Famous First Words: We're gonna make it... Theme song from Laverne and Shirley
It is World Rainforest Week (10-16) – It rains so much in that jungle that even the jaguars are spotless. / I'm so old that I remember when Amazon was a rainforest.
..........Music is a world within itself.........Stevie Wonder …..Sir Duke
The rainforests hold answers to questions we have yet to ask. --Mark Plotkin
It is a cool (51°) Friday morning. The sky is almost completely covered with clouds – some thin and high and smeared, other thick and beneath and gray. Now and again the breeze blows them apart and a shaft of sun beams down on the world with a sense of majesty. Birds are singing merrily and Bruno is arguing with the world or Puck whichever presents itself to him. The same breeze that blows around the clouds adds to the chill reminding one that it is autumn after all. Many trees are still full and green but the big cottonwoods on the corner are visibly shedding leaves that do not don bright colors before they fall. Yellow willow leaves are everywhere and the tree itself still looks full and is dancing beautifully in the wind. Damp ground, still muddy from recent rains is slippery and clinging; so we return indoors. I doctor the coffee that has waited for me since Jeff made it this morning. Coffee steam in my face smells good and opens the sinuses. And now I get to sit down and write to you. What a morning.
Hope your weekend is as richly textured as the forest itself, ePistliers
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: People blame rap music for violence. So what was Columbus listening to on his way to America. --Submitted by ab of kc
How many acres were destroyed in the Amazon fire? About a Brazilian. / Trees are worth more alive than dead. --Prince.
..........wash your face and hands.........Stevie Wonder …..Superstition
Trivia Questions: It's Mammography Day.
^ If you are at average risk for breast cancer, at what age should you have a baseline mammogram?
^^ What age group accounts for the most cancer detection results?
^^^ How many mammograms are done in the United States in a year?
^^^^ What percentage of people who get mammograms actually have cancer?
^^^^^ If the mammogram shows an area that needs closer examination what kind of test will be done next?
Big Hello: Khaíre! - Ancient Greek https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Scientists have found that one dog year does not equal 7 human years. In fact, the only thing that equals 7 human years is 2020. --Submitted by INRITH
Max Picture of the Week: Max and the not so secret life of bees
Fake Library Statistics of the Week: How are librarians like elephants? Librarians never forget and we're paid peanuts. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Tropical rainforests are the only place you can go nowadays and not get “friended”. --Rives / I think the Rainforest Cafe takes the whole theme too far. This one time I was sitting there eating my chicken tenders and they bulldozed 40% of the restaurant.
..........There's so many ways to love ya.........Usher …..OMG
Moonbeam: Each of us bears his own Hell. --Virgil
Meditation Seed of the Week: Would we still see ourselves as 'human' if other hominid species hadn't gone extinct?
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Gay sex also prevents abortion. It's the Christian thing to do. --Sarah Wood --Submitted by Marginal Mennonite Society MMS
Week of the Week: National School Lunch Week (11-15) --The cafeteria at the magnet school for the gifted has Heisenburgers and sides decartes on the menu. / The chemistry class took over the cafeteria today; the food was okay but the seating was a challenge. They only had periodic tables.
I certainly thought the Amazon Rainforest would be a hotter tropic by now. / Has anyone noticed before the Amazon rainforest caught fire, Amazon, the company, made a product called the "Kindle"?
..........how the hell am I supposed to leave.........Usher …..Yeah
^ The benefits and limitations of mammography vary, based on factors like age and personal risk. Experts have different recommendations for mammography. Currently, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening every 2 years for women ages 50 to 74. The American Cancer Society recommends that yearly screening be an option for women at average risk, starting at age 40. The ACS also recommends yearly mammograms be done from age 45 to 54. At age 55, women should switch to mammograms every 2 years, or they may continue yearly screening. Women should talk with their doctors about their personal risk factors before making a decision about when to start getting mammograms or how often they should get them.
Almanac: It is Friday, October 15, 2021. The moon was in the first quarter last Wednesday and is in Aquarius. It is Blind Americans Equality Day, Global Handwashing Day, International Day of Rural Women, I Love Lucy Day, National Aesthetician Day, National Cake Decorating Day, National Cheese Curd Day, National Grouch Day, National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, National Shawarma Day, National White Cane Safety Day, and National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. It is also National Boss's Day aka Boss's Day which usually falls on October 16. But if that falls on a weekend, then it's the closest workday. Because it is the third Friday it is also Mammography Day.
Among those born on this day were Virgil (70 BCE), Robert Herrick (1674), Friedrich Nietzsche (1831), John L Sullivan (1858), P G Wodehouse (1881), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), Arthur Schlesinger Jr (1917), Mario Puzo (1921), Lee Iacocca (1924), Abby Dalton (1932), Barry McGuire (1937), Linda Lavin (1937), Penny Marshall (1942), Tito Jackson (1953), and Sarah Ferguson (1959).
