Friday, November 30, 2018

ePistle etc


Famous First Words: This order may be cited... Barbados Independence Order 1966.
Don't piss me off or I'll stop taking my pills. And nobody wants that, do they? / I'm so glad that I don't have to hunt. I have no clue where gluten free tacos live.
..........and the lake has alligators.........Allan Sherman …..hullo Muddah Hello Fadduh
We should learn to live in peace on our own planet. That way, if travelers ever do come from space, they'll have a nice place to visit. --GI, Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
It is a frigid (32°F) Friday morning. This sky is clouding up as the sun rises but there is little breeze to move the bare willow branches or force the cold into the cracks between clothing. Spots of clear blue vanish behind featureless sheets of white. A small flock of small birds occupy a small tree in the front yard and discuss their plans for the day and a few car motors grind away to add a human touch to the soundtrack. Puck tugs at the leash and greets any movement at all with good morning barks. We walk to the end of the sidewalk and back and come into the warmth with much ado. Puck drinks a bowl of milk and goes back to sleep. I fix myself a cup of decaf, artificially sweetened and really creamed. Ah, I love the smell of coffee in the morning; it engages the olfactory with happy thoughts of actually getting stuff done. It tastes good too. But none of that compares to the joy of writing to you.
Hope your weekend projects an aura of total fun, ePistliers.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Justice is a dish best served cold because, if it were served warm it would be justwater.
When I die, I want one of my friends to attend the memorial service dressed like the grim reaper. Don't say anything, just stand there. / I do not have ducks. I do not have a row. I have squirrels and they're at a rave.
..........A broken heart can't be the only way.........Davy Jones / Monkees …..Hard To Believe
Trivia Questions: Happy Independence to Barbados
^ Where is Barbados, more or less?
^^ Any idea how many nations have claimed Barbados over the centuries?
^^^ About how many people do you think live in Barbados?
^^^^ Know where the name came from?
^^^^^ What are the principle agricultural crops in Barbados?
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The Romaine empire has fallen. Caesar is dead. Lettuce pray. --Terry Adams --Submitted by mja of ks
Fake Library Statistic of the Week: To celebrate Thanksgiving each year the Librarian of Congress pardons a cat from a DC shelter that then lives out its days roaming the Jefferson Building. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but sometimes they come up with really great ideas. / I'm almost a millionaire. I have all the zeros – now, I just need a one.
..........And away up yonder, ahead of them all.........Peter Stookey, Paul & Mary …..Stewball
Moonbeam: Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. --Abbie Hoffman
Something to Think About of the Week:

Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I can't turn water into wine, but I can turn pizza into breakfast.
Week of the Week: National Cookie Cutter Week (12/1-7) – What do you call a deer shaped cutter – A Cookie Doe / You said you wouldn't buy anymore cookie cutters, but those 4 boxes on the porch say that was a lie.
I don't pretend to be something I'm not. Except normal. I've pretended to be normal a few times. / Life is short, smile while you still have teeth.
..........I wasn't socially suited to make it worth your while.........Davy Jones/Monkees …..I Never Thought It Peculiar
^ Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the Caribbean region of North America. It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 km (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea. Still lost? Me too – here's a map:
Almanac: It is Friday, November 30, 2018. The moon was last quarter yesterday and is in Virgo. It is Computer Security Day, International Aura Awareness Day, National Meth Awareness Day, and Stay Home Because You're Well Day. In Barbados it is Independence Day (1966) and the Philippines commemorates Bonifacio Day /Heroes' Day (1863). Yemen PDR also celebrates Independence Day (1967).
Among those born on this day were Jonathan Swift (1667), Samuel Clemens (1835), Winston Churchill (1874), Virginia Mayo (1920), Allan Sherman (1924), Shirley Chisholm (1924), Richard Crenna (1926), Robert Guillaume (1927), Davy Jones (1931), Abbie Hoffman (1936), Paul Stookey (1937), David Mamet (1947), Mandy Patinkin (1952), Billy Idol (1955) and Bo Jackson (1962).
