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 6th.
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 49th 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/?
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
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