Famous
First Words: Hey, Mister, Throw Me Something!!!
Merry
Mardi Gras! The latest JK Rowling book is about Mardi Gras; it's
called “Fantastic Beads and Where To Find Them”. / Elves eat
their pancakes in short stacks.
..........It
won't take long..........George Harrison …..My
Sweet Lord (Beatles)
Here,
Catch !!
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As
a peace activist, I am dismayed by the encouragement of
aggressiveness and violence by television, movies, and war toys.
--Benjamin Spock
It
is Mardi Gras morning! The sky is almost universally gray without
texture or variety except in the east where the rising sun has
painted the clouds with pinks and golds like a mardi gras float
rolling down on the world. I'm listening to BB King sing Let the
Good Times Rolls {You can do that too by clicking on the greeting
below} and thinking of making mischief that I can be sorry about
during Lent. Puck and I walked this morning – it's been a while –
for a pleasant beginning in 36°F temperature with no wind...but I
wore Puck's Mardi Gras scarf so I was warm enough. The world looks
weary and ready for spring. The greens are faded and flattened, the
browns are everywhere, creeping into the other colors of the world.
Puck and some unseen dog have a happy, yappy conversation. Puck may
be expressing gratitude that I'm not making him wear beads. But we
return home to a warm house, the smell of brewing coffee, and king
cake. So a mouth filled with cinnamon and a heart filled with joy, I
say...
Let
the good times roll, ePistliers.
NOTICE
of the Week: No ePistle this Friday. Catch you next Friday,
March 6, 2020.
First
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Since Russian will not be
allowed to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics, Donald Trump has
invited them to take part in the 2020 Presidential Election.
Make
your pancakes smile – butter 'em up. / Possible definition of Mardi
Gras. - Where's my bra.
..........And
we did it all..........George Harrison …..When
We Was Fab
Trivia
Questions: Merry Mardi Gras !!
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How do you figure out when Mardi Gras is each year?
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More or less how many parades are planned for the 2020 Mardi Gras
season in New Orleans?
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Care to estimate how many beads are thrown in New Orleans during
Mardi Gras?
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What is the oldest New Orleans Krewe still active in 2020?
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What or when was the first all female New Orleans Krewe founded?
Big
Hello:
Hej – Westrobothnian (Finland & Sweden)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Bloomberg brought a wallet to a knife fight. --Bruce Mehlman
--Submitted by ae of mo
Son
of Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If you
boil a funny bone it becomes a laughing stock. That's humerus.
--Submitted by ss of ks
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
18% of reading dogs are really just a librarian in a Clifford
costume. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
McDonald's
is serving a hamburger covered in beads; they call it the French
Quarter Pounder. / IHOP makes their pancakes way too thin. I don't
have to put up with this crepe.
..........It's
something we can't neglect..........George
Harrison …..Bangla Desh
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Moonbeam:
Doctor, I've wrestled with reality for 40 years and I'm happy to say
that I've finally won out over it. --Mary Chase
Naturally
Occurring Mandala of the Week: Plate of Beignets
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Kansas City Potholes will change the radio station and unlock your
doors. --RHOZ
Week
of the Week:
Bird Health Awareness Week (23-29) Since
the 1970s, the
continent has lost 3 billion
birds,
nearly 30% of the total number of birds. Common birds such as
sparrows and blackbirds are in decline, U.S. and Canadian researchers
report this week online in Science
sciencemag
Yo
mama so fat she sweats butter and syrup and works at Denny's wiping
pancakes across her forehead. / The biggest problem with jogging
during Mardi Gras is ice falling out of your drink.
..........All
I've got to do is, be happy..........George
Harrison …..Blow Away
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In
325 CE, the Council of Nicaea established that Easter
would
be held on the first Sunday after the first Full Moon after the
vernal equinox. Mardi Gras is 41 days earlier than Easter.
Almanac:
It is Tuesday, February 25, 2020. The moon was new Sunday and is in
Aries. It is IHOP National Pancake Day, Paczki Day,
International Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Pancake Day
Race (Between US and England), and Rubber Ducky Day.
Among
those born on this day were Carol Goldoni (1707), Jose
Francisco de San Martin (1778), Otto Liebmann (1840), Pierre Auguste
Renoir (1841), John Watson (1847), John Foster Dulles (1888), Ernst
Friedrich (1894), Herbert Zeppo Marx (1901), Adelle Davis (1904),
Mary Coyle Chase (1907), Jim Backus (1913), Anthony Burgess (1917),
Bobby Riggs (1918), Tommy Newsom (1929), Faron Young (1932), Diane
Baker (1938), George Harrison (1943), Rick Flair (1950), Carrot Top
(Scott Thompson, 1965), Tea Leoni (1966), and Sean Astin (1971).
