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 Famous First Words: Having consulted widely among colleagues... Margaret Thatcher's resignation

Welcome to Geography Awareness Week! Plateaus are the highest form of flattery. Geology rocks but geography is where it's at. Are military maps red-light readable so you can consult them at traffic lights?

..........Throw away your troubles, dream a dream with me.........Hoagy Carmichael …..Lazy River

He who allows oppression shares the crime. --Erasmus

It is a gorgeous, if chilly (35°), Friday morning. The sun is bright, the sky is a clear, pale blue, and light breezes sets plants and small tree limbs in motion. Now and then a car rolls down the street and the motor fills the air and soft voices from the radio or computer bleed in from another room; words are undistinguished but a sing-song rhythm finds the ear. Puck has been out enjoying the cool, barking at the squirrels; but now he is asleep on his pillow. I am drinking sweetened, creamed half-caf and munching a red m&m left over from last night. But, of course, mostly I am writing to you. What a fun morning.

Hope your weekend is off the map, ePistliers

First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Cost to make the film, The Martian: $108 million. Cost of India's Mars Mission: $73 million --Submitted by Neil DeGrass Tyson

Isn't the Grand Canyon just gorges. Atlast, I found my book of maps.

..........Much too much too thrilling.........Hoagy Carmichael …..Heart and Soul

Trivia Questions: The first televised interracial kiss happened 11/22/68

• ^ Who were the two characters and or actors involved?
• ^^ What was the name of the series?
• ^^^ What was the name of the episode?
• ^^^^ Why did they kiss?
• ^^^^^ How did the public react to the kiss?

Big Hello: Gude Daag – Pennsylvania German/Dutch https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm

Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's just a book. And Hell is just a sauna

Classic Image of the Week: Puck prepares for the holidays

Library Humor of the Week: Do not mess with librarians. The inner strength required to meticulously care for history's greatest works of literature and then just let total strangers borrow them willy-nilly is Jedi level stuff. --Jonathan Edward Durham

Norway? I'd go Oslo as that. A giant pile of kittens should be called a meowtain.

..........The melody haunts my reverie.........Hoagy Carmichael …..Stardust

Moonbeam: Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. --George Eliot

Blasphemy of the Week: Blessed are those who cannot breath inside a church because of the pain it has caused, for God will meet them elsewhere. --Steve Wiens --Submitted by MMS

Puzzle of the Week: From Steve Baggish, of Arlington, Mass. Using only the letters of PANDERS, and repeating them as often as desired, spell a certain entrée at a seafood restaurant (3-6-3-7). NPR Sunday Puzzle 11/17/24

Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: So, which department will Hannibal Lecter be heading up now?

It defies logic, but Little Rock is a bigger city than Boulder. My favorite ocean? Let's just say I don't have a Pacific favorite.

..........Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines.........Hoagy Carmichael …..Georgia On My Mind

^ William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk kissed Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura.

Almanac: It is Friday, November 22, 2024. The moon enters the last quarter today and is in Leo, Today is Start Your Own Country Day and Humane Society Anniversary Day. Because it is the Friday of American Education Week it is also Substitute Educators Day.

Among those born on this day were Erasmus (1511), George Eliot (1819), Andre Gide (1869), Tarzan (1888), Charles de Gaulle (1890), Hoagy Carmichael (1899), Rodney Dangerfield (1921), Geraldine Page (1924), Terry Gilliam (1940), Billie Jean King (1943), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), and Mariel Hemingway (1951).

On November twenty-second Mount St. Helens erupted (1842), SOS was adopted as the universal help call (1906), Bolero was first performed (1928), Red Grange signed with the Chicago Bears (1925), Wayne Gretzky scored his 500th goal (1986), and Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation (1990).

Night Sky, 11/22: Last quarter moon at 7:28 pm CST. Algol should be at its minimum brightness, magnitude before re-brightening. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/

Fraternal Picture of the Week: Ollie and Max, Betsy and Babe

This Week: Saturday, November 23 – Dr Who Day & Family Volunteer Day & Fibonacci Day & Wolfenoot

Sunday, November 24 – Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day & Do Dah Day & Mother Goose Day

Night Sky, 11/24: Take advantage of the darkness these moonless evenings! A small to medium telescope is all you need to explore Ken Hewett-White's five Bonus Double Stars near the little Hockey Stick asterism in Andromeda, now high overhead. These are unnamed bonuses to the brighter pair Struve 14, orange and pale bluish, at the tip of the Hockey Stick.

Monday, November 25 – International Hat Day & Orange Day & National Play With Dad Day

Tuesday, November 26 – National Milk Day & World Olive Tree Day

Wednesday, November 27 - National Jukebox Day & Slinky Day & Tie One On Day

Thursday, November 28 – Thanksgiving Day & Red Planet Day

Night Sky, 11/28: November Orionids Meteor Shower https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20241128_10_100

I had a geography joke, but I don't know where it is. I'm not an ocean lover. You know, to beach her own.

