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 Famous First Words: Good evening... John Belushi First SNL skit ever aired in 1975

Welcome to World Egg Day! Chickens stay fit with eggercise. The local breakfast joint on the corner is offering American Breakfast with a Double Shot Eggresso.

..........Everybody thinks it's true..........Paul Simon …..Train In The Distance ~~At Jo's house one can hear trains. You can hear the Union Pacific which runs on the north side of the Kaw river and the Santé Fe* which runs on the south. I grew up near a train track and love the sound. ~~~~Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia. --Dionysius Lardner

*In Kansas, apparently, it is still called The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santé Fe. --Take that New Mexico

A woman is like a tea bag – you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. --Eleanor Roosevelt

It is a gorgeous Friday morning. The temperature is 73°F with a very light breeze. The sky is pale blue with no clouds – or planes or birds. I have been to my general practitioner doctor who says I'm okay and don't have to come back until January; so I am officially done with doctors this year. Puck has been out twice to pee among the giant trees in the backyard and now he's resting on his pillow. I am sipping water – haven't had coffee yet – and feeling smug about not needing to go back to any of the doctors. In fact the only concern left to me is whether the election will actually be over on November 6^th.

Hope your weekend goes eggactly the way you want, ePistliers

First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Enjoy Life – It has an expiration date. --Submitted by Banksy Art 2024

When the egg got deviled, his friends called the eggsorcist. Words and eggs must be handled with care. Once broken they are impossible things to repair. --Anne Sexton

..........Got two good eyes but we still don't see.........Grateful Dead …..Casey Jones

Trivia Questions: Happy 49^th Birthday, Saturday Night Live

• ^ Who is credited with creating SNL?
• ^^ Who is the longest running cast member?
• ^^^ What is the phrase usually said at the end of the cold open?
• ^^^^ Who has hosted the highest number of episodes?
• ^^^^^ Who was the first Weekend Update anchor?

Big Hello: Ahó - Omaha https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm

Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If God had meant for us to fly, God wouldn't have given us railways.

Special Images of the Week from North Carolina: Removed because i mistakenly did not have permission from the author.

Classic Fake Library Statistics of the Week: The average librarian cardigan conceals two pencils, a flask, and an emergency kitten. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=t

Reading Joke of the Week: Reading for pleasure implies the existence of Reading for pain.

If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelet. --Anthony Eden / Fresh eggs taste better because they just got laid.

..........way down, way down in my soul.........Jimi Hendrix …..Hear My Train A' Comin'

Moonbeam: Give me something to dance about, and I'll dance it. --Jerome Robbins

Blasphemy of the Week: The greatest trick the Devil ever did was convincing politically passionate Christians that the only way to be a true & faithful Christian is to be a bigoted, hate-mongering, lying sinner, who lives the opposite of all of Jesus' teachings. --Max Maxwell

Puzzle of the Week: From listener Curtis Guy, of Buffalo, NY: Name a certain breakfast cereal character. Remove the third, fifth, and sixth letters and read the result backward. You'll get a word that describes this breakfast cereal character. What is it? NPR Sunday Puzzle 9/29/24

Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If you ever need me, I'm always just 5 missed calls and 6 text messages away. --Submitted by INRITH

Little known fact: Edith the Egg accompanied Lewis and Clark on their journey west. She's probably the world's most famous eggsplorer. The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. --Zora Neale Hurston

..........I hear the train a-comin', it's rolling 'round the bend..........Johnny Cash …..Folsom Prison Blues

^ Saturday Night Live (SNL) was created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol to air on NBC.

Almanac: It is Friday, October 11, 2024. The moon entered the first quarter yesterday (10/10) and is in Capricorn. It is International Day of the Girl Child, General Pulaski Memorial Day, National Coming Out Day, Southern Food Heritage Day, Emergency Nurses Day, Myths & Legends Awareness Days For All Fantasy Movie, Books, and National Pet Obesity Awareness Day. Because it is the second Friday it is also World Egg Day and National Family Bowling Day (or Kids Bowl Free Day).

