Famous First Words: Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages... --Thomas Paine Common Sense
Today is Ray Bolger's birthday. (He would have turned 121 years old.) In Vaudeville he was known as Legomaniac because of his loose joints and strange dances. So Lego...Just today I discovered that a raspberry makes a great lego Afro. ® Clark Kent's alter Lego is Superman.
..........If words could make wishes come true.........Jim Croce …..Time In A Bottle
Where there is no vision, there is no hope. --George Washington Carver
It snowed another inch or two last night. Puck and I are back at our house on Morningside Drive. Jo's hip replacement surgery has gone well and she is at her daughter's house recuperating. Joyce (Frass/Khan) is in the hospital because she fell and broke her hip and had surgery yesterday to put screws in it. Dashiell, Veronica the cat, and Jeff seem to be okay. Jo's dogs, Mary and Martha, are with her. I think that accounts for everybody. I'm drinking regular ole coffee and eating a KC chiefs cookie. Happy Weekend!
Hope your weekend is built for fun, Legolites.
Challenge of the Week: In an attempt to spread peace we need to start when people are very young. Children need to grow up knowing what peace is and why it is valuable to seek it. There are several books for children of various ages about peace. What we need is to reach even younger children with lullabies about peace. Most lullabies have peaceful music, soft, cuddly, safe, etc. We need some that also speak of peace – the word peace, images of love and community, you are safe and so is the world, that sort of thing. Write your lullaby and send it to me. Maybe we can make videos and put them on the internet, or publish them. ~~I have a list of peace books which I will send you and I will accept additions of any peace books you have found.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The secret to surviving the cold is to put on enough layers that you can't fit through the door to go outside. --Crabby Road
Leo Lego is tired of people complaining about stepping on legos. Chuck Norris stepped on him and, let's just say, his career is over. ® A lego truck ran into a jigsaw puzzle truck on the freeway. Police are still trying to piece it all together.
..........Come on, sugar, tell me so.........Rod Stewart …..Da Ya Think I'm Sexy
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday to the League of Nations
What American president proposed creating the League of Nations?
Where was the international headquarters of the League?
How many nations were charter members of the League of Nations?
Which was the only nation expelled from the League?
When did the League cease to exist?
Big Hello: Oi! - Portuguese (Brazil) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: This Home is Protected by Feline Security. I have 9 lives – You have 1. Do the Math!
Image of the Week: See how they've grown
Coffee Joke of the Week: Every day my coffee gives me the strength I need to screw up in new and exciting ways. --Women's Freedom Ride
Humpty Dumpty's parents have been arrested for child abuse. They gave him the legos to build that wall. ® Captain America, Iron man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye all got lego sets for Christmas. Avengers, Assemble.
..........With your eye so big and shiny..........Neville Brothers with Cyril …..Yellow Moon
Moonbeam: Mountains and ocean, water, and beasts and trees are protagonists, the human people are only symbolic interpreters. --Robinson Jeffers
Blasphemy of the Week: We're already in the presence of God. What's absent is awareness. --Richard Rohr
Jeff Foxworthy Kansas Joke of the Week: If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Kansas. https://alicewhite.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/humorous-truisms-about-my-home-state-kansas/
Puzzle of the Week: From listener Bobby Jacobs, of Richmond, Va. Think of a famous singer — first and last names. Use all of the first name, plus the first three letters and the last letter of the last name. The result, reading left to right, will spell a phrase meaning "punctual." What singer is this? NPR Sunday Puzzle 1/5/25
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Never did find out what the knights in white sat in.
After stepping on a lego for the millionth time, Judy's mom threw all of the lego sets into an old Topsy's Popcorn 6 gallon bucket. Judy didn't know what to make of it. ® No, we don't call them lego doctors, we call them plastic surgeons.
..........Have we become a habit.........Pat Benatar …..We Belong
1: Woodrow Wilson proposed the League of Nations in 1919. By the way, the United States is one of the nations that never joined the League.