On November thirtieth Spain ceded Louisiana to France (1803), the government of East Berlin was set up (1948), Barbados gained independence from Great Britain (1966), Dahomey became Benin (1975), and Radio Shack introduced the Tandy 2000 (aka the Trash 2000, 1983).
Night Sky 11/30: Two faint fuzzies naked-eye: The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Perseus Double Cluster are two of the most famous deep-sky objects. They're both cataloged as 4th magnitude, and in a fairly good sky you can see each with the unaided eye. They're located only 22° apart, very high toward the east early these evenings — to the right of Cassiopeia and closer below Cassiopeia, respectively. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max Picture of the Week: Max and the Wry Smile

Third Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Wow, apparently it's “rude” to ask the parents of a kid on a leash if it was a rescue.
This Week: Saturday, December 1 – Basketball Day & Earmuff Day & Rosa Parks Day
Sunday, December 2 – Chanukah & National Mutt Day & Special Education Day
Night Sky 12/2: Vega still shines brightly in the west-northwest after dark. The brightest star above it is Deneb, the head of the big Northern Cross, which is made of the brightest stars of Cygnus. At nightfall the shaft of the cross extends lower left from Deneb (by about two fists at arm's length). By about 11 or midnight, it plants itself more or less upright on the northwest horizon.
Monday, December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Tuesday, December 4 – National Cookie Day & National Sock Day & World Wildlife Conservation Day
Wednesday, December 5 – Bathtub Party Day & International Ninja Day & AFL-CIO Day
Thursday, December 6 – Miners Day & World Trick Shot Day
Sometimes the thoughts in my head get so bored they go out for a stroll through my mouth. --Scott Westerfield / You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.
..........It's a nice day to start again.........Billy Idol …..White Wedding
^^ Inhabited by Kalinago people since the 13th century, and prior to that by other Amerindians, Barbados was claimed for the Spanish Crown prior to 1511. The Portuguese visited the island in 1536, but they left it unclaimed. An English ship arrived in Barbados in 1625; its men took possession of it in the name James I.
First Advice of the Week: Don't get your tinsel in a tangle.
Moonbeam: Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit. --Abbie Hoffman
Top Ten Late Night Snacks: Manuel Noriega's Top 10 New Year's Resolutions
10. No more declaring war on really big countries.
9. Call that guy I know from Jacoby & Meyers.
8. Find out if Revlon makes a Spackle.
7. Send Hallmark's most expensive friendship card to President Bush.
6. Get New York City taxi license.
5. Find a travel agent who can work a little faster.
4. Get in touch with my last friend in the world – Nicolae Ceausescu.
3. When all this is over, send Pope a thank-you kilo.
    2. Don't trust anybody talking about a "kinder, gentler nation."
    1. Make reservations for Hell.
'Nother Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's almost time to switch from my everyday anxiety to my fancy Christmas anxiety.
Classic Not So Late Night Snacks: So, for the first year or so of the administration, some guy retrieved the scraps from the floor of the wastebasket and took it down to a basement where these two government records professionals would have to tape them back together. It was just like a jigsaw puzzle, but instead of a calming seaside pictures or a bunch of cats, they're putting together classified memos, right - and notes that say things like, just a reminder - Tiffany's birthday is October 13. And just a reminder - Tiffany is the name of your daughter. --Peter Sagal Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
May peace and love from the moon above flow through your heart on the wings of a dove. --Penny Halliwell Charmed (2004)
He left a note on the fridge saying, “This isn't working, good-bye”. I opened it and it works just fine. / I grew up living paycheck to paycheck, but through hard work and perseverance I now live direct deposit to direct deposit.
..........Through my trials and tribulations.........Billy Idol …..Plastic Jesus
^^^ Barbados has a population of 284,996 people, predominantly of African descent. That's a little more than ½ the population of Wyoming.
Worthless Fact of the Week: Were you aware that in 2012, approximately 1.2 million Americans reported using methamphetamine in the past year; 440,000 reported using the drug in the past month.
