Famous First Words: The clergy of both provinces... writ of annulment of the union of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves 7/9/1540
Happy Birthday, Donald Rumsfeld. He would have been 89 today. – Donald Rumsfeld says marriage equality may lead to Polygamy. Kinda like how a terrorist from Saudi Arabia can lead to a war in Iraq. --Hayden Black
..........You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain.........Jerry Lee Lewis …..Great Ball of Fire (1957)
We are speaking on this occasion, not as members of this or that nation, continent, or creed, but as human beings, members of the species Human, whose continued existence is in doubt.
What a beautiful Friday morning. Sun is shining through every lacy leaf and branch. A delightful 76°F warms in the sun but stays cool in the shade. Fleecy white clouds wander around the sky making the world into a Bob Ross painting. A lone bird sits on a long stretch of wire and sings a morning anthem. I cannot see it's coloring and the song is unfamiliar. Cottonwood snow is still floating around and the earth smells of honeysuckle and growth. We walk and bark our way up to Brush Creek where the sidewalk ends (but none of Seuss' neat stuff is there) and back, around the sub-cul-de-sac then south towards the mosquito farm. Last week's rains are still producing a hungry, hungry crop. Then we return home for either a snooze in the dog cave under the bed or sitting down with a cup of creamy decaf and the chance to write to you.
Hope your weekend is colorful, to say the least, ePistliers
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My favorite conspiracy theory is that everything is gonna be okay. --Submitted by MMS
Before we judge Donald Rumsfeld for his war crimes, let's make sure he hasn't done any adorable paintings. --Matt Nedostup
..........Everything will turn out alright.........The Beach Boys …..Don't Worry, Baby (1964)
Trivia Questions: July 9th – a Big Day for Doughnuts
^ The doughnut hole cutter was patented on this day in 1872. Any idea who or where it was invented?
^^ Tomorrow, July tenth (or thirteenth depending on the source) is the anniversary of Krispy Kreme. How old do you figure they are?
^^^ Any idea what wonderful new features the 1872 doughnut cutter had?
^^^^ What do we know about the birth of Dunkin Donuts?
^^^^^ How many doughnuts were consumed in the US last year, more or less?
Big Hello: Häj å dig – Elfdalian (Sweden) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My housekeeping style is best described as “There appears to have been a struggle”.
Max Picture of the Week: Max emerging from the primal egg
Fake Library Statistics of the Week: 36% of librarians have a favorite recurring dream where they're interviewed on NPR. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Donald Rumsfeld made me stay in Greece for a couple weeks back in the day. Yes, he's responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and for one of the worst military miscalculations in the history of warfare, but you can't say the weather wasn't perfect that time I was in Greece. --Jason Mack
..........Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall.........Jefferson Airplane …..White Rabbit (1967)
Moonbeam: A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and of vice. --Ann Ward Radcliffe
Meditation Seed of the Week: Why don't the hairs on your arms get split ends?
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: US Heatwave Subsides As Gates Of Hell Close Behind Donald Rumsfeld. --Jim Ross --Submitted by Lawrence Liberals
Week of the Week: Nude Recreation Week (4-10) --Two nudist philosophers are sitting by the pool and one says, “Have you read Marx?”. The other replies, “Yes, I believe it's from the cane chairs. / I think the local nudist colony just went out of business. The sign on their gate says: Clothed Until Further Notice.
Rumor: Rumsfeld showed up at the Pentagon asking to stay there for a while because he had no post-resignation exit plan either.
..........Oh, baby, give me one more chance.........Jackson Five …..I Want You Back (1970)
^ John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Maine received a patent for a “new and useful” improvement in doughnut-cutters that would speed the production and consumption of the humble pastry in the US.
Almanac: It is Friday, July 9, 2021. The moon is new tonight and is in Cancer. It is Body Painting Day. Argentina celebrates Independence Day (1816) and it is Youth Day in Morocco .
Among those born on this day were Ann Ward Radcliffe (1764), Thomas Davenport (1802), Elias Howe (1819), H. V. Kaltenborn (1878), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Barbara Cartland (1901), Edward Heath (1916), Red Kelly (1927), Hassan II (1929), Lee Hazelwood (1929), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Brian Dennehy (1938), Richard Roundtree (1939), Bon Scott (1943), Mitch Mitchell (1946), Debbie Sledge (1954), Tom Hanks (1956), Jimmy Smits 91958), Frank Bello (1965), and Fred Savage (1976).