Almanac: It is Friday, January 10, 2025. The moon will be full (Wolf) next Monday (1/13) and is in Gemini. Today is Houseplant Appreciation Day, League of Nations Day, National Cut Your Energy Costs Day, National Oysters Rockefeller Day, National Save The Eagles Day, and Peculiar People Day. Because it is the second Friday it is also National Hockey Mom Day.
Among those born on this day were Gasparo Visconti (1683), George Washington Carver (1864), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Ray Bolger (1904), Paul Henreid (1908), (Baby) June Haver (1926...more or less), Sal Mineo (1939), Jim Croce (1943), Rod Stewart (1945), Cyril Neville (1948), George Foreman (1949), Pat Benatar (1953), Shawn Colvin (1958) and Doug E Doug (1969).
On January tenth Cesar crossed the Rubicon (49 BCE), Common Sense published (1776), the first London underground railway opened (1863), Standard Oil incorporated (1870), Gandhi was jailed for the first time (1908), the first international air meet was held (1910), The National Women's Party began daily picketing of the white house (1917), the League of Nations first met (1920), Metropolis premiered (1927), the first meeting of the UN General Assembly was held (1946), Finian's Rainbow premiered (1947), the 45 RPM record was introduced (1949), Elvis recorded Heartbreak Hotel (1956), Delmore Schwarz won the Bollingen Prize (1960) and India and Pakistan signed peace accords (1966).
Night Sky, 1/10: Now the Moon shines in line with Jupiter and Aldebaran. How exactly in line? That will depend on your time and location. Watch the straightness of the line change hour by hour. Every hour the Moon moves by nearly its own diameter eastward against the stars. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Such handsome young men
Extra Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: When two people argue online I believe the one who spells correctly. --Submitted by Laughing Librarian
This Week: Saturday, January 11 – Eagle Day & Heritage Treasures Day & National Milk Day
Sunday, January 12 – Kiss a Ginger Day & National Hot Tea Day
Night Sky, 1/12: At this coldest time of the year, Sirius rises around the end of twilight. Orion's three-star Belt points down almost to its rising place. After Sirius clears the horizon, it twinkles slowly and deeply through the thick layers of low atmosphere, then faster and more shallowly as it gains altitude. Its flashes of color also moderate and blend into shimmering whiteness as it climbs to shine through thinner air.
Monday, January 13 – National Clean Off Your Desk Day & Plough Monday & Public Radio Broadcasting Day & Rubber Ducky Day
Tuesday, January 14 – International Kite Day & Organize Your Home Day & World Logic Day
Wednesday, January 15 – Humanitarian Day & National Bagel Day & National Hat Day
Night Sky, 1/15: Venus (magnitude –4.6, in Aquarius) shines very high and bright as the "Evening Star" in the southwest during twilight, and lower in the west-southwest as evening grows late. Venus doesn't set until about 2½ hours after dark. It forms a long triangle with Saturn to its upper left and Fomalhaut much farther to their lower left. Get your telescope on Venus early in twilight. This week it appears very close to half-lit, at or just past dichotomy. Venus is enlarging week by week as it swings toward us while waning in phase. It now measures 24 or 25 arcseconds from pole to pole.
Thursday, January 16 – Appreciate A Dragon Day & Civil Service Day & National Nothing Day
If I give you a big bunch of lego for your birthday, don't make a big deal of it. ® I stepped on a rusty lego the other day. I'm afraid I'm getting tetris.
..........Back to the flat fine line..........Shawn Colvin …..Wichita Skyline
2: The League of Nations headquarters was in Geneva, Switzerland. The League's first seat was in London, UK. Geneva was chosen largely because Switzerland had not participated in World War 1 and was seen as a neutral site.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I wish Judy Blume had done a follow up book about Margaret going through menopause. --Submitted by Laughing Librarian
Moonbeam: Learning to enjoy today has two benefits: it gives me happiness right now, and it becomes a good memory later. --George Foreman
Fun Fact of the Week: Happy National Oysters Rockefeller Day. This easy Oysters Rockefeler recipe is always a hit. Topped with creamy spinach and breadcrumbs that get hot and golden under the broiler. https://www.skinnytaste.com/oysters-rockefeller/
Video of the Week: Sal Mineo as Gene Krupa (2:19) ~~ Mineo was my movie star crush in 8th grade. Sigh. My current movie star crush is Viggo Mortensen.
