Famous First Words: An Act authorizing the Manumission of Negroes... Rhode Island 1774
Mr Phelps, Dr. Wynsczkrepskyvich will see you now. Which doctor? No, she's an MD like all the others. Ξ The good thing about a doctor with Alzheimers is he can give you his own second opinions.
The first Friday the Thirteenth of every year is Blame Someone Else Day! Don't blame anyone else for the road you're on. That's your asphalt.
The world says fall in love, but the universe says rise in love. --Matshona Dhliwayo
..........Manhattan babies don't sleep tight.........Wini Shaw …..Lullaby of Broadway (Warren & Dubin) Gold Diggers 1935
In our country, patriotism should not be defined as obedience to an authority. --Daniel Ellsberg
It is Friday in Kansas and the skies are cloudy and gray. I've not yet heard a discouraging word, but then I've only dealt with a dog and a cat neither of whom speak much. The 68°F temperature is pleasant and the fact that there is little wind keeps the trees and flowers still and the bird song crisp. Colors are sharp and varied – always lots of shades of green, of course, also pink, red, deep red, and yellow hollyhocks, the red flyer wagon in the neighbor yard, red roses, all the lovely colors. Spring has gotten old and slow and is rolling over into summer gracefully. It's a lovely time of year. Puck and Veronica have both been out and come back in. Puck is sleeping under my desk and therefore under my feet. Veronica has disappeared into the quiet house. I just doctored up my coffee and sat down to write to you. What a lovely morning, hope yours is the same.
Hope your weekend is filled with fun and games, loyal laughers
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Hippies: the only generation whose kids listen to the same music. https://www.facebook.com/groups/186284086737022/
A man called 911 and said, “I found a suitcase with a cat and four kittens in it, in the forest.” The operator said, “That's terrible.. Are they moving?” the man said, “I didn't ask but that would explain the suitcase”. Ξ What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
A man stands in line at the ATM in Moscow. After an hour he loses patience and yells, “Putin is to blame. I'm going to the Kremlin and kill him.” 30 minutes later he's back at the ATM. “Why are you here again?” someone asks. :The line in front of the Kremlin is twice as long as this one.”
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. --Mother Teresa
..........At least I”m gonna say that I tried.........Esther Williams & Richardo Montabán AND Betty Garrett & Red Skelton …..Baby, It's Cold Outside (Frank Loesser) Neptune's Daughter 1949
Trivia Questions: It's Outdoor Marketing Day
How many farmers' markets do you figure presently operate in the US?
Where and/or when was the first farmers' market created?
What president used to shop his local Georgetown market (1806) stocking up on beef, eggs, and fresh vegetables?
How much SNAP (food stamps) money was spent in farmers' markets in 2017?
Who is the current Secretary of Agriculture?
Big Hello: Hi ho – Shawnee https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Due to cuts made by the Groper Cleveland administration, future weather forecasts will rely on joint pain.
Image of the Week: Northern lights seen north of Lawrence in June 2025
Insult of the Week: The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes. --William Shakespeare Coriolanus
He was so ugly when he went to the zoo he needed two tickets – one to get in and another to get out. Ξ The only time incorrectly isn't spelled incorrectly is when it's spelled incorrectly.
I blame my roommate's cooking for my weight gain. Ever since he started cooking I've been eating out more.
If I could choose to have one superpower, I would want to be able to make everyone love everyone. --Betsey Johnson
..........When the party's getting a glow on.........Bing Crosby …..In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening (Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer) Here Comes The Groom 1951
Moonbeam: If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we are branches of the same tree. --William Butler Yeats
Blasphemy of the Week: Does it count if you glare at the object of your prayer request when you say, “Unspoken”? --Submitted by High Church Coyote
Coffee Joke of the Week: Can I call you back in a few cups of coffee?
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My house isn't messy. It's custom-decorated by a toddler with a strong artistic vision. --Submitted by gm of
Why is it called the Miss Universe pageant when all the participants are from Earth? Ξ The lifeguard wasn't able to save the hippie because she was too far out.
Gaslighting: blaming someone else for your fart.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is LOVE. --Sophocles
..........Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel..........Noel Harrison …..The Windmills Of Your Mind (Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman) The Thomas Crown Affair 1968
1) There are 11,934 farmers' markets in the US as of June 2025. That's a very specific number. You can buy a list of all 11,934 but they give you a sample at: https://www.poidata.io/report/farmers-market/united-states
Almanac: It is Friday, June 13. 2025. The moon was full (Strawberry) last Wednesday (6/11) and is in Capricorn. Today is Golf Cart Day, National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day, Outdoor Marketing Day, Random Acts of Light Day, and Roller Coaster Day. Because it is the second Friday it is also National Movie Day and Wear Blue for Men's Health. Finally, because it is the first Friday the 13th of the year it is Blame Someone Else Day.
