Famous
First Words: Well
here I sit at college... First Doonesbury
cartoon strip 10/26/70
It's
Frankenstein Friday! When Frank died again and stood before the
pearly gates, St Peter said, “Well, parts of you get in to heaven
and other parts don't. How do you want to handle it?”
..........God
goin' up and speak to Gabriel.........Mahalia Jackson …..Great
Gettin' Up Morning
The
work of righteousness shall be peace. --Isaiah 32:17
It
is a crisp Friday (43°F) morning. There is nothing in the sky but
the left-over full moon, what may or may not be clouds at the edge of
the horizon, and, of course, the daily fly over of hundreds of birds
soundlessly winging to the east north east. There is no breeze to
kiss the cheek or move even the yellow cottonwood leaves. Color
intensifies in the trees along the street and in the backyard. A
maple has curled its leaves and gone silver. A street over, in front
of Bruno's house, oak red and an unknown orange lurk above the roofs.
The barely moving willow is still green. Puck barks good morning to
the world in general but Bruno is not out so there is no answer.
Bird song can be heard but I see no flight or movement. As it gets
later there are fewer car door slams and motors revving. I stand at
the open backdoor breathing in the steam of sweetened coffee...aroma
for the nose and warmth for the sinuses. One more gulp – of creamy
decaf and morning air, and then we'll talk.
Hope
your weekend is ALIVE, ePistliers
Frank
has no social skills. When people ask where he's from he says “all
over”. / Is eye of newt gluten free? Just asking for a friend.
Tootsie
Rolls Not Gender Roles
..........I
ain't gonna study war no more.........Mahalia Jackson
.....Down By the Riverside
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: God knew I
would be too powerful if I could also do math.
Trivia
Questions: Felix the Cat turns 101 today. Happy Birthday!
^
Know who created Felix.
^^
How old was Felix when he made his first movie?
^^^
What did Felix do in the navy?
^^^^
How early did Felix get into the television game?
^^^^^
How long did that stupid cartoon run, anyway?
Funniest
Thing I Read of
the Week2:
Democratic mobs plan to attack republicans with multi-syllable words
and scientific facts. --Submitted by ss of ks
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
34% of students possess an item labeled “Property of the Library”.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Why
do werewolves howl at the moon? Because no one else will do it for
them. / My eye doctor used to hand out candy corneas as Halloween
treats.
Pumpkins
Not Patriarchy
..........I'm
gonna stick my sword in the sand.........Mahalia
Jackson .....Walk In Jerusalem
Moonbeam:
Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction. --Leon Trotsky
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: 'lorana -
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I
talk an awful lot of smack for someone who tips over when putting on
their underwear. --Submitted by nh of ks
Week
of the Week: National Friends of
Libraries Week (10/20-26) – Nerd Girl Problem #290 … People think
you're weird because you have your library card number memorized. /
The Friends of the Library are raising money to build an addition for
e-books.
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week2:
Jesus wants to remind you that if you don't sin he died for nothing.
--Submitted by ag of ks
Frank
is a great gardener. He not only has a green thumb, he has green
hands, green wrists, green arms / It is widely known that mummies
prefer wrap music.
..........And
the walls came tublin' down.........Mahalia Jackson
.....Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
^
Felix the Cat
was first conceived by New Jersey cartoonist Otto Messmer. He was
more popular than the live silent movie stars and world leaders of
the same era.
Almanac:
It is Friday, October 26, 2018. The moon was full (Hunter's) last
Wednesday and is in Gemini. It is Frankenstein
Friday, Eid-Al-Adha, International Bandanna Day, National Breadstix
Day, National Pharmacy Buyer Day, Francis E Willard Day aka
Temperance Day, and Mule Day. In South Vietnam it is Constitution &
Republic Day (1955, 1956) and Switzerland celebrates Flag Day.
Among
those born on this date were Desiderius Erasmus (1466), Charles Post
(1855), Leon Trotsky (1879), Mahalia Jackson (1911), Jackie Coogan
(1914), Felix the Cat (1917), Bob Hoskins (1942), Pat Sajak (1946)
and Cary Elwes (1962).
On
October twenty-sixth the first Continental Congress adjourned (1774),
the Worldwide Red Cross was organized (1863), the shootout at the OK
Corral occured (1881), Margaret Sanger was arrested for advocating
birth control (1916), the mimimum wage rose to 75 cents (1949),
Vatican Radio began broadcasting (1957), the Rolling Stones appeared
on the Ed Sullivan Show
(1964), Doonesbury
debuted (1970) and Trinidad & Tobago became a republic (1976).
