Famous First Words: Considering that the United States, acting in conjunction with its co-belligerents... Peace Treaty between the United States and Germany signed August 25, 1921
It's World Princess Week: Snow White is my choice for Princess Judge – she's the fairest of them all. / The easiest way to find a lost princess is to follow the footprince.
..........Oh, the sun is warm.........Leonard Bernstein …..I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet (On The Town)
Preventing conflicts is the work of politics; establishing peace is the work of education. --Maria Montessori
It is a warm (83°F) and sunny Friday morning. The sky is a deep blue with no clouds that I can see. A light breeze sends the willow into graceful stirs and waves; but the mulberry just stands there trying to look majestic. The patch of yellow sunflowers are leaning and showing mostly green. It is so amazing how many shades of green there can be in one backyard. I look up at a small bird that is fluttering among the high willow branches but realize it is a single willow leaf, long and slender, twirling it's way to the ground. To autumn! Ah, and now an actual small bird glides into the mulberry and disappears into the foliage. I raise my cup...smelling and tasting of decaf, sweetener, and ½ n ½...to the nature show out my window. Makes me feel like a princess.
Hope your weekend is in line for the throne, ePistliers.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Every loaf of bread is a tragic story of a group of grains that could have become whiskey but didn't. --Submitted by sb of ar
Even a princess is strong enough to move a castle when she's playing chess. / The princess who could make the most clever jokes was RaPUNzel.
..........Breeze it, buzz it, easy does it.........Leonard Bernstein …..Cool (West Side Story)
Trivia Questions: It is National Park Service Day! There are more than 50 lighthouses preserved in National Parks.
- ^ Which National Park has 9 of the 50 lighthouses, the most of any park?
- ^^ Which areas of our country have the most national park lighthouses?
- ^^^ How did the National Park Service come to own so many lighthouses?
- ^^^^ How many lighthouses have been received in the first fifteen years of this program?
- ^^^^^ What is the chief reason why lighthouses are no longer useful?
Big Hello: caлam (Salam) – Kyrgyz https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: America sure is having some bad luck. It's almost like it was built on an ancient Indian burial ground. --Submitted by MMS
Image of the Week: Inmate #P01135809
Fake Library Statistics of the Week: 25% of lirbarians will let you know about the typo in your post. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Princess Ariel, aka the little mermaid, used to throw jars of peanut butter into the sea for the jellyfish. / What eats more princesses than a dragon? Two dragons.
..........I grab the maestro's stick and start in leading the band........Leonard Bernstein …..Carried Away (On The Town)
Moonbeam: Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry. --Bret Harte
Question of the Week: What is the phobia of chainsaws called? --Strangely Hilarious Yahoo Questions
Puzzle of the Week: From listener Dan Pitt, of Palo Alto, Calif. Name a famous contemporary singer (6,4). The second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and ninth letters, in order, spell a repeated part of a song that everyone knows. What was it? NPR Puzzle Sunday 8/20/23
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Joke all you want, but Rudy's prepared to fight this all the way to the Supreme Courtyard by Marriott. --Submitted by ff of ks
Cinderella never made it to major league soccer because her coach was a pumpkin. / After Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker replanted the trees they had destroyed on the moon of Endor, she pronounced, “May the forest be with you.”
..........Better get rid of your accent........Leonard Bernstein …..America (West Side Story)
^ Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin has 9 lighthouses. Isle Royale National Park in Michigan is next with 4.
Almanac: It is Friday, August 25, 2023. The moon went into the first quarter yesterday (8/24) and is in Sagittarius. It is Kiss and Make Up Day, National Park Service Day, National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day, and World Daffodil Day. Because it is the last full weekend in August it is also International Bat Nights.
Among those born on this day were Ivan the Terrible (aka IV, 1530), George Stubbs (1724), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Bret Harte (1836), Michael Rennie (1909), Walt Kelly (1913), Van Johnson (1916), Mel Ferrer (1917), Leonard Bernstein (1918), George Wallace (1919), Monty Hall (1923), Sean Connery (1930), Regis Philbin (1931), Tom Skerritt (1933), Gene Simmons (KISS, 1949), Rob Halford (Judas Priest, 1951), and Elvis Costello (1954).
