Famous First Words: The States concluding this Treaty... Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
It is the 493rd Anniversary of the introduction of tobacco to Europe. ~~One of the few pieces of advice that my sainted grandmother gave me was, “Don't marry a man that chews”. This is true, not a joke. / Goodwill has announced they will no longer accept donations of tobacco or vape products. Clothes, but no cigar.
..........Why you might be selling flowers too..........Henry Higgins …..Why Can't The English
Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not Utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security. --Ban Ki-moone
It is a cloudy Friday morning. In fact the clouds are trying hard to be majestic, climbing to heights, colored from blues through grays to white. The 43°F temperature makes it very pleasant to stand and look up into the towering depths. A chattering of starlings – at least 50 – cover Bruno's front yard. They are pecking piles of dead leaves; but at some unseen or unheard cue they all rise and move towards the south. Chattering is an understatement. The clouds must be thinning because a ray of sun has broken through to warm newly sprouted willow buds and the struggling crocus. I am in my room watching out the back window as a breeze sets branches to dancing in their almost green spring frocks. I sip my doctored coffee, breathing in the steamy fumes and tasting the bitter sweetness and watching the morning wake up And what a fine morning it is.
Hope your weekend is smokin', ePistliers
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: There was a young man / from Cork who got limericks / And haiku confused.
What do you mean, stop chewing tobacco? That's the only fiber I get.
..........They're always throwing goodness at you..........Alfred Doolittle …..With A Little Bit Of Luck
Trivia Questions: Remember the Alamo?
^ About how many soldiers defended the Alamo?
^^ True or False: Most of the soldiers who died at the Alamo had only lived in Texas for a year or two at most?
^^^ With what rank did the famous David Crockett enlist at the Alamo?
^^^^ More or less what was the age of the youngest person who died at the Alamo?
^^^^^ For how many days did the siege last?
Big Hello: Ran annim – Chuukese (Guam, Micronesia, and the Hawaiian Islands) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
First Funniest Thing I Heard of the Week: There was some ad on tv, I wasn't listening I was typing and it ended with “Official breakfast of March Madness”. I don't know whose ad it was but I assume fast food. I think the idea of an “official” breakfast is hilarious.
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I'm so old I can remember going through the whole day without taking a picture of anything. --Submitted by so of ks
Max Picture of the Week: Max – disguised as Elmo - modeling the latest in protective gear
Fake Library Statistic of the Week: 1 in 4 library signs simply point to another sign. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
I tried to stop smoking with the nicotine patch but they didn't work. And they are really hard to keep lit.
..........Go to St James so often I will call it St Jim..........Eliza Doolittle …..Just You Wait
Moonbeam: I'm beginning to appreciate the value of naps. Naps are wonderful, aren't they? Sometimes now I have to take a nap to get ready for bed. --Marsha Warfield
Meditation Seed of the Week: What in life is beautiful to you?
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Texans: OK, so you're telling me this time we all have toilet paper but not toilet water... --Submitted by INRITH
Week of the Week: National Ghostwriters' Week (1-7) --How many James Patterson does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, he'll just hire a ghostwriter to do it for him. / I was so happy when I finally found a great ghostwriter for a book I'd like to write. But it didn't work out; the pen kept falling through her fingers.
My doctor prescribed a patch to help me stop smoking. She told me to wear it over my mouth.
..........In Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire? Hurricanes hardly happen.........Henry Higgins …..The Rain In Spain
^ It's hard to know exactly how many died defending the Alamo, as it is not entirely known exactly how many men were in the fort in the first place. Also, men were coming and going as couriers and some rumors tell of a few men actually escaping, though the accounts are not fully credible. All in all, most historians believe that the number of defenders was close to 200, and though the exact number of dead may be slightly fuzzy, it is close to 200 (the commonly accepted number is 183).
Almanac: It is Friday, March 5, 2021. The moon is last quarter today and is in Sagittarius. It is National Absinthe Day, National Poutine Day, Saint Piran's Day, and World Tennis Day.
Among those born on this day were Gerardus Mercator (1512), John van der Jeyden (1637), Rex Harrison (1908), Leontine Kelly (1920), Eugene Fodor (1950), Marsha Warfield (1954), and Andy Gibb (1958).