On
February 25 the first US bank was chartered (1791), the
first cabinet meeting was held at the home of George Washington
(1793), Congress passed the first federal quarantine legislation
(1799), Colt patented the first revolving barrel muntishot firearm
(1836), Davenport patented the first electric printing press (1837),
the State University of Iowa was chartered (1847), US Steel
Corporation was organized (1901), Riders to
the Sea opened
(1904), the first railway tunnel under the Hudson River opened
(1908), the Dali Lama fled from Chinese troops (1910), the 16th
Amendment was ratified (Income tax, 1913), Oregon became the first
state to tax gasoline (1919), Franco became General of Spain (1926),
Hilter obtained German citizenship (1932), Your
Show of Shows
premiered (1950), Nasser was appointed premier of Egypt (1954), Toys
in the Attic
premiered (1960), the Beatles released their first US single (Please,
Please Me, 1963), Cassius Clay TKOed Sonny Liston (1964), and The
Lawrence Welk Show
aired its final episode (1982).
Night
Sky, 2/25:
In
twilight, look far below Venus for the thin crescent Moon. Think
photo opportunity.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week:
Max packing up … O, the places he'll go
This
Week: Wednesday, February 26
– Inconvenience Yourself Day & National Personal Chef's
Day & Pink Shirt Day
Thursday,
February 27 – National Chili Day & International Polar
Bear Day
Night
Sky, 2/27: The
crescent Moon is 6° or 7° left of Venus during and after twilight.
How early can you spot them both? You can start trying long before
sunset!
Friday,
February 28 – National Tooth Fairy Day & Skip the Straw
Day & Floral Design Day
Saturday,
February 29 – Leap Year Day & International Tongue
Twister Day & Open The Bottle Night
Sunday,
March 1 – Baby Sleep Day & Pig Day & National Black
Women in Jazz and the Arts Day
Monday,
March 2 – Dr Seuss Day & Read Across America Day &
Orthodox Green Monday
Night
Sky, 3/2 : The moon is first
quarter in Gemini.
Tuesday,
March 3 – National Anthem Day & Peace Corps Day &
Simplify Your Life Day
Wednesday,
March 4 – Hug A GI Day & March 4th and Do
Something Day
Night
Sky, 3/4: After dinnertime at this time of
year, five carnivore constellations are rising upright in a row from
the northeast to south. They're all seen in profile with their noses
pointed up and their feet (if any) to the right. These are Ursa Major
the Big Bear in the northeast (with the Big Dipper as its brightest
part), Leo the Lion in the east, Hydra the Sea Serpent in the
southeast, Canis Minor the Little Dog higher in the south-southeast,
and bright Canis Major the Big Dog in the south.
Thursday,
March 5 – Nametag
Day & World Tennis Day & National Poutine
Day
I
love Mardi Gras with every bead of the heart. / The KC Royals and a
pancake both need a good batter to work.
..........We
were talking, about the love we all could share..........George
Harrison …..Within You Without You (Beatles)
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I counted 79 on the list: (They start in early January)
https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/parades/
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Scientists recently placed
a 10-piece set of matching Tupperware in a sealed chamber. When they
opened it a month later, the chamber had 24 lids that did not match
any of the 6 remaining containers. --Submitted by ag of ks
Daughter
of 'Nother Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Bernie
doesn't golf. That's $334 million in saving right there. --Neosho
County Democrats
Moonbeam:
Meet life gently and gently will it use you. --Mary Chase
Classic
Late Night Snack of the Week: Today is Mardi
Gras. That's French for Fat Tuesday. Unfortunately we're all so
politically correct these days, Fat Tuesday is now officially known
as "Big Boned Day." Everyone throws beads on Mardi Gras.
The beads are paid for by local businessmen who ride on elaborate
floats and toss little trinkets to the desperate masses in the
streets. Which is also Mitt Romney's economic plan. At one end of
Bourbon Street they actually have a gay Mardi Gras celebration. Who
would have guessed that a party centered on jewelry and feathers
would attract a gay crowd? I love New Orleans. It's a great place
with resilient people. They bounced back after an incredible tragedy.
Meanwhile, here in Los Angeles we're still recovering from last
month's drizzle. --Craig Ferguson 2/21/12
Not
So Late Night Snacks of the Week:
It
is President's Day week, the most beloved holiday of the year when we
take the whole week to march in parades and dress up as our favorite
presidents. And the kids go house to house to yell, bribe
or pardon.
--Peter Sagal Wait
Wait Don't Tell Me
2/22/20
Peace
is its own reward. --Mahatma Gandhi
The
best pancake topping is another pancake. / Disney finally made a
Mardi Gras movie; it's called Beauty and the Beads.
..........You
may think the chords are going wrong..........George Harrison
…..Only A Northern Song (Beatles)
^^^
Every year,
roughly 12.5 thousand tons of Mardi Gras beads are thrown from
floats.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The
Lawrence Welk Show aired locally in Los Angeles for 4 years, from
1951 to 1955, then nationally for another 16 years on ABC
from
1955 to 1971, followed by 11 years in first-run syndication
from
1971 to 1982.