On August twenty-fifth Galileo demonstrated his first telescope (1609), New Orleans was founded (1718), Uruguay declared independence from Brazil (1825), Belgium revolted against Netherlands (1830), the first international polo meet was held (1886), the US National Park Services was established (1916), US and Germany sign peace treaty (1921), Paris was liberated (1944), Truman nationalized the railroads to avoid a strike (1950), US/USSR signed a $10 billion grain pact (1983), and Carl Lewis ran 100m in 9.86 seconds (1991).
Night Sky, 8/25: How soon after sunset can you see the big Summer Triangle? Face east. Vega, the Triangle's brightest star, is nearly at the zenith (for skywatchers at mid-northern latitudes). Deneb is the first bright star to Vega's east-northeast. Altair shines less high in the southeast. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Fraternal Picture of the Week: And then, just like that, everybody started wearing bubble hats...
This Week: Saturday, August 26 – Burnt Ends Day & National Dog Day & Women's Equality Day
Sunday, August 27 – Just Because Day & World Rock Scissors Paper Day
Night Sky, 8/27 : The waxing gibbous Moon shines in the south after dark. High above it, by three or four fists at arm's length, spot 1st-magnitude Altair with its little sidekick, 3rd-magnitude Tarazed (Gamma Aquilae) about a finger-width above it. Much closer to the right of the Moon is the Sagittarius Teapot. Its four-star handle is the part closest to the Moon, less than a fist at arm's length. About a fist distance right of the handle, and perhaps a bit lower, is the Teapot's spout. Binoculars help through the moonlight.
Monday, August 28 – National Thoughtful Day & National Weed Out Hate Day & Read Comics In Public Day
Tuesday, August 29 – According To Hoyle Day & Individual Rights Day & More Herbs, Less Salt Day
Wednesday, August 30 – National Beach Day & National Grief Awareness Day
Night Sky, 8/30: Jupiter (magnitude –2.5, in Aries) rises around 11 pm. Watch for it to come up low in the east-northeast. By the beginning of dawn, Jupiter shines very high in the south.
Thursday, August 31 – International Day for the People of African Descent & Love Litigating Lawyers Day
Don't apply for the job of dwarf for Snow White. Statistics show that 86% of them aren't Happy. / When Prince Charming ate Princess Jasmine's ice cream, she yelled, “How diary!”
..........I'll be the light to guide you.........Leonard Bernstein …..Count On Me (On The Town)
^^ The East Coast accounts for almost half of all Park Service Lighthouses. Thanks in large part to the Apostle Islands collection, Lake Superior boasts more than twice as many as the West Coast.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: You think “pronouns are confusing” wait until you find out about verbs.
Moonbeam: We have met the enemy and he is us. --Walt Kelly ~~Our father loved Pogo and quoted Walt Kelly often.
Video of the Week: Scenes from the liberation of Paris. (2:33)
Declaration of the Week: One of the few television programs that I have watched for decades is Jeopardy. I was pleased when the big time winners refused to come back for some championship game because they refused to cross the WGA-SAG picket lines. Good for them. Then Mayim Bialik declined to host a celebrity show for the same reason. But Ken Jennings apparently doesn't mind being scab labor and will continue to host. So I have stopped watching Jeopardy and will not return – maybe ever – but certainly not until the strike is settled in the favor of labor. I have already weaned myself off of late night shows and will probably never go back. I do miss people regularly making political jokes about the day's news, however. There must be a blog.
Education is the best weapon for peace. --Maria Montessori
Diana Prince, aka the Princess of Themyscira, used to make sandwiches with Wonder Bread. / Princess Ariel was grounded when her grades fell below C level.
..........It's alarming how charming I feel........Leonard Bernstein …..I Feel Pretty (West Side Story)
^^^ The Park Service’s role extends beyond the lighthouses located in national parks. Even when they stop fulfilling their primary function as navigational aids, lighthouses retain historic and cultural value. To preserve that heritage, Congress passed the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act in 2000. The act created a process for the U.S. Coast Guard to transfer ownership of lighthouses it deems no longer necessary to other federal agencies, state and local governments, or other organizations, provided that they preserve the lighthouses and make them accessible to the general public.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Of course your opinion matters. Just not to me.