On March fifth tobacco was introduced to Europe (1528), Virginia enacted the new world's first temperance law (1623), Mexico attacked the Alamo (1836), Colt manufactured his first pistol (1836), Zachary Taylor was sworn in (12th president, 1849), the stapler was patented (1868), the American Negro Academy formed (1897), the first radio broadcast of a musical composition aired (1907), Elvis Presley first appeared on television (Louisiana Hayride, 1955), the SDS townhouse blew up (1970), Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane was arrested for pointing a gun at a cop (1994), the nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect (1970), and USSR Venera 14 landed on Venus (1982).
Night Sky, 3/5: In a moonless dark sky, the stars of Canis Major can be connected to form a nice dog profile, but through a brighter sky only his five brightest stars show well. These form an unmistakable Meat Cleaver. Sirius and Murzim (to its right) are the Cleaver's wide top end, with Sirius sparkling on its top back corner. Down to Sirius's lower left is the Cleaver's other end, including its short handle, formed by the triangle of Adhara, Wezen, and Aludra. The Cleaver is chopping toward the lower right. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Image of the Week: KU beat Baylor 71-58. KU ended up #2 behind Baylor in the Big XII but won more games in the conference than Baylor even played. ~~How does that work?
This Week: Saturday, March 6 – Genealogy Day & National Dentists' Day & Day of The Dude
Sunday, March 7 – Girl Scout Sunday & National Be Heard Day & National Cereal Day
Night Sky, 3/7: With the Moon gone from the evening sky, this is a fine week to look for the zodiacal light if you live in the mid-northern latitudes. At this time of year the ecliptic tilts high upward from the western horizon at nightfall. From a clear, clean, dark site, look west at the very end of twilight for a vague but huge, tall pyramid of pearly light. It's tilted to the left, aligning along the constellations of the zodiac. What you're seeing is sunlit interplanetary dust orbiting the Sun near the ecliptic plane.
Monday, March 8 – Girls Write Now Day & National Proofreading Day & Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
Tuesday, March 9 – Organize Your Home Office Day & Panic Day & Unique Names Day
Wednesday, March 10 – International Bagpipe Day & Salvation Army Day
Night Sky, 3/10: Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn lurk very low in bright dawn. But Jupiter and Saturn are getting a little higher and less difficult to see each morning, while Mercury maintains its altitude and fades slightly this week. Look very low in the east-southeast about 30 minutes before sunrise. With the sky that bright, bring binoculars.
Thursday, March 11 – Johnny Appleseed Day & COVID-19 Global Pandemic Day & World Plumbing Day
I used to sneak my dad's cigarettes but sneaking his nicotine patches really isn't the same.
..........Pull out the stopper. Let's have a whopper.........Alfred Doolittle …..Get Me To The Church On Time
^^ True. Most of the soldiers at the Alamo, and in the Texas War for Independence in general, had only recently arrived from the United States. Offers of free land were the biggest incentive for volunteers from the US, and a large portion of the men who died at the Alamo had only arrived months or even weeks earlier. David Crockett was one of these volunteers. At this time Texas was not a part of the United States.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The first rule of writing is hoard notebooks.
Moonbeam: Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit. That's why you should never date a baseball player. --Marsha Warfield.
Late Night Snacks of the Week: In the span of one month, Andrew Cuomo has somehow done the impossible: he made Bill de Blasio the second most hated politician in New York. --Jimmy Kimmel / It’s not like this happened in like 1992 and he could be like, ‘Well, it was a different time.’ This was in 2019. If you’re a public official doing this kind of thing after the #MeToo movement, either you just can’t help yourself, or you’re so dumb you shouldn’t be in office anyway.” --Trevor Noah / Joe Biden’s announcement on Tuesday that vaccines will be available for all American adults by the end of May. Some states have already jumped the gun – Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott, “seceded from reality” by tweeting: “I just announced Texas is OPEN 100%. EVERYTHING.” You hear that, immigrants on the border? The governor said it’s open, come on in! --Stephen Colbert
Ollie's Very Own Picture of the Week: Ollie bundled up against the bitter cold of southern California
Not So Late Night Snacks of the Week: The seven minutes of terror refers to the time it takes to get from the top of the atmosphere of Mars to the ground. It takes seven minutes from when the vehicle hits the atmosphere to when it gets on the ground. And because it takes between 10 and 15 minutes for light to travel between Mars and Earth, those seven minutes are terrifying to those of us in mission control because by the time you received word from Perseverance that she hit the top of the atmosphere, she was already on the ground, either nice and healthy or in a big, flat crater. And you wouldn't know. You'd have to wait for that time to pass. --Swati Mohan, Guidance & Controls Operations Lead on the NASA Perseverance mission. It's like being the parent of a teenager. --Adam Felber Wait Wait Don't Tell Me 2/27/21
Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly. --John Bruton
You need to stop smoking. It's really not that hard. I've done it myself several times.
