Famous First Words: Political activity authorized; prohibitions... The Hatch Act ₴7323
For those of you who can't make it to the Sturgis Bike Rally this year, here's a celebration of it. The bike started up fine, but I'm just gonna rev the engine a few times to make sure. Never trade the thrills of living for the security of existence.
..........I don't want a tickle.........Arlo Guthrie …..The Motorcycle Song
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. --James Baldwin
It is a clear, warm (76°F) Friday morning. The sky is a deep blue without clouds. A breeze (6 mph) makes the willow branches dance as if they were in Olympic competition and even the mulberry cannot help but move. I am sitting at my computer eating homemade from scratch biscuits with homemade from scratch sausage gravy, mmm, mmm. All this already makes it a great morning. There are also birds flitting about in the trees, sometimes singing...sometimes silent. Puck is asleep in the recliner which he has claimed since my hip surgery freed me from its constant use. (I still nap on it in the afternoon.) The whole house smells of fresh baking and gives a sense of comfort to anyone in smelling distance. Ah, a sparrow has landed on the utility and looked right into the window...and now is gone again. A morning of peace and glory.
Hope the weekend shines for you, ePistliers
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I don't mind genetically modified foods. I've just had a lovely leg of salmon. --Submitted by INRITH
I'm looking to buy a harley that makes me look cool, young, attractive and thin, and I want it to lower my cholesterol. Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul.
..........Gee it must be great, riding with him.........Shangri-Las …..Leader of the Pack
Trivia Questions: Happy Twins Days!
- ^ What percentage of births are twins?
- ^^ What kinds of twins are there?
- ^^^ Are twins more likely to be left-handed?
- ^^^^ Which US state has the most twins?
- ^^^^^ Do identical twins have identical fingerprints?
Big Hello: CaЛam – Nogai (southwestern Russia) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Today's Special: 5 minutes in the walk-in freezer with any purchase. --Submitted by INRITH
Image of the Week: The first mascot for the modern games was Smokey, the Scottish Terrier in 1932. The Olympics did not have “official” mascots until 1972. I eventually saw two spectators at the Olympics wearing the mascot hats.
Library Joke of the Week: Thermometers are speedometers for atoms. --Submitted by Laughing Librarian
Harley Davidson: The most efficient way to convert gasoline into noise without the side effects of horsepower. What's the cheapest thing on a BMW Motorcycle? The rider.
..........Won't you lay your big spike down.........Neil Young …..Motorcycle Mama
Moonbeam: Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries. --John Tyndall
Blasphemy of the Week: There are three branches of government. Your church is not one of them.
Puzzle of the Week: From listener Mark Scott, of Seattle. Take the name of a famous actor of the past. Say it out loud, and phonetically you'll describe what a famous general's horse did. Who is the actor and who is the general? NPR Sunday Puzzle 7/28/24
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Look, I don't know how we got here, but in the year 2024 the two most wholesome people on the television are Snoop Dogg and Flavor Flav. --Linda Hopkins
My greatest fear is that when I die my partner will sell my bike parts for what I told her they cost. My rear view mirror says: Warning: Objects seen here are disappearing rapidly.
..........Go out yonder, peace in the valley.........The Band with Garth Hudson …..The Shape I'm In
^ 3% (3 in 100) births are multiples. 31.2 per 1000 are twins. 78.9 per 100,000 births are triplets or more. (These numbers don't add up, but they are the ones I was given by the national center for health statistics
Almanac: It is Friday, August 2, 2024. The moon will be new on Sunday (8/4) and is in Cancer. It is National Coloring Book Day and Take A Penny/Leave A Penny Day. Because it is the First Friday it is also Braham Pie Day aka Homemade Pie Day, International Beer Day, National Water Balloon Day, and Tomboy (i.e. Pink) Tools Day. The first weekend gives us Satchmo Days (mostly in New Orleans) and this weekend, in particular, is Twin Days.
Among those born on this day were Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), John Tyndall (1820), Arthur Bliss (1891), Myrna Loy (1905), Mary Hamman (1907), Carroll O'Connor (1922), James Baldwin (1924), Lamar Hunt and Peter O'Toole (1932), Garth Hudson (1942), and Sue Rodriguez (1950),
On August second the Declaration of Independence was formally signed (1776), the San Francisco cable cars made their first trial run (1873), the first Lincoln head penny was minted (1909), the Hatch Act was passed (1939), the Beatles played their very first gig as the Cavern house band (Liverpool, 1961), Billy Martin was named manager of NY Yankee for the first time (1975), and Voyager 2 discovered 3 more moons around Neptune (1989).
Night Sky, 8/2: Week by week, Venus is getting just a little less low in the sunset. Using optical aid, can you pick it up and then detect Regulus and Mercury to its left? http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Fraternal Picture of the Week: If you notice the boys (and mom too) have rainbow hair. They colored it especially for attending the Pride Parade and Picnic.
This Week: Saturday, August 3 – Home Fermentation Day & Clown Day & National Sunflower Day
Sunday, August 4 – American Family Day & Coast Guard Day & National White Wine Day
Night Sky, 8/4: Bright Vega passes closest to overhead around 10 or 11 pm, depending on how far east or west you live in your time zone. It passes right through your Zenith if you're at latitude 39° north (DC, Cincinnati, KC, Lake Tahoe).
Monday, August 5 – National Oyster Day & National Electric Traffic Light Day & National Underwear Day
Tuesday, August 6 – Hiroshima Day
Wednesday, August 7 – Lighthouse Day & Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Thursday, August 8 – Dalek Day & International Cat Day & National Pickleball Day & Odie Day
Night Sky, 8/8: Eta Eridanids Meteor Shower 7/31-8/19, Peaks tonight. Fast moving (65km/s but only a few perhaps 6 per hour. Eta Eridanids Meteor Shower (Information, Facts, When, Where, Map) - Universe Guide
A laughing motorcycle is called a Yamahahaha. Life may begin at 30 but it doesn't get really interesting until about 150.
