Famous
First Words: Say, kids, what time is it? --Buffalo Bob
It's Howdy Doody Time
It's
About Time Week (25-31) One day a man met 3 beggars. To the first
he gave a dime, to the second a dime, and to the third a nickle. It
was a quarter to three. / Farmer Joan had a cow she claimed could
time travel. She called her Doctor Moo.
..........That's
just an unimportant technicality..........Gaylord & Magnolia
…..Make Believe (Showboat)
Perceiving
the need for healing and reconciliation in the world, the founders of
IFOR formulated a vision of the human community based upon the belief
that love in action has the power to transform unjust political,
social, and economic structures.
It
is late morning on the last Friday of 2019. The sky has just enough
clouds to keep the sun from a full onslaught but shows through with a
friendly blue. It is cold (27°F) but there is little wind to move
the willow branches. Early morning was very black and moonless; but
my second rising is sunny and bright. The world sounds of trash
truck motors so Puck and I stay inside in the warmth. Second best
about this morning is that I am sipping Moose Munch decaf, creamed
and sweetened, desserty flavors that remind the nose of carnivals and
the soul of good times. First best is sitting down to write to you.
Hope
your weekend is an omen for a great new year, ePistliers, Happy New Decade
Run
into a crowded store and ask “What year is it?” When someone
answers, yell “it worked” and run out cheering. / We need to just
enjoy the time that's hours.
..........You
and me, we sweat an' strain........Joe …..Ol' Man River (Showboat)
Trivia
Questions: 119 years ago, Carry Nation hacked up her first
liquor barrel.
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Any idea what Carry's birth name was?
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How about where she was born?
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What does WCTU stand for?
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What movie star feuded with Carry?
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How do you think the WCTU is doing today?
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: Everyone else
is debating Merry Impeachment
vs Happy Impeachment,
and I'm over here all non-denominational like with Treason's
Greetings. --Submitted by nm of ks
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
89% of librarian's current bookmark is a receipt from the liquor
store. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
There
was a goat who preformed in the circus eating anything and
everything, car parts, toasters, cell phones. But he refused to eat
clocks...too time consuming. / If time travel were possible, I'm sure
my future self would have shown up by now to slap some sense into me
or, at least, given me lottery numbers.
..........Fish
got to swim, birds got to fly.........Queenie …..Can't Help Lovin'
Dat Man of Mine (Showboat)
Moonbeam:
Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey
Korman doing the dentist sketch, which is more than 40 years old, and
not scream with laughter. --Carol Burnett
Naturally
Occurring Mandala of the Week: Flames
Big
Hello: Labbay! -
Uzbek (Russia) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Do not drink and wrap presents. Also, if anyone gets a remote
control for Christmas, I'm gonna need that back. --RHOZ
Chant
at the Time Traveler's rally: What do we want. Time Travel When do
we want it? Irrelevant. / 15 dogs chased a cat. Quarter after one.
..........Like
the heroes bold in the books I've read.........Julie …..Bill
(Showboard)
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Carry Nation was born Carry Amelia Moore (11/25/1846).
Almanac:
It is Friday, December 27, 2019. The moon was new Wednesday and is
in Capricorn. It is National Fruitcake Day. In
Australia, Canada, the Channel Islands,
England, and Nauru it is Boxing Day. Bhutan experiences Day of 9
Evils; it is Independence Day (1949) in Indonesia and in Namibia and
South Africa it is Family Day.
Among
those born on this day were Johann Kepler
(1571), Jean Bernoulli (1654), Louis Pasteur (1822), Sydney
Greenstreet (1879), Oscar Levant (1906), William H. Master (1915),
Cokie Roberts (1943), and James Sanford (1957).
On
December twenty-seventh Carry Nation smashed
her first bar (Wichita, 1900), the American Sociological Society
opened its first annual meeting (1906), Show
Boat
premiered (1927), Radio City Music Hall opened (1932), the Howdy
Doody Show
was first telecast on NBC (1947), Apollo 8 returned to Earth (1968),
the last Carol Burnett Show
aired (1991).
