Friday, January 24, 2020

Laudy ePistle


Famous First Words: You loafers... Guards Boris Godunov
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It is National Compliment Day ! I challenge you to a duel! Very well. The weapon? Compliments. A capital choice. Thank you; I see you've dueled before. / You remind me of soup, because you're hot, yummy, and not at all concerned about my income.
..........Back to that same old place.........Blues Brothers (John Beloshi) …..Sweet Home Chicago
Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away. --John Lennon
It is a snowy Friday morning. Puck and I drove Jeff and Vic (who usually drives them but his car is in the shop) to work pre-dawn. The main streets are quite clear, the secondary arteries are nearly clear, and our neighborhood hasn't been touched. The temperature is hovering around freezing (33°F) and a light breeze keeps me wondering whether this is new snow or old snow blowing about. They are very quiet and beautiful these swirling bits of white lace covering the mud and slush with new cleanliness. The company in the car is convivial; it is Friday and it is payday. We stop to pick up a fellow worker of theirs who is walking through the cold towards the hill; so we are piled into the car and that too is a source of humor. Puck seems to enjoys the extra passengers and doesn't protest. The drive back home is so quiet that I turn on the radio but quickly turn it back off in favor of no news, no music, just Puck breathing in little snorts and snuffles. We have returned home to the warmth of the furnace, the warmth of light, and familiar places. The house smells of freshly brewed Moose Munch waiting to be consumed. Puck decides on a spot for a pre-morning nap while I add sweetener and cream to my decaf and sit down to write to you. It is but 6:30 and I feel I have already completed an adventure.
Hope your weekend is as pleasant an experience as our friendship has been, mes amies
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Some parts of Kansas are so flat...you can watch your dog ran away for 2 weeks. --Submitted by RHOZ
Pun One of the Week: Crushing pop cans is soda pressing. --Bridging the Gap
Beards can be red, a blade can glow blue, there's only one precious and that must be you. / Your ass is so fantastic, even librarians got to shout.
..........How was I to know she was with the Russians too.........Warren Zevon …..Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday to Roots – the television series !!
^ The tv series began 1/24/77, when was Haley's book published?
^^ ABC was nervous about airing Roots; how did they hedge their bet?
^^^ About how many people actually tuned into the first episode?
^^^^ How did the series do at the Emmys?
^^^^^ What effect did the series have on television programming in general?
Big Hello: Chào anh – Vietnamese https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Some days my biggest accomplishment is keeping my mouth shut. --Submitted by ss of ks
Fake Library Statistic of the Week: 67% of librarians passive-aggressively use a coworkers passive-aggressively labeled office supplies https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
You are cool and hot at the same time. / I don't really have a favorite color. It's pretty much just whatever you're wearing today.
..........You hear him howling around your kitchen door.........Warren Zevon …..Werewolves of London
Moonbeam: If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. --Edith Wharton
Naturally Occurring Mandala of the Week: Sunset Storm Cloud

Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: After the ecstasy – the laundry. --Zen Saying --Submitted by dl of ks
Week of the Week: National Handwriting Analysis Week (19-25) –This isn't bad handwriting; this is my own font. / Dr Doris finally gave up medicine. Her handwriting was so good, no one believed she was really a doctor.
It's amazing how a person can compliment and insult you at the same tiem. Recently, when I greeted my coworker, she said, “You look so gorg3eous, I didn't recognize you.” / You don't get drunk, you get superhuman.
..........Like mystics and statistics say it will.........Warren Zevon …..Desperados Under the Eaves
^ Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley
Martin Luther King, Jr Quote of the Week: The future of the deep structural changes we seek will not be found in the decaying political machines.
Almanac: It is Friday, January 24, 2020. The moon is new tonight and is in Aquarius. It is Belly Laugh Day, Beer Can Day, National Compliment Day, National Peanut Butter Day, Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day, and Eskimo Pie Day .
Among those born on this day were Frederick II (the great, 1712), Ernst Hoffmann (1776), Edith Wharton (1862), Mark Goodson (1913), Ernest Borgnine (1915), Oral Roberts (1918), Maria Tallchief (1925), Ray Stevens (1939), Neil Diamond (1941), Aaron Neville (1941), Warren Zevon (1947), John Belushi (1949), and Yakov Smirnoff (1951).
On january twenty-fifth Connecticut colony was organized (1639), Boris Godunov premiered (St. Petersburg, 1874), the first American League baseball game was played (1901), the Eskimo Pie was patented (1922), American Dream premiered (NYC, 1961), th 24th Amendment went into effect (outlawing poll tax, 1964), George Foreman KOed Ron Lyle in the 5th (1976), Roots began airing (1977), and the Macintosh was unveiled (1984).
Night Sky, 1/24: Right after dark face east and look very high for bright Capella, the Goat Star. To the right of it, by a couple of finger-widths at arm's length, is a small, narrow triangle of 3rd and 4th magnitude stars known as "the Kids." Though they're not exactly eye-grabbing, they form a never-forgotten asterism with Capella. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max Picture of the Week: Big brother Max's future little sibling

