Famous First Words: Here we come, walkin' down the street... --The Monkees Opening theme of the very first show
Happy Videogames Day! Families, like computer game systems, can't decide which generation is the best. >> I broke up with my video game console. Now it's my ex-box.
Whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen. --Bradley Whitford
..........Send your camel to bed...........Maria Muldaur …..Midnight At The Oasis
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. --H L Mencken
It is a beautiful Friday morning. The sky is laced with fluffy white clouds. There is a light breeze that allows the willow branches to lead a slow dance of all foliage; it turns my window into living art. At the moment there are no birds or squirrels or rabbits eating breakfast. The bluejays have come, fussed at the cat who retreated into the house, ate a few peanuts, and traveled on. The backyard is silent. So I am listening to Joni Mitchell's song Chelsea Morning. (..and light poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses...) Puck has not been out yet this morning; he is sleeping under my desk. Veronica has taken the morning watch; she has checked all the doors and all the windows she can get to. Apparently she thinks we are safe. Our preview of fall seems to be over and the day promises to get hot and muggy. Ah, but birds are migrating, leaves are turning, and autumn will grace us again. In the meantime, I get to write to you. That always makes the day special.
Hope your weekend is really virtual or virtually real, Gamers
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's really quiet in my head today. Feels like I'm up to something I don't want to know about. --Submitted by INRITH
What do Americans do after winning the World Cup? Turn off the playstation. >> When gamers have a bad day, they console themselves.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. --Denis Waitly
..........Guess you think I'm crazy too...........Maria Muldaur …..Mad Mad Me
Trivia Questions: It is Cloud Appreciation Day
How many kinds of clouds are there?
How do clouds make rain?
What is the effect of heat and cold on clouds?
How do clouds get their colors?
Are there clouds on other planets in our solar system?
Big Hello: Hoj – Stellingwarfs (a dialect of Dutch) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: At this age, I've come to accept that I will never be old enough to know better. --Submitted by sb of ar
Image of the Week: The Young Veronica - she's grown but she still stares at you as if you are the abyss
Insult of the Week: He had delusions of adequacy --Walter Kerr
That new gardening video game is a plant-astic adventure. >> Roses are red; violets are blue. I'll skip the flowers and level-up with you.
Grace is what matters in anything – especially life, especially growth, tragedy. Pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive. --Jeff Buckley
..........The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds...........Maria Muldaur …..The Work Song
Moonbeam: Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it. --Jesse Owens
Blasphemy of the Week: Joel Olsten gives Heaven only 3 stars.
Coffee Joke of the Week: Harriet always had a cup of chamomile before her morning coffee. Her mother always said Safe Tea First.
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Taco Bell is selling fries. Burger King is selling tacos. KFC is putting Cheetos on sandwiches... I knew we shouldn't have legalized marijuana. --Paul White
The difference between slugs and gamers? A gamer get salty when she dies; a slug dies when she get salty. >> Is a professional game tester who's testing political simulation games a protester?
Courage is grace under pressure. --Ernest Hemingway
..........On a distant hilltop, an eagle spreads its wings...........Maria Muldaur …..My Tennessee Mountain Home
1) Experts disagree on how many kinds of clouds there are. The World Meteorological Organization says there are 10 main cloud types with over 100 variations. The Office of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration says there are 4 times: Cirrus (hair), Cumulus (heap), Stratus (layer), and Nimbus (rain-bearing) Click here to see 10 kinds
Almanac: It is Friday, September 12, 2025. The moon enters its last quarter on Sunday (9/14) and is in Taurus. The United Nations has declared this National Day for South-South Cooperation. Today is also National Day of Encouragement, National Hug and High Five Day, National Just One Human Family Day, National Police Woman's Day, and Video Games Day. In Maryland it is Defenders Day (1812). Because it is the second Friday it is also Cloud Appreciation Day,
Among those born on this day were Richard Gatling (1818), Henry L. Mencken (1880), Maurice Chevalier (1888), Alfred A. Knopf (1892), Jesse Owens (1913), Stanislaw Lem (1921), Maria Muldaur (1943), Barry White (1944), and Peter Scolari (1954).
