Famous
First Words: The
first place that I can well remember... --Anna Sewell Black
Beauty
NanoDays
– The biggest Event for the Smallest Science! Don't trust atoms,
they make up everything.
..........Tell
me where did you go last night..........Yardbirds (with Eric Clapton)
…..Smokestack Lightning
50
ways to promote peace #14: Think about other people's intentions vs
their outcomes.
It
is a chilly (29°F) Friday morning in Lawrence, Kansas. The sky is
without a single cloud or jet trail, but abounds with birds of all
sizes and voices. The newly greened grass is muted with a thin layer
of white frost but daffodils don't seem to notice the weather at all.
Puck chases and lectures a squirrel who sportingly waited for him to
be released from his leash before running along the fence and over
the shed and up the tree to be gone. In the flowering pear tree just
poking out it's buds, a gray and black finch sits watching me, she is
deciding whether or not I mean her harm. A cardinal calls loudly
from the top of the larger tree and sparrows begin to gather. The
finch flies away without moving to the feeder. I walk further away
from the feeder so as not to frighten hungry breakfasters. The
ground is muddy not frozen and I walk carefully though the dusted
grass. There is no wind and so the temperature is not insistent,
Puck has stopped barking and taken up a detailed sniff around the rim
of the storage shed making sure the resident opossum isn't readying
an attack my ankles. Alas, the sound of trash pick up drives nears
and sends us back inside. Ah, freshly brewed coffee welcomes us.
Puck noisily slurps his morning milk and I doctor my Moose Munch so
that I can sit here with sweetened bitterness on my tongue and
thoughts of you in my mind. What a great day!
Hope
your weekend is that best thing that comes in a small package,
ePistlers. Happy Easter !!
If
the Silver Surfer and Iron Man teamed up, they'd be alloys.
Best
Signs from March For Our Lives: Lives Over Bribe$ / NRA Sashay Away
..........Ain't
never done no man no harm.........Bluesbreakers (with Eric Clapton )
…..Parchman Farm
Trivia
Questions: Happy Pencil Day !
^
Know where the word pencil comes from?
^^
Any idea which famous transcendentalist once designed pencils?
^^^
Which 20th century American author wrote novels in pencil?
^^^^
Faber-Castell, the world's largest pencil manufacturer, was a
character in which bookish science fiction novel?
^^^^^
How long would a line drawn by the average pencil be?
First
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I don't get offered drugs
nearly as much as D.A.R.E. said I would. Submitted by pl of hi
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
100%
of pregnant librarians have already heard whatever 'Due Date' joke
you are about to tell them.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
A
neutron walks into a bar. He asks the bartender, "How much for a
beer?" The bartender offers him a warm smile and says, "For
you, no charge".
I
can't even bring peanut butter to school. / You Can't Pray Guns Away
..........Though
the pavement is one huge crowd.........Cream (with Eric Clapton)
…..I Feel Free
Moonbeam:
Teach thy tongue to say “I do not know,” and thou shalt progress.
--Maimonides
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Sain uu?
(Caҋʜ yy?) - Mongolian
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Week
of the Week: National Cleaning Week
(March 25-31)–Housekeeping Tip #17: Host an OCD support
group...someone is bound to start cleaning.
A
small piece of sodium that lived in a test tube fell in love with a
Bunsen burner. "Oh Bunsen, my flame," the sodium pined. "I
melt whenever I see you," The Bunsen burner replied, "It's
just a phase you're going through."
Arms
Are For Hugging / Cats Not Guns
..........Everyone
knows the secret, everybody knows the score.........Blind Faith (with
Eric Clapton) …...Presence of the Lord
^
Pencil – one theory is that the word comes from the Latin,
pencillus, little tail. Another that it is from the French pincel,
little paintbrush. ~~Another theory is that the French, a Romance
language, comes from the Latin
Almanac:
It is Friday, March 30, 2018. The moon will be full (Blue) tomorrow
and is in Libra. It is Doctors Day, Grass Is Always
Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day, I Am In Control Day,
Pencil Day, Torrents Day, Virtual Vacation Day, and World Bi-polar
Day. Because it is Good Friday it is also World Marble Day.
Among
those born on this day were Maimonides (Morses Ben Maimon, 1135),
Nichiren (1222), Peter Romanov (the great, 1432), Jethro Tull (1674),
Pieter Snyers (1681), John Hawkins (1719), Goya (1746), Johann
Wilhelm Wilms (1772), Anna Sewell (1820), John Fiske (1842), Vincent
van Gogh (1853), Heinrich Rubens (1865), Sean O'Casey (1880),
Stanislaw Lesniewski (1886), Kurt Bruggemann (1908), Frankie Laine
(1913), Sonny Boy Williamson (1914), McGeorge Bundy (1919), Warren
Beatty (1937), Eric Clapton (Eric Patrick Clapp, 1945), M C Hammer
(1962), Tracy Chapman (1964), Celine Dion (1968), and Secreteriat
(1970).