Night
Sky, 12/27:
In
twilight about 30 minutes after sunset, spot the thin crescent Moon
low in the southwest. It's well to the lower right of Venus. Using
binoculars, look for faint Saturn disappearing toward the horizon a
few degrees lower right of the Moon. This is the last we'll see of
Saturn in the evening sky until next summer.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week:
Max the reindeer practicing his “ho, ho, ho”
This
Week: Saturday, December 28 –
Endangered Species Act Day & Pledge of Allegiance Day & Short
Film Day
Sunday,
December 29 – Tick Tock Day & YMCA Day
Night
Sky, 12/29: Sirius
and Procyon in balance? Sirius, the Dog Star, sparkles low in the
east-southeast after dinnertime. Procyon, the Little Dog Star, shines
to Sirius's left by about two fist-widths at arm's length.
Monday,
December 30 – Bacon Day & No Interruptions Day
Tuesday,
December 31 –
Hogmanay
& National Champagne Day & Look on the Bright Side Day
Night
Sky, 12/31: Venus
shines in the southwest in the evening twilight. Uranus & Neptune
are visible right after dark high in the south-southeast. Mars is
low in the east-southeast in early dawn. Mercury & Jupiter are
hidden at the moment.
Wednesday,
January 1 – New's Year Day & First Food Day & World
Day of Peace
Thursday,
January 2 – World Introvert Day & National Buffet Day &
National Science Fiction Day & Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
Time
really flies when you take two naps a day. / What if the CIA invented
dinosaurs to discourage time travel?
..........After
the dancers leaving.........Magnolia …..After The Ball (Showboat)
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Carry was born in Gerrard County, Kentucky on a share cropping
plantation.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If the Millennium Falcon
can be a piece of junk and fall apart continuously for decades and
still be cool and kick ass then so can you. --Jeff Kramer
--Submitted by dr of oh
Moonbeam:
Nature uses as little as possible of anything. --Johannes Kepler
Classic
Late Night Snacks of Healthcare Past: Senators
are ready to pass the healthcare bill. Its the most important issue
to Americans at least until American Idol. --David Letterman
12/21/09 / The Senate's healthcare bill is expected to pass on
Christmas Eve. The healthcare overhaul will extend coverage to 30
million people who are uninsured, or as Wal-Mart calls them,
"employees." --Jimmy Fallon 12/21/09 / The Senate is
trying to pass healthcare by Christmas, and they took a rare vote
last night at 1 am. They scheduled it for 1 am. because thats when
John McCain gets up to visit the bathroom. --Conan O'Brien 12/21/09
/ Meteorologists are calling this a record blizzard, which makes
sense if you think about it. Republicans always said the Senate would
pass healthcare when hell freezes over. --Jay Leno 12/21/09
Not
So Late Night Snacks of the Week: The debate
for the first time this cycle was on PBS, which means that instead of
being surprisingly dull, it was expectedly dull. / The reviews have
been mixed. On the one hand, Tyler Coates says "Cats" is,
quote, the worst movie I have seen this year, end quote, while on the
other hand, David Farrier said, quote, This is the worst thing I've
ever seen. This is what death feels like, end quote. --Peter Sagal
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
12/21/19
IFOR
members share a vision of a world where conflicts are resolved
through nonviolent means, where systems that foster fear and hatred
are dismantled, and where justice is sought as a basis for peace.
The
physics grad student taught his cat to time travel in order to drive
Schrodinger crazy. / Have you ever had a plan for your day and
suddenly it's 5 pm and you have achieved literally nothing?