Among those born on this day were Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Jerome Robbins (1918), Art Blakey (1919), Elmore Leonard (1925), Dottie West (1932), Daryl Hall (1948), and Luke Perry (1971).

On October eleventh slavery was abolished in Maryland (1864), the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded (1890), Saturday Night Live premiered (Host George Carlin, 1975), Reagan met with Gorbachev in Reykjavik (1986), and Anita Hill testified against Clarence Thomas (1991).

Night Sky, 10/11: Comet low in twilight. Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2003A3) https://earthsky.org/space/comet-c-2023-a3-sep-oct-2024-tsuchinshan-atlas/

Fraternal Picture of the Week: I have been told the dog's name, but I don't remember. I'm pretty sure the boys are Max and Ollie

This Week: Saturday, October 12 – Drink Local Wine Day & Free Thought Day & National Farmers' Day

Sunday, October 13 – English Language Day & National Chess Day & Silly Sayings Day

Night Sky, 10/13: Epsilon Geminids Meteor Shower: begins mid-evening, highest at 2 am. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower/

Monday, October 14 – National Kick Butt Day & Native American Day & World Standards Day

Tuesday, October 15 – Blind Americans Equality Day & National Grouch Day & White Cane Safety Day

Wednesday, October 16 – Dictionary Day & National Feral Cat Day & Sukkot Day 1

Night Sky, 10/16: Lunar Eclipse (almost) Calculations show that the Sun, Earth, and Moon will be very closely aligned on this day, but there will be no lunar eclipse. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/

Thursday, October 17 – Black Poetry Day* & National Edge Day & Pay Back A Friend Day

*My favorite poem by a Black Poet is Give Us Our Peace by Langston Hughes https://www.how-matters.org/2011/09/16/langston-hughes/

Truth and eggs are useful only while they are fresh. --Austin O'Malley When the Easter Bunny had made all the deliveries she was egghausted.

..........Passing trains that have no names.........Arlo Guthrie …..The City Of New Orleans

^^ Kenan Thompson has been on the show for 21 seasons. He started in 2003.

Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Coffee: You haven't had enough until you can thread a sewing machine while it's running.

Special Images of the Week from North Carolina: Removed because i mistakenly did not have permission from the author.

Moonbeam: If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it. --Elmore Leonard

Fun fact of the Week: The first amniotic eggs, which are hard-shelled eggs that could be laid on land, appeared around 312–340 million years ago. The first chickens evolved much later, around 58,000 years ago at the earliest, So the egg came first.

Video of the Week: Judy Garland singing The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santé Fe from the film The Harvey Girls (1946). It won Best Song that year. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?

v=374999901982787

It isn't enough to talk about peace. Once must believe in it. An it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. --Eleanor Roosevelt

Omelet smarter than I look. It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the egg, --Margaret Thatcher

..........Bought a one way ticket back to the life that he once knew.........Gladys Knight & the Pips …..Midnight Train to Georgia

^^^ Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!

Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: “I won't back down” --Tom Petty “I may readjust my stance if you have a convincing argument.” -Tom Reasonable

Weird Word of the Week: Quodlibet: It started life in the sense of a topic for philosophical or theological discussion. It has since transformed its meaning to refer to a light-hearted medley of well-known tunes. https://www.worldwidewords.org/ww-quo1.html

Dragon of the Week:

Special Images of the Week from North Carolina: Remove because i mistakenly did not have permission from the author.

Wacky Uses for Common Products: Remove a scuff mark from a CD or DVD. Rub a little ChapStick lip balm over the mark and buff clean with a soft cloth or a coffee filter. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/chapstick.html

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt. --Angela Carter How many chickens does it take to change a light bulb? It takes a whole flock, but they won't finish the job. One to Pullet loose, one to Lay out the bulb, and everybody else will just sit there and Brood.-

...........Can't you hear the whistle blow..........Lots of People …..I've Been Working On The Railroad

^^^^ Alec Baldwin has hosted a record 18 episodes.

Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I was kidnapped by mimes. They did unspeakable things to me.

Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Creation Charlotte 2024 (11-13, Concord, NC) The road so far...the road ahead https://www.creationent.com/cal/ce_nc/

Actual Science Conference of the Week: Collide 2024 (10-11, Atlanta, GA) The South's largest Data and AI Conference https://datasciconnect.com/events/collide/

Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Toucan Sam → Mascot

Comedyhens tell the best chicken jokes. A hen's egg is, quite simply, a work of art, a masterpiece of design and construction with, it has to be said, brilliant packaging. --Delia Smith

..........He hears the silence howling.........Jethro Tull …..Locomotive Breath

^^^^^ Chevy Chase was co-creator of Weekend Update and was the anchor for the 75-76 season Writers Herb Sargent and Al Franken were the other creators.

Conspiracy Theory of the Week: Documents filed during legal proceedings in the US have revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair Netanyahu had commercial ties with an American company called Parlement Technologies, the former parent company of Parler, a controversial social network affiliated with the far-right. Parler went offline in the wake of reports that it fueled the January 6th coup attempt, https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-10-02/ty-article/.premium/the-secret-commercial-ties-between-yair-netanyahu-and-far-right-social-network-parler/00000192-4856-d07b-aff3-5ff690880000

Quote of the Week: I have noticed that even people who claim everything is pre-determined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. --Stephen Hawking

Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Pro Tip: Deporting half of the agriculture workers won't lower grocery prices. --Submitted by gr of oh

Today's Peace of History, October 11, 1987: More than half a million people flooded Washington, D.C., demanding civil rights for gay and lesbian Americans, now celebrated each year as National Coming Out Day. Many of the marchers objected to the government's response to the AIDS crisis, as well as the Supreme Court's 1986 decision to uphold sodomy laws in Bowers v. Hardwick

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg. --Samueo Butler JD Vance's egg was seen acting weirdly today. I guess it's eggcentric.

..........She's a mighty good road.........Johnny Cash …..The Rock Island Line

Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, 2024, eGgotic ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.

Moonbeam: In order to create, one must be willing to take risks and push boundaries. --Jerome Robbins.

Cost of War:

• As of 10/10/24 State Department Costs: $247,840,494,552
• As of 10/03/24 State Department Costs: $247,275,980,549
• As of 10/10/24 Homeland Security: $1,180,913,044,667
• As of 10/03/24 Homeland Security: $1,180,299,808,432
• As of 10/10/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,251,348,012,206
• As of 10/03/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,249,771,026,199
• As of 10/10/24 Military Costs: $3,109,782,907,489
• As of 10/03/24 Military Costs: $3,108,85,484,209
• As of 10/10/24 Veterans Care: $3,910,801,318,274
• As of 10/03/24 Veterans Care: $3,898,845,749,995
• As of 10/10/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,700,688,615,498
• As of 10/03/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,684,779,161,504

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it. --Eleanor Roosevelt

Famous Last Words: Until now, no one has ever invited me. --Orson Welles who died 10/11/85

..........Then to have your ham and eggs in Carolina.........The Andrew Sisters …..Chattanooga Choo Choo

Ellen Egg was angry about the new standards set up by the Chicken Advocacy Committee. She crossed to the middle of the road and stopped. She was ready to lay it on the line. This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them. --Gracie Allen

May Peace be your shell
And Joy be your center
prairie mama
christine

Last Laugh 

dRunken ePistle

Famous First Words: Hey, Here they come... Kahn, Leonard & Greene The Toy Parade ~~This song served as the theme song for Leave It To Beaver which premiered on 10/4/57.

Happy Taco Day!! An Irish Taco is a beef taco served with Baileys. There's a fly in my taco. Don't worry the spider in the salsa will get it.

..........Next time won't you sing with me.........No artist listed …..The Alphabet Song ~~Today is Kids Music Day!