On October fifteenth Henry VIII ordered bowling lanes installed at Whitehall (1520), ether was first used publicly (1846), Cliff House opened in San Francisco (1863), the Edison Electric Light Company incorporated (1878), the American Angler became the first fishing magazine published in the US (1881), the Civil Court declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional (1893), the American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers (ASCAP) was founded (1914), the Clayton Antitrust Act was passed (1914), the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin landed in New Jersey (1928), Hemingway published To Have and Have Not (1937), LaGuardia airport opened (1939), I Love Lucy debuted (CBS, 1851), LBJ created the Department of Transportation (1966), Vietnam Moratorium Day (1969), National Guard enforces integration of Boston schools (1974), the Columbia carried Spacelab into orbit (1985), Clarence Thomas was confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (1991), and Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, & Usher performed at Bill Clinton's 65th birthday party (2011).
Night Sky, 10/15: Spot Venus low in the west in twilight. Just lower left of it, by 1½° (about a finger width at arm's length), look for orange Antares. It's less than 1% as bright. Venus stays about this close to Antares for the next two days, but watch their orientation change. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Image of the Week: Eruption of Fagradalsfjall in the Geldingadalir valley of Iceland.
This Week: Saturday, October 16 – American Frog Day & Sweetest Day & World Food Day
Sunday, October 17 – Black Poetry Day & Mulligan Day & Wear Something Gaudy Day
Night Sky, 10/17:This is the time of year when, soon after nightfall, W-shaped Cassiopeia stands on end halfway up the northeastern sky — and when, off to its left in the north, the dim Little Dipper extends directly leftward from Polaris.
Monday, October 18 – Lung Health Day & Newspaper Comic Strip Appreciation Day & World Menopause Day
Tuesday, October 19 – Evaluate Your Life Day & Pay Back A Friend Day
Night Sky, 10/19: Full Moon (Aquarius): The Orionids are a medium strength shower that sometimes reaches high strength activity. In a normal year the Orionids produce 10-20 shower members at maximum.
Wednesday, October 20 – Chicken and Waffles Day & International Kissing Day & International Pronouns Day
Thursday, October 21 – Celebration of the Mind Day & Reptile Awareness Day & Spirit Day
A rainforest sleepover is called pajamazon. / A particular species of frog, found in South American rainforests, has been observed to leap higher than a 1 story house. This is due to the extremely powerful hind legs of the frog, and the fact that houses cannot leap.
..........And wondering when we'll be free.........K'naan …..Flag Wavin'
^^ Breast cancer occurs more often in women ages 50 and older.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I am now ”take a picture of labels with my phone so I can blow it up bigger and read it” years old. --Submitted by RHOZ
Moonbeam: Death twitches my ear, “Live,” he says, “I am coming” --Virgil
Video of the Week: Lucy and Ethel at the Candy Factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnbNcQlzV-4
Ollie's Very Own Picture of the Week: Double Ollies and the magic mirror
Not So Late Night Snacks of the Week: Move over Cayman Islands. Stand down, Switzerland. The hip new cool place to stash your ill gotten gains is the sovereign state of South Dakota. --Peter Sagal So is Lincoln's head just full of cash? --Adam Burke No, but he now has a pair of diamond earrings. --Peter Sagal Wait Wait Don't Tell Me 10/9/21
At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity. --Chico Mendes
There's a rainforest in South America where all the animals are conversant in current world events? It's called a topical rainforest. / Jungle pups get their flowers from the rain florist.
..........I can be cool if you want to be mad........Lady Gaga …..Government Hooker
^^^ From January through June of 2020, 452,083 screening mammograms were done and 112,207 diagnostic mammograms were done.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Ambiguity: What happens in Vagueness stays in Vagueness. --Submitted by Philosophy Matters
Collective Noun of the Week: A catalog of Librarians
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Cure bad breath. Dissolve two Alka-Seltzer tablets in a glass of warm water and use as a mouthwash. The baking soda in the Alka-Seltzer lowers the pH level in your mouth, killing odor-producing bacteria. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/alkaseltzer.html
Puzzle of the Week: This challenge came from listener Anthony Gray, of Bergen County, N.J. Write down the name of a country and its largest city, one after the other. Hidden in this string, in consecutive letters, is another country's capital (in six letters)? What is it? NPR Sunday Puzzle 10/10/21
When the Koch Brothers heard that scientists claimed that 85% of rainforests would be gone by 2025 they said, "Here, hold my beer". / We all can do better to help save the planet. With this in mind, I’ve just published a book on preserving the rainforest, and what we can do as a human race to help protect it. It's over 2000 pages long.