On July seventh the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was annulled (1540), Kepler inscribed a geometric solid construction of the universe (1595), the US Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Washington's troops in NY (1776), the first outdoor summer theater in the US opened (Mt. Vernon Gardens, 1800), Argentina declared independence from Spain (1816), the temperature in Topeka, KS reached 112F (1860), the doughnut cutter was patented (1872), the first US duplicate auction bridge championship was held (1914), the Washington Redskins formed (1932), Satchel Paige debuted in the majors (Cleveland, 1948), Frederic Morrow became the first black executive on the White House staff (1955), Dick Clark became host of American Bandstand (1956), and nearly 100,000 demonstrators marched on DC for the ERA (1978).
Night Sky, 7/9: As twilight comes to its end, you'll now find the two brightest stars of summer, Vega and Arcturus, equally near the zenith: Vega toward the east, Arcturus toward the southwest (depending on your location). About a third of the way from Arcturus to Vega is the faint semicircle of Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, with its one modestly bright crown jewel, Alphecca or Gemma, on its front. Nearly two thirds of the way from Arcturus to Vega is the Keystone of Hercules. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Extra Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Why does saying “Have a nice day” to someone sound friendly but saying “Enjoy your next 24 hours” sound threatening? --Submitted by Psychotic Delusions
Image of the Week: These are some of the marchers from the 1978 ERA demonstration in DC. I recognize Dick Gregory and Betty Friedan – I should probably know the others but I don't.
This Week: Saturday, July 10 – Bald Is In & Teddy Bears' Picnic Day & US Energy Independence Day
Night Sky, 7/10: If you have a dark enough sky on these moonless nights, the Milky Way now forms a magnificent arch high across the whole eastern sky. It runs all the way from below Cassiopeia in the north-northeast, up and across Cygnus and the Summer Triangle in the east, and down past the spout of the Sagittarius Teapot in the south.
Sunday, July 11 – Cheer Up The Lonely Day & Make Your Own Sundae Day & Ratha Yatro
Monday, July 12 – Different Colored Eyes Day & Night of Nights & Simplicity Day
Tuesday, July 13 – Embrace Your Geekness Day & Gruntled Workers Day
Wednesday, July 14 – Bastille Day & International Nude Day & Shark Awareness Day
Night Sky, 7/14 : With the advance of summer the Sagittarius Teapot, in the south-southeast lower left of Scorpius after dark, is starting to tilt and pour from its spout to the right. The Teapot will tilt farther and farther for the rest of the summer.
Thursday, July 15 – Be A Dork Day & World Youth Skills Day & St Swithin's Day**
**If it rains on St. Swithin's Day it will rain every day for the next 40 days but if it is fair, 40 days of fair weather will follow.
In the new X-Files reboot, the Lone Gunmen will be played by Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Bush. --DNA
..........It used to be so nice.........Abba …..SOS (1975)
^^ Krispy Kreme was founded by Vernon Rudolph, who bought a yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef, rented a building in 1937 in what is now historic Old Salem in Winston-Salem, NC, and began selling to local grocery stores. So, 84 years old.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: God grant me the confidence and perseverance of a typo that's made it through 45 rounds of edits. --Submitted by wr
Moonbeam: Love can strike at any time in a blinding flash – it is so powerful that no-one can fight it. --Barbara Cartland
Ollie's Very Own Picture of the Week: Ollie makes it through his first year and enjoys the rewards.
Not So Late Night Snacks of the Week: Yes. Buffets are back, y'all. Pandemic restrictions on the human food troughs..are finally being lifted. So the only thing between you and all-you-can-eat tater skins is good judgment. Oh, it's been so hard during the pandemic to find a good place to get food that someone else has picked up and put back. --Faith Salie Wait Wait Don't Tell Me 7/3/21
No doubt, in an H-bomb war, great cities would be obliterated. But this is one of the minor disasters that would have to be faced. If everybody in London, New York, and Moscow were exterminated, the world might, in the course of a few centuries, recover from the blow. But we now know, especially since the Bikini test, that nuclear bombs can gradually spread destruction over a very much wider area than had been supposed.