On September twelfth Hudson "discovered" the Hudson river (1609), Katharine Hepburn made her stage debut (1928), the Baltic Entente was signed (1934), JFK married Jacqueline Bouvier (1953), Khrushchev became first secretary of the USSR Communist Party (1953), Bonanza premiered (1959), the first football game was played in Shea Stadium (1964), The Monkees debuted (1966), and Discovery 14 was launched (1991).
Night Sky, 9/12 : As the moon gets higher (10 pm DST) look for the Pleiades a few degrees to its upper right. Cover the moon with your finger to make delicate stars near it easier to see. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/ Described as The Celestial Dance of The Moon and The Seven Sisters.
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Mom and the boys
This Week: Saturday, September 13 – Bald Is Beautiful Day & Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day & National Peanut Day
Sunday, September 14 – Live Creative Day & National Sober Day & National Boss/Employee Exchange Day
Night Sky, 9/14: The moon in Gemini enters its last quarter. Illumination is at 47%.
Monday, September 15 – Felt Hat Day & Greenpeace Day & National Day of the Cowgirl
Tuesday, September 16 – World Play-doh Day & National Guacamole Day & Stay Away From Seattle Day
Wednesday, September 17 – Citizenship Day & National Monte Cristo Day & Time's Up Day
Night Sky, 0/17: The Dumbbell nebula can be seen tonight. It is located in the faint constellation Vulpecula within the Summer Triangle. It is a few degrees north of y Sagittae near the star 15 Vulpeculae. Binoculars help. https://youtu.be/Zz2-izG6kvw
Thursday, September 18 – National Ceiling Fan Day & Read An Ebook Day & World Water Monitoring Day
My new Nintendo Wii was broken when I unpacked it home; but the store gave me a Wii fund. >> The console gamer's New Year's Resolution was 1280x720.
Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace. --Carly Fiorina
..........Now he's like a big old worn out Ford...........Maria Muldaur …..Put It Right Here
2) Clouds are made of water droplets. Within a cloud, water droplets condense onto one another, causing the droplets to grow. When these water droplets get too heavy to stay suspended in the cloud, they fall to Earth as rain.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Astrophysicists confirm black holes are just cosmic lost-and-found bins. --Submitted by Club42
Moonbeam: Science explains the world, but only Art can reconcile us to it. --Stanislaw Lem
Fun Fact of the Week: There are approximately 96,000 to 123,655 women police officers in the US, with recent figures showing women make up around 14% of the total force, which includes local, state, and federal officers. This number is an increase from previous decades but still reflects that women remain underrepresented in the profession.
Video of the Week: Goodbye to Mark Volman of the Turtles. Here's Happy Together. https://youtu.be/mRCe5L1imxg
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. --H L Mencken
Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason. --Pope Francis
Yesterday I got an Xbox for my little brother. Best trade ever. >> Video games have ruined my life. Good thing I have three lives left.
..........If you feel my thigh, you gonna go too high...........Maria Muldaur …..Don't Feel My Leg
3) Heat can cause clouds to dissipate by increasing air's capacity to evaporate liquid water and lift the cloud base, while also causing clouds to rise and shift poleward. Cold temperature, on the other hand, promotes cloud formation by allowing air to reach its dew point, leading to condensation, but can also result in clouds freezing into ice crystals and hail.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I wouldn't believe Peter Pumpkin if he had his tongue notarized. --Mayor Ed Koch 1991
Weird Word of the Week: Velleity: A mere wish or inclination that lacks the motivation or intention to act on it. https://word-lists.com/word-lists/100-rare-words-with-beautiful-meanings/
Dragon of the Week:
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Sterilize your pruning tools. Mix three-quarters cup Clorox Bleach in a gallon of water. After each use, dip your pruning equipment into the disinfectant solution between cuts or at least between plants – to avoid spreading fungal diseases of azaleas. When finished, soak the pruning shears in the solution for one hour, then rinse clean, and dry. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/clorox2.html ~~There are 4 pages of bleach uses. I have begun skipping the ones about cleaning cloth items (baby clothes) and disinfecting kitchen items (butcher's block). Those are not “wacky”; they are why we have bleach in the house.
Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. --St Augustine
I was walking barefooted on the beach and stepped on a rusty piece from an old game console. Now I have to get a Tetris shot. >> Gamers never age; they level-up.
...........Now you can dance and I can sing...........Jim Kweskin's Jug Band with Maria Muldaur …..Let's Get Happy Together
4) Cloud color is determined by the interaction between sunlight and the water droplets or ice crystals within the cloud, leading to different scattering effects.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If I'm going to take health advice from a former heroin addict, I choose Keith Richards.
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: GalaxyCon 2025 (12-14, Des Moines, IA) ...Festival of Fandom … https://galaxycon.com/pages/galaxycon-des-moines
Seasonal Quote of the Week: Then the flowers became very wild because it was early September and they had nothing to lose. --Grace Paley
Spark of Joy of the Week: Get out there and be the onion ring in someone's fries today. --Kevin Lawson
Patience is a virtue; virtue is a grace. --Jacob Rees-Mogg
Video games never made me angry or want to hurt people. Working in customer service did that. >> Video games are great; they let you try your craziest fantasites. For example, on the sims, you can have toddlers and a full clean house.
..........Drive me around the world...........Maria Muldaur …..Me And My Chauffeur
5) Yes, there are clouds on other planets and even on some moons, though they are typically composed of substances like sulfuric acid (Venus), ammonia and ammonium hydrosulfide (Jupiter, Saturn), or even silicates (hot exoplanets), rather than the water found on Earth. While Mercury is the only planet in our solar system without clouds due to its lack of an atmosphere, other bodies like Mars have dust and carbon dioxide clouds.
Protest Sign of the Week: D. Don't O. Obey G. Greedy E. Elitists
Quote of the Week: When you deliberately distort and selectively present the truth, you lie. --Charlie Kirk
Final Funniest Thing I Read of The Week: Don't ask me for life advice. You'll just end up with a new cat. --Submitted by mja of ks
Today's Peace of History: September 12, 1910: Alice Stebbins Wells, a former social worker, became the first woman police officer with arrest powers in the U.S. (Los Angeles, CA)
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. --Anne Lamott
Admit it. You paused your game to read this ePistle. >> How many multiplayer gamers does it take to change a light bulb? None, you can't pause a multiplayer game.
..........I got crickets all in my meal...........Maria Muldaur …..Grasshoppers In My Pillow
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, September 12, 2025: nOnplayer Pistle . Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible. --Alfred A Knopf Sr.
Cost of the War on Terror:
As of 09/11/25 State Department Costs: $274,528,315,306
As of 09/04/25 State Department Costs: $273,972,300,412
As of 09/11/25 Homeland Security: $1,209,901,485,3364
As of 09/04/25 Homeland Security: $1,209,297,529,439
As of 09/11/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,325,889,688,523
As of 09/04/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,324,336,879,246
As of 09/11/25 Military Costs: $3,166,379,308,652
As of 09/04/25 Military Costs: $3,165,200,131,803
As of 09/11/25 Veterans Care: $4,475,844,504,823
As of 09/04/25 Veterans Care: $4,464,071,884,545
As of 09/11/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,452,545,189,146
As of 09/04/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,436,880,715,286
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. --H L Mencken
Famous Last Words: I thank God for June Carter. I love her with all my heart. --Johnny Cash died 9/12/17 of respiratory failure.
..........If you come too late, sweet mama will be gone...........Maria Muldaur …..Richland Woman Blues
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. --May Sarton
A day without video games is like...Just kidding; I have no idea. >> Which is faster: Sonic the Hedgehog or a Japanese bullet train? A bullet train. Sonic doesn't actually exist.
May Peace grace your days
And Grace fill your Joy
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