Night
Sky, 10/26:
The
waning gibbous Moon is well up in the east by late evening, with the
Pleiades above it and Aldebaran closer to its lower left (for North
America).
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week: Max in the
ferocious, voracious, scary, cute monster suit.
This
Week: Saturday, October 27 –
Make a Difference Day & Cranky Co-Workers Day & Navy Day
Night
Sky, 10/27: A
small telescope will show Saturn's largest moon, Titan, about four
ring-lengths to Saturn's west this evening.
Sunday,
October 28 – Champagne Day & National Chocolate Day
Monday,
October 29 – National Hermit Day &World Stroke Day
Tuesday,
October 30 – Devil's Night aka Mischief Night & National
Candy Corn Day
Night
Sky, 10/30: Around the very end of twilight,
you'll find zero-magnitude Arcturus shining low in the west-northwest
at the same height as zero-magnitude Capella in the northeast. When
this happens, turn to the south-southeast, and there will be
1st-magnitude Fomalhaut at the same height too — if you're at
latitude 43° north. Seen from south of that latitude Fomalhaut will
appear higher; from north of there it will be lower. That bright
point far upper right of Fomalhaut is Mars.
Wednesday,
October 31 – Halloween & Girl Scout Founder's Day &
Magic Day
Thursday,
November 1 – All Saints Day & Authors Day & Extra
Mile Day
Frank's
flower garden has marighouls, mourning gories, shriek peas, and sin
flowers. / Pocahontas – a card game that comes back to haunt you.
..........I'm
singing glory, glory, glory hallelujah.........Mahalia
Jackson .....Nobody Knows
^^
Felix
is considered the first true animated movie star. His first
appearance was in a short film called Feline
Follies,
1919 when he was 2.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Common sense is so rare
these days it should be considered a super power.
Moonbeam:
Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for
ever. --Leon Trotsky
Top
Ten Late Night Snacks of the Week: The Pope's
Top 10 Complaints About His US Tour
10.
Often mistaken in restaurants for Lee Iacocca
9.
Not sure how people got impression he came over to fight Mike Tyson
8.
Disappointed to find out there is no real Ponderosa
7.
Mark Goodman's hair
6.
7 bucks? For a movie?
5.
McDonalds coupons from one city not always honored in another city
4.
Hitchikers keep switching stations on Popemobile radio
3.
Lukewarm crowd reaction to his 20-minute bass solo
2.
Casey Kasem
1.
Doctrine of Papal Infallibility no help to him on Final Jeopardy
question
Not
So Late Night Snacks: Trump compared the
Saudis to his other favorite totally innocent person, Brett
Kavanaugh. Which, I'm sure, Judge Kavanaugh appreciated. There are
similarities to the Kavanaugh case if you think about it. The Saudis
say they couldn't have done anything to Khashoggi because according
to this calendar they were lifting weights with Squee and TJ.
--Peter Sagal Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week2:
When I get old I don't want people thinking “What a sweet little
old lady”... I want 'em saying “Oh, crap! What's she up to now?”
The
first focus in life here on earth is to be at peace with all men.
--Rabbi Joel Ben Abraham Shermariah
I
ran into a skeleton outside the cemetery the other night. It
threatened to kill me but I knew it didn't have the guts. / The
skeleton never went trick or treating with us. Didn't have the
stomach for it.
..........No
more weepin' and wailin'.........Mahalia Jackson
.....Troubles of the World
^^^
Felix
became so famous that he was chosen as mascot by Fighter Squadron
2-B, emblazoning their F-3 biplanes with a logo of Felix
holding a bomb.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private
humanitarian institution founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland, in
particular by Henry Dunant and Gustave Moynier
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Fall
is here but I just saw a mosquito with a coat on, they're not giving
up!
Worst
Puns of the Week:
Someone posted they had just baked some synonym buns. I replied, you
mean just like the ones grammar use to make? --The
Real Housewives of OZ
Wicked
Funniest Thing I
Read of the Week2:
I went into a Halloween haunted house and there was a dead body in a
pool of blood on the floor. On the wall written in that blood, “YOUR
NEXT”. I dipped my finger in the pool of blood and wrote YOU'RE.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Fardel – a bundle, pack, parcel, or similar item. --Who would
fardels bear...Hamlet
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-far2.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Stop refrigerator racks from sticking. Coat the edges of the racks
with Vaseline Petroleum Jelly so the racks glide easily.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/vaseline.html
Frank
used to tell people he was born in the Assembly Hall at the local
high school. / Hands down, the Boogie man is the best dancer.
