Famous
First Words: Throw me something, Mister
Merry
Mardi Gras !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why do birds fly
south for the winter – to catch Mardi
Gras beads.
..........I'm
down in New Orleans cookin' in pig and feet.........Fats Domino
…..Alive and Kickin'
Heads
Up...
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Peace
is about joy and friendship. Peace helps the world be a better
place.
It
is a frigid (9°F) Mardi Gras morning but the sky is clear and pale
and the sun promises to light up the piles of snow. Neighborhood
birds are flitting about waiting for more light and a little warmth.
They fly silently from tree to wire to fence, waiting. I watch them
from the warmth of my room listening to the hum of the furnace not
the conversation of wildlife. Puck has been out making more
footprints in the not so pristine snow of the patio. He barks a
little at the world in general and comes back in quickly. The house
smells of brewing coffee and the stuffiness of closed doors and
windows, of the need for fresh air The world, on the other hand,
smells of cold. But the decaf is warm and creamy and sweet and you
are at the other end of my computer...let the good time rolls.
Laissez
les bon temps rouler, ePistliers
Reminder
of the Week and a half: No ePistle this Friday. See you
again March 15th.
May
this be the year we stop seeing New Orleans as a mismanaged natural
disaster and return to identifying it with half-naked, ungodly,
man-made devastation.
..........Sittin'
on a sack of beans, sittin' down in New Orleans..........Red Hot
Chili Peppers …..Apache Rose Peacock
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Trivia
Questions: Mardi Gras Roots
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Any idea what the Official greeting of Mardi Gras is?
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Know when Carnival season actually begins?
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Why are masks so very popular at Mardi Gras?
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About when did all this parading begin?
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What phrase will score you beads at parades?
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: My son asked
if a punch bowl is where you keep the names of people you want to
punch. I usually keep them in my head, but, storing them in
decorative crystal seems really classy.
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
44% of librarians watch the Oscars so they know what movies they need
to buy for the library tomorrow.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
"It's
Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Everybody has Mardi Gras fever. I was
watching the 'Today' show earlier today and Tom Cruise was lecturing
Matt Lauer about jambalaya." — David Letterman
..........You
can wear your summer clothes in the New Orleans.........Paul Simon
…...Take Me To The Mardi Gras
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Moonbeam:
I'm beginning to appreciate the value of naps. Naps are wonderful,
aren't they? Sometimes now I have to take a nap to get ready for
bed. --Marsha Warfield
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Mhoroi -
Shona (Zimbabwe)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Our
Burritos are still 6 inches even when its cold out. --Mexico Lindo
Authentic Mexican Food & Cocktails.
Week
of the Week: National Ghostwriters Week
(3/1-7) --"Mr.
Kellwood is looking for someone to assist him in recasting his
journals into a form suitable for wider audience. The tone should be
urbane, warm, and scholarly—somewhat in the manner of Lewis Thomas,
but, of course, about plywood."
Mardi
Gras – ha – Pardi Gras / Mardi Gras in New Orleans – still
quieter than my house.
..........and
drove it down to Orleans.........Chuck Berry …..You Never Can Tell
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Laissez les bon temps rouler is the official greeting. Pronounced
lay-say le bon tom roo-lay. It means “let the good times roll”
in cajun French
Almanac:
It is Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The moon is dark tonight and new
tomorrow. Currently it is in Pisces. It is Mardi Gras aka Fat
Tuesday aka Shrove Tuesday. It is also International Pancake Day
which includes Pancake Races Day and International Pancake Races Day
and Paczki Day. In addition it is National
Absinthe Day, National Poutine Day, Saint Piran's Day, and World
Tennis Day. Because it is the Tuesday of the first full week in March
it is Unique Names Day
Among
those born on this day were Gerardus Mercator
(1512), John van der Jeyden (1637), Rex Harrison (1908), Leontine
Kelly (1920), Eugene Fodor (1950), Marsha Warfield (1954), and Andy
Gibb (1958).
