Famous First Words: The laws are executory... French Civil Code aka Code of Napoleon
We have to keep our spirits up, Right? Whoever started calling the cyber trucks Deploreans? I owe you a drink. Ϟ Perhaps for the first time in history you can simply post, “He's an idiot” and 90% of the world will know whom you're talking about. Ϟ MOTUS – Moron of the United States --Submitted by LaughingInDisbelief
..........I like white folks but I don't like you.........Nipsey Hussle …..FDT (F*ck D*nald T*ump)
These are the darkest hours before the break of day, Peace, as promised will come at night's end. Press on to meet the dawn. --Baha'i Ridvan Message
It is a cloudy Friday morning. The willow branches have freshly sprouted leaf buds lining the thin switches that are blowing in the spring breeze. A hawk was perched there for a while but she's moved on. A bluejay takes her place and sits rocking with the wind. Puck has checked out the backyard making it safe for rabbits and other rarely seen wildlife. (The wood pile I attempted to build for said wildlife has blown back to being tree limbs all over the yard.) Now Puck sleeps on a pile of blankets as if he is the princess with a pea. I've not seen Veronica the cat this morning. Who knows. I am sipping coffee and eating a cream doughnut. It is 53°F but the gusts (up to 20 mph) make it feel chilly. It also blows my hair into my face no matter which direction I face. But it also blows the scent of new foliage and flowers. Ah, Spring in Lawrence, who can resist it. --Alan Miller
Hope your weekend is full of fun, Never Snowflakes
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time, and you'll have the time of your life. --Billy Connolly
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Actually, it's the voices outside my head that bother me the most.
Rumor has it that the Bronze Bozo has antagonized European countries so much that they're threatening to release dirt gathered by their intelligence agencies on his connections to Epstein, ties to Russia, secret children, and more. Ϟ Just found out that PornHub is a Canadian company. If they blocked access in the US, this trade war would probably end prematurely. --Submitted by USDS
..........We'll soon break your windows and burn down your schools..........Billy Bragg …..The Times They Are Changin' Back
Trivia Questions: Merry Vernal Equinox
When was the last time the equinox was actually on March 21st?
In which US state is sock burning a spring equinox festival?
What happens at the pyramid of Chicken-ita at sunrise on the equinox?
For what planet does NASA have a picture of the spring equinox?
Is it really easier to balance an egg upright during an equinox?
Big Hello: Ϲлaba Исусу Үристу (Slava Ysusu Chrysyu) – Rusyn (Central and Eastern Europe) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If boycotting Tesla is making conservatives buy electric vehicles, I think liberals should start boycotting books next and see if MAGA accidentally discovers reading. --Submitted by 98%
Image of the Week: Spring Hollyhock growth ...taken 24 hours before the next predicted blizzard...
Coffee Joke of the Week: 9 out of the 10 voices in my head agree that I need more coffee.
You can pray all you want but eventually David had to pick up a stone and act against Goliath. --Submitted by bu of ks ϟ Elon Chainsawhands –Submitted by ns of ks ϟ France says the American War of Independence funding was a loan, and is now demanding $140 trillion in interest. --Submitted by pg of oh
..........The emperor's got no clothes on.........Carole King …..One Small Voice
Moonbeam: Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. --Charlotte Bronte
Blasphemy of the Week: It's interesting to note that all religions and sects advocate for avoiding ego; yet many consider themselves to be superior to the others which is inherently egotistical. --Submitted by MMS
Mental Meandering of the Week: I was reading how upset and sad and lost so many many people are feeling. When my playlist played Donovan's There Is A Mountain. In case you have forgotten or never knew it begins The lock upon my garden gate 's a snail, that what it is. And it reminded me of that luscious hippie love. The love that makes you slide a flower into the barrel of a rifle being pointed at you. When we are faced with hate that deep and cruelty this sharp we need love that precedes us by arms lengths and mercy enough to absorb any shock. Love big enough to deal with a hate that thinks itself much more powerful than it is, with a hate that seeks not just to hurt anyone vulnerable enough to be hurt but to make us hate too...by trick or by pure meanness. Yes, the whole world needs love now and always and as long as we can we should. It's the least we can do for this beautiful world. I also know that to surround yourself with that kind of love, that much love, all the time protects the person, the mind. It protects us from their hate and it protects us from our own hate. It keeps hate from growing inside. It keeps us from hating our neighbors and our enemies. A snail still locks my gate and anyone and everyone who is weary is welcome to rest there and feel the love. And even if she can protect me from all the hate she will happily spread life and leave a line of love behind.
