and pea soup is that anyone can roast
beef. / Face it, soup is just food flavored tea.
..........Don't
just stand here, run and hide.........Ted Ross …..Mean Ole The
Wiz
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday Audubon Society. Fowl or Foul -
True or False
^
Wild Turkeys are total slow pokes in the sky: Their max speed is just
20 miles per hour.
^^
In Hawaii turkeys have been observed roaming the beach, foraging for
crabs?
^^^
The Spruce Grouse gets its name from eating spruce needles – all
day, everyday?
^^^^
The
female Ring-necked Pheasants form harems during mating season. A
clique of hens all tend to fall for and mate with the same male.
^^^^^
Ground
squirrels have some major beef with the California Quail and it's
impacting the quail's population.
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: Aren't time zones fascinating?
Australia is already in 2018, Europe is still in 2017, and the US is
currently in 1950. --Submitted by mj of ks
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
18%
of tea made in libraries is made for warming cold hands not drinking.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
If
you want the soup to be richer, add 24 carrots. / I'm dieting, can I
have the alphabet soup but with no big words?
..........The
world keeps movin' and you're standin' far behind..........Michael
Jackson …..You Can't Win The Wiz
Moonbeam:
Remember:
there are no small parts, only small actors. --Konstantin
Stanislavsky
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Jeeka, ma
chi uula – Mam (Guatemala)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Week
of the Week: Silent Record Week (January
1-7). Well,
apparently it started at the University of Detroit in 1959. Someone
put silent records into some of the jukeboxes around the university,
allowing people to “buy” silence. And
it was a hit! Students at the university even formed the Hush Record
Label to produce silent records. The next year, Silent Record Week
was born.
The
dragon eats firecrackers with her soup. / For her new alphabet soup,
Jane chose the Time New Ramen font. /I ate a can of Alphabet Soup for
lunch and had the biggest vowel movement ever.
..........Don't
you carry nothing that might be a load..........Jackson
& Ross …..Ease On Down The Road The Wiz
^
Give
the turkey some credit—it can fly as fast as 60 miles per hour.
That’s even faster than a Triple Crown winner can run. False
Almanac:
It is Friday, January 5, 2018. The moon was full (Wolf) on the first
and is in Virgo. It is Bird
Day, National Screenwriters Day, and Twelfth Night. In England they
celebrate Glastonbury
Thorn Day.
Among
those born on this day were Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779),
Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863), Dorothea Gibbons (1902), Jeanne Dixon
(1918), Walter Fritz Mondale (1928), Edward Givens Jr (1930), Alvin
Ailey (1931), Robert Duvall (1931), Raisa Gorbachev (1932), Umberto
Eco (1932), Diane Keaton (1946), and Marilyn Manson (1969).
On
January fifth Françios
Villon was banished from Paris (1463), New Hampshire adopted the
first state constitution (1776), Kiowa recorded of the night the
stars fell (1834), Davy Crockett arrived at the Alamo (1836), the
California Exchange opened (1850), the first steamboat sailed up the
Red River (1959), the first school of librarianship opened (Columbia
U, 1887), National Audubon Society was incorporated (1905), the first
National Hockey Association game was played (1912), German Farmers
Party was formed later it became the National Socialist Party (Nazi,
1919), Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman govenor in the US
(Wyoming 1925), Lucille Thomas became the first female baseball team
owner (Topeka Freanchise - Western League, 1931),National and
American leagues select a uniform ball (1934), Show
Boat
premiered (1946), Truman announced the "Fair Deal" (1949),
Member
of the Wedding premiered
(1950), Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956), Bozo
the Clown
premiered (1959), the US broke diplomatic relations with Cuba (1961),
Dubcek became president of Czechoslovakia (1968), All
My Children
premiered (1970), the Harlem Globetrotters lost to NJ Reds ending
2,495 game winning streak (100-99, 1971), and The
Wiz opened
on Broadway (1975).
Night
Sky, 1/5:
Just
before or during early dawn on Saturday morning the 6th, spot bright
Jupiter in the south-southeast. Fainter Mars is barely to its right,
by just 1/3° — less than the width of a chopstick at arm’s
length. The two planets will fit in a medium-power eyepiece view, but
both are near their maximum distances from Earth and about as small
as they ever look. Mars is especially tiny.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Star Trek : The Cruise (1/5/18 – 1/11/18, departing from Miami)
Experience the Voyage !! https://www.startrekthecruise.com/
Happy
New Year in Gallifreyan
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
No-Spills 2018 Annual Conference (1/3-1/5, Traverse City, MI).
...premier
environmental and emergency response event focused on preventing
hazardous material spills into the Great Lakes and its tributaries.
https://www.glc.org/event/2018-01-no-spills-2018-annual-conference/
This
Week: Saturday, January 6 –
Epiphany & Armenian Christmas & Fruitcake Toss Day
~~Carnival
season officially opens. We've hardly had time to get over the
indigestion from the holiday when party season is upon on. Seems
like we need a longer break.
Sunday,
January 7 – Harlem Globetrotter's Day & Orthodox
Christmas & I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day
Night
Sky, 1/7: Orion
strides boldly up the southeastern sky after nightfall this month.
Above it glitters orange Aldebaran, 65 light-years away. Above
Aldebaran are the Pleiades, about 435 light-years away. Far left of
Aldebaran and the Pleiades, brilliant Capella shines from a distance
of 42 light-years.