On
March thirtieth the first sighting of Halley's comet was recorded
(239 BCE), Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon (his first, 1533),
ether was first used as an anaesthetic (1842), the Peace of Paris
ended the Crimean War (1856), Texas was readmitted to the Union
(1870), the Queensboro Bridge opened (1909), Amelia Earhart became
the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932), the second
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship ended with Indiana U beating KS
(60-42, 1940), and president Reagan was shot (1981).
Night
Sky, 3/30: After
nightfall, Orion is still well up in the southwest in his spring
orientation: striding down to the right, with his belt horizontal.
The belt points left toward bright Sirius and right toward orange
Aldebaran and, farther on, the Pleiades.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
ConGlomeration 2018 – Louisville's Geek Family Reunion (March 30 –
April 1, Louisville, KY) http://www.conglomeration.info/about
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
Gordon Research Conference – DNA
Damage, Mutation and Cancer (3/25-3/30, Ventura, CA) exploiting
fundamental knowledge to advance treatment and prevention
https://www.grc.org/dna-damage-mutation-and-cancer-conference/2018/
This
Week: Saturday, March 31 –
Bunsen Burner Day & World Backup Day
Night
Sky, 3/31: This
evening, look lower right of the Moon for Spica and three times
farther left of the Moon for brighter Arcturus.
Sunday,
April 1 – Easter & All Fools Day & National Fun Day
Monday,
April 2 – International Children's Book Day &
Reconciliation Day & World Autism Day
Tuesday,
April 3 – Weed Out Hate Day & World Party Day
Night
Sky, 4/3: Mercury
is rapidly fading and sinking away int he afterglow of sunset. Venus
shines low due west in twilight. Jupiter rises around 11 pm and
shine as the brightest point the the late-night sky towards the
south.
Wednesday,
April 4 – National Walking Day & World Rat Day
Night
Sky, 4/4: At
the beginning of dawn, Mars & Saturn are two bright points close
together in the south-southeast. Uranus and Neptune are buried int he
glare of the sun.
Thursday,
April 5 – National Fun at Work Day & Read a Road Map Day
The
only thing that stops a bad man with a gun is a congressman with a
spine.
..........To
keep from going crazy, I got to sing my song.........Delaney &
Bonnie (with Eric Clapton) …..Comin' Home
^^
Transcendentalist,
Henry
David Thoreau, designed
pencils at his
father’s pencil factory before
retreating to Walden.
~~How hard is it to design a pencil?
Next
Funniest thing I read of the Week: Mark Zuckerberg became a
billionaire selling my data and all I got was this lousy president.
--Submitted by ma of va and sb of ar
Moonbeam:
I am never afraid of what I know. --Anna Sewell
Late
Night Snacks: President Drumpf is now being
sued by a porn star, a reality star, and a Playboy model – or as
Drumpf's evangelical supporters call that, "the holy trinity."
--Conan O'Brien / Washington, D.C., got several inches of snow.
President Drumpf built a snowman on the White House lawn. Then
immediately fired it. --Jimmy Fallon / South Korean President Moon
today raised the possibility of three-way talks between North Korea,
South Korea, and the US. Yeah, I'll bet he did. It's like when you
and your psycho friends from high school said, "Hey, we're going
to go light off bottle rockets," and your dad was like, "You
know what, why don't I come with you?" --Seth Meyers /
Establishing relationships with friendly foreign leaders is important
for Drumpf right now, because he needs to build a network of
countries he can flee to when the time comes. --Jimmy Kimmel /
Drumpf’s son Donald Jr. is making headlines after it was reported
that he had an affair with singer Aubrey O’Day, who was a
contestant on his father’s show "Celebrity Apprentice.” So
it turns out, on "The Apprentice" there was something even
worse than getting fired. Now, if you don’t remember who Aubrey
O’Day is, I’m pretty sure that’s the reason she just leaked
this story. --James Corden / Does anybody here use Facebook still?
Because the company is reeling from revelations that they allowed the
private information of 50 million Americans to be harvested by the
Drumpf campaign's consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge
Analytica, by the way, is also the scientific name for John Oliver.
--Stephen Colbert
Not
So Late Night Snacks: And do you think you
could - do you think you're so good at that that you could instill a
love of reading in the president? Do you think you could...Adam Burke
The man has gone on record as saying that he does not like to
read. And I believe him. --LeVar Burton Wait,
Wait Don't Tell Me
50
ways to promote peace #13: Organize community projects to build
camaraderie (group mural, clean-up, etc.)
