Famous First Words: Ground control to Uncle Tom... David Bowie Space Oddity
The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how close the Earth is to nuclear war – a war which might clear the face of the planet. It was proposed in 1947. Midnight is doomsday – holocaust. It was originally set at 7 minutes to midnight. It has been changed 8 times since then. Currently the time is set at 89 seconds to midnight. Are you laughing yet? It's all fun and games until someone loses their neutrons.
Love is the purest form of a soul at peace. --Matthew Donnelly
..........make it magnificent, tonight, right.........Blondie …..Atomic
Suffrage: At the same time, we believe that this class of American citizens should protest emphatically and continually against the curtailment of their political rights. --Niagara Movement's Declaration of Principles.
It is a warm (79°F at 7:30 am) Friday morning. The sky is covered with lumpy white clouds that may or may not be moving slowly northeast. The sun shines through breaks in them and lights up the greens of the various foliage and colors of flowers and houses and birds. I have switched from pistachios to peanuts due to the price of new, fresh pistachios. The local family of blue jay – two big, three smaller – has come to snack but left in a huff when Puck came out for his morning business. The lone, little squirrel has also come for a bite of breakfast. If the crows have been here they came and went before I got out of bed. There is a lazy breeze that seems to excite the tall, scraggy looking hollyhocks, but barely moves the willow branches. Apparently it is too hot even to appreciate the wind. Puck is now asleep at my feet and Veronica is upset that I won't leave the door open so she can sit in the house with her face outside and intimidate small bits of wildlife who have a taste for peanuts. I am sipping decaf, chewing chocolate chip cookies and writing to you. All in all, a really good morning.
Hope our weekend explodes with fun, sunbeams, not bombs.
Our condolences to Henry VIII on losing the blessing of the Catholic Church. (7/11/1533). He not only divorced his wife he also divorced his church.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The Guide has only two settings: 1. Calming lies 2. Panic-inducing facts. --Submitted by 42 Collective
People are making apocalypse jokes like there's no tomorrow. :: God: How can it be that people elected a madman bent on destroying my creation: Michael: He had cats in his commercials.
We do not want riches, we want peace and love. --Red Cloud
..........For man's been endowed with a mushroom shaped cloud.........Kingston Trio …..Merry Minuet
Happy National Motorcycle Day! I'm looking to buy a motorcycle that makes me look cool, young, attractive, thinner, and lowers my cholesterol.
Trivia Questions: Happy World Population Day!
There are 8 billion (8,000000000) people on the planet today. How long did it take us to get there from 7 billion?
When is the estimated date for reaching 9 billion?
Which country has the lowest population density?
Which country has the highest population density?:
Worldwide are there more women or men?
Big Hello: Asalāmu alekum – Sindhi (Pakistan) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The secret to flying is throwing yourself at the ground and missing. The secret to adult life is nearly the same. --Submitted by 42 Collective
Image of the Week: The Squirrel and the Pistachios … after the crows were gone.
Insult of the Week: She's nuttier than squirrel poo. --J K Rowling: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
A Little Background on Insult of the Week: When I googled “Literary Insults” the first response was Amazon (It's almost always first) with this Heading: Literary Insults – Fast free delivery w/Prime. Ebay at least said Book of Insults.
Son, it's not a nuclear war. That's just the fact checker's head exploding every time Teddy Dozevelt* opens his mouth. :: Cockroaches can survive a nuclear war. Maybe WWIII is one of those cockroach conspiracies.
Every act of kindness spreads peace to the world, love to the heart, light to us all. --Mary Davis
..........A weapon that would settle the score.........Rush …..Manhattan Project
Moonbeam: Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. --John Quincy Adams
Blasphemy of the Week: In order to find the god that made men, we have to stop following the god that men made. --Submitted by Hippy Hour
It's not an actual motorcycle. It's an exercise bike. I'm hoping it will make me actually use it.
Coffee Joke of the Week: I hear Starbucks is firing workers who wear tea-shirts.
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If you have nothing to do, please do not do it here. --Submitted by UUHS
I predict in years to come there'll be a nuclear war in the Middle East, which'll leave only one country in the Persian Gulf. Just Kuwait and sea. :: How many times did I say it, Howard? Make sure the bomb shelter has a can opener.
Peace is not the absence of power. It is the presence of love. --Sri Chinmoy
..........This is just a nightmare.........Radiohead …..4 Minute Warning
1) It took 11 years to grow the population from seven to eight billion. We reached 7 billion in 2011 and 8 billion in 2022.