Wicked Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her cat; it was obvious that she thought the cat understood her...I came home and told my dog...we laughed a lot. --Submitted by sd of ks
Weird Word of the Week: Jitney – a bus or taxi From the 19th century – a five cent piece – which was the price of a bus ride http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-jit1.htm
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Attract fish. When sprayed on fishing bait, WD-40 covers up the scent of human hands on the bait to better lure fish. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wd40.html
The trick is to not let people know how really weird you are until it's too late for them to back out. / Be decisive. The road is paved with flat squirrels who couldn't make a decision.
...........Gone to flowers, every one..........Peter Stookey, Paul & Mary …..Where Have All The Flowers Gone
^^^^ The name "Barbados" is from either the Portuguese term Os Barbados or the Spanish equivalent, Los Barbados, both meaning "the bearded ones". It is unclear whether "bearded" refers to the long, hanging roots of the bearded fig tree indigenous to the island, or to the allegedly bearded Caribs who once inhabited the island, or, more fancifully, to a visual impression of a beard formed by the sea foam that sprays over the outlying reefs.
Top Ten Date of the Week: December 29, 1989
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Who decided to call it “emotional baggage” and not “griefcase”?
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Thru The Stones (Davenport, 11/20 -12/2) – The first and largest Outlander convention in the central US. http://www.thruthestones.com/
Actual Science Convention of the Week: Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Fall Conference (Columbia, 11/30 – 12/1) https://www.nctm.org/News-and-Calendar/Calendar-Events/Affiliates/Missouri-Council-of-Teachers-of-Mathematics-Fall-Conference-2147019073/
Puck the Brave Episode of the Week: Here's our fearless Puck killing it at karaoke in the case of the Singing Dogs.
I don't have an inner child. I have an inner old person who wants everyone to be quiet. / Whenever I have a panic attack, I put a brown paper bag over my mouth...and drink all the bourbon inside. It seems to help.
..........Or you can't find your shoes........Davy Jones/Monkees …..Laugh
^^^^^ The three main crops grown on the island are sugar cane, vegetables, and cotton.
Month of the Week: December is National Pear Month –Fruits can go to heaven if they get past the pear-ly gates. The farmer was a magician; she could make fruit disap-pear and then reap-pear.
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Hi, I'm Dr. Smith. I'm going to deliver your baby. Actually, we'd like him to keep his liver.
Bi-Annual Movie Review of the Week: I saw the movie Green Book this week. {A little background: the last time I saw a movie in a theater was August 2016 (Captain Fantastic ... family friendly full frontal nudity). Green Book is playing in a 12 screen cineplex...the seat electronically recline, it's more comfortable than my bed. (Captain Fantastic was in the small room at Liberty Hall – the one with the hard, wooden chair backs and up a flight that has killed people with stronger hearts than mine}. I arrived about 10 minutes before the start time suggested by the ad, yet I sat through 3 hours of ads for movies I wouldn't watch if my life depended on it. I love this movie. It's funny, it has depth, it is socially relevant on many levels, and it has stayed with me. The only problem I have with it was that while it is set in a Green Book (The Negro Traveler's Green Book) world, it is about the white guy - Tony Lipp. The encounters show us the kinds of problems black people faced at that time (1962 – big cars and big hair) in that place (the deep south), but Dr. Don Shirley (Black, Jamacian, gay, pianist classically trained in Russia and the US) who endures the oppression is not the center of the movie. Favorite distraction: Tony eats through the entire first half of the movie, I mean constantly, and it all fits in. I recommend it. PSs: There could be more Don Shirley music...and...my actor crush (Viggo Mortensen, Tony Lipp) is very good but I never came to really like the character.
Grammar Joke of the Week: A bar was walked into by the passive voice.
Last Minute Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Smoking Meth and posting Bible quotes on Facebook doesn't make you a Methodist. --Submitted by ma of va
Today's Peace of History, November 30, 1993: The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act became law.
I have expanded my skills. I can now forget what I'm doing while I'm actually doing it. / Common Sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.