Memorial
of the Week: Katherine Johnson was a
badass mathematician to the very end, waiting until age 101 so she
would die in her prime. --Bletchley Punk --Submitted by jg of ks
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Sure
Elizabeth Warren says she cares about climate change but she just
straight-up burnt a fossil. --Submitted by gr of oh
Preantepenultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I
wish I could help you, Grace, but I'm a family doctor and you're an
orphan.
Warped
Headline of the Week: Native
Plants Office Hours (facebook)
~~The sunflowers are up at dawn, but the 4 o'clocks are hardly ever
available.
Weird
Word of the Week: Shananigator – (n) a person who instigates
shananigans.
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Remove tar. Spread a teaspoon of Wish-Bone Thousand Island Dressing
on tar, rub, and wipe off.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wishbone.html
You
do realize that your Fat Tuesday is Charlie Sheen's Tuesday. /
Watch out for Pancake Day; it crepes up on you.
...........Yesterday,
today was tomorrow..........George Harrison …..Ding Dong
Antepenultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Just
Say NO to Billionaires!
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The Mistick
Krewe of Comus, founded in 1856, is a New Orleans, Louisiana Carnival
krewe. It is the oldest continuous organization of New Orleans Mardi
Gras festivities.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Why
don't ant ever get sick – anty bodies
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
WhimsyCon 2020 (28-1, Denver, CO) Welcome
to WhimsyCon! Part-celebration of Steampunk, part-celebration of
costuming, we hope to provide something for everyone.
https://www.whimsycon.org/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
Alcohol and the Nervous System – Research Seminar (29-1, Galveston,
TX) This
meeting will focus on the factors which contribute to alcohol
vulnerability across model systems and species, from cell culture to
humans.
https://www.grc.org/alcohol-and-the-nervous-system-grs-conference/2020/
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck partying down in the case of the Beaded
Basset.
I
set my burner on too high and my pancake got so mad about it he just
flipped. / Don't be so judgmental. Tuesday has a thyroid problem.
..........Give
me peace on earth..........George Harrison …..Give Me Love
(Beatles)
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It wasn’t enough just to be arm candy. It wasn’t
long before women wanted their own organizations and, in 1922, the
Krewe of Iris was formed. While Iris became the first organization to
have their tableaux ball televised, they didn’t parade until 1959.
In 1941, The Krewe of Venus became the first all-female parade but it
wasn’t all glitter and sequins. First of all, it rained. Second,
some men along the parade route threw rotten vegetables at the
riders. Despite all that, the women had a great time and when Mardi
Gras resumed again after World War II, Venus was there.
Month
of the Week: February is National Cherry
Month! --February was chosen for Cherry month because of the
Washington chopping down the cherry tree story. It is not the month
in which cherry trees bloom, or cherries begin to appear on the
branches, or the month in which cherries are ready to harvest. It's
about a story about a truth that is probably itself a lie. Have a
cherry cordial and think about it.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
2020 – It's not just an election, it's a restraining order. --SDS
Today's
Peace of History, February
25, 1870: Hirman R Revels (MS) was
sworn in as the first African American to serve in the US Congress.
I've
never been to Mardi Gras, but I have been around a bunch of drunk
people flashing their boobs. Family reunions are the worst. / A
young man was in love with two women and could not decide which of
them to marry. Finally he went to a marriage counselor. When asked to
describe his two loves, he noted that one was a great poet and the
other made delicious pancakes... "Oh." said the counselor.
"I see what the problem is. You can't decide whether to marry
for batter or verse
..........I
look at the world and I notice it's turning..........George Harrison
…..While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Beatles)
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle, February 25, 2020, ePistle Etouffee. Peace, Love,
and Cyber Beads Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence,
KS 66047
Moonbeam:
I've been spending my life among flyspecks...while miracles have been
leaning on lampposts at 4th & Fairfax. --Mary Chase
Cost
of War:
As
of 2/24/20 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,004,433,498,071.
As
of 2/20/20 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,003,212,983,696.
As
of 2/24/20 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $951,158,736,860.
As
of 2/20/20 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $950,329,076,352.
As
of 2/24/20 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $745,399,656,641.
As
of 2/20/20 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $744,356,647,974.
As
of 2/24/20 Veterans Care since 2001: $325,045,392,218.
As
of 2/20/20 Veterans Care since 2001: $324,808,291,830.
As
of 2/24/20 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,026,037,996,044.
As
of 2/20/20 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,022,707,439,514.
Peace
is always beautiful. --Walt Whitman
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..........Well,
it's all right, the best you can do is forgive..........George
Harrison …..End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys)
This
morning I tried to flip my eggs like I flip my pancakes. Yolks on
me. / Little Known News: Andrew Yang dropped out of the Democratic
presidential race so he and the Yang Gang could prep for Mardi Gras.
Famous
Last Words: Good wishes, Good health,
and Good night. --Lawrence Welk
May
Peace flip your flapjack
And
Joy crown your krewe
prairie
mama
christine
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