...........To
make the wounded whole.........Mahalia Jackson
.....Balm in Gilead
^^^^
Felix
was the very first image to be broadcast over the television
airwaves. That’s right! When the engineers at RCA Research Labs
were creating the phenomenon of TV, they used a rotating Felix doll
as their test model in their very first transmission on NBC, an
historic moment! (1930) Felix has image adorned clocks, Christmas
ornaments, and was even the first balloon featured in the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Parade.
Penultimate
(minus 1) Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Heartbreaking: Local cat has never been fed in entire life, says
local cat. --Submitted by gr of oh
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Nerd Con 2018 (10/26-28, Lufkin, TX) … Not easily recognized
demographics convention
https://www.conjunkies.com/events/nerd-con-lufkin-tx/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
2D Materials Focus Symposium at AVS-65 International Conference
(10/21-26, Long Beach, CA).
https://www.aps.org/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=MFSA18
Top
Ten Date: September
15, 1987
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I'm
not a gambling man but I'd bet there are more criminals affiliated
with the Trump Administration than in the caravan of 4,000 migrants
south of our border. --Submitted by pl of hi
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck and his partner, Justice, warning away
squirrels in the case of the Birman's
Behind.
When
Frank's girl friend dumped him, it broke whomever's heart he had. /
Dr, Frankenstein crossed a fawn with a ghost and got bamboo.
Feminism
Is For Everybody
..........Through
the storm, through the night.........Mahalia Jackson
.....Take My Hand
^^^^^
By
the end of the 50s, there were 264 five-minute episodes of the new
Felix for Trans-Lux TV that were immediately picked up for first-run
syndication. They were instantly embraced by not only children, but
adults as well! The entire series of cartoons ran continuously for
the next 20 years. These shows are still being shown around the
world.
http://www.felixthecat.com/history.html
Month
of the Week: October is International
Starman Month – NASA finally got it's funding back by promising
Trump enterprises exclusive rights to build hotels on Jupiter.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My
favorite neologism of 2018 (Washington Post) Lymph (v.), to walk
with a lisp.
Grammar
Joke of the Week: A
dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and
chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.
Today's
Peace of History, October
26, 1994:
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin and Jordanian Prime Minister
Abdelsalam al-Majali, with President Clinton in attendance, formally
signed a peace treaty ending 46 years of war at a ceremony in the
desert area of Wadi Araba on the Israeli-Jordanian border.
Mommy,
why does everyone keep saying I look like a werewolf? Shut up, and
comb your face. / We had a vampire that lived in our kitchen for a
while. We called him Count Spatula.
Cats
Not Catcalls
--From
the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity Mini
Halloween Zine
..........Walk
on through the storm.........Mahalia Jackson
.....You'll Never Walk Alone
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle October 26, 2018, Eecky ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Peace, Laughs, and Artificial Persons. Exclusive editor: Christine
Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr, Lawrence, KS 66047.
Moonbeam:
You may not be interested in strategy, but
strategy is interested in you. --Leon Trotsky
Cost
of War:
As
of 10/25/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,866,964,987,909.
As
of 10/18/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,864,934,304,401.
As
of 10/25/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $857,733,338,797.
As
of 10/18/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $856,353,480,813.
As
of 10/25/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $627,950,589,674.
As
of 10/18/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $626,216,044,846.
As
of 10/25/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $298,352,365,118.
As
of 10/18/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $297,958,160,044.
As
of 10/25/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,651,001,849,302.
As
of 10/18/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,645,462,948,594.
Here
is food and here is drink – but, if there is no peace, there is
nothing. --Sifra
..........Over
the hills and everywhere.........Mahalia Jackson
.....Go Tell It on the Mountain
Dr.
Frankenstein went into the business because he loved that new monster
smell. / 2 monsters went to a Halloween party. After a while one said
to the other, “A lady just rolled her eyes at me. What should I
do?” “Be a gentleman and roll them back to her”.
Famous
Last Words:
Agreeable to resolutions already entered into. First
Continental Congress
May
Peace build
And
Joy animate
prairie
mama
christine
Last
Laugh:
