Famous First Words: Selective Service System Notice of Classification --Vietnam Era Draft Card
November is the month for Writers ...novels...memoirs: A hungry African lion came across two men. One was sitting under a tree and reading a book; the other was typing away on his typewriter. The lion pounced on the man reading the book and devoured him. Even the king of the jungle knows that readers digest and writers block. / Being a writer is enjoyable... But the job of editor is more rewording.
..........You know they all got their own and they pass it all around.........Glenn Frey …..Partytown
Deplores the failure of the Government of the Republic of South Africa to comply with the repeated requests and demands of the General Assembly and of the Security Council and its flouting of world public opinion by refusing to abandon its racial policies; " ...
It is a warmish (50°F) but foggy Friday morning. The humidity hanging in the air is slowly dissipating but the cloudy sky prevents the sun from taking credit. There is no breeze to shake off the few remaining leaves from the tree and even the willow is beginning to brown and hangs without dancing. The only movement out my back window is Bruno gamboling about; no birds are swooping by nor are squirrels dashing across the fence top. Not even a leaf floats down. Bruno's occasional bark and the hum of my computer are the only sounds. Puck is asleep on his throw unconcerned with election results or the weather or the bowl of milk waiting on this place mat. And I'm writing to you. It's a great day already!
Hope your weekend produces a president-elect, ePistlers.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My son just asked me if Bingo is the name of the farmer or the dog? Now I'm questioning everything I thought I knew about life.
Three guys are sitting in a bar. #1: "...Yeah, I'm a stock broker and I make $75,000 a year after taxes. What do you make." #2: I'm an architect and I should clear $60,000 this year." The third guy has been sitting there quietly, staring into his beer, when the others turn to him. #2: "Hey, how much do you make per year?" #3: "I guess about $13,000." #1: "Oh yeah? What kind of stories do you write?". / I told my old classmate at our 10-year reunion that I'm a writer. "Oh yeah?" he asks. "Have you sold anything yet?" I said, "Sure. My house, my car, and all my stuff."
..........Some nights she just can't stop herself.........Glenn Frey …..The Allnighter
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday to the Saxophone !!
^ Any idea what Adolph Sax's had in mind when he invented the Sax?
^^ Care to guess how many different Saxophones Adolph invented?
^^^ What building material makes the Saxophone unique among woodwinds?
^^^^ Know the difference between Jazz and Classical saxophones?
^^^^^ About how many saxophones are sold each year in the US?
Big Hello: Dobar dan (Bosnian) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Turning back the clock and adding an hour to 2020 is like getting a bonus track on a Yoko Ono album.
Fake Library Statistic of the Week: 70% of librarians' greatest fear is that people realize everything is actually online. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer. When asked to define "Great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!" He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages. / What's the best college degree to become a successful fiction writer? Journalism!
..........And I sit here wondering what we're really learning.........Glenn Frey …..Soul Searchin'
Moonbeam: Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none. --Joseph Smith
Naturally Occurring Mandala of the Week: Flower of November Chrysanthemum
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: All dogs are therapy dogs. The majority are just freelancing. --Submitted by sw of ks
Week of the Week: National Fig Week (1-7) –I saw a beautiful drawing of a fig last week and I just realized why I have been unable to stop thinking about it. It was a fig meant for my imagination. / The difference between a fig and a date? I could get all the figs I wanted in high school.
How many science fiction writers does it take to change a light bulb? Two, but it's actually the same person doing it. He went back in time and met himself in the doorway and then the first one sat on the other one's shoulder so that they were able to reach it. Then a major time paradox occurred and the entire room, light bulb, changer and all was blown out of existence. / Writers always feel cold because they are surrounded by all those drafts.
..........It's your heart, that tells you right from wrong.........Glenn Frey …..It's Your Life
^ Adolph Sax was born in Belgium in 1814. He was a versatile musician who could play many wind instruments and he set out to create one that would not only embody the soloistic and lyrical nature of a woodwind but also be better heard among brass instruments. In 1846, his invention, the saxophone, was patented in Paris.
Almanac: It is Friday, November 6, 2020. The moon will be last quarter on Sunday and is in Cancer. The United Nations has declared this International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (A/RES/56/4) . It is National Nachos Day and Saxophone Day. Since 1945November 6th has been World Community Day - a day to pray for peace.
Among those born on this day were Adolphe Sax (1814), Joseph Smith (1832), Francis Ellingwood Abbot (1836), John Phillip Sousa (1854), Ignace Paderewski (1860), James Naismith (1861), Jim Jordan (Fibber McGee, 1896), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Ray Conniff (1916), James Jones (1921), Mike Nichols (1931), Sally Field (1946), Glenn Frey (1948), Maria Shriver (1955), and Ethan Hawke (1970).
On November sixth a supernova was ovserved in the constellation Cassiopeia (1572), the Dominican Republic was granted independence (1844), Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the US (1860), Jefferson Davis was elected president of the CSA (1861), the first intercollegiate soccer games was played (1869), McKinley beat William Jennings Bryan for president (1888), Madeiro inaugurated president of Mexico (1911), Poland declared itself a republic (1918), the USSR adopted a calendar with 5-day weeks (1923), Hoover beat Al Smith for president (1928), TV unveiled (1936), HUAC began investinging radio commentators (1945), Eisenhower re-elected (1956), the UN passed Resoluition 1781 codemning apartheid in South Africa (1962), For the first time NBC's entire line up was broadcast in color (1966), the Sex Pistols performed for the first time (1975), Benjamin Hooks suceeeded Roy Wilkins as director of NAACP (1976), and Reagan was re-elected (1984).
Night Sky, 11/6: After dark this week, Capella shines well up in the northeast. Look for the Pleiades three fists to Capella's right. As evening grows later, you'll find orange Aldebaran climbing up below the Pleiades. Then by about 10 pm (depending on your location), Orion clears the eastern horizon below Aldebaran. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max Picture of the Week: Max and his Halloween hat with either animal ears or the Mariner's Moose's horns.
This Week: Saturday, November 7 – Bison Day & National Play Outside Day & World Numbat Day
Sunday, November 8 – Abet And Aid Punsters Day & Dunce Day & X-ray Day
Night Sky, 11/8: Vega is the brightest star in the west in early evening. Its little constellation Lyra extends to its left. Somewhat farther left, about a fist and a half at arm's length from Vega, is 3rd-magnitude Albireo, the beak of Cygnus. This is one of the finest and most colorful double stars for small telescopes.
Monday, November 9 – Carl Sagan Day & World Freedom Day & World Orphans Day
Tuesday, November 10 – National Young Readers Day & Sesame Street Day & World Science Day for Peace and Development
Wednesday, November 11 - Armistice Day & Origami Day & Red Lipstick Day
Night Sky, 11/11: Uranus (magnitude 5.7, in Aries) is high in the east by 8 pm standard time, about 20° east of Mars. It is only 3.7 arc-seconds wide, but that's enough to appear as a tiny fuzzy ball, not a point, at high power in even a good small telescope.
Thursday, November 12 – Fancy Rat and Mouse Day & World Pneumonia Day
A writer died and was given the option of going to heaven or hell. She decided to check out each place first. As the writer descended into the fiery pits, she saw row upon row of writers chained to their desks in a steaming sweatshop. As they worked, they were repeatedly whipped with thorny lashes. “Oh my,” said the writer. “Let me see heaven now.” A few moments later, as she ascended into heaven, she saw rows of writers, chained to their desks in a steaming sweatshop. As they worked, they, too, were whipped with thorny lashes.“Wait a minute,” said the writer. “This is just as bad as hell!” “Oh no, it’s not,” replied an unseen voice. “Here, your work gets published.” / I am a writer. My pen name is Bic.
