Famous First Words: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, China, France, Australia, Belgium, the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Greece, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Union of South Africa, and the People's Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, hereinafter referred to as "the Allied and Associated Powers" ..Treaty ending WWII
Happy National Umbrella Day. Why do the people of Seattle carry umbrellas so often? Because umbrellas can't walk. / My umbrella has a slogan: I'm just here throwing shade !
..........when I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun.........Leontyne Price …..Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees
Peace without justice is tyranny. --William Allen White
It is a cold (24°F) Friday morning. The sun is rising onto an absolutely clear blue sky. Sunshine picks up the colors of the golden, bare branches of the willow waving and sparkling. It picks up the metallic gray of the fencing and the pastel siding on houses and sheds. Wind keeps the tree tops waving but is not strong enough to move the large branches. No bird graces the limbs but they are busy at the feeder in the front yard. Ah, the furnace has come on with its hum and whirr; at the same time shadows of smoke or steam are racing across the strip of storage shed where the sun has reached. It is a Plato moment – fire...shadow...sun...enlightenment. I'm going to go fix my coffee. Love ya.
Hope your weekend is bright and sunny, ePistliers.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Please DO NOT confuse your Google Search with my Library Degree.
I found a lot of clever jokes about umbrellas, but they usually go over people's heads. / Don't bring an umbrella to a brainstorm session.
..........Qui Radamès verrà.........Leontyne Price …..O Patria Mia (Radames will come here - Verdi)
Trivia Questions: Happy Anniversary to Victoria and Albert !
- ^ Do you know Victoria's first name?
- ^^ Which castle was Victoria the first reigning monarch to inhabit?
- ^^^ How many languages did Victoria speak?
- ^^^^ What wedding trends were begun by Victoria?
- ^^^^^ What Christmas tradition is credited to Albert and Victoria?
Obligatory Section of the Week: Go, Chiefs !!!
Big Hello: Miyaxwen – Ivilyuat https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm ~~Ivilyuat is an Uto-Aztecan language spoken in the Cahuilla Nation in southern California in the USA. In 2011 there were just six speakers of Ivilyuat.
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I need that kind of coffee that's so strong when I take a sip, my ancestors wake up. --Submitted by INRITH
Image of the Week: There has been no other news on KC television all week.
Fake Library Statistics of the Week: After ten years of working in a library you should have one cardigan of unknown origin, three books that belong to where you used to work, and at least one pet taken home from work. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
If you are walking in the rain with an umbrella are you under the weather? / I thanked the gentlemen at the bus stop who offered to share his umbrella with me. I explained that the glass ceiling keeps me dry.
..........Les tringles des sistres tintaient.........Leontyne Price …..Gypsy Song (The sistrums' rods were jingling - Bizet)
Moonbeam: Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste. --Bertolt Brecht
Meditation of the Week: What exists? --Lucretius
Puzzle of the Week: Think of a title for a particular person — two words, 15 letters in total — in which the only vowel is "I." What is it? --NPR Sunday Puzzle 10/14/18
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Whoever removed the 29th and 30th from February, come get the 14th too. --Submitted by INRITH
What do you call a fat parrot with an umbrella? A poly unsaturate. / My umbrella has a mind of its own; it's hard to rain in.
..........conforto, sostegno dell'anima stanca.........Leontyne Price …..Addio Del Passato (To comfort and uphold my weary soul -Verdi)
^ Born in Kensington Palace on May 24, 1819, Queen Victoria was originally named Alexandrina Victoria, after her godfather, Tsar Alexander 1, but she always preferred to go by her second name, or the nickname 'Drina.
Almanac: It is Friday, February 10, 2023. The moon will enter the last quarter on Monday (2/13) and is in Libra. It is National Cream Cheese Brownie Day, National Home Warranty Day, National Umbrella Day, Plimsoll Day, and All The News That's Fit To Print Day.
Among those born on this day were John Suckling (1609), Horbert van Flowers (1670), William Congreve (1670), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), Charles Lamb (1775), William Allen White (1868), Jesse G. Vincent (1880), Boris L. Pasternak (1890), Jimmy Durante (1893), Bertolt Brecht (1898), Max Schubert (1905), Walter Brown (1905), Lon Changey Jr. (1906), Leontyne Price (1927), Robert Wagner (1930), Hamish Imlach (1940), Mark Spitz and Mike Rutherford (1950), and Jayhawk Owens (1969).