Education is the key to unlock the golden door to freedom. --George Washington Carver
A lego without a leg is just an O. ® The opposite of lego is legstop. ® When a lego minifigure dies it rests in pieces.
..........I know the rainbow's end.........Shawn Colvin …..Round of Blues
3: 42 nations signed on immediately. The charter members were: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Persia, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia. An additional 21 nations eventually joined; none of them were the US.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: You make antifreeze by stealing her blanket.
Weird Word of the Week: Librocubicularist – a person who reads in bed.
Dragon of the Week: legodragon
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Give yourself a moisturizing facial. Make a paste of ground up Cheerios, lemon juice, and honey. Apply to face, let sit for ten minutes, then rinse with warm water. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/cheerios.html ~~I don't endorse any of these uses, I just report them.
What has four wheels and eats lego bricks? A Vacuum cleaner ® All legos measure the world in square inches.
...........You're the right kind of sinner.........Pat Benatar …..Heartbreaker
4: In 1939, the Soviet Union became the only nation to be expelled from the League of Nations. Having joined in 1934, it was expelled for its invasion of Finland.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Bro, we don't want Greenland. We want healthcare. --Submitted by jm of ks by 98%
Science Fiction Convention Joke of the Week: What's terrifying is, though they walk among us, there is to way to tell science fiction fans from the rest of us. --Nick Downes
Actual Science Conference of the Week: Consumer Electronics Show (7-10, Las Vegas, NV) The most powerful tech event in the world. https://www.ces.tech/
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Justin Timerlake Just in time
Legos have Block Parties for their birthdays. ® How do you find lego in the dark? With your feet
..........And just like the river I've been running ever since.........Neville Brothers with Cyril …..A Change's Gonna Come
5: The League of Nations dissolved on 18 April 1946. Many of its assets were transferred to the United Nations.
Late Night Joke of the Week: I read a new report that said president elect Trump privately complains about how much Elon Musk is around. Today Trump jumped into a broom closet to hide from Musk and Melanie said, "Hey, get your own closet". --Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show 1/6/25
Quote of the Week: Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. --E B White
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Celebrated 4/20 on January 5th because I know how to reduce fractions. --Submitted by IIWSPIBH
Today's Peace of History: January 10, 1946: The first General Assembly of the United Nations convened at Westminster Central Hall in London, England, and included 51 nations. On January 24, the General Assembly adopted its first resolution, a measure calling for the peaceful uses of atomic energy and the elimination of atomic and other weapons of mass destruction.
Steal a man's wallet and he will be broke for a week. Give a man lego and he will be broke for life. ® Legos prefer square dancing.
..........You stole my heart, I couldn't leave you if I tried.........Rod Stewart …..Maggie May
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, January 10, 2025, bLocked ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row. --Alice Paul National Women's Party
Cost of War:
As of 01/09/25 State Department Costs: $255,069,664,989
As of 01/02/25 State Department Costs: $254.531,714,210
As of 01/09/25 Homeland Security: $1,188,765,352,970
As of 01/02/25 Homeland Security: $1,188,181,030,223
As of 01/09/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,271,539,564,236
As of 01/02/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,270,037,031,805
As of 01/09/25 Military Costs: $3,125,113,524,249
As of 01/02/25 Military Costs: $3,123,972,648,300
As of 01/09/25 Veterans Care: $4,063,856,807,585
As of 01/02/25 Veterans Care: $4,052,467,727,763
As of 01/09/25 Total Cost of Wars: $9,904,345,010,799
As of 01/02/25 Total Cost of Wars: $9,889,191,873,044
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. --George Washington Carver
Famous Last Words: May we meet in Glocca Morra some fine day. --Petula Clark Finian's Rainbow
..........All the downtown ladies call him treetop lover.........Jim Croce …..Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
When lego people want to motivate each other they say,dream big and you'll achieve your legoals.® The latest lego movie is a real blockbuster. ® A woman obsessed with lego is known as legolass.
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Last Laugh:
Love is the energizing elixir of the universe, the cause and effect of all harmonies. --Rumi
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