..........We'll laugh together like best friends.........Glenn Frey …..I Volunteer
^^ Sax thought the saxophone would be capable of fitting in with a variety of ensembles, and so he made them in a range of sizes; from the soprano in the high range to the contrabass in the low range. (He also invented the saxhorn, a brass instrument with valves similar to today’s flugelhorn and alto horn.) However, of the fourteen different types Adolphe invented, there are only four types in widespread use today. In pitch order they are the Bȴ soprano, Eȴ alto, Bȴ tenor and Eȴ baritone. Each of these saxophones has a range that spans two and a half octaves.
'Nother Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Since when did wanting to count ALL the votes cast make you a radical left-wing anarchist? --Submitted by sv of ar
Moonbeam: There's nothing in the American dream about character. It's a serious flaw. – Mike Nichols
Late Night Snacks of the Week: We should probably all be grateful that he hasn’t started bottling his urine and selling it as Trump Immunity Juice.” --John Oliver / We’ve been waiting for this for so long – it’s like Christmas Eve, and not just because of the judgmental fat guy with the red hat. But because we’re all up late wondering if tomorrow morning we’re going to get the present we’ve been begging for: a boring president. --Stephen Colbert / Every day we’re going to be counting the votes, and then after that we’re going to be following the lawsuits. So get some rest, sober up, and we’ll catch you again tomorrow. --Trevor Noah
Ollie's Very Own Picture of the Week: Ollie and Dad with their ears on.. (Ollie's the one with the bottle)
Not So Late Night Snacks of the Week: The frustrating thing is after all this buildup, we will not know who won on Election Day. We'll have to spend a week staring at returns coming in, trying to figure out what each data point means. It's like your doctor deciding to tell you whether or not you have cancer via charades. Two - two what? Two weeks? Two more? What? --Peter Sagal Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me 10/31/20
Strongly deprecates the continued and total disregard by the Government of South Africa of its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and, furthermore, its determined aggravation of racial issues by enforcing measures of increasing ruthlessness involving violence and bloodshed ...
A screenwriter comes home to a burned down house. His sobbing and slightly-singed wife is standing outside. “What happened, honey?” the man asks.“Oh, John, it was terrible,” she weeps. “I was cooking, the phone rang. It was your agent. Because I was on the phone, I didn’t notice the stove was on fire. It went up in second. Everything is gone. I nearly didn’t make it out of the house. Poor Fluffy is—” “Wait, wait. Back up a minute,” The man says. “My agent called?” / A writer, a cinematographer, and a production designer walk into a bar but the director takes all the credit.
..........You oughta check the nightlife in Leningrad.........Glenn Frey …..Better in the USA
^^^ From its earliest days, the saxophone was always made of brass. However, because it generates sound with a single reed, it is classified as a woodwind. The only other metallic woodwind is the flute, which was made entirely of wood at first — something that’s sometimes seen even today.
Worthless Fact of the Week: The nuclear bombs detonated in 1945 are the reason why experts can detect fake oil paintings. Isotopes such as strontium-90 and cesium-137 that can be found in oil did not exist in nature before the bombings. So, if a picture contains these isotopes, one can safely assume it was painted after 1945. https://gizmodo.com/how-historians-are-using-nuclear-fallout-to-find-fake-a-1586699423
Wicked Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: God Creating Ducks: Waterproof that chicken and give it a kazoo. --Submitted by #RHOZ
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The All Lives Matter crowd is extremely upset to learn that All Votes Matter. --Submitted by ar of ks
Weird Word of the Week: Rawky – foggy, damp, and cold https://www.lexico.com/explore/weird-and-wonderful-words
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If we're gonna have a really old president, why can't it be Betty White. --Submitted by sab of ks
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Organize store coupons. Keep coupons in Ziploc Storage Bags for easy reference. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/ziploc.html
A visitor to a certain college paused to admire the new Hemingway Hall that had been built on campus. "It's a pleasure to see a building named for Ernest Hemingway," he said. "Actually," said his guide, "it's named for Joshua Hemingway. No relation." The visitor was astonished. "Was Joshua Hemingway a writer, also?" "Yes, indeed," said his guide. "He wrote a check." / Someday I hope to write something worth plagiarizing.