On
March fifth Tobacco was introduced to Europe (1558), Virginia enacted
the new world's first temperance law (1623), Mexico attacked the
Alamo (1836), Zachary Taylor was sworn in (12th president, 1849), the
stapler was patented (1868), the American Negro Academy formed
(1897), the first radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
(1907), Elvis Presley first appeared on television (Louisiana
Hayride, 1955), the SDS townhouse blew up (1970), the nuclear
non-proliferation treaty went into effect (1970), the USSR's Venera
14 landed on Venus (1982), and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane was
arrested for pointing a gun at a cop (1994).
Max
Picture of the Week:
Max stationary dancing and, obviously, rolling with the good times.
This
Week: Wednesday, March 6 – Ash
Wednesday & National Dress Day & Day of the Dude
Thursday,
March 7 – Cereal Day & Name Tag Day & National Be
Heard Day
Friday,
March 8 – International Women's Day & International
Working Women's Day
Saturday,
March 9 – Genealogy Day & Panic Day & Get Over It
Day
Sunday,
March 10 – International Bagpipe Day & International Day
of Awesomeness
Daylight
Savings Time Begins
Monday,
March 11 – Napping Day & World Plumbing Day
Tuesday,
March 12 – Organize Your Home Office Day & Girl Scout
Birthday
Wednesday,
March 13 – Donald Duck Day & Earmuffs Day & K-9
Veterans Day
Thursday,
March 14 – Potato Chip Day & Save A Spider Day &
World Kidney Day
Happy
Fat Tuesday! And hold in there, thin people – when there's more of
you, you'll get a day too. / New Orleans gals are made of sugar and
spice and red beans and rice.
..........Would
New Orleans have been safer that way........Neil Young …..Let's
Impeach the President
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^^
Carnaval officially opens on Epiphany (January 6) aka Three Kings
Day. In New Orleans the season begins will smaller parades and the
last 12-days make up the main celebration.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Raise your hand if you've
ever felt personally victimized by this Kansas winter.
Moonbeam:
Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit.
That's why you should never date a baseball player. --Marsha
Warfield
A
Mardi Gras Treat:
The wonderful closing scene from
Black
Orpheus
is available on line at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CxcnB16Tyk&list=PLJLfkO2Ljp2jCT0b8NQOax2D_Wwg2-87D
Children making the sun rise on Ash Wednesday...
Late
Night Snacks: Pope Francis warned sex abusers
that they would face the full "wrath of God". Many people
are pointing out that the wrath of God isn’t a thing. Yeah, I bet R
Kelly heard this and he was like, ‘Can I also take the wrath of God
as my punishment'. --Trevor Noah / It’s like the tagline for a new
sitcom – ‘he’s bad at government but great at causing chaos.
Tune in this fall for The President is a Cat. --Seth Meyers / We
knew about his flagrant attempts to stop investigations into what
Russia did to our election, but it has swirled into a resigned
malaise because, as the Times put it: “Americans have lost track of
how unusual his behavior is". Please don’t do that. Please
don’t lose track. I just want to to remind you that the mildly
nauseous feeling you have is because for the last two years, Donald
Drumpf has been spinning you in a tumble dryer full of turd.--Stephen
Colbert
Classic
Not So Late Night Snacks: It was President
Trump's first official State of the Union address. He said, as you
heard, more people watched it than any other State of the Union in
history. The actual ratings, of course, say otherwise. But don't
worry - Congressman Devin Nunes has written a secret memo...proving
that the Nielsen Company is part of the deep state. --Peter Sagal
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me
2/3/18
When
I step outside, I see a world filled with excitement. I wish it was
peaceful. Peace means love, peace cannot hurt.
You'd
batter believe it's Pancake Day! / These flapjacks are flippin'
delicious.
..........The
fortune queen of New Orleans.........Cher …..Dark Lady
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It’s not just a tradition—it’s the law, too!
