Famous First Words: there's nothing as something as one. --e e cummins ~~Happy National Nothing Day!
Hooray, It's Appreciate A Dragon Day!! Not All Heroes Wear Capes; Some Have Wings. We all know that dragons breathe fire; but did you know that when they eat spicy food (pepper farmers, strippers, drag queens) they become flame throwers. § My uncle Bert is a dragon dentist. He wears a welding mask and uses a cutting torch.
..........I get no kick from champagne.........Ethel Merman …..I Get A Kick Out Of You (Anything Goes)
As more men become more educated and women get educated, the value system has to be more enhanced and the respect for human dignity and human life is made better. --Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
It is a windy (11 mph) Friday morning. The sky is clear of clouds and the sun is shining brightly. Bare tree limbs are waving about and willow branches are thrashing the air frantically. And that little toy the crows left for me is banging against my backdoor on its string...tap, tap, tap. Ah, January in Kansas. Puck went out before daylight this morning and has been asleep under my desk since then. (Even when I slept a few extra winks in my recliner.) Veronica stopped by but when I refused to leave the door open for her to sit and watch the world go by, she left with only a look of disgust. I am fully awake now, drinking my coffee. enjoying the smoke that curls from the mouth of my twisty dragon incense burner, and writing to you. Great start to a day and a weekend.
Hope your weekend breathes fire, Dragon Wranglers.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I can find Waldo faster than I can find the twist tie that I just set on the kitchen counter.
One of the most embarrassing things that happens to dragons is getting their talons caught in their wings. § The dragons that were fighting knights in armor took to carrying hot pad holders among their weapons. § Dragons consider candles a light snack.
..........Just the perfect blendship.........Ethel Merman and Bert Lahr …..Friendship (DuBarry Was A Lady)
Trivia Questions: It's trivia; it's a quiz, it's Superman
Who originally created Superman?
What is Superman's Kryptonian name?
When did Superman become a newspaper comic strip?
What is Clark Kent's middle name?
When did Superman stop being a newspaper comic strip?
Big Hello: Tashi delek – Tibetan https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: A group of local buffalo recently celebrated their 200th year as a herd. It's their Bisontennial. --Submitted by Home Groan Puns
Image of the Week: Lawrence KS Protest 1/11/26
War Quote of the Week: Hawkeye: War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse. ...who goes to Hell? ...sinners ..Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell, but war is chock full of them – little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander. M.A.S.H. Season 5, Episode 20: 2/15/77
Those long fairy tales (I don't like to mention names like Tolkein) do drag on. § The question most often posed to dragons fighting knights: Plain or crunchy?
..........Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper.........Ethel Merman & Jerry Orbach …..Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better (Annie Get Your Gun)
Moonbeam: History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it. --Lin-Manuel Miranda
Blasphemy of the Week: Communism, Hypnotism And the Beatles A book by David A Noebel (1965).
Coffee Joke of the Week: Coffee: The ends justify the beans.
Is This Real of the Week: On Facebook, Budweiser posted and advertisement for their superbowl advertisement. Capitalism folding in on itself.
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Honestly starting to think that the only safe place to be right now is the Epstein files. --Linsey Fagan for Texas
Never play tag with a dragon. They are flaming hot at tag. § Little known fact: dragon boats run on natural exhaust. § If I had a pet dragon I would take her to concerts and show those silly little cigarette lighters how it's done.
..........I hear singing and there's no one there.........Ethel Merman & Donald O'Connor …..You're Just In Love (Call Me Madam)
1) Jerry Siegel (writer) and Joe Shuster (artist) created Superman in Action Comics #1 published by National Allied Publications (a precursor to DC Comics) on April 18, 1938.
Almanac: It is Friday, January 16, 2026. The moon will be new on Sunday (1/18) and is in Capricorn. Today is Appreciate A Dragon Day, Civil Service Day, Fig Newton Day, National Nothing Day, National Quinoa Day, Religious Freedom Day, and Without A Scalpel Day. Because today is the third Friday in January it is also Hat Day and International Fetish Day.
Among those born on this day were Richard Savage (1697), Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter (1634), Niccolo Piccinni (1728), Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (1853), Harry Carey, Sr. (1878), Ruth Rose (1896), Fulgencio Batista (1901), Ethel Merman (1908), Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (1911), Dian Fossey (1932), Marilyn Horne (1934), Ronnie Milsap (1944), Sade (1959), Don MacLean (1970), and Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980).