...........They hide it up in Telluride, I mean it's here to stay.........Glenn Frey …..Smuggler's Blues
^^^^ Though the principles of the instrument are the same, the qualities of a saxophone can be different in jazz as compared to classical music. With jazz, the ideal saxophone allows players tremendous freedom of expression, and so they tend to prefer an instrument with a larger bore (that is, one with a more dramatic taper). The raspy tone and cutting power of a jazz saxophone contributes to the texture of the music and helps the instrument stand out during soloing. In contrast, classical saxophonists must perform with many other instruments in the orchestra, and so they tend to prefer an instrument with a clean, refined tone and crisp articulation. Generally, classical players prefer a more gradual taper as it gives more precise control over pitch and dynamics.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Remember to put your “I Voted” sticker under your pillow tonight so the election fairy leaves you a Xanax. --Submitted by bm of mo
Science Fiction Joke of the Week: The ships hung in the sky, much the way that bricks don't. --Douglas Adams
Actual Science Joke of the Week: There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. --Richard Feynman
Quote of the Week: According to quantum physics a particle vibrating due to the sound when you speak can affect a molecule inside a star at the edge of the Universe instantly. This phenomenon is known as quantum entanglement. The greatest illusion of the Universe is the illusion of separation. --Michael Harrell --Submitted by ag of ks
How many mystery writers does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to screw the bulb almost all the way in, and one to give a surprising twist at the end. / Writing a novel when you imagine all your stories in film format is hard because there's really no written equivalent of “lens flare” or “slow motion montage backed by Gregorian choir”.
..........Your read my heart like a open book.........Glenn Frey …..True Love
^^^^^ Some 27,000 saxophones are produced in the United States each year. About 80 percent of these are bought by amateurs.
Prayer of the Week: Dear Lord, Please let the vote that puts Biden over the top in Georgia come from John Lewis' district. Amen --Submitted by ls of ks
Month of the Week: November is Manatee Awareness Month --I am starting a sanctuary for over-sized marine mammals. It's called Habitat for Huge Manatees. / Baby manatees are called boyatees.
Recreating Famous Painting With Anything You Can Find of the Week:
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If God wanted us to have unlimited free energy he'd have put a giant fusion reactor in the sky. --Submitted by sw of ks
Today's Peace of History, November 6, 1965: 2,500 people gathered in New York City’s Union Square to witness the burning of draft cards, a violation of recently passed federal law, as an expression of resistance to the Vietnam War.
How many cover blurb writers does it take to screw in a light bulb? A VAST AND TEEMING HORDE STRETCHING FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA!!!! / I thought I was writing something really deep but it came out sounding like: People die if they are killed...
..........A moral malnutrition that starves their very souls.........Glenn Frey …..I've Got Mine
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle November 6, 2020, Penned ePistle. ...if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children. --Madeleine L'Engle Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam: Once we have the power we will never give it up. --Heinrich Himmler
Cost of War:
As of 11/5/20 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,076,304,103,291.
As of 10/29/20 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,074,331,007,720.
As of 11/5/20 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $1,000,002,870,969.
As of 10/29/20 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $998,662,476,437.
As of 11/5/20 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $806,803,699,174.
As of 10/29/20 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $805,118,445,014.
As of 11/5/20 Veterans Care since 2001: $339,000,856,159.
As of 10/29/20 Veterans Care since 2001: $338,617,807,824.
As of 11/5/20 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,222,112,294,353.
As of 10/29/20 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,216,731,323,694.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Reaffirms that the continuance of those policies seriously endangers international peace and security... UN Resolution 1761 Condemning apartheid 11/6/62
Famous Last Words: ..we may hopefully look forward to success, to peace, and to prosperity. --Jefferson Davis First Inaugural Address
..........Let's sing that song one more time.........Glenn Frey …..Before the Ship Goes Down
If Moses were alive today he'd come down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments and spend the next five years trying to get them published. / Writing is 10% typing and 90% staring at your computer trying to find a better way to describe someone eating a piece of toast.
May Peace write your day
And Joy pen your nights
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