Famous
First Words:
Commit
to ride! Oh, and you could win a trip to Alaska! ~~But you have to
bike there
--Bike
To Work Day Website
Happy
Pack Rat Day! It takes hoarders years to do what my kids can do in 5
minutes. / Call me a hoarder if you want but don't come crying to me
when you need a 3 foot tall stack of mayonnaise jar labels.
..........Champagne
don't drive me crazy.........Taj Mahal …..Nobody's Business But My
Own
As
the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped
reservoirs in human nature. --Emily Green Balch leader of WILPF
It
is a beautiful (68°F) Friday morning. The sky is clear except for a
few thin wisps here and there floating along on pleasant breezes
which also spread the scent of honeysuckle and other unidentified
florals. The sun rising brightens all the colors – purple velvet,
pale and rich yellow, blue irises, white vine flowers, tiny purples
in lawns and, of course, a thousand shades of green. Birds and
rabbits are everywhere – sometimes in the same lawn, ignoring each
other as they graze. Puck has a one-sided conversation with each one.
A mourning dove sits on the wire above us but does not hoot as we
pass. Robins are cleaning insects from yards in the neighborhood.
The grass in the park at the end of the cul-de-sac is too tall for
robins but the pond in the middle sports frogs to take up the bass.
Squeaky sparrows carry the melody and unseen birds in trees and
bushes add counterpoint, now and again. As we turn back north the
breeze moves my hair and brushes my cheek; it makes me smile. Back
home Puck takes a drink and settles into a morning nap. I prepare my
customary decaf with sweetener and cream. It smells rich and it
tastes good but the best part of the morning is still writing to you.
Hope
your weekend piles up the fun, ePistliers.
Treat
hoarders with crack, they'll sell off all their stuff. Boom, problem
solved. / Purses are pretty bags that let us be portable hoarders.
..........My
rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow.........Taj Mahal
…..Six Days On The Road
Trivia
Questions: Welcome to Endangered Species Day
^
We are in the midst of a mass extinction. How many others have there
been on Earth?
^^
How much of the current extinction is caused by humans?
^^^
What group of animals accounts for the highest rate endangerment?
^^^^
About what percentage of the Earth's species are invertebrates
(butterflies, mollusks, corals, etc.)?
^^^^^
How are primate species faring in the extinction crisis?
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: St. Peter at
the Golden Gate: We had to put up concertina wire because of all the
Trump Christians thinking they were going to get in. --Submitted by
mja of ks **See Also Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
38% of librarians know exactly how many children fit into any given
space. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Lord
of the Libraries of
the Week:
"Before
winning an Emmy for his work on Heroes,
then a KU student, Chris Martin wrote and directed 2004's The
Lord of the Libraries - a tale of action, adventure, and overdue
books,
parodying The Lord of the Rings." https://youtu.be/CdTAv4dCZMg
What
do you think, Henry? Would this plastic toy car balance on top of the
seven-foot-high pile of clothes and garbage in my bathroom? / I have
an entire closet filled with statements from banks that are no longer
in business.
..........I
tell all the colored folks to listen to me, don't try to find you no
home in Washington, DC.........Taj Mahal …..Bourgeois Blues
Moonbeam:
My first wish is for America to be free. --John Penn
Something
to Think About of the Week: Spider Web
Big
Hello: Hola! -
Spanish https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Sign
outside a bar: Booze & Calculus Don't Mix: Don't Drink &
Derive --Submitted by msh of bc
Week
of the Week: National Body Piercing Week
(12-17) –Oh, you got your septum pierced. I didn't nose-tice. /
This girl told me she got a nipple piercing. I asked her to prove it
and she showed me the receipt.
If
I worked on the set of Hoarders, I'd just set the house on
fire...I'm not cleaning that up. / Is binge watching Hoarders a kind
of hoarding?
..........Well
alright, yeah alright.........Taj Mahal …..Bacon Fat
^
Our planet is now in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants
and animals — the sixth wave of extinctions in the past
half-billion years. We're currently experiencing the worst spate of
species die-offs since the loss of the dinosaurs 65 million years
ago.
Almanac:
It is Friday, May 17, 2019. The moon will be full (Flower) tomorrow
and is in Scorpio. It is World
Telecommunication and Information Society Day (ITU), Endangered
Species Day, International Virtual Assistants Day, NASCAR Day,
National Bike to Work Day, National Defense Transportation Day,
National Pizza Party Day, Pack Rat Day, Syttende
Mai,
World Hypertension Day, World Information Science Day, World
Telecommunications Day, and World Neurofibromatosis Day (NF Day).
Cuba commemorates Agrarian Reform aka Peasant Day and in Norway it is
Independence
Day aka Constitution Day (1814)
Among
those born on this day were Botticelli (1444), John Penn (1741),
Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Archibald Cox (1912), Dennis Hopper
(1936), Taj Mahal (1942), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), and Bob Saget
(1956).