When
you're done Mansplaining about Bearing Arms, let me Momsplain about
Bearing Children
..........turned
my whole world upside down.........Derek & the Dominos (with Eric
Clapton) …..Layla
^^^
Earnest Hemingway and John Steinbeck both used pencils to write their
novels.
Worthless
Fact of the Week:
Epitaxial
film–
A
thin crystal layer, of nanoscale thickness, deposited on the surface
of another substance by processes such as vapor deposition.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
I dusted once. It came back. I'm not falling for that again...
Submitted by sb or ar
Weird
Word of the Week:
Digamy is a second marriage after the death or divorce of a previous
spouse. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-dig1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Clean hairbrushes and combs. Mix a quarter cup 20 Mule Team Borax
and a tablespoon of Dawn Dishwashing Liquid in a basin of warm water.
Soak hairbrushes and combs in the solution, rinse clean, and dry.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/20muleteam.html
My
cockroaches went digital and so they just abandoned their antenna all
over the house. My floor looks like Barbie false eyelashes.
I'm
a doctor, and actually, guns do kill people / This Kid Wants To Live
...........It's
harder said than done.........Eric Clapton …..Let It Rain
^^^^
Faber Castell is a character in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Varied – incorporating a
number of different types or elements Titus Andronicus
Act III, Scene I --Marcus Andronicus – Where, like a sweet
melodious bird, it sung sweet varied notes, enchanting every ear!
Science
Experiment You Can Do At Home of the Week:
Make a Hybrid Rocket Engine with Pasta, Hydrogen Peroxide, &
yeast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHzsZkh3iWg
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck zombie walking through the case of the
Deadish Dinmont.
I
used to be an inch worm; now I'm a 2.54 centimeter worm.
When
I said I'd rather die than go to math class? That was hyperbole,
assh*les
..........You
started early and we've got all night.........Eric Clapton …..The
Shape You're In
^^^^^
It is said that the average pencil can draw a line 35 miles long,
although this has never been tested. Be the first to try it out and
you could appear on our next Pencil
Facts List.
Month
of the Week: April in National Humor
Month --China
has a population of a billion people. One billion. That means even if
you’re a one in a million kind of guy, there are still a thousand
others exactly like you.
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia --Cascading
waterfalls, spectacular vistas, quiet wooded hollows—take a hike,
meander along Skyline Drive or picnic with the family.
https://www.nps.gov/shen/index.htm
Today's
Peace of History, March
30, 1891: Signaling
a growing movement toward direct political action among desperate
western farmers, "Sockless" Jerry Simpson called on the
Kansas Farmers' Alliance to work for a takeover of the state
government.
Today's
Peace of Women's History, March 30:
March 30 was/is the Festival of Salus, the Roman goddess of public
safety, health, and welfare. Salus was the daughter of Aesculapius,
the god of healing, whose staff, with a snake coiled round it, is
symbolic of the practice of medicine. Her role in the pantheon was to
feed and care for her father’s sacred snakes and act as his
assistant. She was responsible for the welfare, not just of
individuals, but of the people as a whole.
Overheard
at a Plant Parenthood Meeting – Remember, if you don't wish to get
pollinated, keep your petals closed.
I
Shouldn't Have To March For My Life / This Is Not Normal
..........We're
gonna let it all hang out........Eric Clapton …..After Midnight
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle, March 30, 2018, . Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Generic Tag Line. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct.
Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam:
Well, it is alarming to have a president (Reagan) who doesn't know
what he is doing. --McGeorge Bundy
Cost
of War:
Military
Madness
(Graham Nash)
As
of 3/29/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,807,647,446,932.
As
of 3/22/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $1,822,450,651,441.
As
of 3/29/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $817,420,381,240
As
of 3/22/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $816,127,667,426
As
of 3/29/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $577,271,437,579.
As
of 3/22/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $575,646,332,886.
As
of 3/29/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $286,834,371,601.
As
of 3/22/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $286,465,130,841.
As
of 3/29/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,489,174,404,144.
As
of 3/22/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,483,985,581,282.
50
ways to promote peace #12: Meditate and teach/encourage others to
meditate. http://uncustomary.org/50-ways-promote-peace/
..........I
know you've got somewhere to go.........Eric Clapton …..Lay Down
Sally
4
scientific meanings of "nothing" - the smallest of all.
1) Before stuff (Before the big bang / before creation) 2) Empty of
stuff (space between stuff) 3) Not Stuff (Whatever you're left with
when you take away the entire universe and the laws governing it) 4)
Reality TV
Famous
Last Words: Done at Paris, the 30th day of the
month of March, in the year 1856. --The Treaty of Paris of 1856
May
Peace fill your cracks
And
Joy cram your crannies
prairie
mama
christine
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