Everyone on the float must wear a mask or paint their face. The
practice was originally started to encourage people to mingle and
talk to everyone—even those outside their social circle or class.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: In
1868 an English patent for a device to insert bendable brass into
paper was awarded to C. H. Gould, and in the U.S, Albert Kletzker of
St. Louis, MO also patented a device.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The
only difference between Donald Trump and other organized crime bosses
is that Al Capone and John Gotti were never stupid enough to run for
president.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Krewe
- Used
first by the Mistick Krewe of Comus in 1857, krewe is the generic
term for all Carnival organizations in New Orleans.
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Many
locals visit ARC
of New Orleans
and recycle their beads for next year.
I
can't believe it's pancake Tuesday again. Honestly, it crȇped up on
me. / The pancake got so angry, he just flipped.
...........On
the water down in New Orleans........Steely Dan …..Pearl of the
Quarter
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Historians believe Mardi Gras arrived in North
America in 1699 and then spread to New Orleans in 1718. Krewe of Rex
was the first of the parade krewes we still see today.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: You
don't need a parachute to go skydiving. You need a parachute to go
skydiving twice.
Bummer
of the Week: The US war in Afghanistan
has been going on for so long that the newest troops weren't alive
when it started. Meet Marine Pvt, Juan Tellez, born 11/6/01.
~~Welcome to Post-1984
...
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck wearing Mardi Gras duds in the case of the
Krewe of Barkus.
On
Ash Wednesday I go to church and pray...that I'm not featured in this
years “Girls Gone Wild” video. / It ain't gumbo without the roux.
..........Rubin
walked the streets of New Orleans till dawn.........Grateful Dead
…..Rubin and Cherise
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Yell
"throw me something mister," as floats pass by and krewe
members will happily toss you beads and toys.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Just
say NO to drugs! Actually, if I'm talking to my drugs, I probably
already said yes.
Grammar
Joke of the Week: Radio Announcer: That was James Brown with I
Feel Well, after the break we'll have Clapton's Lie, Lady, Lie
and something from The Whom. -Submitted by mja of ks
Today's
Peace of History, March
5, 1970: The
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty went into effect after ratification
by 43 nations. The agreement sought to prevent the spread of nuclear
weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the
peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving
nuclear disarmament, as well as general and complete disarmament.
We
don't measure our seasoning. We just sprinkle and shake until the
spirits of our ancestors whisper, “dat's enough, sha.” / 4
Seasons of New Orleans: 1) Saints Football 2) Mardi Gras 3) Crawfish
4) Hurricanes
..........There's
a man in New Orleans who plays rock and roll.........Elvis Presley
…..King Creole
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Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle March 5, 2019, ePistle Etouffee 2019. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Peace, Love, and Virtual beads. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith.
2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam:
I used to be a virgin, but I gave it up because there was no money in
it. --Marshal Warfield
Cost
of War:
As
of 3/4/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,903,584,406,812.
As
of 2/28/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,902,505,433,458.
As
of 3/4/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $882,620,357,984.
As
of 2/28/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $881,887,346,715.
As
of 3/4/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $659,236,898,688.
As
of 2/28/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $658,315,133,902.
As
of 3/4/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $305,462,911,179.
As
of 2/28/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $305,253,510,422.
As
of 3/4/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,750,905,288,097.
As
of 2/28/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,747,961,122,975.
Peace
is a never ending chain of love, joy, and happiness. For peace you
need an open heart and a forgiving mind.
http://corlett.blogspot.com/2004/09/childrens-peace-quotes.html
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..........Ain't
like it is in New Orleans..........Truckstop Honeymoon …..Mardi
Gras in Kansas
Happy
Mardi Gras to anyone who needs an excuse to drink a on Tuesday. /
Mardi Gras is over – now get your ash to church.
Famous
Last Words: ...our
own widespread Republic. --Inauguration Address of Zachery Taylor
(3/5/1849)
May
Peace guide your throw
And
Joy steady your catch
prairie
mama
christine
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