He serves his party best, who serves his country best. --Rutherford B Hayes

It is a quiet Friday morning. The sky is clear and very pale blue. The sun is just rising and trying to paint it bluer. A very slight breeze stirs a few leaves at ground level, but the tops of the tall trees are still still. The trees are stately and beginning to show their fall colors, although green is still prominent. No wind moves the leaves or branches. From this window at Jo's I see a Hydrangea bush whose fat flowers have all turned brown but whose leaves are still variegated and fresh. A utility pole dominates the left side of the window pictures (Windows reminded Michael Valentine of the living art on Mars – Stranger in a Strange Land). It is solid and a brown weathered to gray. Beyond that is Hickory street and cars and houses. All quiet and unmoving at 9 am. Puck has been out. He investigated the backyard; it has so many new smells. Now he is resting by my chair. I am sipping half-caf, creamy and sweet – and writing to you. Wow, what a morning.

Hope your weekend is tasty and sweet, ePistliers, but with a kick.

First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Father to young daughter: Listen to me: Gender is a construct, society is a construct, money is a construct. But bedtime is very, very real. --Kit-Me Kate

Happy Vodka Day!! If they made taco flavored Vodka I'd be dead in an hour. Vodka may not be the answer, but it's worth a shot.

..........Wash the stamps off of the top of head...........Pete Seeger …..I'm Gonna Mail Myself To You ~~This is real. It was written by Woody Guthrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1GQ8pJXWAA

Trivia Questions: It is World Child Health Day

• ^ What is the leading cause of death to children under 5?
• ^^ What is the leading cause of death to children between the ages of 5-10 in the USA?
• ^^^ What is the leading cause of death for teenagers in the USA?
• ^^^^ What group of children are most at risk for death by homicide?
• ^^^^^ What is the second leading cause of death for teenagers in the USA?

Big Hello: Ƿes hāl – Old Prussian ~~That symbol which I could not find on any of my fonts is called a wynn. It is an old English letter pronounced as w. It didn't say what the old Prussian letter was. ~~As I am old and have some Prussian ancestors, I feel this is another example of England colonizing everything it laid its hands on. https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm

Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: No one in my life believes in me more than the waiter who just gave me a single napkin to use while eating. --Submitted by INRITH

Image of the Week: This photo is taken southwest-ish but mostly up in Jo's backyard. 10/2/24 3 pm more or less

Library Joke of the Week: I asked the librarian if she knew any authors who wrote dinosaur novels. She said I should try Sarah Topps. --Submitted by Laughing Librarian

Waiter, will my taco be long? No, ma'm, it will be round. / I love water. I especially love it when it's frozen and surrounded by vodka and orange juice.

..........And they swam, and they swam right out to sea.........Lady Nina …..Three Little Fishes

Moonbeam: The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet. —Damon Runyon

Blasphemy of the Week: Gods always behave like the people who created them. --Zora Neale Hurston

Puzzle of the Week: Take the phrase NEW TOWELS. Rearrange its nine letters to get the brand name of a product that you might buy at a supermarket. --NPR Sunday Puzzle 9/29/24

Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Procrastination is a dish best served eventually. --Submitted by ma of md

Russian Holy Spirit is a drink of vodka and holy water. Taco Bell is promoting its fish taco with an aquatic reptile called a tacodile.

..........Whenever we go out, the people always shout.........Danielle Parker …..John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

^ Globally, infectious diseases, including pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria are the leading cause of death in babies and young children.

Almanac: It is Friday, October 4, 2024. The moon was new last Wednesday (10/2) and is in Scorpio. It is Improve Your Office Day, International Ship in A Bottle Day, Kanelbullens Dag (Cinnamon Roll Day),Ten-Four Day, Vodka Day, World Animal Day, World Child Development Day, National Taco Day, and World College Radio Day. Because it is the first Friday, it is Kids Music Day, National Body Language Day, National Diversity Day, National Manufacturing Day (MFG Day), Manufacturing Day, World Child Health Day, World Plaid Day aka Plaid Day, and World Smile Day. Finally, because it is the first full weekend in October it is National Storytelling Weekend.