Almanac: It is Friday, July 11, 2025. The moon was full (Blessing aka Buck) yesterday (7/10) and is in Capricorn. Today is Cheer Up the Lonely Day, National Rainier Cherries Day, National Swimming Pool Day, Slurpee Day aka Birthday of 7-11, and World Population Day. Because it is the second Friday it is also Collector Car Appreciation Day, National French Fry Day, and National Motorcycle Day.
Among those born on this day were Robert the Bruce (1274), Thomas Bowdler (1754), John Quincy Adams (1767), E.B. White (1899), Harry Von Zell (1906), Yul Brynner (1915), Tab Hunter (1931), Deborah Harry (Blondie, 1945), and Leon Spinks (1953).
On July eleventh Henry VIII was excommunicated (1533), Burr killed Hamilton in a duel (1804), the US invaded Canada (1812), asteroid #100 was discovered (Hekate, 1868), the Niagara Movement was organized (1905), the Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta, and Niger all declared independence (1960), Space Oddity was released (1969), asteroid #2489 was discovered (Suvorov, 1975), and Martin Luther King, Jr was awarded the Medal of Freedom posthumously (1977).
Night Sky, 7/11: To the right of Antares is that roughly vertical row of Beta, Delta, and fainter Pi Scorpii. The middle one, Delta Sco, is the brightest — obviously so. But it didn't used to be. It used to be a trace fainter than Beta. Delta is a strange variable star, a fast-rotating blue subgiant throwing off luminous gas from its equator. It was assumed for centuries to be stable, Delta doubled in brightness unexpectedly in summer 2000, then dipped down and up again several times from 2005 to 2010, and has remained essentially steady at peak brightness (magnitude 1.7) ever since. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Graduation 2025
This Week: Saturday, July 12 – Different Colored Eyes Day & International Cave Day & International Skinny Dip Day & Simplicity Day
Sunday, July 13 – International Day of Rock n' Roll & National Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
Night Sky, 7/13: Venus, brilliant at magnitude –4.1, rises above the east-northeast horizon a half hour or more before the first glimmer of dawn. Venus climbs higher until the dawn sky grows too bright. In a telescope Venus's shrinking globe (now only about 16 arcseconds pole to pole) has become gibbous, 65% sunlit.
Monday, July 14 – Bastille Day & International Nude Day & World Chimpanzee Day
Tuesday, July 15 – National Give Something Away Day & National Pet Fire Safety Day & Saint Swithin's Day**
**If it rains on the feast of St Swithin it will rain on each of the following 40 days.
Wednesday, July 16 – National Atomic Veteran's Day & Take Your Poet To Work Day & World Snake Day
Thursday, July 17 – Get To Know Your Customers Day & International Sister Cities Day
Night Sky, 7/17: The moon enters the last quarter and will be in Aries.
What is my plan if nuclear war breaks out? I'm pretty sure my boss expects me to work that day; so, I'll be working. :: Putin's propagandists on TV said nuclear war is fine because patriotic Russians will go to Heaven. Heaven heard this and immediately applied to join NATO.
Peace begins with love and respect. --Anthony D Williams
..........Everybody's got a bomb, we could all die anyday.........Prince …..1999
2) Population growth is slowing. It will take approximately 15 years (until 2037) to reach 9 billion.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's an absolutely brutal time to be even remotely intelligent. --Davidson Boswell --Submitted by jm or ks
Moonbeam: Everything is life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. --E B White
What do you mean you were having so much fun riding your new bike that you lost track of time? You've been gone for over a year
Fun Fact of the Week: Space Oddity by David Bowie was first released July 11, 1969 as a 7-inch single. Later it became the opening track of Bowie's second studio album, David Bowie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRMZ_5WYmCg
Audio of the Week: Chad Mitchell Trio: Rhymes for the Irreverent Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter (2:44)
Civil Liberty: We believe also in protest against the curtailment of our civil rights. --Niagara Movement's Declaration of Principles
We should really love each other in peace and harmony, instead we're fussin' n fighting like we ain't supposed to be. --Bob Marley
I have a feeling this is the year to grow up or glow up. :: At least I'm not to the point of waking up and checking the headlines for nuclear “incidents”.