...........want your Bill Romance........Lady Gaga …..Bad Romance
^^^^ For every 1,000 women screened, 100 are recalled. Of the 100, 81 are either found negative and re-screened in a year or have another imaging study in six months. Nineteen undergo a minimally invasive needle biopsy, and five of them are diagnosed with breast cancer. So,..5 per 1000.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My friend, Jack, claims that he can communicate with vegetables. Jack and the beans talk. --Submitted by The English Teacher's Daughter TETD
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: ValleyCon 46 (14-17, Fargo, ND) ValleyCon strives to bring the best and most relevant guests featured in sci-fi, fantasy, horror, comics, gaming and film & TV! – http://valleycon.com/
Name That Poet of the Week: A people’s peace for which men can enthuse / A peace that brings reality to our dream.
Actual Science Conference of the Week: Stochastic Physics in Biology (10-15, Ventura, CA) Trends of current biomedical research https://10times.com/stochastic-physics-biology
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Pakistan + Karachi --> Ankara
The poorest plants in the rainforest are vines; they can't support themselves. / Plant a tree. Do it so the rainforest doesn't have to do all the work. As you shovel in the dirt around it, remember to say, “May the forest be with you”.
..........down in the trenches........Bono and the Edge …..Bulletproof Pride
^^^^^ Next step - Diagnostic mammogram. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a screening mammogram is an X-ray of the breast used to detect breast changes in women who have no signs of breast cancer. It usually involves two X-rays of each breast. Using a mammogram, it is possible to detect a tumor that cannot be felt. A diagnostic mammogram is an X-ray of the breast used to diagnose unusual breast changes, such as a lump, pain, nipple thickening or discharge, or a change in breast size or shape. A diagnostic mammogram is also used to evaluate abnormalities detected on a screening mammogram. It usually involves more X-rays of the breast from different angles.
My Own Writing of the Week: The most elusive problem of losing weight is perception. So we're all on the same page, I adhere to Lily Tomlin's philosophy, "Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs". But reality can be inconsistent at the best of times. My brain and my body know that I am way lighter than I used to be. I see that my arms are smaller as I type at my keyboard. My legs are thinner; my stomach has definition. I only have 2 chins. I feel thinner, healthier, and fit. But I'm still fat. 225 pounds is fat by anybody's standards. People just meeting me perceive me as fat. So, I end up with these little jolts as two totally accurate and totally opposite realities bump up against each other. I look in the mirror one day and am pleased with how much of me there isn't and the next day horrified by how much of me there is. And if Ms Tomlin was also right when she said "Reality is nothing but a collective hunch", where does that leave me? From The Downside of Losing Weight
Poet of the Week: Langston Hughes Give Us Our Peace
Vintage Players One Liner of the Week: If history repeats itself, I'm so getting a dinosaur.
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: In Athens, no one wakes up before noon. Dawn is tough on Greece.
Today's Peace of History, October 15, 1966: Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, California.
The jaguar eats lunch in a different part of the rainforest each day. She doesn't have a favorite spot. / Rainforest frogs wear open toad shoes.
..........Little sister, don't you worry about a thing today.........Bono and the Edge …..A Man And A Woman ~~Dedicated to Chelsea and Marc
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle October 15, 2021, the Old-Growth ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam: Fear is proof of a degenerate mind. --Virgil
Cost of War:
As of 10/14/21 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,925,761,501,722.
As of 10/7/21 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,924,595,411,491.
As of 10/14/21 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $1,086,658,359,933.
As of 10/7/21 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $1,086,061,088,794.
As of 10/14/21 State Department War on Terror Costs since 2001: $161,066,466,129.
As of 10/7/21 State Department War on Terror Costs since 2001: $160,516,592,285.
As of 10/14/21 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $1,008,978,834,294.
As of 10/7/21 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $1,007,443,113,633.
As of 10/14/21 Veterans Care since 2001: 2,073,580,052,642.
As of 10/7/21 Veterans Care since 2001: 2,061,938,359,048.
As of 10/14/21 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $7,256,048,185,071.
As of 10/7/21 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $7,240,556,796,011.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. --Franklin D. Roosevelt
Famous Last Words: 'Cause I love Lucy and Lucy loves me. The I Love Lucy theme song.
..........unafraid, I can go where life leads me.........Stevie Wonder …..For Once In My Life ~~Today's songs are from Bill Clinton's 65th Birthday Gala on this day in 2011.
If you want to learn about rainforest spiders, check out their website. / Where do you find rainforests with no trees? On a map
May Peace cool your reality
And Joy purify your spirit
prairie mama
christine
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