This Week: Saturday, January 25 – National Irish Coffee Day & National Seed Swap Day & A Room of One's Own Day
Sunday, January 26 – National Green Juice Day & Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement & World Leprosy Day
Night Sky, 1/26 : After dark the Great Square of Pegasus is declining low in the west, tipped onto one corner. It's far to the upper right of Venus. Meanwhile the Big Dipper is creeping up in the north-northeast, tipped up on its handle.
Monday, January 27 – Holocaust Memorial Day & Vietnam Peace Day
Tuesday, January 28 – National Kazoo Day & Rubber Ducky Day
Wednesday, January 29 – Curmudgeons Day & Freethinkers Day & Seeing Eye Dog Day
Night Sky, 1/29: The Gemini twins lie on their sides left of Orion. Their head stars, Castor and Pollux, are farthest from Orion, one over the other. Castor is the top one. The Castor figure's feet are just left of Orion's very dim Club.
Thursday, January 30 – Fun at Work Day & National Big Wig Day & Street Children Day
The businessman at the Holiday Inn bar said to the young lady sitting beside him, “you know they have complimentary turn down service at this hotel”. The young lady smiled at him and said, “And so do I.”.
..........And I'll be right here if you should call.........Neil Diamond …..Heartlight
^^ To hedge their bets, ABC filled the cast with familiar names including Maya Angelou and OJ Simpson. They added a character, a morally conflicted white slave ship captain played by Edward Asner. whose conscience was meant to make white audiences feel better about their ancestors’ role in slavery. The white actors featured prominently in promotional spots, and the series was set to run for eight consecutive nights, essentially to get it over with quickly. At least if it bombed, the failure would be over in a week.
'Nother Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Dutch artists celebrated George Orwell's birthday by putting party hats on surveillance cameras. https://www.livescience.com/37825-orwell-birthday-festive-cctv.html
Moonbeam: If anything at all, perfection is not when there is nothing to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. --Maria Tallchief
Late Night Snacks of the Week: The Evidence: When it comes to Trump crime, the scale goes: incriminating, very incriminating, ridiculously incriminating, and Rudy on Merlot. --Stephen Colbert / When you have to start your letter by explaining what you’re doing is not suspicious, that is definitely suspicious. Like when you text a weed dealer for the first time and say: ‘I am writing to obtain marijuana for medical purposes, and not because my parents are out of town". --Seth Meyers / The Debate: That’s what’s dominated our national discourse for 36 hours? Two great candidates who are a little sad and disappointed in each other over a misunderstanding? Also, anyone who has said that America couldn’t elect a woman president isn’t alone – I myself might have shouted it into a bottle of wine or 10. --Samatha Bee / The Trial: Even though this trial is very different, Bill Clinton had sex with one person; Donald Trump screwed a whole country. --Jimmy Kimmel / There’s Ken Starr, the lawyer famous for conducting the investigation that led to Clinton’s impeachment, and Alan Dershowitz, who defended OJ Simpson at his murder trial in 1995. It was a “perfect” team for Trump because they have experience with super guilty people and super horny presidents”. --Trevor Noah
Not So Late Night Snacks of the Week: The officers at the Carrollton, Texas Police Department were tasked with finding out who covered a local resident's car with slices of cheese. They had to call in the CSI team to dust the cheddar for fingerprints. The result they got was not just gouda, it was grate-a. They were able to run it through the system hoping for a match. Meanwhile, the vandal could have gotten away with it if only he'd use Swiss. Their whole case would've been full of holes. --Peter Sagal Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me 1/18/20
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. --John Lennon
You're like bacon, you make everything better. / You're smarter than Google and Mary Poppins combined.
..........Good times never seemed so good.........Neil Diamond …..Sweet Caroline
^^^ An incredible 29 million households tuned in the first night. The audience grew as the week progressed. The eight-night run culminated in a finale that drew an audience of 36 million households, or about 100 million people
Worthless Fact of the Week: The original Macintosh was the first mass-market personal computer that featured a graphical user interface, built-in screen, and mouse
Wicked Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Trust me, when I woke up today, I had no plans to be awesome. But shit happens. --Submitted by bu of ks
Angela Davis Quote of the Week: “We celebrate Dr. King each year, not only because we are determined to keep his dream of justice, equality and freedom alive, but because it is essential to our own collective health that we recognize that Dr. King symbolizes the contributions of untold numbers of people, without whom the freedom movement would not have occurred.