On January sixteenth Ivan IV crowned himself (1547), the British Museum opened (1759), San Francisco's Dramatic Chronicle began publication (1865), the refrigerated railroad car was patented (1868), the color organ was patented (1877), Home Rule for Ireland was accepted (1913), Prohibition was ratified (1919), the first assembly of the League of Nations met (1920), the Screen Actors Guild incorporated (1936), and the Superman comic strip debuted (1939),
Night Sky, 1/16: The bright stars of mighty Orion, the Hunter, shine in the southeastern sky during the evening. To the unaided eye, a patch of brightness below the Orion Nebula defines the southern tip of Orion's sword. The area is dominated by the bright, magnitude 2.75 star named Nair al Saif, and sometimes called Hatysa, Iota Orionis, and The Lost Jewel of Orion. Astronomers estimate that those two stars are approximately 40,000 times as luminous as our sun. The jewel is also readily seen in binoculars. In a backyard telescope, the entire area is surrounded by faint nebulosity that will be enhanced by a nebula filter.
Fraternal Picture of the Week: The Morning Briefing
This Week: Saturday, January 17 – Bald Eagle Appreciation Days (17-18), Popeye Day & Kid Inventors' Day
Sunday, January 18 – Pooh (Winnie the) Day & Thesaurus Day & World Snow Day
Night Sky, 1/18 : The moon will reach its new phase at 2:52 pm EST, 11:52 am PST, or 19:52 GMT.
Monday, January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr Day & National Popcorn Day & World Day of Migrants And Refugees & World Quark Day
Tuesday, January 20 – International Day of Acceptances & National Disc Jockey Day & Penguin Awareness Day
Wednesday, January 21 – Mariachi Day & National Hugging Day
Night Sky, 1/21: Sunrise: 7:25 am Sunset: 5:30 pm (9 hours, 44 minutes of daylight) Moonrise: 2:33 pm Moonset: 4:58 am
Thursday, January 22 – Answer Your Cat's Questions Day & Celebration of Life Day & Roe vs Wade Day
Two dragons walk into a bar. Doris Dragon says, “This place is roasting.” Deborah Dragon answers, “Then keep your trap shut, okay?” § Dragons: heating things up one selfie at a time.
..........Have a kumquat—have two.........Ethel Merman …..Mr Goldstone, I Love You (Gypsy)
2) Superman was named Kal-El at birth. His father was Jor-El. I don't know whether that means his last name is -El.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: MAGA is now boycotting Jeopardy. It's estimated they could lose up to 7 viewers. --Peter Gough
Moonbeam: We are like some poor flock of owls in places of confusion. --Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter
Fun Fact of the Week: On January 16, 1966 folk singer Joan Baez was sentenced to 10 days in jail for participating in a protest which blocked the entrance to the Armed Forces Induction Center in Oakland, California. She was part of an action to impede the drafting of young men for the US war in Vietnam.
Second Is This For Real of the Week: 1/10/26 meeting of the “Melon Felon” and CEOs of oil companies: First, Trump showed up wearing a lapel pin of himself under the traditional American flag pin because of course he did. When a reporter asked him what it was, he said, "That's called a Happy Trump. Considering the fact that I’m never happy, I’m never satisfied. I will never be satisfied until we make America great again, but we’re getting pretty close, I tell you what. This is called a Happy Trump.” Source: Gale Mollett
Video of the Week: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund: Adorable gorillas (:51) https://gorillafund.org/video-vault/?playlist=5997cb1&video=13510c8
All girls know that they can be anything now. That transformation is to me one of the most satisfying things. --Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
As a side hustle I rent portable event toilets. I paint dragons on them because I'm into dragons and because now I can call my business Commode-o-dragon. § Warning! Dating dragons is a fire hazard. § What did the dragon say when she came upon a vampire biting a neck? BOGO ...On the other hand there are dragons who hate it when their food touches.
..........Floating on a starlit ceiling.........Ethel Merman …..Ridin' High (Red, Hot, And Blue)
3) Superman became a daily newspaper comic strip on 1/16/39. A separate, color Sunday strip was added on November 5th of that year.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Happiness is an inside job. --ASL Fingerspelling
Weird Word of the Week: Pissified: when you are both pissed off and mystified at their stupidity at the same time. --Submitted by UUHS https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pissified
Dragon of the Week:
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Make barbecue sauce. Make an excellent barbecue sauce by mixing Coca-Cola with Heinz Ketchup. Brush the mixture on chicken or ribs while grilling. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/cocacola.html ~~I'm from Kansas City, home of great BBQ, and I think this sounds terrible.