..........I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters.........Peter Stookey, Paul & Mary …..If I Had A Hammer
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle November 30, 2018, ePistle Etc. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Peace, Laughs, and Silly Voices in your head. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Final Piece of Advice of the Week: Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. --Submitted by ajm of ok
Moonbeam: Free speech means the right to shout “theater” in a crowded fire. --Abbie Hoffman
Cost of War:
As of 11/29/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,876,771,685,464.
As of 11/22/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,874,892,851,413.
As of 11/29/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $864,398,158,395.
As of 11/22/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $863,121,565,295.
As of 11/29/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $636,329,011,024.
As of 11/22/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $634,724,157,477.
As of 11/29/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $300,256,578,153.
As of 11/22/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $299,891,856,148.
As of 11/29/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,677,756,079,251.
As of 11/22/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,672,631,100,089.
Call me old fashioned, but if you really wanted peace couldn't you just stop fighting? --Doctor Who Doctor Who
..........Sir Isaac Newton came around to my house one day.........Allan Sherman …..Green Stamps
Waiting to see how long it takes this police sketch artist to realize I'm describing him. / If you see your glass as half empty, pout it into a smaller glass and stop bitching.
Famous Last Words: My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die. The Princess Bride
May Peace whisper in your ear
And Joy shout at your side
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Friday, November 23, 2018

Black ePistle


Famous First Words: You sure you can't move? --Harpo Marx --his only spoken … silent movie, Too Many Kisses
So, it's black Friday, aka capitalism at its most capitalistic. Actually, Black Friday is for amateurs. Real capitalists shop all the time.
..........Live and let live, love and let love..........Fiorello …..Home Again
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. – Buddha
It is a cloudy Friday morning. The sky is covered in wide streaks of gray and narrow stripes of light almost shining between gray. The wind is whipping the willows and tossing the other tree limbs, but 50°F keeps it from feeling cold. There are no birds about and the only sound wafting through the air is a distant trash truck grinding ever closer. Puck and I walk around the block while the sky gets darker and the wind gets higher. It has begun to smell like rain, although no drops have fallen, and we pick up our pace a bit. When we return home, Puck drinks a little milk and curls up on his pillow to sleep as if we had walked miles and miles. I fix myself a cup of decaf with whole milk and artificial sweetener. Umm. And now I get to sit here protected from the morning winds and write to you. There's something to be thankful for.
Hope your weekend is top of the line, ePistliers.
Vacation Annotation – Opening Night: To protect the innocent we will call ourselves Flopsy, Mopsy – friends in high school and still crazy after all these years -- and Harpo, a decade or so younger but a long time friend. We began by watching KU Basketball, (KU: 92, MIS: 87) and election returns. Good thing we were all happy about the results or it might have been a bloodbath right off. Flopsy, of course, is from Florida and had to take teasing for her entire visit. ~~If Florida voted between a million dollars or a kick in the head the results would be 50.1 to 49.9.
How many capitalists does it take to screw in a light bulb? Answer: None, workers take care of all the necessities of life.
..........Shuffle up the cards and find the joker.........Chorus …..Politics and Poker
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday, Jukebox
^ Who invented the jukebox anyway?
^^ Where does the name Juke come from?
^^^ What 1950s innovations made the jukebox so very popular?
^^^^ How many jukebox brand names can you come up with?
^^^^^ Any idea who still makes jukeboxes?
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: An opinion without 3.14 is a onion. --Submitted by ksz of ks
Vacation Annotation – Marathon Marijuana: We each brought an oz but we didn't polish that off in our 9 days. Good thing, we'd probably all be hospitalized if we did. But we did make a fair dent. Flopsy had not smoked for a year or nearly a year. She enjoyed herself very much but wasn't always good at communicating it or much else. We had coffee (French Press, Yaucono – delicious) and a joint for breakfast. Then every 2 to 3 hours all day long. Flopsy and Harpo also smoked tobacco cigarettes. It will be 20 years in April since Mopsy has used tobacco – directly - by the end of the week, she was coughing again. She would take the dog out for bathroom runs and walks and smoke would curl out of the patio door and twist its way up between the pine and the oak like a chinese dragon. One toke over the line – extremely understated.