Among those born on this day were Charles II (the Bald, (823), William Butler Yeats (1865), Basil Rathbone (1892), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), Red Grange (1903), Ralph Edwards (1913), Paul Lynde (1926), Ally Sheedy (1962), and Ashley & Mary Kate Olsen (1986).
On June thirteenth Rhode Island prohibited the importing of slaves (1774), Lafayette landed in the US (1777), Lindbergh was greeted with a ticker-tape parade (NYC, 1927), Paris was evacuated (1940), and the NY Times began publishing "The Pentagon Papers" (1971).
Night Sky, 6/13: Mercury climbs higher in the evening sky. At a magnitude -0.8 it stands 20' from the star, Mebstua. Binoculars give a fine view of the star nestled next to the planet. Look 45 minutes after sunset, high in the west. https://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-month-june-2025/
Fraternal Picture of the Week: New banana phones
This Week: Saturday, June 14 – Flag Day & National Cereal Day & World Blood Donor Day
Sunday, June 15 – Father's Day & Global Wind Day & Nature Photography Day & National Lobster Day
Monday, June 16 – Bloomsday & National Cracker Jack Day & Fudge Day & World Sea Turtle Day
Night Sky, 6/16: Regulus, brightest star, stands due north of Mars. Lovely color contrasts the orange glow of Mars and the bluish-white hue of Regulus.
Tuesday, June 17 – LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day & World Crocodile Day
Wednesday, June 18 – Autistic Pride Day & National Splurge Day & Wanna Get Away Day
Night Sky, 6/18: The moon enters its last quarter and is in Pisces.
Thursday, June 19 – Juneteenth & World Sickle Cell Awareness Day & World Tapas Day
Ximbu, an African king has 3 wives. HIs first, Zema, lives in a block hut covered in zebra skins and she bore him a son. The second wife, Kana, lives in a box hut covered with wildebeest skins. She also bore him a son. His third wife lives in a cube hut covered in hippo skin; she bore him twin sons. That means that the square of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squares of the other two hides.
I hate it when people blame video games for mass shootings. No one has ever shot up a school with a copy of Doom.
This is what my soul is telling me, be peaceful and love everyone. --Malala Yousafzai
..........Misty water colored memories...........Barbra Streisand …..The Way We Were (Marvin Hamlisch and Alan & Marilyn Bergman) The Way We Were 1973
2) the first official farmers' market was established in Boston in 1634. Several other sources claim that in 1730 city officials of Lancaster, PA dedicated a 120 sq ft lot in the center of town to be used as a public market. They claim this is the first one.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Exercise gives you energy, but you need energy to exercise. Sounds like a pyramid scheme to me. --Submitted by INRITH
Moonbeam: Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force. --Dorothy L Sayers
Fun Fact of the Week: Charles the Bald (aka the Second): It has been suggested that Charles's nickname was used ironically and not descriptively; he was not in fact bald but rather was extremely hairy. An alternative or additional interpretation is based on Charles's initial lack of a regnum. "Bald" would in this case be a tongue-in-cheek reference to his landlessness at an age at which his brothers already had been sub-kings for some years.
Video of the Week: In Honor of Random Acts of Light Day – A drone light display (3:00) https://youtu.be/LpaSXwpKzGk
It is the courage at last to face honestly the truth and reality of what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it. --Daniel Ellsberg
Love is the crowning grace of humanity. --Petrarch
According to Simon and Garfunkel, we should blame Rosie for COVID-19. She was the queen of Corona.
The other day I went to the hospital and sang for the patients. I sang some folk music and some Broadways tunes, and ended with some classic rock. Then I took a bow, threw a kiss, and said, “Thank you so much. I hope you all get better real soon.” And everyone of them said, “Hope you get better too.” Ξ My 4 year old asked me if the hippie's wife was called Mississippi.
..........No summer high, no warm July..........Stevie Wonder …..I Just Called To Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder) The Woman In Red 1984
3) Thomas Jefferson shopped at the Georgetown Market.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I told the fairies what you did so good luck with your next stroll through the forest.