Weird Word of the Week: Latibulate – to hide in a corner https://forreadingaddicts.co.uk/word-of-the-day/word-of-the-day-latibulate/
Dragon of the Week: The Dragon Princess
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Prevent the wet pages of a book from wrinkling. Place sheets of Bounty Paper Towels between every wet page, close the book, place a heavy book on top, and let sit overnight. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/bounty2.html
Rapunzel won the princess race by a hair. / Ariel keeps her change in her octopurse.
...........The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down........Leonard Bernstein …..New York New York (On The Town
^^^^ The Park Service reviews applications and makes a recommendation as to whether the transfer should proceed. If no application is successful, the General Services Administration may sell the lighthouse to private buyers. By the end of 2014, the program had transferred 72 lights to public entities and sold 41 others for a total of $5.6 million. Interested? Learn more about the program on the Park Service website .
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: When she tried to sing, it sounded like a walrus giving birth to farm equipment. --Submitted by High Church Coyote
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: San Diego International Kids Film Festival (25-27, San Diego,CA) 140+ projects from 30+ countries http://sdkidsfilms.org/About.html
Actual Science Conference of the Week: Coffee and Code: (25th, KCMO) Kansas City Women in Tech https://www.meetup.com/kansas-city-women-in-tech/events/295177413/
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Celine Dion --> E, I, E, I, O
If Cinderella's glass slipper fit so perfectly, how did it fall off? / Princess Peach uses a toad stool to reach things on the high shelf.
..........Say it soft and it's almost like praying........Leonard Bernstein …..Maria (West Side Story)
^^^^^ The development of modern technology, including GPS, means lighthouses are no longer essential for navigation.
Quote of the Week: “Landlords provide housing like scalpers provide concert tickets” is my new favorite analogy. --Submitted by aeb of kc
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Next time I lose my mind, I swear I'm not even going to look for it anymore. --Submitted by The Oogie Boogie Witch
Today's Peace of History, August 25, 1804: Alicia Meynell competed in a horse race over a four-mile course at York, becoming the first woman known to have done
Princess Jasmine didn't go to the coffee shop because they refused to serve royal tea. / When Princess Fiona met all of Shrek's family, she was ogre-whelmed.
..........I've changed my point of view........Leonard Bernstein …..Lucky To Be Me (On The Town)
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle August 18, 2023, Tiaran ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: Thair ain't no sense in gittin' riled. --Bret Harte
- Cost of War:
- As of 08/24/23 State Department War Costs since 2001: $215,033,691,596.
- As of 08/17/23 State Department War Costs since 2001: $214,468,161,051.
- As of 08/24/23 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $1,159,714,869,853.
- As of 08/17/23 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $1,158,135,398,922.
- As of 08/24/23 Homeland Security since 2001: $1,145,278,043,991.
- As of 08/17/23 Homeland Security since 2001: $1,144,663,810,858.
- As of 08/24/23 Veterans Care since 2001: $3,216,198,104,825.
- As of 08/17/23 Veterans Care since 2001:$3,204,225,625,459.
- As of 08/24/23 Military Costs since 2001:$3,040,209,639,616.
- As of 08/17/23 Military Costs since 2001: $3,039,010,510,265.
- As of 08/24/23 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $8,776,437,386,502.
- As of 08/17/23 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $8,760,506,479,625.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Everyone talks about peace but no one educates for peace. In this world, they educate for competition, and competition is the beginning of any war. When educating to cooperate and owe each other solidarity, that day we will be educating for peace. --Maria Montessori
Famous Last Words: This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Park Service Organic Act’’. --Guess
..........Like we're psychologically disturbed........Leonard Bernstein …..Gee, Officer Krupke (West Side Story)
How many Disney princesses does it take to screw in a light bulb? Actually any number can do it. They hold the bulb in the socket and wait for the world to revolve around them.. / What's purple and screams from the top of a tower? A damson in distress.
May Peace embrace you
And Joy surround you
prairie mama
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