..........That thrills and delights me, oh no.........Hoagy Carmichael …..The Nearness of You

^^ Star Trek: The Original Series.

Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Alligators can live up to 100 years which is why there is an increased chance that they will see you later. --Friends of Freddy the Pig

Moonbeam: Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. --André Gide

Fun Fact of the Week: November 22, 19421: Juanita Spellini became the first woman executed in California. Nicknamed The Duchess, she was a gangster and ex-wrestler. https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/spinelli-juanita.htm

Video of the Week: Terry Gilliam of Monty Python is tired of White Men being blamed for EVERYTHING (2:52)

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. --Erasmus

Is Chili the coldest country in the world? There are no kings or queens in the desert because there's no reign.

..........You got no time to work, you got no time to play.........Hoagy Carmichael …..Lazy Bones

^^^ Star Trek season 3, Episode 10: Plato's Stepchildren

Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If I were a bird, I know exactly who I'd shit on.

Weird Word of the Week: Tilly-Vally – hogwash, codswallop, baloney, bosh, cobblers, poppycock, twaddle, tosh, stuff & nonsense. http://www.worldwidewords.org/ww-til1.html

Dragon of the Week:

Wacky Uses for Common Products: Clean a scratch from the glass face of a wristwatch. Rub a little ChapStick lip balm over the mark and buff clean. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/chapstick.html

Does Fred Flintstone set his GPS to walking or driving mode? It was a very stylish desert. They called it A Haute Sahara

...........Are you gonna be mellow tonight..........Hoagy Carmichael …..Ole Buttermilk Sky

^^^^ Aliens with telekinetic powers force Kirk and Uhura to kiss.

Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: 68 of my books removed from Florida schools. Go me! --Stephen King

Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Philcon 2024 (22/24, Cherry Hill, NJ) ...Please stay home if you are ill. https://philcon.org/

Actual Science Conference of the Week: ICSET (International Conference on Science, Engineering, Technology) (21/22, Istanbul, Turkey) ...showcasing advances in science, engineering, and technology, bridging research with real-world application.

Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Pan Seared Red Snapper

Texas has passed a law that all history and geography textbooks must show maps of the United States as if it is truly shaped … like Texas. The few trees in the desert communicate with palmistry.

..........Now fetch me a little gin, son.........Hoagy Carmichael …..Rockin' Chair

^^^^^ While there was much talk among the production staff about the kiss, it did not garner much reaction from the general public nor the television industry, according to Thompson, who stated, "It neither got the backlash one might have expected nor did it open the doors for lots more shows to do this.

Conspiracy Theory of the Week: Satan set up your thanksgiving so you would pretend that you are of God when you are of the devil. www.hear-the-truth.com

Quote of the Week: The most valuable real estate in the world lies between the president's ears. --Matt Gaetz, nominee for Attorney General of the US

Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If civil war breaks out, meet me at the library. They don't know where it is. --Submitted by sb of ar

Today's Peace of History, November 22, 1909: In New York City, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union went on strike against sweatshop conditions in what became known as the "Uprising of the 20,000" and the "Girls' Revolt."

The map of Alcatraz is an example of a contour map. He: The weather report says it will be cloudy all day. She: I've had it up to here with your discouraging words.

..........Ain't these tears in my eyes telling you.........Hoagy Carmichael …..Am I Blue

Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, November 22, 2024, eKistic** ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.

**ekistics – study of human settlements of all types

Moonbeam: Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. --Charles de Gaulle

Cost of War:

• As of 11/21/24 State Department Costs: $251,168,479,809
• As of 11/14/24 State Department Costs: $250,613,878,416
• As of 11/21/24 Homeland Security: $1,184,527,864,812
• As of 11/14/24 Homeland Security: $1,183,925,445,174
• As of 11/21/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,260,643,158,397
• As of 11/14/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,259,094,104,670
• As of 11/21/24 Military Costs: $3,116,840,227,467
• As of 11/14/24 Military Costs: $3,115,664,683,797
• As of 11/21/24 Veterans Care: $3,981,259,082,936
• As of 11/14/24 Veterans Care: $3,945,983,427,015
• As of 11/21/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,794,439,992,728
• As of 11/14/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,778,832,448,837

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

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war. --Erasmus

Famous Last Words: Try LSD 100 intramuscular. Yes --Aldous Huxley As Huxley lay dying he requested LSD and when his wife asked if she should take it too he said yes. Aldous died 11/22/1963 https://www.organism.earth/library/document/a-beautiful-death

..........And too much in love to break away.........Hoagy Carmichael …..Two Sleepy People

The queue outside the Hard Rock Cafe that's across the street from the United Nations is the actual International Dateline. A bear, a lion, and a bat meet up. The bear brags, “If I roar in the forests the whole forest shivers with fear.” The lion says, “And if I roar on the great plains of Africa, the entire savannah is afraid of me.” “Big deal”, says the bat, “All I have to do is cough, and the entire planet shuts down.”

May Peace bless your house
And Joy grace your space
prairie mama
christine

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