Weird Word of the Week: Lethologica – the phenomenon of experiencing the temporary inability to recall a specific word or phrase from your memory, even though you know the word and describe its meaning. https://www.dictionary.com/e/tip-of-the-tongue/
Dragon of the Week: The Halstead Dragons – Halstead High School – Halstead, Kansas --Submitted by jb of ks
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Clean hair brushes and combs. Add a capful of Clairol Herbal Essences Shampoo to warm water. Shampoo cuts through sebum oil, leaving your brushes clean and fresh. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/clairol.html
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. --Audrey Hepburn
Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats eight kids to death with a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird, I think you're focusing on the wrong shit. --Wanda Sykes
When tectonic plates bump into one another do they say, “Sorry, my fault”? Ξ I understand that ghosts only eat health food because it's supernatural.
...........Once more, you open the door...........Céline Dion …..My Heart Will Go On (James Horner Will Jennings) Titanic 1997
4) According to the USDA, $22,440,312 of SNAP funds were used at local outdoor markets in 2017.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I wonder how many vampires have been run over by people who backup using just their mirrors.
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Sci-Fi Valley Con (13-15, Altoona, PA) ...The Twilight Saga Reunion... https://www.scifivalleycon.com/
Spark of Joy of the Week: The women of LCPJ have long discussed the need to teach children about peace. There are several excellent children's books about peace. If you're interested in my list, let me know and I'll share it. But I wanted a lullaby about peace, I wanted infants to absorb images of peace pre-verbal. So I wrote a poem and Malika Lyon wonderfully wrote music for Let Peace Be Part of You aka The Peace Lullaby. Here is that song. It is sung by Malika. It's 2:47 long.
Be a lover. Give love. Choose love. Love everyone, always. --Harry Styles
I have a friend who can't seem to get her life together. I blame it on her citric acid allergy. Every time life hands her lemons, she goes into anaphylactic shock.
A man with magical pee should be called a wizard. Ξ How do you keep bacon from curling in the pan? Take away its tiny broom.
..........wouldn't have nothing..........Billy Crystal & John Goodman …..If I Didn't Have You (Randy Newman) Monster's Inc 2000
5) The current Secretary of Agriculture is Brooke Rollins. She is an attorney who served as deputy general counsel, ethics advisor, and policy director to Rick Perry, governor of Texas.
Protest Sign of the Week: If I Wanted Government In My Womb, I'd F*ck A Senator
Better Protest Sign of the Week: The Road To Hell Is Paved With Republicans
Quote of the Week: All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force. --George Orwell
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Isn't a straight pride parade just … traffic? https://www.facebook.com/ourbodilyautonomy
Today's Peace of History: June 13, 1967: Thurgood Marshall was nominated for justice of the Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson. Marshall was then Solicitor General of the United States, and had been the lead attorney in the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended legal segregation in the schools. He would be the first African American on the Court.
It's really pretty simple: love everyone. Judge noone. --Diane Ranker Riesen
A book fell on my head today. I only have my shelf to blame.
It's easy to split Rome in half with a pair of Caesars. Ξ Mount Rushmore is a rock group that doesn't sing.
..........It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small..........Idina Menzel …..Let It Go (Kirsten Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez) Frozen 2013
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, June 13, 2025. gArrison's ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable. --Paul Lynde
Cost of War:
As of 06/12/25 State Department Costs: $267,297,244,963
As of 06/05/25 State Department Costs: $266,743,133,437
As of 06/12/25 Homeland Security: $1,202,047,046,907
As of 06/05/25 Homeland Security: $1,201,445,183,946
As of 06/12/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,305,692,563,280
As of 06/05/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,304,144,846,230
As of 06/12/25 Military Costs: $3,151,044,439,245
As of 06/05/25 Military Costs: $3,149,869,307,739
As of 06/12/25 Veterans Care: $4,322,745,069,859
As of 06/05/25 Veterans Care: $4,311,012,989,874
As of 06/12/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,248,827,164.210
As of 06/05/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,233,217,142,149
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
You needn't think there is nothing you can do – you can tell the truth. --Daniel Ellsberg
Famous Last Words: Thanks for watching. --Tim Russet who died 6/13/2008
..........Something I'm not but something I can be..........Billie Eilish …..What Was I Made For ((Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell) Barbie 2022 ~~In honor of Movie Day all of today's songs are Oscar winners. The people in (_) wrote the song .
If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth. This is the real message of love. --Nhat Hanh
Did you hear about the man who blamed arithmetic for his divorce? His wife put two and two together.
How many bluegrass musicians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Four: one to change it and three to complain that it's electric. Ξ How many computer programmers does it take to change a light bulb? Five: two to write the specifications, one to screw it in, and two to explain why the project was late. ~~Today's jokes are from Prairie Home Companion 2014.
May Peace fill your nights
And Joy swell your days
prairie mama
christine
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