Famous
First Words: In
the U.S. alone, more than 10 billion donuts are made every year.
--National
Cream Filled Doughnut Day website
It
is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (9/9-15)
A police office pulled over an 18 wheeler. He went to the window of
the truck and said "Papers". The truck driver said,
"Scissors. I win", and drove off. ~~This ePistle is
dedicated to my friend Doris with whom I attended Turner High School
when Earth was still molten. Thanks, Doris, for driving those trucks
all those years, we appreciate it.
..........Oh,
I'm so happy that I could flip.........Sha Na Na …..Summertime,
Summertime
Better
than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
--Buddha
It
is a bright Friday morning. The sky is littered with gatherings of
mist that are thin and rumply. Some are lit from below by the rising
sun. The willow branches are barely moving and no breeze ruffles
Puck's fur. Amid the noise of cars carrying people off I hear again
that bird call that is still unfamiliar to my ear. I search the trees
but cannot find it. The world does not yet smell like fall, but it
does smell of mown grass and soil. Puck spies a squirrel making its
way across Bruno's yard and the barking begins. It drowns out the
neighbor's air conditioning and all birdsong. He's so happy that I
decide to join him. I take my cup of sweetened, creamed decaf outside
and step outside the door. I am barefoot because someone told me I
should do that everyday. (I assumed we get a pass if it freezing.)
The grass is damp and cool on my feet and the coffee is sweet and
warm on my tongue. Ahhh, a beautiful morning, altogether.
May
your weekend guide you to a road not yet taken, ePistliers.
A
trucker gets lost one day and as luck would have it he comes to a the
low bridge and gets stuck under it. The cars are backed up behind
him. Eventually, a cop car pulls up. The cop gets out and walks
around to the truck driver. He puts his hands on his hips and says to
him, "Got stuck huh, sir?" The trucker replies, "No, I
was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas."
..........She's
as skinny as a stick of macaroni.........Sha Na Na …..Boney
Maroney
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday to the United Nations Building !!
^
Do you know how many nations were members in 1948 or now?
^^
The headquarters is in NYC, can you name any of the other three
cities in which they maintain offices?
^^^
On whose soil do the UN buildings rest?
^^^^
How many of the buildings that make up the UN complex can you name?
^^^^^
What is the approximate square footage of the headquarters?
Very
Best News of the Week I: Here is
Maxwell Elliot Brault Yunuba, born September 14th, 8lb 1oz.. My very
first great grandchild.
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: New Sneakers:
$100. Advertising Deal: $1,000,000. Burning everything bearing the
name of the Goddess of Victory just before a crucial elections:
Priceless. --Submitted
by gd of nm
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
For every library rule there is an equal and opposite library rule.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Bumper
sticker on a Mack Truck: Our Drivers are safe, courteous and
professional. Want to make something of it? 1 800-328-7448 /
..........fe
fe fi fi fo fo fum.........Sha Na Na …..Charlie Brown
Moonbeam:
A
sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the
chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual
oppression.
--Kate Millett
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Wai –
Pitjantjatjara (Australia)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: just
put salt on the napkin in this bar so the napkin doesn't stick to the
bottom of my drink and the guy next to me asked if I worked at NASA
-ryan --Submitted by dr of oh
Week
of the Week: National Guitar
Flat-Picking Days (9/12-16) --A
man asks the devil: “how much does it cost to be the greatest
guitar player in the world?” The devil says: “Give me your
Soul.” The man asks: “What can I get for a dollar?” Devil:
“Greatest flat picker in the world.”
As
a trucker stops for a red light, Donald Junior catches up. He jumps
out of the car, runs up to the truck, and knocks on the door. The
trucker lowers the window, and he says ‘Hi, you are losing some of
your load.’ The trucker ignores her and proceeds down the street.
When the truck stops for another red light, Junior catches up again.
He jumps out of the car, runs up and knocks on the door. Again, the
trucker lowers the window. As if they’ve never spoken, he says
brightly, ‘You are losing some of your load!’ Shaking his head
the trucker ignores it again and continues down the street. At the
third red light, the same thing happens again. At the next light the
trucker hurriedly gets out of the truck, and runs back to the car. He
knocks on the window, and as he lowers it, he says, ‘Hi, my name is
Kevin, it’s winter in Canada and I’m driving the SALT TRUCK!!!!!!
..........Ooh,
ee, ooh, ah, ah, ting, tang, walla, walla, bing, bang.........Sha Na
Na …..Witch Doctor
^
The
UN began with 51 countries and is now comprised of 193 Member States.
Almanac:
It is Friday, September 14, 2018. The moon will be first quarter on
Sunday and is in Scorpio. It is National
Cream-Filled Donut Day and Stand Up to Cancer Day.