..........Well they danced and sang when the bang went bang.........David Bowie …..Bombers
3) Greenland has the lowest population density with 0.14 people per square kilometer. The Falkland Islands have the second lowest density.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Absurdity is the public school assigning you The Grapes of Wrath at 16 and tear gassing you at 26 for understanding it. --Aren R LeBrun --Submitted by 1stKAFB
Weird Word of the Week: Taradiddle – a fib, nonsense, a small lie. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/taradiddle
Dragon of the Week:
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Purify a humidifier. Add two drops of Clorox Bleach per gallon of water when refilling your humidifier to prevent bacteria from growing in the water. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/clorox.html
If you want inner peace, unconditionally forgive everyone. If you want world peace, be an example and love everyone. --Debasish Mridha
They say in nuclear war only the cockroaches will survive. That means most countries will still have a functioning government. :: Cockroaches can survive a nuclear war, but hit them with a newspaper and they die. See how dangerous the media is?
...........The hands that threaten doom.........Iron Maiden …..2 Minutes To Midnight
4) The country with the highest population density is Macau (China) with a density of 21,054 people per square kilometer. Monaco is next highest.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Let's admit it: We put “Made with love” on our home crafted gifts because “Made with cursing, 2 trips to the craft store, and lots of wine” just won't fit on a cute little lable...https://www.facebook.com/churchmouseuk
I taught my Harley to meditate so it could find its inner hog.
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Shore Leave 2025 (11-13, Lancaster.PA) celebrate all things geeky and nerdy https://www.shore-leave.com/
Whatever This Is of the Week: Meanwhile: Now It's now been confirmed that Vikings were active at a Newfoundland settlement nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic. Well, this changes everything. Now we know that Vikings didn't discover America 500 years before Columbus didn't discover America. --Stephen Colbert
Spark of Joy of the Week: July 11, 1968: The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by George Mitchell, Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, and 200 others. They gathered to organize in order to deal with widespread and persistent poverty among native Americans, and unjust treatment from all levels of government.
Love is the key to ending hatred and finding peace. --Unknown
Why did Oppenheimer invent the atomic bomb? Because he wanted the world to lighten up. :: Flat earthers are ahead of their time; after nuclear war the planet may very well be flat.
..........Although it may be a pile of debris..........Tom Lehrer …..So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)
5) Males make up about 50.4% and females 49.6% of the world's population.
Protest Sign of the Week: Let Them Eat Teslas
Quote of the Week: If the nukes fly can it be in the morning? I don't want to work all day then just come home to nukes. --Unknown --Submitted by 1stKAFB
Some of y'all should carry a plant around to replace the oxygen you waste.
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The US isn't even a country; it's just four corporations in a trench coat. --Transgender Marx https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfectUS
Today's Peace of History: July 11, 1905: The Niagara Movement, precursor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was formed in Buffalo, New York.
Love and compassion are the pillars of world peace. --Dalai Lama
If four out of five people suffer from radiation poisoning, does that mean the fifth one enjoys it? :: My grandpa survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Being in Australia helped.
..........All suffused with an incandescent glow.........Tom Lehrer …..We Will All Go Together When We Go
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, July 11, 2025: aTomic ePistle . Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith.
That was a wheelie good ride.
Moonbeam: Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family. --Thomas Bowdler
Cost of War:
As of 07/10/25 State Department Costs: $269,526,750,323
As of 07/03/25 State Department Costs: $268,976,897,099
As of 07/10/25 Homeland Security: $1,204,468,754,577
As of 07/03/25 Homeland Security: $1,203,871,494,178
As of 07/10/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,351,919,782,299
As of 07/03/25 Interest on War Debt:$1,310,383,960,976
As of 07/10/25 Military Costs: $3,155,772,525,437
As of 07/03/25 Military Costs: $3,154,606,420,727
As of 07/10/25 Veterans Care: $4,369,949,228,564
As of 07/03/25 Veterans Care: $4,358,307,253,358
As of 07/10/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,312,638,775,641
As of 07/03/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,296,147,556,583
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Education: Common school education should be free to all American children and compulsory. High school training should be adequately provided for all, and college training should be the monopoly of no class or race in any section of our common country. --Niagara Movement's Declaration of Principles
Famous Last Words: But I know we'll meet again some sunny day. --Lyrics We'll Meet Again played at the end of Dr Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb.
..........One day, maybe next week.........Blondie …..One Way Or Another
Peace and love! Peace and love! --Ringo Starr
By tightly securing our Nuclear Arsenal through human, digital, mechanical, and chemical means, we've been able to almost completely eliminate the risk of nuclear warhead explosions due to accidents or hostile attacks, however if these past four year have taught us anything it's that we also need to equip out nukes with child locks. :: My roommate is a physicist; he often brings home fission chips.
May Peace shield you
And Joy protect you
prairie mama
christine
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