Famous First Words: Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful... Margaret Mitchell Gone With The Wind
The United Nations has declared June 30th to be International Asteroid Day (A/RES/71/90). FYI: All asteroids are vegetarian because they aren't meteors. / Asteroids are nature's way of asking, “How's that space program coming along?”
..........Just can't get my poor self together..........Lena Horne …..Stormy Weather
You must be the change you wish to see in the world --Mahatma Gandhi
It is a muggy Friday morning. The 83°F temperature and the 68% relative humidity are already brutal and the 12 mph north wind makes little difference. Trees are blowing, willows are thrashing and yet the oppressive heat remains. Only the hollyhocks seem to love it. At least, I keep telling myself, it's still morning. I ran 4 errands this morning finding people all over town in grumpy moods. So now I'm in a grumpy mood and finding it hard to write an upbeat, great day paragraph here. Home On The Range missed the verse about being hot and sweaty before 10 am and how it makes discouraging word flow from the mouth into the heated air. Ah, Kansas in summer, where hell goes on vacation. Other than that, have a great holiday.
Wishing you a long and safe weekend, ePistliers
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Stop complaining about your life. There are literally people living in Florida. --Submitted by 98%
Alice Asteroid said no when Allen Asteroid proposed. She was afraid of comet-ment. / They're called hemorrhoids because the word asteroids was already taken.
..........Is it a cocktail, this feeling of joy..........Lena Horne …..At Long Last Love
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday, N.O.W.
- ^ What is the pesky preposition between the O and the W?
- ^^ Why was that set of women all in Washington DC that day?
- ^^^ Who was the first president of N.O.W?
- ^^^^ How big is N.O.W. now?
- ^^^^^ Who is the current president of N.O.W?
Big Hello: Ko na mauri – Kiribati (Micronesia) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Jeffrey Update: Jeff received his first disability check yesterday. It was for the month of June 2023. This means his monthly checks will arrive regularly. We haven't heard about his back pay yet. But it is very much progress. Sigh.
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I'm triangulating with the coordinates: I don't know, I don't care, and I don't give a crap.
Image of the Week: This is the surface of Dimorphos, the asteroid on which NASA landed The Dart September 2022
Fake Library Statistics of the Week: The average librarian's cardigan conceals two pencils, one flask, and one emergency kitten. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Wonder if there were asteroid deniers among the dinosaurs? / All they were saying is that the asteroids are a woke hoax.
..........I intend to be independently blue..........Lena Horne …..Love Me Or Leave Me
Moonbeam: Shadow owes its birth to light. --John Gay
Question of the Week: How many boxes of top secret documents do you have in your bathroom?
Puzzle of the Week: From listener Joe Becker, of Palo Alto. Take the name of a fish (6). Add the name of a mammal (5). Rearrange all the letters to get the name of a reptile. What was it? NPR Sunday Puzzle 6/25/23
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Triscuits are the perfect snack for anyone that has ever had the urge to eat wicker furniture. --Submitted by INRITH
I tried to read an article about an asteroid colliding with Earth. I couldn't finish it; it hit too close to home. / Did you hear what NASA said about the asteroid? “No comet.”
..........Here's to better days...........Lena Horne …..Honeysuckle Rose
^ It's the National Organization FOR Women.
Almanac: It is Friday, June 30, 2023. The moon will be full (Buck) on Monday (7/3) and is in Scorpio. It is Leap Second Time Adjustment Day, National Meteor Watch Day, NOW (National Organization For Women) Day, and Social Media Day. Because it is the last Friday it is also Drive Your Corvette to Work Day.
Among those born on this day were John Gay (1685), Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (1768), William Wheeler (1819), Wilfrid Pelletier (1896), David Wayne (1916), Buddy Rich & Lena Horne (1917), Susan Hayward (1918), Harry Blackstone Jr (1934), Florence Ballard (Supremes, 1943), and Mike Tyson (1966),
On June thirtieth Congress created the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma, 1834), the Excelsior diamond was discovered (1893), Korea declared independence from China (1894), Asteroid #504 Cora was discovered (1902), a giant fireball impacted Central Siberia (1908), the Pure Food & Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were both adopted (1906), Gandhi was arrested for the first time (South Africa, 1914), Gone with the Wind was published & the 40 hour work week was made law (1936), the US Fish & Wildlife Service was established (1940), the New Orleans mint ceased operation (1942), NAACP began at attack on school segregation and discrimination (1951), Rwanda & Burundi became independent (1962), Robert Lawrence Jr was named the first black astronaut (1967), Spain ceded Ifni to Morocco (1969), the first game was played in Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium (1970), and New York State legislature passed the Staten Island Secession Bill (1989).
Night Sky, 6/30: Mars and Venus are now at their minimum separation for this apparition, 3.6° apart. Mars will remain in low twilight view for more than a month to come. Venus will drop away faster. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Max and Ollie and the Very Big Pig
This Week: Saturday, July 1 – Canada Day & International Tartan Day & Medicare's Birthday
Sunday, July 2 – National Wildland Firefighter Day & World UFO Day
Night Sky, 7/2: The Moon, just a day from full, shines inside the Sagittarius Teapot (for North America). Use binoculars to piece out the Teapot through the moonlight. Note: The Teapot is about twice the width of a typical binocular's field of view, so expect to sweep around a bit.