Classics Lesson of the Week: Ever wondered why it's called The Iliad? Because Ilium was another name for Troy, and the -ad suffix was used to mean “The Story Of...” This means that, if you translated the title, The Iliad, literally it should be called Troy Story. --Submitted by UUHS
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: CNBC is calling Elon Musk's stock decline “The Tesla Chainsaw Massacre” --Submitted by 1stKAFB
Republicans: FYI, we are bombing France for being too gay and lead poisoning is now mandatory. Democrats: Yeah? Well prepare yourselves for several strongly worded haikus. ϟ Can we get the ePstein list? No, the best I can do is deport you if you criticize Israel. --Submitted by MMS
..........He blew up Cuba and he carpet bombed Montreal.........Loudon Wainwright II …..I Had A Dream
1) The last time the equinox was on the 21st of March, Barack Obama was gunning for the presidency, i.e. 2007. This is because we use the Gregorian calendar, and the placement of the equinox changes every other century. For those growing up with the equinox on the 21st, you won’t see that again until the 22nd century.
Almanac: It is Friday, March 21, 2025. The moon will enter the last quarter tomorrow (3/22) and it is on the Sagittarius/Capricorn cusp. Today is March 21 International Colour Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz, World Down Syndrome Day, International Day of Forests and the Trees, National Fragrance Day, Memory Day, Smiley Day, National Common Courtesy Day, National Day of Action of Syringe Exchange, National Healthy Fats Day, National Single Parent Day, National Spray Tanning Day, Spring Fairy Fun Day, World Glacier Day, World Puppetry Day, World Sparrow Day, and World Vermouth Day.
Among those born on this day were Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Francis Lewis (1713), Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (1768), James Jesse Strang (King of Mormons, 1813), Charlotte Bronte (1816), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Florenz Ziegfeld (1869), Son House (Eddie James, 1902), Phyllis McGinley (1905), John D. Rockefeller III (1906), Harold Robbins (1916), Howard Cosell (1918), James Coco (1929), Gary Oldman (1958), Matthew Broderick (1962) and Rosie O'Donnell (1962).
On March twenty-first France adopted the Code of Napoleon (1804), the Baha'i Era-Baha'i began (1844), the Zoological Society of Philadelphia was incorporated (1859), the US invaded Honduras (1907), the Walter Kerr Theater opened (1921), Persia became Iran (1935), federal loyalty forms were implemented (1947), the first rock and roll concert ever was held (1952), and the NFL outlawed "celebrating" (1984),
Night Sky, 3/21: The evening is moonless, and the southern constellation Puppis, weakly highlighted by the winter Milky Way, is now, briefly, at its highest shortly after dark. Puppis is the stern (poop deck) of the legendary Greek ship Argo. The dim, northernmost stars of the stern's stick figure lie less than a fist-width to the left of the bright triangle forming Canis Major's tail and hindquarters. One of the loveliest offerings of Puppis is the 3rd-magnitude open cluster NGC 2451 way down below those top stars. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Family Fun
This Week: Saturday, March 22 – National Goof-Off Day & Talk Like William Shatner Day & Women Arts Day
Sunday, March 23 – Atheist Day & National Tamale Day & OK Day
Night Sky, 3/23: Draw a line from Castor through Pollux, follow it farther out by a big 26° (about 2½ fist-widths at arm's length), and you're at the dim head of Hydra, the Sea Serpent. In a dark sky it's a subtle but distinctive star grouping, about the width of your thumb at arm's length. Binoculars show it easily through light pollution. Continue that line farther by a fist and a half and you hit Alphard, Hydra's 2nd-magnitude orange heart.
Monday, March 24 – National Cocktail Day & World Tuberculosis Day
Tuesday, March 25 – All Womens' Equal Pay Day & Pecan Day & Tolkien Reading Day & Vaffeldagen (Waffle Day)
Wednesday, March 26 – Legal Assistants Day & Live Long And Prosper Day & National Science Appreciation Day & Purple Day
Night Sky, 3/26: Mars (about magnitude +0.1, near the heads of Gemini) comes into view in twilight as a steady orange spark very high toward the south. It continues to fade as it shrinks into the distance.