On February tenth the Academie Francaise was founded (Paris, 1635), Edmund Halley was appointed second Astronomer Royal of England (1763), Haydn's 99th Symphony in E premiered (1794), Victoria married Albert (1840), the first US fire extinguisher was patented (1863), YWCA was founded (1870), the Peace of Zanjon was signed (1878), Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F premiered (1878), Coolidge requested a second disarmament conference (1927), New Delhi became the capital of India (1931),
Tom and Jerry debut (1940), the WWII peace treaties were signed (1947), Death of a Salesman opened (1949), Eisenhower warned against intervention in Vietnam (1954), and Mensa was incorporated (1971),
Night Sky, 2/10: Sirius the Dog Star blazes in the southeast after dinnertime, below Orion. It's the brightest star of Canis Major. In a dark sky with lots of stars visible, the constellation's points can be connected to form a convincing Big Dog profile. He's currently standing on his hind legs. Sirius is on his chest, to the right or lower right of his faint triangular head. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Boys Begin Backyard Bathtub Buffoonery
Extra Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad. --Kurt Vonnegut
This Week: Saturday, February 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science & National Inventors Day
Sunday, February 12 – Darwin Day & NAACP Day & Paul Bunyan Day
Night Sky, 2/12: Right after nightfall this week, the W of Cassiopeia shines high in the northwest standing almost on end. The brightest star between Cassiopeia and the zenith right after dark, seen from the world's mid-northern latitudes, is Alpha Persei (Mirfak), magnitude 1.8. It lies on the lower-right edge of the Alpha Persei Cluster: a large, elongated, very loose scatter of fainter stars about the size of your thumb-tip at arm's length. At least a dozen are 6th magnitude or brighter. They show best in binoculars
Monday, February 13 – Clean Out Your Computer Day & Galentine's Day & World Radio Day
Tuesday, February 14 – Library Lovers Day & National Donor Day & Extraterrestrial Culture Day
Wednesday, February 15 – Lupercalia & National Hippo Day & Susan B Anthony Day
Night Sky, 2/15: Venus, the brightest planet at magnitude –3.9, shines low in the west-southwest in evening twilight. It's on the lower right of Jupiter, the second-brightest planet. Venus sets about a half hour after twilight's end. Telescopically it's still just a shimmering little ball, 11 arcseconds in diameter and noticeably gibbous (90% sunlit).
Thursday, February 16 – Kyoto Protocol Day & Tim Tam Day
My umbrella was broken; only half of it opened all the way. But it's okay because there's only a 50% chance of rain. / I like to imagine that the person who invented the umbrella had planned to call it brella...but then hesitated.
..........Non feci mai male ad anima viva.........Leontyne Price ….Vissi d'Arte (I never did harm to a living soul - Puccini)
^^ Shortly after her accession to the throne, Queen Victoria moved into Buckingham Palace, which was previously owned by her late uncle King William IV. This made Queen Victoria the first reigning monarch to take up residence at Buckingham.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If St Paul could see the church today...we'd be getting a letter. --Submitted by MMS
Moonbeam: Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong. --Bertolt Brecht
Video of the Week: Jimmy Durante “Good night Mrs Calabash” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWN97q7xtDE
Not So Late Night Snacks of the Week: Who is going to give up next? The head of the national archives. He said, screw it, just keep the secret documents. --Adam Burke Wait Wait Don't Tell Me 2/4/23
Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others. --William Allen White
In the middle of a rain storm, my boss told me to water the flowers in the garden. I was puzzled and said, “But, mam, it's raining.” She replied, “Then take an umbrella.” / The doe gave the faun an umbrella in case of reindeer. She said, “Because I caribou.”
..........Pray for those who worship you.........Leontyne Price ….Ave Maria
^^^ The young queen was an adept linguist, fluent in both English and German. Her mother and governess both had German roots, so Victoria grew up speaking the language and later used it frequently when speaking to her German husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Queen also studied French, Italian, and Latin.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Pop two more balloons and we win a stuffed animal. Which, ironically, is also made in China. --Chad Prather --Submitted by jm or ks
Weird Word of the Week: Volvelle: A calculation device consisting of concentric moveable circles. https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/decoding-the-medieval-volvelle/
Dragon of the Week: Snow Dragon
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Eliminate static electricity from your television screen. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/bounce.html
As a teenager I had a summer job pumping gas. One week an older guy drove up and said he wanted a fill-up. Then he got out of the car with an umbrella, opened it, and followed me around as I worked, holding the umbrella over my head to keep the sun off me. I awkwardly thanked him as he paid his tab and drove away. A week later, he came back for a fill up. Again, he got out of the car with the umbrella and opened it, but this time he just stood there watching me work. I asked, “So you’re not gonna use that to keep the sun off me this time?” and he retorted, “Watch it, young man. Fuel me once, shade on you. Fuel me twice, shade on me!”