Fake Library Statistic of the Week: If you say "Dewey" 3 times he'll magically appear and mansplain something about library science. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Capitalism is a lot like an airplane in which the pilot announces to her passengers that she has two pieces of news to tell them. The good news is that they are traveling at the pre-established speed of 600 miles an hour and all the systems on the plane are functioning perfectly. The bad news is that they are lost.
..........All these people who look to us for justice........Neil …..On The Side Of The Angels
Moonbeam: I always considered an idle Life, as a real evil, but, a life of such hurry, such constant hurry, leaves us scarcely a moment for reflection or for the discharge of any other then the most immediate and pressing concerns. --Edward Rutledge
Something to Think About of the Week:

Big Hello: Salut / Bună ziua --Romanian https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Congrats Sheldon Adelson on buying your wife a Presidential Medal of Freedom! “He went to Jared!” --Sarah Silverman --Submitted by ma of va
Vacation Annotation – Television: Both Flopsy and Harpo were addicted or at least a little dependent on 24 hour news channels. - not Fox, thank goddess – Mopsy was exhausted. There were only 3 stories and they milked them for 24 hours a day; that works out to 8 hours per story (mostly in a ten minute segment with 2 minutes of graphics repeated endlessly). 1) The world is ending because we don't know who won yet 2) The world is ending because the fires in California are more deadly than ever 3) The world is ending because the new Attorney General is a) illegal b) a crook c) a Mueller firer. Towards the end continued vote counting was giving away to Melania suggested firing a security staffer.
Week of the Week: National Bible Week (11/24-12/1) --I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me... they're cramming for their final exam. --George Carlin
I am convinced that all corporations are evil, but Bruce Wayne says free market capitalism is the only thing can that can save the world.
..........Oh, gosh, life is so complicated.........Dora …..I Love A Cop
^ In 1890, Louis Glass and William S. Arnold invented the nickel-in-the-slot phonograph, the first of which was an Edison Class M Electric Phonograph retrofitted with a device patented under the name of Coin Actuated Attachment for Phonograph.
Almanac: It is Friday, November 23, 2018. The moon is full (Beaver) tonight and is in Gemini. It is Dr. Who Day, Family Volunteer Day, Fibonacci Day, National Adoption Day, National Cashew Day, and National Survivors of Suicide Day. Japan celebrates Thanksgiving and Labor Day while it is Repudiation Day (1765) in Maryland.
Among those born on this day were Edward Rutledge (1749), Franklin Pierce (1804), Billy the Kid (William Bonney, 1859), Boris Karloff (William H. Pratt, 1887), Harpo Marx (Adolph, 1888), William E. Brock (1930), Steve Landesberg (1945) and Bruce Hornsby (1954).
On November twenty-sixth the horseshoe manufacturing machine was patented (1835), the Female Medical Educational Soceity was founded (1848), the first jukebox was installed (1899), Life issued their first magazine (1936), the Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) was authorized (1942), Fiorello debutted on Broadway (1959) and the Chinese People's Republic was seated in the UN Security Council (1971).
Night Sky, 11/23: Now the Moon shines closer to Aldebaran than yesterday, and on its other side. Watch the Moon draw farther away from Aldebaran through the hours of the night. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max Picture of the Week: Max celebrates Thanksgiving

This Week: Saturday, November 24 – Small Business Saturday & Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
Night Sky, 11/24: The bright waning gibbous Moon rises around the end of twilight and climbs high through the evening. It's now below the horns of Taurus: Beta (β) and fainter Zeta (ζ) Tauri.
Sunday, November 25 – International Hat Day & Crystal Skull World Day
Monday, November 26 – Cider Monday
Night Sky, 11/24: Capella shines in the northeast as soon as the stars come out. As night grows darker, look to its right by about three fists at arm's length for the frosty little Pleiades cluster. It's the size of your fingertip at arm's length. Orange Aldebaran climbs up below the Pleiades. By about 8 p.m., depending on your location, Orion is clearing the horizon below Aldebaran.