All those jokes about dragons eating spicy food are so wrong. Dragons are so hot they don't notice. You measure peppers in Scovilles; you measure dragons in Kelvins. § A dragon would never explode but a dino might. § These dragon jokes are so old they were the first thing ever to be discovered by a paleontologist.
...........Just who loves who more than who.........Ethel Merman & Fernando Lamas …..Mutual Admiration Society (Happy Hunting)
4) Superman's earth name is Clark Joseph Kent.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Just heard someone say, “It's never a good sign when folk music starts getting good again. --Father Nathan Monk
Pre Quote of the Week: I will not carry a gun...I’ll carry your books, I’ll carry a torch, I’ll carry a tune, I’ll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I’ll even hari-kari if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun! --Hawkeye (M*A*S*H)
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: MarsCon 2026 (15-18, Virginia Beach, VA) So much to see and so... https://marscon.org/
Sick Joke of the Week: During a nuclear explosion there is a certain distance of the radius where all of the supermarket frozen pizza will be cooked to perfection. --Rick's Friend Jake
Spark of Joy of the Week: No, you can't have Greenland; you haven't even finished your Venezuela yet. --Submitted by gr of oh
Darius Dragon ate a paladin once. He said it tasted lawful. § Donna Dragon trains every day to dance in the Talon Show. § Those of you with green dragons, please wait until it ripens. § Dragons didn't last as long as dinosaurs because they smoked.
..........And keep up each other's morales.........Ethel Merman & Arthur Treacher …..Let's Be Buddies
5) The newspaper strips ran continuously until May 1966 and were syndicated by the McClure Syndicate. At its peak, the strip had an estimated readership of over 20 million people.
Protest Sign of the Week: Wake Up And Smell The Fascism
Better Protest Sign of the Week: In Case Of ICE Apply Heat
Quote of the Week: Very early in my life it was too late. --Marguerite Duras
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I'm sorry I'm late. The troll that blocks my driveway had harder riddles than usual today. --Submitted by Feral Spiritualists
Today's Peace of History: January 16, 1992: The government of El Salvador and rebel leaders signed a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war that had killed at least 75,000 people.
Dwarves have an old saying: The early beard gets the wyrm. § Never make a dragon angry; they don't call them earthquakes for nothing. § One of the major differences between dragons and pieces of paper is that you can't make a paper airplane out of a dragon. § What was the dragon doing on the highway? About 30 mph.
..........What you got? Hey, what you're doin'.........Ethel Merman …..Something For The Boys (Something For The Boys)
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, January 16, 2026: Falkor's ePistle . Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: The only thought in the world that is worth anything is free thought. To free thought we owe all past progress and all hope for the future. Since when has any one made it appear that shackled thought could get on better than that which is free? Brains are a great misfortune if one is never to use them. --Richard Savage.
Cost of War:
As of 01/15/26 State Department Costs: $284,549,700,991
As of 01/08/26 State Department Costs: $283,989,129,547
As of 01/15/26 Homeland Security: $1,220,786,857,468
As of 01/08/26 Homeland Security: $1,220,177,897,700
As of 01/15/26 Interest on War Debt: $1,353,880,648,371
As of 01/08/26 Interest on War Debt: $1,352,314,797,214
As of 01/15/26 Military Costs: $3,187,631,857,429
As of 01/08/26 Military Costs: $3,186,442,854,218
As of 01/15/26 Veterans Care: $4,688,024,639,270
As of 01/08/26 Veterans Care: $4,676,154,123,058
As of 01/15/26 Total Cost of Wars: $10,734,876,695,374
As of 01/08/26 Total Cost of Wars: $10,719,081,458,925
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
We also know what it means to see our children begin to smile again with a restoration of hope and faith in the future. --Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Famous Last Words: ...loved me with an everlasting love. --Arturo Toscanini died 1/16/57
..........I'm gonna raise the roof.........Ethel Merman …..Before The Parade Passes By (Hello Dolly)
Dragons continue to be wrinkly because everyone is afraid to iron them. § The difference between St George and Rudolph is that George slays a dragon and Rudolph drags a sleigh. § I'm reading a book about a short ballerina. It's called The Girl with the Draggin Tutu.
May Peace warm your heart
And Joy cool your brain
prairie mama
christine
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