On
May seventeenth Halley's comet was recorded for the seventh time
(218), the first merry-go-round was ridden (Turkey, 1620), Joliet &
Marquette began their trip up the Mississippi (1673), the rubber band
was patented (1845), the saxophone was patented (1846), the first
Kentucky Derby was run (1875), Buffalo Bill Cody produced his first
Wild West Show (1883), Alaska became a US territory (1884), the first
weekly comic paper was published (London, 1890), Brown v Topeka Board
of Education reversed the 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy
v Ferguson decision. (1954), and Isreal and Lebanon signed a peace
treaty (1983).
Night
Sky, 5/17: The Moon, nearly full, shines in
dim Libra. Binoculars will help you see through the moonlight to Beta
Librae nearly 5° to the Moon's upper left (for North America), and
Alpha Librae a similar distance to the Moon's lower right. Alpha is
an easy binocular double star.
Max
Picture of the Week:
Max has decided to be an oceanographer when he grows up.
This
Week: Saturday, May 18 – Do Dah
Day & Morel Mushroom Day & The Running of the Preakness
Night
Sky, 5/18: Full
moon at exactly 5:11 pm (EDT). The moon rises around sunset and
shines above the rising head of Scorpius.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Sunday,
May 19 – Boys Club Day & National Scooter Day
Monday,
May 20 – National Rescue Dog Day & Weights &
Measures Day
Night
Sky, 5/20: Vega
is now well up in the east-northeast after dark. Look for its faint
little constellation Lyra, the Lyre, hanging down from it.
Tuesday,
May 21 – National Wait Staff Day & Sister Maria Hummel
Day
Wednesday,
May 22 – Canadian Immigrants Day & Harvey Milk Day
Thursday,
May 23 – Emergency Medical Services Day & National Taffy
Day & World Turtle Day
Instead
of cleaning, I just watch an episode of Hoarders. Then I
realize how fantastic my house really looks. / I'm not a fabric
hoarder; I am the curator of an extensive private textile collection.
..........Believe
me, baby, now I love you the best.........Taj Mahal …..The
Calypsonians
^^
Unlike past mass extinctions, caused by events like asteroid strikes,
volcanic eruptions, and natural climate shifts, the current crisis is
almost entirely caused by us — humans. In fact, 99 percent of
currently threatened species are at risk from human activities,
primarily those driving habitat loss, introduction of exotic species,
and global warming.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Dear Mexican Cartel, Sorry
about marijuana, but if you want to make up for that lost revenue, we
could really use some insulin. Grácias, The US
Moonbeam:
Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. --Sugar
Ray Leonard
Late
Night Snacks of the Week: While we were
talking about the Mueller report, we found out that Drumpf lost over
a billion dollars in 10 years. This is distracting. It's like
everyone read a different book, they all talk at the same time, and
instead of rosé, people do uncut cocaine while Skrillex plays.
--Seth Meyers / The White House hosted some of the “Boston Red
Socks” team. At least 10 members of the team declined the
invitation, all of whom are Latino and/or African American.
Apparently, they didn’t want to be in a place associated with
racism other than Fenway Park. --Stephen Colbert / If they break up
Facebook...how do you break up Facebook? Would they split it up with
all the things that it does? So now, I’ll just have a Facebook that
just reminds me when my friends’ birthdays are, and then a separate
Facebook that gives me wrong news, and then one more Facebook that
sells my data to Russia. --Trevor Noah / Representative Steve Chabot
of Ohio called the findings of the Mueller investigation a “big fat
zero”. Well, it’s a big fat zero plus a big fat 34 indictments
plus a big fat 11 instances of possible obstruction of justice but
it’s OK. We all round down to the nearest zero. --Samatha Bee
Not
So Late Night Snacks of the Week: This is the
first child of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. The baby is, I'm
sure you want to know, seventh in line to the throne after his
grandfather, his uncle and his cousins. Really, to put it in American
terms, it's like being the secretary of agriculture, right? --Peter
Sagal Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me 5/11/19
Nothing
could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left
one unexpended effort that might have saved the world. --Jane
Addams, founder of WILPF
My
Hoarding Joke: It's in here somewhere. Oh, wait, I left in under the
despair, next to the sadness. / Wealthy people who have multiple
houses are really just hoarders that have found a loophole.
..........talking
down in Kauai.........Taj Mahal …..Coconut Man
^^^
No group of animals has a higher rate of endangerment than
amphibians. Scientists estimate that a third or more of all the
roughly 6,300 known species of amphibians are at risk of extinction.
Frogs,
toads, and salamanders are disappearing because of habitat loss,
water and air pollution, climate change, ultraviolet light exposure,
introduced exotic species, and disease.
Worthless
Facts of the Week: On May 17th
the very first Kentucky Derby race was run. In front of a crowd of
approximately 10,000 fans, fifteen three-year old Thoroughbreds raced
for 1 and a half miles on a fast track at Churchill Downs in
Louisville, Kentucky. A chestnut Thoroughbred named Aristides won the
race, finishing in just over 2 minutes and thirty-seven seconds.