Weird Word of the Week: Caninetrovert: Someone who prefers to be surrounded by dogs instead of people. --Submitted by sd of ks
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Prevent snoring. Sew a Wilson Tennis Ball inside a pocket on the back of your pajama top to prevent you from sleeping on your back. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wilson.html ~~Seriously, ePistliers, do not do this. Just snore.
If there's one thing I like about you, it's that I like more than one thing about you. / I can never remember my dreams, but I assume you're in them.
...........Life's too short to have sorrow.........Aaron Neville …..Tell It Like It Is
^^^^ The eight-part miniseries adaptation of Alex Haley's novel garnered 37 Emmy nominations, still a record today, and won nine Emmys at the 29th annual primetime awards.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Next time your boss tells you to “work as a team” start a union. --Submitted by ae of mo
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Google Now Hiring! No need t o apply, we already have all your information. --Submitted by ae of mo
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: The 20th Annual Edwardian Ball (24/25, San Francisco) Nigh impossible to describe, but absolutely delightful to experience. https://steampunkcons.com/event/14346/the-edwardian-ball-2020
Actual Science Convention of the Week: Computational and Applied Mathematics Conference (23-24, Paris) premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators... https://waset.org/computational-and-applied-mathematics-conference-in-january-2020-in-paris
If you were a triangle you'd be acute one. / If this was Neverland, I'd only have to think of you to be able to fly.
..........Hear the whisper of the raindrops.........Aaron Neville …..For The Good Times
^^^^^ Despite signs of hope and Roots’ unexpected success when it aired in early 1977, America did not witness a new, more diverse era for television. Hits on the rise included Happy Days, Charlie’s Angels, and Laverne & Shirley – very white, escapist offerings with little interest in the issues of the day. In the decade that followed, TV would see only a smattering of black leading characters, a startling number of them children, on comedies such as What’s Happening!!, Diff’rent Strokes, and Webster. Black Broadway star Nell Carter got her own sitcom, Gimme a Break! – playing a housekeeper for a white family. These circumstances made The Cosby Show, about an affluent black family, all the more revolutionary when it first screened in 1984.
Month of the Week: January is National Soup Month –Alphabet Soup's font is Time New Ramen / When I add coriander to my blended tomatoes, it's soup herb.
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I hate when cashiers feel the need to check if my money is real. If I could counterfeit money I wouldn't be at Dollar Tree, Karen. RHOZ
Today's Peace of History, January 24, 1970: John Lennon & Yoko Ono cropped their hair short for the first time in years, declaring 1970 "Year One for Peace" and helped organize a Toronto Peace Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEE1B3wEf20
Complimentary Angles: You're a cutie! Yeah, and I'm always right. / You are so good looking, you could be the “After” picture in any infomercial.
..........But the love you gave me through the years.........Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt …..Good-bye My Friend
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle January 24, 2020, Laudy ePistle. Peace, Joy, and Flattery. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam: There is nothing more marvelous or madder than real life. --Ernst Hoffman
Cost of War:
As of 1/23/20 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,995,296,305,924.
As of 1/16/20 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,993,332,421,516.
As of 1/23/20 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $944,949,019,991.
As of 1/16/20 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $943,614,338,131.
As of 1/23/20 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $737,592,888,474.
As of 1/16/20 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $735,915,257,129.
As of 1/23/20 Veterans Care since 2001: $323,271,070,827.
As of 1/16/20 Veterans Care since 2001: $322,889,844,079.
As of 1/23/20 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,001,108,293,254.
As of 1/16/20 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,995,752,613,302.
Declare it. Just the same way we declare war. That is how we will have peace...We just need to declare it. --John Lennon
Famous Last Words: Look...at...me --Severus Snape Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
..........Crazy 'bout that hard headed woman of mine.........Blues Brothers (John Beloshi) …..She Caught The Katy
In the world of ladybugs, you are a tiger. / When I count my blessings, I count you twice.
May Your Peace Be Alluring
And Your Joy Be Beautiful
prairie mama
christine


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