Thursday, March 27 – International Whisk(e)y Day & World Cheese Day & World Theater Day
Crappy Deim: What happens when you seize the wrong day. Ϟ Nearly all cyber trucks have been recalled because the Supreme Parasite used the wrong glue. Ϟ The Velveeta Voldemort & Fidget Dance Boy --Submitted by USDS The last capitalist to hang will be the one who sold us the rope. --Karl Marx
..........Your simple voodoo is so maniacal.........A Tribe Called Quest …..We The People
2) In Maryland, among the boating community, it is a tradition to wear socks only during the winter. Every year on the vernal equinox Annapolis yacht clubs, the maritime museum, dockyard workers, and even rangers at the Virginia State Parks celebrate the Burning of the Socks festival, welcoming warm waters back to the expansive Chesapeake Bay.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed. --Submitted by UUHS
Moonbeam: Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart. --Phyllis McGinley
Fun Fact of the Week: The First Rock & Roll concert was organized by Alan Freed in Cleveland (OH) in 1952 and it was called the Moondog Coronation Ball.
Video of the Week: The Moondog Coronation Ball headliner was Paul Williams and the Hucklebucks seen here. https://youtu.be/Xn1rTNZtQNc
Peace-building over the long term requires the transformation of society, a transformation based on justice, involving education for all, the alleviation of poverty, and the abandonment of deeply rooted prejudices. --Baha'i Women Peace Process
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating. --Simone Weil ϟ The road to hell is paved with republicans. --Submitted by js of bsky
..........Super calloused, fragile, egocentric.........Randy Rainbow …..Braggadocious
3) The shadows of Chicken-ita Pyramid, built in the 8th–12th century AD, are formed by the equinoctial sun and evoke the image of the “Sun Serpent” slithering down the north side of the pyramid. Other monuments like Stonehenge, Newgrange, built by the ancient Irish, Machu Picchu, and the Pyramid of Khafre, are also aligned with the equinox in unique ways. Picture
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I don't know about you, but I don't have any more passwords left in me. --Submitted by UUHS
Weird Word of the Week: Finifugal – someone who is afraid of finishing anything. https://parade.com/1195613/marynliles/funny-words/
Dragon of the Week: Spring Fairy Day Dragon
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Train a dog or cat to stop begging or chewing. Fill or coat a rawhide bone or toy with Cheez Whiz and offer the treat to your dog or cat. When the animal starts chewing on the toy, encourage her, repeating the word “Chew” with enthusiastic praise. Repeating this technique several times will eventually teach your pet to chew her toy whenever you say the word “Chew”. –-instead of begging for table scraps or chewing the furniture. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/cheezwhiz.html
Tesla - Swasticar: Now with White Power Steering! --Submitted by Feminist News ϟ Yes, I know you'd like to afford basic necessities, keep vital programs, and not lose your retirement savings. Best I can do is a car commercial for the richest man on Earth. I'm helping him keep that title.
...........Talkin' colonizing Gaza from the White House lawn.........Macklemore …..F---ed Up
4) In 2009, NASA’s robotic spacecraft Cassini captured an image of a spring equinox on Saturn. The striking picture, made of a mosaic of images, took eight hours to capture. Picture
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Boycotts are not illegal. Peaceful political protest is not illegal. Everything Angry Ant doesn't like is not illegal. --Submitted by 98%
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Zenkaikon 2025 (20-23, Lancaster, PA) ...Panels, Programs, Special Events... https://zenkaikon.com/
Actual Science Conference of the Week: Nvidia 2025 (18-21, San Jose, CA) Huang is expected to debut the company's latest flagship AI chip: the Blackwell Ultra https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nvidia-gtc-2025-what-to-expect-from-nvidias-biggest-event-of-the-year/ar-AA1B5lf9
Protest Sign of the Week: It Is Time To Use Our OUTSIDE Voices! --Held by a child
Better Protest Sign of the Week: Under a picture of the Life-sized Typo: Does this Ass make my country look small?