Tuesday, November 27 – National Craft Jerky Day & Giving Tuesday
Wednesday, November 28 – National Package Protection Day
Thursday, November 29 – Square Dancing Day & Electronic Greetings Day
I'm not sure if the housing bubble was real or an invention of the super-rich to justify a new class war by austerity.
..........can turn into heartless misbegotten misers.........Fiorello …..Unfair
^^ Jukebox is apparently derived from the familiar usage "juke joint", derived from the Gullah word "juke" or "joog" meaning disorderly, rowdy, or wicked
'Nother Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Snow in November happens because people prematurely decorate for Christmas. --sd of co
Vacation Annotation – Fake CNN Statistics: 93% of women anchors and commentators on CNN have the same hairdo. A couple have the same hairdo but with one ear showing (never both ears). 89.6% of these women are blond and 97% of the blonds use the same color of hair dye. Feminists will be pleased to note that female anchors are capable of asking questions equally as stupid as their male counterparts. Occasionally they would interview women with real hair. Mopsy was silently screaming...fuzzy hair, fuzzy hair, somebody with fuzzy hair, please. ~~A free press needs to be free not only from government control but from corporate profiteers as well.
Moonbeam: Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. --Franklin Pierce
Top Ten Late Night Snacks: Top 10 Signs You Won't Be Re-Elected President
10. At fund-raising dinners guests ask you, "Can we have some more butter please?"
9. Whenever you use phrase. "If I'm re-elected" in speech, crowd bursts into 10 minutes of uproarious laughter.
8. Wife keeps reassuring you she can get work as mall Santa.
7. Quayle's on your ticket.
6. When you ask your campaign manager for advice, he shrugs and says, "Beats me."
5. Carvel turns their President Bush cake into "Bushy the Whale."
4. Instead of "Four more years" supporters chant "Six more months."
3. Your pinhead son loses $3 billion in savings and loan scandal.
2. Your State of the Union address is pre-empted by a "Who's-the-Boss-a-Thon."
1. "Other" beats you in polls.
Not So Late Night Snacks: Video games are getting so realistic you might as well just live. --Peter Sagal Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
One is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but is peaceful, loving, and fearless. --Buddha

..........It's amazing, is it not..........Ben …..Little Tin Box
^^^ ...teens were buying rock ‘n’ roll records at an alarming rate, the 78 rpm record had been replaced by the smaller and more cost-effective 45 rpm record, and new innovations in jukebox technology made the machines all the more accessible and fun for customers.
Worthless Fact of the Week: The largest cashew tree in the world covers about 81,000 sq. ft. and is located in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Wicked Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My children are so open to experiencing culture. They'll try anything from chicken nuggets at a Mexican restaurant to chicken nuggets at a Mediterranean restaurant. --Read Housewives of OZ
Vacation Annotation – Mansplaining: Harpo is a mansplainer. He claimed to have never heard the term. He interrupted to explain things you were busy explaining to him. He explained things before he talked about them. He even explained how interrupting you to explain things was how he defined conversation. Can't argue with that logic. Mopsy counted 7 times she simply did not tell her story because she was interrupted. Too bad, those stories would have been hilarious and would have sent us all into gales of laughter.
Weird Word of the Week: Insinuendo – a tasteless word. This piece comes with a health warning: unwise use of this word may seriously damage your linguistic credibility. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ins2.htm
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Shine leather shoes. Rub Vaseline Petroleum Jelly over the leather and wipe off the excess with a towel. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/vaseline.html
Capitalism humor is like food, not everyone gets it.