...........Pace, pace, mio Dio.........Leontyne Price ….Pace pace mio Dio (Peace, o mighty father, give me peace - Verdi)
^^^^ At the time of her wedding, it was common for wedding dresses to come in a variety of colors. Queen Victoria, however, wished to show off the lace embroidery of her dress and requested it in white. She also asked that none of her guests wear white so as not to draw attention away from her, and she even had the pattern for her dress destroyed so that it could not be copied. Queen Victoria accessorized the dress—complete with an 18-foot train.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Procrastination, Working tomorrow for a better today. --Submitted by bc of tx
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Farpoint Convention 2023 (10-12, Hunt Valley, MD) to promote the cultural and educational advancement of literary, graphical, musical and theatrical art forms inspired by science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, horror, and all realms of the imagination in the community at large. https://www.farpointcon.com/who-we-are/
Actual Science Conference of the Week: National Big Data Health Science Conference 2023 (10, Columbia, SC) This 4th annual conference will include innovative plenary sessions, panels, and workshops that emphasize the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in Big Data applications and advancements in the health sciences. https://www.sc-bdhs-conference.org/
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Miss Mississippi
I don't trust umbrellas, they're so shady. / The IRS agent explained that you can't deduct for umbrellas even though they are overhead.
..........L'amour est un oiseau rebelle.........Leontyne Price …..Habanera (Love is a rebellious bird - Bizet)
^^^^^ You can thank Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert for your Christmas tree. They popularized the custom in 1848 when Albert sent decorated trees to schools and army barracks around Windsor. An image of the royal family decorating a tree was also published that year, inspiring other British families to do the same.
My Own Writing of the Week: Coyote was a trickster indeed, in bed and out. He would surprise me by showing up at work to take me to lunch. He once drew a happy face on his stomach for me to discover as we undressed each other. He hid stuff between the sheets too - never anything dangerous or scratchy - chocolate bars (in case we get hungry) or vibrators. Once I used makeup to give his junk shadows and texture, but it wasn't very amusing and it tasted funny. One afternoon after a long, lush session of love, as I was drifting into sleep, I said, “Hey, doc, will I ever walk again?” His reply, “If I have to, so do you”. Fair enough. He had a short attention span and bounced out of my life quickly.
When I was 60 years old, I appeared in the Lawrence Kansas Anarchists Exposed Calendar (2004) in the nude. I was old and fat and it was so much fun. I wore only an Uncle Sam Hat. Bruce appeared also on a different page in a wizard hat. I bought 10 copies and gave them away as Christmas presents. I sent one to my daughter's family but my grandchildren refused to look at it. I sent copies to a few old boyfriends and even to one still in the queue. I was the oldest nude in the calendar.
From Always Surrender by Christine Smith
Quote of the Week: A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. --Ludwig Wittgenstein
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Goodnight, table. Goodnight, moon. Goodnight Chinese spy balloon. --Submitted by af of ks
Today's Peace of History: February 10, 1964: After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by a vote of 290-130. The bill prohibited any state or local government or public facility from denying access to anyone because of race or ethnic origin.
The umbrella went to the doctor because it was feeling a little under the weather. / You can spot tourists in Washington state by the umbrellas they carry.
.......... Miau Miau Miau.........Leontyne Price …..Cat Duet (Guess, guess, guess - Rossini)
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle February 10, 2023, Covered ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith, Lawrence, KS
Moonbeam: The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. --Bertolt Brecht
Cost of War:
- As of 02/09/23 State Department War Costs since 2001: $199,449,155,285.
- As of 02/02/23 State Department War Costs since 2001: $198,901,026,236.
- As of 02/02/23 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $1,114,654,688,585.
- As of 02/09/23 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $1,116,185,706,274.
- As of 02/09/23 Homeland Security since 2001: $1,128,349,889,248.
- As of 02/02/23 Homeland Security since 2001: $1,127,754,635,382.
- As of 02/09/23 Veterans Care since 2001: $2,886,235,426,423.
- As of 02/02/23 Veterans Care since 2001: $2,874,630,789,887.
- As of 02/09/23 Military Costs since 2001: $3,007,159,676,659.
- As of 02/02/23 Military Costs since 2001: $3,005,997,272,639.
- As of 02/09/23 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $8,337,382,017,671.
- As of 02/02/23 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $8,321,940,525,747.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias. --William Allen White
Famous Last Words: We're free... Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman
..........Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.........Leontyne Price …..Were You There
My dad told me he was a spy. Truth is he was using an umbrella and they called him a gent under cover. / Umbrellas never remember anything because the rain washed.
May Peace keep your heart
And Joy release your soul
prairie mama
christine
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