..........We could be relaxing in my sleeping bag.........The Band with Garth Hudson …..Rag Mama Rag
^^ Identical twins are born of a single egg splitting after fertilization. Fraternal twins are conceived with two eggs and two sperm. Mirror-image twins occur when one twin is left-handed and the other is right-handed (They also have birthmarks on opposite sides of their bodies).
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Raisins: Grape Jerky --Submitted by SH
Moonbeam: I truly believe that if you love something you can't help but be successful at it. --Lamar Hunt
Follow Up of the Week: You may or may not remember that June 28th was Paul Bunyan Day. Tribal Family has informed me of a story about Paul Bunyan and Nanaboozhoo, the greatest Objibwa who ever lived. Here it is, not long, lots of fun, and very worthwhile. Nanabozho - Wikipedia
Video of the Week: Louis Armstrong: La vie en rose (3:24) Louis Armstrong - La vie en rose (youtube.com)
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. --James Baldwin
I work hard so my motorcycle can have a better life. My Harley doesn't leak. It just marks its spot like a dog.
..........That's when that little love of mine dips her doughnut in my tea.........The Band with Garth Hudson …..Up On Cripple Creek
^^^ About 1 in 5 sets of twins are left-handed. This is roughly double the rate of the general population.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's possible that a slough could have been chasing after you for the past 6 years and you don't even know it. --Submitted by INRITH
Weird Word of the Week: Quinion – A group of 5 sheets of paper, laid on top of each other, and folded for publication...5 sheets, 10 folds, 20 pages. Quinion (worldwidewords.org)
Dragon of the Week: Park Bench in Bruges, Belgium
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Whiten white polyester. Mix one cup Cascade and one gallon warm water in a plastic bucket. Soak the clothes in the mixture overnight, then run them through the washing machine. Cascade removes the gray due to detergent residue build-up on white polyester. Cascade®: Wacky Uses
The only difference between a Harley Hog and a Hoover vacuum cleaner is the position of the dirt bag. You'll know when your BMW bike is out of oil. It will stop leaking.
...........two bits a shot.........the Band with Garth Hudson …..Life Is A Carnival
^^^^ New Jersey has the highest percentage of twin births (4.31%) but California has the most twin births. New Mexico has the lowest twin birth rate at 2.4%.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Every Olympic event should include one average person competing for reference. --Submitted by ar of ks
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: PulpFest 2024 (1-4, Pittsburgh, PA) Out Of The Ashes PulpFest – Join us Aug. 1 – 4, in Pittsburgh, PA!
Actual Science Conference of the Week: International Conference on Low Temperature Physics and Superconductivity (ICLTPS) ...Ultra Low-Temperature Techniques (2, San Francisco, CA) International Conference on Low Temperature Physics and Superconductivity (conferenceineurope.net)
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Cary Grant → Ulysses S Grant
I've heard Santa rides a Holly Davidson. A Harley Davidson is an American cultural icon, everything else is just a motorcycle; a better motorcycle, but still just a motorcycle.
..........They ain't gonna catch me, no.........The Allman Brothers Band …..Midnight Rider
^^^^^ Fingerprints are made as babies move around and touch the amniotic sac, hence creating unique ridges and lines form unique fingerprints. It is not linked to the DNA. Identical twins also have unique belly buttons.
Conspiracy Theory of the Week: Some far-right commentators have long argued that Democratic Party elites were plotting to replace President Biden. How Biden’s Stumbles Collided With a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory - The New York Times (nytimes.com) ~~Apparently they did this without knowing the meaning of “plotting” since they did it in the media, in person, in groups, individually, in the open, publically, etc.
Quote of the Week: Here's the thing: every office I've run for I was the first to win. First person of color. First woman. First woman of color. Every time. --Kamala Harris
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's hard to free fools from the chains they revere. --Voltaire
Today's Peace of History August 2, 1939: Albert Einstein urged all scientists to refuse military work. "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein
Any bike will last you a lifetime if you ride it fast enough. I blew both the tires on my Harley, now it's a ground hog.
..........Take me from this road to some other town.........The Byrds …..Ballad of Easy Rider
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, August 2, 2024, HOG wIld ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Health Hint of the Week: The leading cause of dry skin is towels.
Moonbeam: Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. --James Baldwin
Cost of War:
- As of 08/01/24 State Department Costs: $242,282,845,667.
- As of 07/25/24 State Department Costs: $241,721,963,445.
- As of 08/01/24 Homeland Security: $1,174, 875,222,740.
- As of 07/25/24 Homeland Security: $1,174,267,015,918.,
- As of 08/01/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,235,824,654,552.
- As of 07/25/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,234,258,109,362.
- As of 08/01/24 Military Costs: $3,097,996,550,721.
- As of 07/25/24 Military Costs: $3,096,807,130,702.
- As of 08/01/24 Veterans Care: $3,793,128,785,792.
- As of 07/25/24 Veterans Care: $3,781,25,021,826.
- As of 08/01/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,544,112,926,749.
- As of 07/25/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,528,309.356.738.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. --James Baldwin
Famous Last Words: Afford us keener pleasure. --Arthur Goodenough An August Cricket
..........That fool was the terror of highway 101.........The Cheers …..Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots
If I was riding you, you'd be loud too. Just one more bike, I promise. I once had a dog that chased people on motorcycles. I had to take the keys away from her.
May
Peace be your method
And
Joy be your goal
prairie
mama
christine
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