The George W. Bush Library will be run by the Donald Rumsfeld Library, the Paul Wolfowitz Library and the Dick Cheney Library. --Warren Holstein
..........Gonna open up after so long.........John Travolta …..Let Her In (1976)
^^^ The device described in Patent No. 128,783 was intended to automate the process of cutting those dastardly doughnuts — holes and all — as efficiently as a hole punch. The desired edge could be plain or scalloped. This ingenious contraption would push the dough out of the center tube, leaving it free for making the next doughnut.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Hanlon's Razor: Never assume malice when incompetence will suffice as an explanation. --Submitted by nd
Weird Word of the Week: Randygazoo: It’s a century-old term, now rare, for a deceptive story or scheme, pranks, tricks or other irritating or foolish carryings-on. World Wide Words: Rannygazoo
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Clean a microwave oven. Sprinkle Arm & Hammer Baking Soda on a damp sponge, scrub, and rinse. Arm & Hammer®: Wacky Uses
Puzzle of the Week: This challenge comes from listener Julia Lewis, of Fort Collins, Colo. Take the name of a major American city. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is the name of a Japanese food. Remove that. The remaining letters can be rearranged to spell some Mexican foods. Name the city and the foods. NPR Sunday Puzzle 7/4/21
Donald Rumsfeld told the IRS that he has no idea if his tax returns are accurate. Obama suggested that he hire a trained ape to do his taxes --Lee Mays
...........And I learned how to get along.........Gloria Gaynor …..I Will Survive (1979)
^^^^ The story of Dunkin’ Donuts began in 1948 with a restaurant in Quincy, Massachusetts called “Open Kettle.” Founder William Rosenberg served donuts for five cents and premium cups of coffee for ten cents.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My friend Jack claims that he can communicate with vegetables. Jack and the beans talk.
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Utopia 2021 (9-11, Wyboston Resort, Bedfordshire, UK) Three day fun packed with activities, featuring much-loved celebrity guests, behind-the-scenes heroes, first time appearances, reunions, and much more from all the wide and wondrous worlds of Doctor Who. Utopia 2021 — Fantom Events
Actual Science Conference of the Week: International Conference on Computational Astrophysics and Visualization (8-9, Prague CZ) ...the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns in the fields of Computational Astrophysics and Visualization. International Conference on Computational Astrophysics and Visualization ICCAV005 in July 2021 in Prague (waset.org)
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: SACRAMENTO --> RAMEN — > TACOS
Rumor: Dubya was thinking of using tactical nuclear weapons - and that was just to get Rumsfeld out of the office.
..........You won't have to think twice.........Kim Carnes …..Bette Davis Eyes (1981)
^^^^^ The data has been calculated by Statista based on the US Census data and Simmons National Consumer Survey (NHCS). According to this statistic, 201.02 million Americans consumed doughnuts in 2020.
Video of the Week: Time lapse video of the earth's rotation under the Milky Way stars. V Earth’s Rotation Visualized in a Timelapse of the Milky Way Galaxy by Aryeh Nirenberg | Colossal (thisiscolossal.com)
Extreme Topiary of the Week:
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Awful day today. I had 2 volumes of the collected work of Hegel in my car and someone broke in and left 2 more. --Submitted by Philosophy Matters
There's a whole lot of #Hilarysplaning going on today. Was she indicted? No, oh well neither were Rumsfeld, Cheney and, Bush. --Mark Anthony Ramirez
..........Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new.........Cyndi Lauper …..Time After Time (1984)
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle July 9, 2021, Rummy ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam: One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. --Ann Ward Radcliffe
Cost of War:
As of 7/8/21 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,145,410,180,931.
As of 7/1/21 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,143,460,670,470.
As of 7/8/21 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $1,046,968,153,428.
As of 7/1/21 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $1,045,643,240,364.
As of 7/8/21 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $865,845,771,431.
As of 7/1/21 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $864,180,170,744.
As of 7/8/21 Veterans Care since 2001: $352,419.508,193.
As of 7/1/21 Veterans Care since 2001: $352,040.968,545.
As of 7/8/21 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,410,644,421,116.
As of 7/1/21 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,405,325,997,722.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Most of us are not neutral in feeling, but, as human beings, we have to remember that, if the issues between East and West are to be decided in any manner that can give any possible satisfaction to anybody, whether Communist or anti-Communist, whether Asian or European or American, whether White or Black, then these issues must not be decided by war. We should wish this to be understood, both in the East and in the West. --Today's quotes are from the Russell-Einstein Manifesto signed by 11 leading sciences 7/9/55
Famous Last Words: ...our fortunes and our sacred honor. --US Declaration of Independence
..........Er war ein Punker.........Falco …..Rock Me Amadeus (1986) ~Today's songs are from someone's list of the 20 best acts ever on American Bandstand.
It looks like Rumsfeld finally got a peaceful transition. --Peter Stegemeyer
May Peace be your seed
And Joy be your blossom
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