Among
those born on this day were Ivan Pavlov (1849), Margaret Sanger
(1879), Hal Wallis (1899), Clayton Moore (1908), Kate Millett (1934)
and Bowser Bauman (1947, Sha Na Na).
On
September fourteenth the first lighthouse in the US lit up (Boston
Harbor, 1718), the typewriter ribbon was patented (1886), the
Zeppelin II made its maiden flight (1938), Milton Berle started his
TV career (1948), the world broke ground for the UN building (1948)
and Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was canonized (1975).
Night
Sky, 9/14:
In
twilight, catch the crescent Moon in the southwest with Jupiter to
its lower right. A line from the Moon through Jupiter points toward
Venus, much lower.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Gatecon: 2018 The Invasion (9/14-16, Richmond, Vancouver) "They
took the seed of an idea and planted it, and out grew Gatecon"
Don S. Davis
http://www.gatecon.com/TI18
Interjected
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Lawrence Bhakti Festival: Give Bliss a Chant! --Submitted by ml of
ks
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
9th
Euro Biosensors & Bioelectronics Congress ics Congress (9/13-14)
London, UK) Research
and Innovations on Biosensing Technologies and Bionics
https://biosensors.conferenceseries.com/europe/
This
Week: Saturday, September 15 –
Greenpeace Day & International Day of Democracy
Sunday,
September 16 – National Step Family Day & Stay Away From
Seattle Day
Night
Sky, 9/16 : The
Moon hangs over Antares at nightfall. Far to the Moon's left are
Saturn, then Mars. To the Moon's lower right is Jupiter. And look far
to Jupiter's lower right to catch Venus before it sets.
Monday,
September 17 – Citizenship Day aka Constitution Day &
Time's Up Day
Tuesday,
September 18 – Get Ready Day & National Ceiling Fan Day
Night
Sky, 9/18 :
Venus
(magnitude
–4.7) shines low in the west-southwest in evening twilight and sets
before twilight is over. Find it lower right of Jupiter; their
separation diminishes from 20° to 16° this week
Wednesday,
September 19 – Talk Like A Pirate Day & Arrrrg, Who
Cares...I'm too busy talking like a pirate.
Thursday,
September 20 – National Teach Ag Day
..........I
couldn't sleep at all last night.........Sha Na Na …..Tossin' and
Turnin'
^^
The UN also maintains offices in Geneva, Vienna, & Nairobi. It
operates field stations in other cities around the world.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's only a murder of crows
if there's probable caws. --Submitted by ksz of ks
Very
Best News of the Week II:
My grandson, David, passed the bar (we weren't really worried, but
you still hold your breath a little until the notice arrives). He's
off to DC to lawyer for the EPA.
Moonbeam:
This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on
capital punishment. --Kate Millett
Late
Night Snacks: In a recent interview, [Paul
McCartney] said that he once saw God while he was doing psychedelic
drugs. Paul was like, "Oh, man, that's God." While God was
like, "Holy crap, that's Paul McCartney. My God. You're the
biggest — I love you so much." --Jimmy Fallon / Everybody is
talking about this big bombshell in The New York Times. They
published an article written by an anonymous senior White House
official that claims members of the the administration are concerned
about Donald Drumpf's mental stability. So from within the White
House they are actively working to thwart the president's agenda. As
you can imagine, Drumpf is furious about this today, mostly because
he thought getting his agenda thwarted meant something totally
different. --James Corden / Well, now the hunt for the author is on.
The op-ed has sent tremors through the West Wing and launched a
frantic guessing game. As opposed to the other Drumpf games. There's
Collusional Chairs, Charade of a Marriage, and Pin the Crime on the
Don Jr. --Stephen Colbert
Not
So Late Night Snacks: I love that they've
narrowed the supects down to about 400 people. And the only person
that we all know didn't write it is Melania because she can't write
anything that Michelle Obama didn't write first. --Helen Hong,
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
/ They haven't figured out that trump is like a character in a 1930s
radio serial. Like every week it ends in a breathless inescapable
cliffhanger. And then you tune in next week and he gotten out of it.
And every week Mueller the Merciless says “I've have you now”.
Is this the end of Trump, Rogers? No, it's not. He always gets out
of it. He has his secret Russian decoder ring and he gets out of it.
--Adam Burke, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
The
real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
As
I was driving to work this morning, this truck driver swerved right
through the traffic, cutting up the other road users before smashing
into the back of a car. On the back of his truck was a sign saying,
'How am I driving?' I thought to myself, "I've got no idea
either!"
..........You
calypso when you chicken at the hop.........Sha Na Na …..At the
Hop
^^^
Although
it is situated in New York City, the land occupied by the United
Nations Headquarters and the spaces of buildings that it rents are
under the sole administration of the United Nations and not the US
government.