..........someone
who can be unconcerned and free.........Chorus …..Till Good Luck
Comes My Way (Showboat)
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Carry helped
to form the Women's Christian Temperance Union, a group of reformers
who later brought about the 18th Amendment, (prohibiting alcohol) to
the US constitution.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The first bar smashed by Carry Nation was at
the Carey Hotel in Wichita, KS. The Carey was a beautiful 5-story
Second Empire style, (on Douglas at St. Francis). Its bar was one of
the most elegant in the mid-west. “The show saloon of Wichita”
complete with a large nude painting, Cleopatra at the Bath,
behind the bar.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I
don't do Elf on the Shelf because
if I want someone to sit in silent judgment of my family with a fake
smile on their face, I'll just invite my mother over.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Yuleshard (n.) - Someone who still has things left to prepare and
finish on Christmas Eve.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/567390/obsolete-christmas-words
Weird Word2 of the Week: Shemomechama: To eat past the point of fullness because the food tastes so good. https://www.ozy.com/acumen/theres-a-word-for-your-thanksgiving-gluttony/74075/
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Used Christmas Trees:
Trees,
dead or alive, are good for gardens. Pine needles make fantastic
mulch
for
plant beds, so those can be collected and spread around. Limbs and
trunks can be sliced up and thrown into rougher garden areas to rot
down over the coming year, which means they are naturally feeding the
soil as opposed to becoming contaminated in landfills. If the
neighbors are interested in splitting the cost, a rented wood chipper
could make a lot of mulch out of the whole neighborhood’s trees, or
there are often tree-cycling set-ups near recycling centers.
https://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyle/things-to-do-with-old-christmas-trees/
If
time is money, why isn't the ATM a time machine? / Interested in Time
Travel? Meet here last Thursday, 7 pm.
...........You
drink champagne from a slipper.........Chorus …..Life Upon The
Wicked Stage (Showboat)
^^^^
Mel Ferrer (Moulin Rouge, 1952) openly opposed prohibition and
became Carry's enemy.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Please do not annoy the writer, she may put you in a book and kill
you.. --Submitted by dr of oh
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week: There
are no science fiction conventions that I could find this weekend.
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
International Conference on Applied Theoretical Organic Chemistry
(26-27, Vienna, Austria) …
figures,
tables and references of novel research materials.
https://waset.org/applied-theoretical-organic-chemistry-conference-in-december-2019-in-vienna
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck taking the holiday from work to eat shrimp.
Dr
Who: I don't always land where I'm supposed to but when I do it's not
nearly as interesting. / Winter Solstice. If it got dark any
earlier, we wouldn't have to get up at all.
..........like
a lonely Punchinello.........Gaylord and Magnolia …..You Are Love
(Showboat)
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The
WCTU remains an internationally active organization.
Although
"temperance norms have lost a great deal of their power"
and
there are far fewer dry communities today than before ratification of
the Eighteenth Amendment, there is still at least one WCTU chapter in
almost every US state and in 36 other countries around the world.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Until
further notice – celebrate everything.
Today's
Peace of History, December
27, 1914: The
International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), an inter-religious
peace group, was founded in Cambridge, England.
Attention:
Tonight I will attempt to travel back in time and change history.
You'll know I've succeeded if Germany loses WWII and Wednesday comes
after Tuesday. / Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a
banana.
..........After
I have looked around.........Ellie & Frank …..I Might Fall
Back on You (Showboat)
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle December 27, 2019, Decadian ePistle . Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Love,
Laughs all the time
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS
66047
Moonbeam:
Tanquam
ex ungue leonem. One
knows the lion by his claw. --Johann Bernoulli
Cost
of War:
As
of 12/26/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,987,402,910,376.
As
of 12/19/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,985,397,593,204.
As
of 12/26/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $939,584,580,517.
As
of 12/19/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $938,221,759,822.
As
of 12/26/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $730,849,015,295.
As
of 12/19/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $729,135,006,406.
As
of 12/26/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $321,738,873,169.
As
of 12/19/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $321,349,187,379.
As
of 12/26/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,979,575,687,161.
As
of 12/19/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,974,105,330,519.
We
educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and
compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally
--The Fellowship of Reconciliation
..........So
you're going away.........Frank & Ellie …..Goodbye, My Lady
Love (Showboat)
The
preacher said it was time for reflection, so I held my watch up to a
mirror. / I'd like a watch that tells time. Don't you have a watch
that tells time? No, you have to look at it.
Famous
Last Words: Best time I ever had. --Carol Burnett's closing
song, I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
May
Peace bless your minutes
And
Joy fill your hours
prairie
mama
christine
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