Among those born on this day were Louis the Stubborn (X, 1289), Richard Cromwell (1626), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Damon Runyon (1880), Buster Keaton (1895), Malcolm Baldrige (1922), Charlton Heston (1923), Dick Tracy (1931), Anne Rice (1941), Buddy Roemer (1943), Susan Saradon (1946), and Armand Assante (1949).

On October fourth Mexico became a republic (1824), the Orient Express made its first run (1883), the comic strip Dick Tracy was first printed (1931), the American Contract Bridge League voted for segregation (1949), Leave it to Beaver debuted (1957), Sputnik was launched (1957), Gambia achieved self government (1963), Lesotho (Basutoland) gained independence (1966), and Farm Aid '97 raised over $1 million for US farmers (1997).

Night Sky, 10/4: The Great Square of Pegasus balances on one corner high in the east through much of the evening. Two fists at arm's length to the Square's lower right shines Saturn, somewhat brighter. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/

Fraternal Picture of the Week: Future mad scientist and his Igor. ~~No, I don't know which is which.

This Week: Saturday, October 5 – Get Funky Day & Chic Spy Day & World Teachers Day

Sunday, October 6 – American Libraries Day & Pickle Day & National Badger Day

Night Sky, 10/6: After dark look just above the northeast horizon — far below high Cassiopeia — for bright Capella on the rise. How soon Capella rises, and how high you'll find it, depend on your latitude. The farther north you are, the sooner and higher.

Monday, October 7 – Chowder Day & World Cotton Day & World Habitat Day

Tuesday, October 8 – International Face Your Fears Day & National Salmon Day

Night Sky, 10/8: Draconids Meteor Shower. Best viewing is in the early evening. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-draconid-meteor-shower/

Wednesday, October 9 – Bullying Prevention Day & National Curves Day & S.A.V.E. Day (Stop America's Violence Everywhere)

Thursday, October 10 – National Handbag Day & Hug A Drummer Day & World Homeless Day

Live everyday like it's Taco Tuesday. If we start calling vodka “potato juice” would it be considered a health drink?

..........Well, he rode up to Miss Mousey's door, Uh-hun.........Bob Dylan …..Froggie Went A Courtin' ~~Yes, this is real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c8kO5RQIQo

^^ The leading cause of death for children ages 5-9 in the US is unintentional injuries or accidents. The next two causes are cancer and assault.

Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I'm old enough to remember when treason was a dealbreaker. --John Pavlovitz --Submitted by gr of oh

Moonbeam: Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity. --Armand Assante

Fun Fact of the Week: It' World Smile Day. Experts have identified 19 types of smiles. However, they only list 10 and the other nine are combinations of the orginial 10. The originals are: Embarrassed, Qualifier, Contempt, Angry-enjoyment, Fake, Flirtatious, Duchenne, Fear, Miserable, and Dampened. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170407-why-all-smiles-are-not-the-same

Video of the Week: Dick Tracy Cartoon: Pearl Thief Grief, 1961 (4:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIa8wfIeZVA

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible. --Rutherfod B Hayes

Someone sent me an email about using vodka for cleaning around the house. It works. The more vodka I drank, the cleaner the house looked. Fred just ate 14 tacos. Now he's in a tacoma.

..........Who lives in Drury lane?.........The Countdown Kids …..The Muffin Man

^^^ Accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers accounting for nearly half of all deaths. Cars accidents are the leading cause of deaths accounting for more than a third of all teenage deaths.

Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Never do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics. --Submitted by bc of tx

Weird Word of the Week: Paroemiological – Related to proverbs. https://www.worldwidewords.org/ww-par4.html

Dragon of the Week: Dragon Head Mountain, South Sinai, Egypt

Wacky Uses for Common Products: Remove a ring stuck on a finger. Coat the affected finger with ChapStick and slide the ring off. The ChapStick lubricates the skin. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/chapstick.html

Taco Tess won an Emmy for playing a cop in Better Call Salsa. “A vodka, please.” “Sir, this is McDonalds.” “Okay, give me a McVodka.”