After his 8th failed rocket attempt, I think it's safe to say tha Elon Musk has projectile dysfunction. Ϟ Are you disappointed that the egg prices he lowered were our nest eggs? Ϟ He says he's gonna buy a Tesla to encourage his base to buy Teslas. His base can't afford eggs & he can't drive a car. --Submitted by Feminist News
..........Ruth Bader Ginsberg's lost her mind..........Roy Zimmerman …..Psycho Tweeter
5) People who believe it’s only possible to balance an egg on the equinox or else think it’s somehow easier to balance an egg on either of these special dates attribute the effect to the celestial alignment of the Earth’s equator with respect to the Sun and plane of the solar system. In fact, the effect of the equinox on gravity or electromagnetic forces is much less significant than any air currents in a room or even the breathing and heartbeat of a person attempting to balance an egg. In 1947, Japanese physicist Ukichiro Nakaya performed an experiment demonstrating it’s possible to balance an egg any time of the year and not any easier on the vernal or autumnal equinox. He explained that the bumps and dimples in the egg’s surface touch a flat surface at enough points to support the egg’s center of mass.
Quote of the Week: I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion and prayer techniques. My only practice now is attention. --Brother Lawrence
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Six without s is nine. --Submitted by UUHS
Extra Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: A Navajo walks into a bar in Tokyo. He says, “yah Ta abinni!” The bartender says, “Excuse me?” The Navajo repeats “Yatah Abinni” When the bartender says, “I don't understand.” The Navajo says, “Good, the code still works.” --Submitted by Pow Wow Nation
Today's Peace of History: March 21, 2003: The report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa was released. The commission was led by the Reverend Desmond Tutu, a bishop in the Anglican Church, the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, and Nobel Peace Prize winner for his efforts to bring peace and justice to all South Africans. The Commission sought to go beyond truth-finding to promote national unity and reconciliation, to facilitate the granting of amnesty to those who made full factual disclosure, to restore the human and civil dignity of victims by providing them an opportunity to tell their own stories, and to make recommendations to the president on measures to prevent future human rights violations.
Jason Trumpauer Mulholland was 20 years old in 1961. She was arrested in Jackson, MS as one of the Freedom Riders. After her first arrest she was branded as “mentally ill” because authorities could not understand why a white woman would fight for civil rights. Ϟ “The economy is transitioning.” This is, obviously, caused by transgender mice? --Submitted by dw of -??
..........I believe it's coming from Washington DC..........Elvin Bishop's Fun Trio …..Something Smell's Funky 'Round Here
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, March 21, 2025, tHe aBsolute bEtterest ePistle eVer. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: The shadows are as important as the light. --Charlotte Bronte
Cost of War:
As of 03/20/25 State Department Costs: $260,628,300,408
As of 03/13/25 State Department Costs: $260,071,850,602
As of 03/20/25 Homeland Security: $1,194,803,218,872
As of 03/13/25 Homeland Security: $1,194,198,708,094
As of 03/20/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,287,065,566,472
As of 03/13/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,285,511,276,262
As of 03/20/25 Military Costs: $3,136,901,758,848
As of 03/13/25 Military Costs: $3,135,721,681,729
As of 03/20/25 Veterans Care:$4,181,548,631,525
As of 03/13/25 Veterans Care: $4,169,768,777,604
As of 03/20/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,060,949,737,572
As of 03/13/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,014,067,392,409
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
So let us try, as an experiment, peace, and if the results of peace are bad, then we can choose if it would be better to go back to the old state of war! Let us in any case make the experiment. If we see that unity brings Light we shall continue it. For six thousand years we have been walking on the left-hand path; let us walk on the right-hand path now. We have passed many centuries in darkness, let us advance towards the light. --Abdu'l-Baha
Idea of the Week: We could close down the IRS and just pay Apartheid Clyde directly.
Famous Last Words: Amen; even so, come, Lord Jesus. --Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
..........He was lookin' for some votes to steal............Patrick Fitzgerald …..The Donald Was Called Down To Georgia
Looks like police are showing up to guard Tesla dealerships. Shame Uvalde didn't sell cars. Ϟ The Bronze Bozo just appointed the Grinch head of the Department of Christmas. Ϟ Steve Bannon looks that way because he's so wicked he's afraid to take a shower.
May Peace guide your action
And Joy attend your results
prairie mama
christine
Last Laugh:
The world's anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back. --Aberjhani
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