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: 4th 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)
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