Worthless
Fact of the Week:
When
on September 14, 1716, the beacon from Little Brewster Island pierced
the night sky overlooking Boston Harbor for the first time, there
were only seventy lighthouses in existence in the whole world.
Click here
for pictures
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Don't
think of them as politicians and news anchors; think of them as
lobbyists for the Military-Industrial-Complex. --Russell Brand
--Submitted by pm of hi
Weird
Word of the Week: I usually find the English
language painfully boring, but then I found out someone invented a
term for "fear of palindromes" and it's aibohphobia.
--Submitted by rhb of ks
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Help prevent diaper rash. Apply a thin coat of Vaseline Petroleum
Jelly to a baby's clean bottom before putting a fresh diaper on the
tyke. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/vaseline.html
What
do you call a Prime Truck at the top of a hill? A Miracle. / I don't
always fill out a log book, but when I do, I make stuff up.
...........The
bebop stork was about to arrive.........Sha Na Na …..Born to Hand
Jive
^^^^
The UN complex includes a number of major buildings.
While the Secretariat building is most predominantly featured in
depictions of the headquarters, it also includes the domed General
Assembly building, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, as well as the
Conference and Visitors Center, which is situated between the General
Assembly and Secretariat buildings, and can be seen only from FDR
Drive or the East River.
Grammar
Joke of the Week: A
mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall
but hoping to nip it in the bud.
Very
Best News of the Week III:
My brother, Fletcher and his wife, Sandra, from Phoenix is in KC for
his 6o Year High School Reunion. It is always so pleasant to visit
with them.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I
hope Elon Musk never gets into a scandal because ElonGate would be
really drawn out.
Science
Game on the Internet of the Week:
Auditorium Click
the game area, turn up your speakers, and relax. We hope you enjoy
playing in our Auditorium! https://cipherprime.com/games/auditorium/
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck and his new partner, Justice, keeping track
of the neighbors in the case of the Double Dragon
Li.
SWIFT
Trucks: Slow Wagon In Fast Traffic or Sure Wish I'd Finished Training
/ The difference between a Freightliner and a Jehovah's Witness is
that you can close the door on the Jehovah's Witness.
..........I
met him on a Monday and my heart stood still.........Sha Na Na …..Da
Doo Ron Ron
^^^^^
The projected size of the UN headquarters is 2,500,000 square feet.
Month
of the Week: September is Library Card
Sign-up Month – I kept forgetting my library card so I had the
barcode tattooed to my arm. / If you have a garden and a library, you
have everything you need. --Cicero
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I'm
going to raise money to give free DNA test to white supremacists to
prove they're not pure blood. It's going to be called
IdidNaziThatComing.com –Submitted by pl of hi
Very
Best News of the Week IV:
The Roy Zimmerman concert was great! He is so much fun and you feel
like going out and doing something. ~~So – Great week for me
!!!!!
Today's
Peace of History, September
14, 1948: A
groundbreaking ceremony took place in New York City at the site of
the United Nations' world headquarters.
One
day a trucker got slightly stuck with his load under an overpass on a
busy stretch of highway. It wasn't long before a cop stopped by to
check things out. He had sized up the situation and then advised to
the trucker to let some air out of his tires, so he could move on.
The trucker replied "I'm stuck at the top officer, not at the
bottom."
..........It
will go down in history, just you wait, my friend.........Sha Na Na
…..Rock & Roll Is Her to Stay
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle September 14, 2018. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Peace, Laughs, & 18 wheels. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith.
1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam:
What's the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I
know? I don't run it. --Kate Millett
Cost
of War:
As
of 9/13/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,855,108,818,518.
As
of 9/6/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,853,114,058,852.
As
of 9/13/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $849,675,969,719.
As
of 9/6/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $848,319,003,579.
As
of 9/13/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $617,821,049,576.
As
of 9/6/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $616,116,762,139.
As
of 913/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $296,050,219,390.
As
of 9/6/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $295,662,836,349.
As
of 9/13/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,618,656,878,258.
As
of 9/6/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,613,214,429,441.
Peace
and Justice are two sides of the same coin. --Dwight D Eisenhower
..........Well
I hate to leave you, baby..........Sha Na Na …..Good Night,
Sweetheart
I
was walking down the street today when tow truck driver pulled up
alongside me and said, "Excuse me, I'm looking for the accident
site involving a van carrying a load of cutlery." "No
problem," I said. "Go straight down this road for 1 mile,
then take the first left, and when you get to the fork in the road
you're there."
Famous
Last Words: for
ever and ever. Amen.
--The
St. Elizabeth Seton Prayer
May
Peace pack your cargo
And
Joy haul your load
prairie
mama
christine
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