Monday,
January 8 – Argyle Day & Midwife's aka Women's Day &
Thank God It's Monday Day
Tuesday,
January 9 – National Poetry At Work Day & National
Static Electricity Day
Night
Sky, 1/9: Vega
still twinkles low in the northwest as night falls. It’s sometimes
called the Summer Star, but it’s way out of season. It’ll soon be
gone, to return next spring.
Wednesday,
January 10 – National Cut Your Energy Costs Day & League
of Nations Day
Thursday,
January 11 – Learn Your Name In Morse Code Day &
National Milk Day
Night
Sky, 1/11: Mercury
is entering a fine morning apparition. Look for it low in the
southeast in early dawn, very far lower left of Jupiter and Mars
When
Marley's ghost married the Council Oak Tree (the one in Tulsa), they
served Scream of Broccoli Soup at the wedding. / I asked the lunch
lady what was in this alphabet soup. She said consonants and vowels.
..........If
you don't have STP, Crisco will be just fine..........Tiger
Haynes …..Slide
Some Oil To Me The Wiz
^^
Turkeys eat crabs. Forget
turduckens—try a "craburkey" at your next holiday feast
instead. True
'Nother
Funniest thing I read of the Week: A Winter Poem: Shit, it's
cold. The end. ---Submitted by sb of ar
Moonbeam:
We must realize our own talents and, having realized, accept them;
and play on them like a symphony in which all other instruments are
harmonized to make a better universe. --Jeane Dixon
Late
Night Snacks: Trump took credit for on one
dying in a plane crash this year That explains his new campaign
slogan: Trump 2020 you got to Tusla didn't you. --Stephen Colbert
~~Colbert was the only late nighter working this week.
Not
So Late Night Snacks: What part of ALL CAPS do
you not understand. --Stephen Colbert, as a guest on Wait, Wait,
Don't Tell Me
50
Ways to Promote Peace - #49: Say you're sorry when necessary, even if
it's belated.
..........That
it's more than I can deal with..........Diana
Ross …..Can
I Go On The Wiz
^^^
Trick
question. While the Spruce Grouse does eat spruce needles, its go-to
meal is actually pine needles. So . ... false.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The first school of librarianship was
established by Melvil Dewey and was called School of Library Economy
of Columbia College.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: This
too shall pass. It might pass like a kidney stone. But it will
pass.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Qubit (pronounced exactly the same as the Old Testament measurement,
the cubit) is a quantum bit, the analogue at quantum dimensions of
the ordinary computer's 1 or 0, on or off, heads or tails binary
digit or bit.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-qub1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Improvise a sterile glove. Wear a Trojan Condom on your hand or
around several fingers to treat a wound and prevent infection.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/trojan.html
I
went shopping and accidentally left my alphabet soup on the stove; by
the time I got home, it had spelled disaster. / She could win a
Scrabble game against a can of alphabet soup.
...........He
can send you back through time..........The
Chorus …..He's the
Wizard The Wiz
^^^^
The
original Sister
Wives,
Ring-necked Pheasant harems can contain as many as 12 hens.
True
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Remorseless – without
regret or guilt King Henry VI, Part II Act
III, Scene I King Henry VI: Even so remorseless have they borne him
hence.
Lost
Count Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
You never know what I have up my sleeve. Today, for example, it was
a dryer sheet. --Sumbitted by mj of ks
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck in a dramatic pose for the case of the
Modeling Mongrel.
Waiter,
there's a dead fly in my soup. Yes ma'am it's the hot water that
kills them. / Football players prefer their tomato bisque in a souper
bowl.
..........Where
there is mostly quiet, flowers and butterflies..........Chorus
…..Be A Lion The Wiz
^^^^^
The
Beechey’s squirrel is notorious for robbing California Quail nests
and eating the eggs. True
Month
of the Week: January is Learn to Ski and
Snowboard Month –What's the difference between a snowboard student
and a snowboard expert? 3 days. / What do you call a skier in a suit?
A defendant.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: In
the Trump/Bannon divorce who get custody of the Nazi's? --submitted
by gr of oh
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota – dramatic scenery
and recreational opportunities are awe-inspiring.
https://www.nps.gov/thro/learn/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm
Today's
Peace of History, January
5, 1968: Dr.
Benjamin Spock was indicted for conspiring to violate draft law.
Twitter
Alphabet Soup only has 140 letters. / How did Reese eat her soup?
Witherspoon / I challenged my bowl of soup to a fight, but it was
chicken.
..........Count
on me anytime..........Dee
Dee Bridgewater …..Glinda's Theme The
Wiz
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle, eGg dRop ePistle, January 5, 2018. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Generic Tag Line. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct.
Lawrence, KS 66046
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Month:
Sign outside library: Cold? Check out a book. You'll still be cold
but you'll have a book. --submitted by sb of ar
Moonbeam:
Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark,
that you always carry in your heart. --Raisa
Gorbachev
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 1/4/17: $794,208,159,495.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 12/28/17: $793,555,291,230.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 1/4/17:
$821,143,778,937.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 12/28/17:
$821,124,698,425.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 1/4/17:
$1,808,377,223,432.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 12/28/17:
$1,807,013,812,449.
50
Ways to Promote Peace - #48: Practice self-love and care so you can
radiate goodness to others.
..........Believe
there's a reason to be.........Diana
Ross. …..Believe In Yourself The
Wiz
Waiter,
this soup tastes funny. Then why aren't you laughing? / The
principal of the school kept bringing clam chowder to work. I think
she was hoping to be souperintendent some day.
Famous
Last Words: And I know he watches me. Member of the
Wedding.
May
Peace flavor your broth
And
Joy fill your bowl
prairie
mama
christine
Last
Laugh:
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