..........who likes to live his life, free of strife.........Henry Higgins …..I'm An Ordinary Man
^^^ Private. David Crockett, after not being re-elected to the United States Congress, organized a Company of volunteers from Tennessee to help out in the Texas War for Independence, claiming that the only honor he desired was "that of defending as a high private". When Crockett and his men arrived at the Alamo, he told Travis, "Assign us to some place, and I and my Tennessee boys will defend it." Crockett was assigned to guard the palisade, the weakest part of the wall. Most accounts, including Santa Ana's, report that Crockett was found dead among other fallen comrades.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Guys think every girl's dream is to find the perfect man. Please! Every girl's dream is to eat biscuits and gravy without getting fat.
Weird Word of the Week: Groze –taking small bites from the edge of a piece of glass with nippers to trim it to shape. World Wide Words: Groze
Something Good About 2020 of the Week: Scotland made history in November by becoming the first nation in the world to guarantee free and universal access to period products. Campaigners welcomed the move, claiming Scotland was setting a “bloody great example” for other nations to follow. Period poverty: Scotland first in world to make period products free - BBC News
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Protect leather shoes and boots from winter salt and ice. Rub in Alberto VO5 Conditioning Hairdressing. Alberto VO5®: Wacky Uses
Puzzle of the Week: This challenge comes from listener Samuel Mace of Smyrna, Del. Name a famous actor whose first name is a book of the Bible and whose last name is an anagram of another book of the Bible. Who is it?
Excellent health statistics – smokers are less likely to die of age related illnesses.
...........Pulses rushing! Faces flushing.........Chorus …..Ascot Gavotte
^^^^ 15 years. This young man was named William Philip King. King had arrived with the Gonzales Ranging Company, in which he had taken his father's place due to the fact that he was needed at home with nine children. An eight-year-old by the name Enrique Esparza claimed to have seen King die. They had been lying next to each other when the Mexican soldiers rushed in. King rose calmly and was slain where he stood.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: So, we're just letting March come back after the way it acted last year? --Submitted by #RHOZ
Science Fiction Joke of the Week: My briefest ever definition of science fiction is “Hubris clobbered by Nemesis”. --Brian W Aldiss
Actual Science Joke of the Week: I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb. --Richard P Feynman
Actual Science of the Week: Sounds of Mars - NASA Mars
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: John Hurt (his last name is an anagram of Ruth).
I plugged my e-cigarette into my computer to charge but instead it uploaded a nicotine patch.
..........Like breathing out and breathing in..........Henry Higgins …..I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
^^^^^ 13 days. The siege lasted from February 23rd to March 6th. There was only sporadic fighting for the first 12 days, with nearly all of the actual battle taking place in the last hour. During the siege, Santa Anna had a band play and artillery fire throughout the night to erode the morale of the defenders. He also raised a blood red flag to indicate that no prisoners would be taken.
Recreating Famous Painting With Anything You Can Find of the Week:
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: How many Texans does it take to change a light bulb? Trick question; Texas doesn't have electricity.
Today's Peace of History, March 5, 1970: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty went into effect after ratification by 43 nations. The agreement sought to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament, as well as general and complete disarmament.
I was at work bragging about how I was going to smoke a turkey this weekend. Weird Harold asked how I was going to get it in the pipe.
..........Does enchantment pour out of every door...........Freddy Eynsford-Hill …..On The Street Where You Live
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle March 5, 2021, Smokin' ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam: If it wasn't for white people, who would play lead guitar. --Marsha Warfield
Cost of War:
As of 3/4/20 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,109,860,942,569.
As of 2/25/20 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,107,920,082,179.
As of 3/40/20 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $1,022,808,469,241.
As of 2/25/20 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $1,021,489,459,957.
As of 3/4/20 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $835,473,590,062.
As of 2/25/20 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $833,815,400,688.
As of 3/4/20 Veterans Care since 2001: $345,516,753,416.
As of 2/25/20 Veterans Care since 2001: $345,139,879,295.
As of 3/4/20 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,313,660,985,261.
As of 2/25/20 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,308,365,581,834.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. They've changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory. --Spencer Abraham
Famous Last Words: Feed your head. Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit
..........warm face, warm hands, warm feet.........Eliza Doolittle …..Wouldn't It Be Loverly
An ape friend of Tarzan's used to grow his own tobacco and roll it into cigorilla.
May Peace guide your lob
And Joy power your backhand
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