Monday, July 3 – International Plastic Bag Free Day & Stay Out Of The Sun Day & Superman Day
Tuesday, July 4 – Independence Day & Lou Gehrig Day & National BBQ Ribs Day
Wednesday, July 5 – Bikini Day & Thong Day & Work Without Your Hands Day
Night Sky, 7/5: Saturn (magnitude +0.9, in dim Aquarius) rises around 11 pm or midnight. By the beginning of dawn it's in steadiest telescopic view high in the south-southeast.
Thursday, July 6 – Earth at Aphelion & International Kissing Day aka World Kiss Day
Early humans survived the asteroids that killed the dinosaurs by social distancing. They stayed 56 million years apart. / It's well known in scientific circles that asteroids have great comet sense.
..........Whether near to me or far..........Lena Horne …..Night And Day
^^ NOW was established on June 30, 1966 in Washington, DC, by people attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I knocked over a plant in the kitchen but my cat saw me so I had to spray myself with water so I could show the law applies to everyone. --Lord Hugh Mungus --Submitted by dr of oh
Moonbeam: On the choice of friends, our good or evil name depends. --John Gay
Video of the Week: The Supremes (with Florence Ballard) Stop! In the Name of Love (3:20)
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. --Mahatma Gandhi
The black hole actually liked swallowing asteroids, but she wished they were a little meteor. / Some days all the asteroids seem to be behind Uranus.
..........Only hoop-DE-doop songs..........Lena Horne …..From This moment On
^^^ Betty Friedan, best known for her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique, which changed the conversation on traditional gender roles, was chosen as the Now's first president.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: She can fold a fitted sheet. She must be a witch. --Submitted by Stirring The Cauldron
Weird Word of the Week: Abatjour – skylight or device to direct light into a room https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abat-jour
Dragon of the Week: Apache Dragon
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Dry fresh herbs. Place the herbs on a sheet of Bounty Paper Towels and heat them in the microwave oven for approximately one minute. Repeat for thirty-second intervals if necessary. Store the dried herbs in Ziploc Storage Bags, labeled appropriately, in the pantry for up to one years. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/bounty2.html
Freddie Mercury finally has an asteroid named after him. His family has said how great it is that Freddie is immortalized in rock; they really appreciate the sediment. / So, it was a single asteroid that wiped out all of the dinosaurs? Why were they all standing in one place?
..........Lena Horne …..I Got Rhythm
^^^^ NOW consists of 550 chapters in all 50 states and in Washington DC. It is the largest feminist organization in the US with around 500,000 members.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Age improves with wine.
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: SoonerCon 2023 (6/20-7/2, Norman, OK) Assemble Engage Transform https://soonercon.com/
Actual Science Conference of the Week: Second Metaverse Expo Tokyo (28-30, Tokyo, Japan) 東京ビッグサイト https://www.tradefairdates.com/Metaverse+Expo-M8016/Tokyo.html
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Salmon + tiger = Gila monster
There was an asteroid impact just outside of town and I drove out to see. I saw a glowing green celestial stone inside the impact crater. As I was moving toward it, I became gloomy and even suicidal. That's when I heard someone shouting, “Hey, you're in a depression.”. / My band is called the Asteroid Belt; it's the biggest rock band in the galaxy.
..........She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair..........Lena Horne …..The Lady Is A Tramp
^^^^^ Christian F. Nunes, MBA, MS, LCSW, became NOW president in August 2020. As the second African American president in the organization’s history, the youngest person of color, and the youngest president in more than 40 years, Nunes is leading the organization through an intersectional lens, bringing a diverse coalition of grassroots activists to work against structural sexism and racism.
Quote of the Week: The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking. --Martin Heidegger
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Never underestimate the importance of abandoning crap you don't need. --Submitted by HPF
Today's Peace of History, June 30, 1870: Ada Kepley became the first woman in America to graduate with a formal law degree from Union College of Law, now named Northwestern University of Chicago.
Now science believes that before the asteroid hit, the dinosaurs in the Mediterranean area were Falafel Raptors. / She was so fat she wore the asteroid belt to keep her pants up.
..........There's a somebody I'm longing to see..........Lena Horne …..Someone To Watch Over Me
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle June 30, 2023, ePistle?, mY aSteroid Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: The brave love mercy and delight to save. --John Gay.
Cost of War:
- As of 06/29/23 State Department War Costs since 2001: $210,558,145,033.
- As of 06/22/23 State Department War Costs since 2001: $210,012,747,568.
- As of 06/29/23 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $1,147,214,206,403.
- As of 06/22/23 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $1,145,690,870,205.
- As of 06/29/23 Homeland Security since 2001: $1,140,416,666,710.
- As of 06/22/23 Homeland Security since 2001: $1,139,824,276,529.
- As of 06/29/23 Veterans Care since 2001: $3,121,439,638,102.
- As of 06/22/23 Veterans Care since 2001:$3,109,892,917,440.
- As of 06/29/23 Military Costs since 2001: $3,030,718,354,625.
- As of 06/22/23 Military Costs since 2001: $3,029,561,795,507.
- As of 06/29/23 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $8,650,348,758,760.
- As of 06/22/23 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $8,634,984,273,423.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. --Mahatma Gandhi
Famous Last Words: That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and seven. Approved, June 30, 1906 --Pure Food And Drug Act
..........And one more for the road..........Lena Horne …..One For My Baby
The difference between cortisone and comet – one's a steroid the other is an asteroid. / Bodybuilding dinosaurs died of asteroid overdose.
May Peace light your way
And Joy clear your path
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