...........Yeah, we'll all go out to greet her when she come.........Daniel Radcliff …..She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain ~~This too is real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTJjLZSQehI

^^^^ Homicide is the leading cause of death for non-Hispanic black male teenagers.

Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The summer is over. Hope you're happy, you pumpkin spice loving psychos. --Submitted by RHOZ

Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Archon 47 aka Archon 2024 (4-6, Collinville, IL aka St Louis on the wrong side of the Mississippi) https://archonstl.org/

Actual Science Conference of the Week: 4^th International Conference on Science and Technology Education (2-3-4, Porto, Portugal) With its magnificent location by the Atlantic coast, Porto is the city of the world famous Port Wine and the River Douro. https://www.fe.up.pt/ste/2024/

Answer to Puzzle of the Week: New Towels → Sweet 'n low

Unlike some people, Belvedere always goes down smoothly. Sister Martha always takes a few avocados to church with her. She likes holy guacamole on her tacos.

..........Beneath the trees where nobody sees.........Henry Hall …..Teddy Bears Picnic

^^^^^ Suicides have become the second leading cause of death among teenagers in the US. The teen suicide rate increased from 8 deaths per 100,000 (1999) to 8.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2014.

Conspiracy Theory of the Week: Some of Mark Robinson's favorite conspiracies: that 9/11 was an “inside job,” that climate change is “junk science,” and that Parkland survivors were “paid actors.” https://www.joshstein.org/press-releases/huffington-post-calls-mark-robinson-an-unbelievably-bonkers-conspiracy-theorist ~~He's running for governor of North Carolina

Quote of the Week: The task is to transform society; only the people can do that. Not heroes, not celebrities, not stars. --Huey P Newton

Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I feel like I'm in season 5 of my life and the writers are just making ridiculous things happen to keep it interesting. --Submitted by ar of ks

Today's Peace of History, October 4, 1997: Demonstrations across the country occurred protesting the scheduled launch of the space probe Cassini because its power source was three plutonium-fueled Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators. The probe carried 72.3 pounds of plutonium, the most ever put on a device to be launched into space. The concern was for an accidental release in the event of a launch mishap. Plutonium is the most toxic substance known.

I'm nacho average taco lover. Hakuna ma 'vodka. It means no memories for the rest of your day.

..........I don't know how she swallowed a cow..........Judy Collins …..There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly ~~Yes, but she was on Sesame Street. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_xO2aN_IA

Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, October 4, 2024, dRunken ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.

Moonbeam: To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. --Anne Rice

Cost of War:

• As of 10/03/24 State Department Costs: $247,275,980,549
• As of 09/26/24 State Department Costs: $246,722,840,295
• As of 10/03/24 Homeland Security: $1,180,299,808,432
• As of 09/26/24 Homeland Security: $1,179,698,986,548
• As of 10/03/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,249,771,026,199
• As of 09/26/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,248,226,030,502
• As of 10/03/24 Military Costs: $3,108,585,484,209
• As of 09/26/24 Military Costs: $3,107,412,399,484
• As of 10/03/24 Veterans Care: $3,898,845,749,995
• As of 09/26/24 Veterans Care: $3,887,134,195,158
• As of 10/03/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,684,779,161,504
• As of 09/26/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,669,195,067,787

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/

The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the conditions of the working folk of the world. --Rutherford B Hayes

Famous Last Words: ...Get it while you can. --Janis Joplin died 10/4/70 of a heroin overdose.. She was alone. These are the last words from her last album released posthumously.

..........All on a Saturday night.........Jack Hartman …..Loopty Loo

Roses are read, violets are blue, vodka costs less than dinner for two. Have a spec-taco-ular day!

May Peace quench your thirst
And Joy satisfy your hunger
prairie mama
christine

Last Laugh: (It doesn't work for vodka – I tried)