...........You think they'll ask for a recount.........Chorus …..The Bum Won
^^^^ Big manufacturers included: Wurlitzer, Seeburg, Rock-Ola, and Ami
Top Ten Date of the Week: July 15, 1992
Vacation Annotation – Forgetfulness: Being old and smoking a lot for a week – interesting what you can and can't remember. Of course there is the 32nd rule: If your story lasts longer than 30 seconds no one remembers what you were originally talking about. If you work together and think hard sometimes you can remember what you were talking about – it is almost never worth it. Then there is the deer in the headlights: Something – a flash of light, a noise in the other room, someone lighting a joint – and the mind is suddenly blank. And the task exchange: You go into the kitchen to get a glass of water. You get to the kitchen and wash out glasses, put on water for coffee, clear away the trash on the counter, feed the dog, and return to the living room without a glass of water. This may be a corollary of forgetting why you went into the other room...but that happens to younger people and people who aren't stoned or drunk or brain damaged so I'm not going to cover it here. ~~"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives." - Sue Murphy
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Starbase Indy 2018 – The Next Generation –Celebrating Star Trek's vision of the future by promoting humanitarianism and STEM education today. https://www.starbaseindy.org/
Actual Science Convention of the Week: 7th Annual International Conference on Civil Engineering: (11/21-23, Seville, Spain) http://www.allconferences.com/c/2018-7th-international-conference-on-civil-engineering-iccen-2018-seville-2018-november-21
Puck the Brave Episode of the Week: Here's our fearless Puck doing the Twist in the case of the Dancing Dogs.
At the G7 Summit this month, the world trade organizers plans to declare free speech an illegal barrier to trade.
..........Tie some shoes on my Chevrolet..........Marie …..The Very Next Man
^^^^^ Two companies still manufacture classically styled jukeboxes: Rockola, based in California, and Sound Leisure, based in Leeds in the UK. Both companies manufacture jukeboxes based on a CD playing mechanism. However, in April 2016 Sound Leisure showed a prototype of a "Vinyl Rocket" at the UK Classic Car Show. It stated that it would start production of the 140 7" vinyl selector (70 records) in summer of the same year.
Month of the Week: November is National Peanut Butter Lovers Month --I almost had an “I need a guy moment” but then I was able to get the peanut butter jar open
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: November doesn't have afternoons. It has morning until 2, then night.
Vacation Annotation – Maybe: One of the reasons I took up smoking weed decades ago was that it seemed to help be pay attention. “There's a price for enlightenment, what you pay is attention” Stephen Gaskin I have tried to pay attention. I have tried to eliminate things that stole the attention (24 hour news, for instance). From computer programmers I learned to use music to shut out distractions so that I could follow long logic chains. From meditation I learned to be quiet and not interrupt myself. From nature I learned to love the present. From marijuana I learned to take it all in, process it without judgment, and shine it back out as love. 9 days of fun and friends and that all sounds like pompous bullshit. I sure had a great time.
Grammar Joke of the Week: An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel.
Today's Peace of History: Today's Peace of History, November 23, 1170 BCE: The first recorded strike took place in Egypt when necropolis workers who had not been paid for their work in more than two months sat down and refused to work until they were paid and able to eat.
Capitalism is like the vending machine. It never works but it takes your money.
..........When did it start, this change of heart.........Thea …..When Did I Fall In Love
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, November 23, 2018, Black ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Peace, Love and Capital. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam: It's an insane tragedy that 700,000 people get a diploma each year and can't read the damned diploma. --William E Brock
Opps, Found One More Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: White House turkey refuses pardon ... cooperating with Mueller. --David Woods --Submitted by ma of va
Cost of War:
As of 11/22/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,874,892,851,413.
As of 11/15/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,872,915,357,746.
As of 11/22/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $863,121,565,295.
As of 11/15/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $861,777,513,701.
As of 11/22/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $634,724,157,477.
As of 11/15/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $633,034,665,420.
As of 11/22/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $299,891,856,148.
As of 11/15/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $299,507,898,994.
As of 11/22/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,672,631,100,089.
As of 11/15/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,667,236,302,558.
To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others. – Buddha
..........Twilight descends, everything ends.........Mitzi …..Till Tomorrow
You know, capitalist jokes aren't funny unless you can sell them for a profit.
Famous Last Words: ¿Quién es? ¿Quién es? --Billy the Kid's last words
May Peace be your coin of the realm
And Joy your profit in hand
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