Aristides was ridden by a jockey, Oliver Lewis.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My
uterus has never shot anyone. And yet it gets more legislation than
guns. --Submitted by ss of ks
Weird
Word of the Week:
Cockalorum – A little man with a high opinion of himself. (1710s).
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cockalorum
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Clean crayon from a blackboard. Spray WD-40 on the crayon marks, let
soak for 10 minutes, then blot clean with a cloth.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wd40.html
Being
organized is for people who are too lazy to look for their stuff. /
The Tooth Fairy soon realized that her collection of teeth had gotten
out of hand. She was a hoarder and needed help.
...........Well,
you know my baby, she's long, my baby she's tall.........Taj Mahal
…..She Caught the Katy & Left Me a Mule to Ride
^^^^
Invertebrates are vastly diverse — and though no one knows just how
many invertebrate species exist, they're estimated to account for
about 97 percent of the total species of animals on Earth. Of the 1.3
million known invertebrate species, the IUCN has evaluated about
9,526 species; about 30 percent of them at risk of extinction.
Freshwater invertebrates are severely threatened by water pollution,
groundwater withdrawal, and water projects, while a large number of
invertebrates of notable scientific significance have become either
endangered or extinct due to deforestation, especially because of the
rapid destruction of tropical rain forests.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Louisville, KY … The only place w here people party 2 weeks for a 2
minute horserace.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Keycon 36 (17-19, Winnipeg,MB) --Monty and Max and Vampyres! Oh, My!
http://www.keycon.org/36/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:2019
2nd
International Conference on Nanomaterials, Materials and
Manufacturing Engineering (ICNMM, 17-19, Bangkok) Seriously
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck stopping to smell the dandelions between
cases.
It's
not hoarding if it's Star Trek. / Pinterest is the “Hoarders”
of the internet. / You're not buying all that fabric, are you? Yes,
but look how much I'm leaving behind.
..........caught
a nine pound catfish.........Taj Mahal …..Fishing Blues
^^^^^
About 90 percent of primates — the group that contains monkeys,
lemurs, lorids, galagos, tarsiers, and apes (as well as humans) —
live in tropical forests, which are fast disappearing. The IUCN
estimates that almost 50 percent of the world's primate species are
at risk of extinction. Overall, the IUCN estimates that half the
globe's 5,491 known mammals are declining in population and a fifth
are clearly at risk of disappearing forever with no less than 1,131
mammals across the globe classified as endangered, threatened, or
vulnerable
Month
of the Week: May is Mystery Month –How
many mystery writers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Two. One
to screw it almost all the way in and the other to give it a
surprising twist at the end.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Unnamed Mexican
officials told San Diego’s KUSI-TV that 15 to 20 people have been
arrested for stealing concertina wire from the U.S.-Mexico border and
selling it to security-minded homeowners in Tijuana.
Grammar
Joke of the Week: Never
leave alphabet soup on the stove and then go out. It could spell
disaster.
Today's
Peace of History, May
17, 1954: In a
major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a
unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, ruling "separate
but equal" public education to be unconstitutional under the
14th Amendment, which guaranteed equal treatment under the law. The
historic decision, bringing an end to federal tolerance of racial
segregation, specifically dealt with Linda Brown, a young African
American girl denied admission to her local elementary school in
Topeka, Kansas, because of the color of her skin.
Does
anyone else have a plastic bag full of other plastic bags somewhere
in their house, or is it just me? / I'm a hoarder. I take my
problems and force them up in to a remote room in the corner of my
brain to collect dust. A room I keep closed, locked, and bolted.
It's kind of problem attic.
..........Oh,
she rock to my soul.........Taj Mahal …..Queen Bee
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle May 17, 2019, Cached ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Laughs, peace, and lots of stuff. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith.
2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam:
I've just never been a person that was political or religiously
savvy. Except for the fact that I was born Jewish. That gives me 10
circumcision jokes. --Bob Saget
Cost
of War:
As
of 5/16/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,924,171,215,855.
As
of 5/9/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,922,451,509,187.
As
of 5/16/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $896,611,621,701.
As
of 5/9/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $895,442,716,965.
As
of 5/16/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $676,826,128,978.
As
of 5/9/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $675,356,438,705.
As
of 5/16/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $309,460,500,368.
As
of 5/9/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $309,126,444,292.
As
of 5/16/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,807,070,229,299.
As
of 5/9/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,802,377,962,456.
“At
the end of this war the world will have to decide which way it
desires to go, towards disarmament or destruction, there will be no
middle course. The choice is really between basing our civilization
on faith or fear, and the question of armaments stands at the parting
of the ways.”
--Marian Ellis Cripps, founder of WILPF
..........You
will accompany me.........Taj Mahal …..Farther on Down the Road
My
weight is a psychological problem. My stomach is a hoarder. / My
parents were hoarders before hoarding was cool.
Famous
Last Words: And the President of the United States shall make
such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section. --The Organic Act of 1884 making Alaska a territory.
May
Peace increase your security
And
Joy collect your delight
prairie
mama
christine
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