Famous First Words: This commencement dance is badly managed. --Eugene O'Neill The Great God Brown
Happy National Pie Day!! Not All Heroes Wear Capes; Some Bake Pies. I woke up this morning and the entire road was covered with pie. It was certainly a desserted street. ππ Yes, I'm into fitness...fittin' this piece of pie into my mouth.
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. --Montesquieu
..........And let's have another piece of pie.........Irving Berlin …..Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee
Article 4: The United States will not continue its military involvement or intervene in the internal affairs of South Vietnam. --1973 Paris Peace Accords
It is a bitter cold Friday morning. The temperature is 9°F and the wind is bearing down from the north at 16 mph. It is not just willow branches that are dancing, it is also large limbs thrashing about. There is no birdsong or bird flights; they're all still in bed trying to keep warm. The weather channel is also predicting 7 inches of snow tomorrow and temperatures in single digits all next week. But I am sipping hot decaf, creamed and sweetened, in a warm house where doorways are reinforced with tubular towels to keep the cold from creeping under. I have a full pantry. My dog is a faithful, if somewhat demanding, companion and Dashiell's cat amuses me. I have books to read and a computer to write on. And I am learning ASL. I will survive. Stay warm, ya'll.
Hope your weekend is easy as pie and twice as delicious, dear little pumpkin-eaters
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Nobody thought the revolution would start in Minneapolis...except Prince. --Twin Cities Geeks
Month of the Week: January is Teen Driving Awareness Month! You should be aware that when I worked at the KS School For The Visually Impaired, I obtained a copy of Defensive Driving in Braille for a student in Tonganoxie, KS. Good Luck Out There.
This pie and I have great chemistry; we go way back to the crust. ππ A pie walks into a pub. The barman says, “sorry we don't serve food”.
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings. --Helen Keller
..........Blueberry, apple, cherry, pumpkin, and plum.........Bob Dylan …..Country Pie
Trivia Questions: Happy Anniversary to the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution
What is the 20th Amendment?
What were the terms before the 20th Amendment?
Who proposed the amendment?
Why was the amendment proposed?
How long did the amendment wait for ¾ of the states to ratify it? (There were 48 states at the time.)
Big Hello: selam – Tigrinya (Ethiopia & Eritrea) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It takes a lot of ignorant racism to live on stolen land and complain about immigration. --Native Lovers
Image of the Week: Copenhagen 1/17/26
I'm not saying I'm a little slice of heaven; but I do have a great crumb. ππ That old adage – easy as pie – it is about eating it is not making it. You do realize that, right?
Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is. --Rollo May
..........Can you bake a pie? Neither can I.........Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton …..Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better
Moonbeam: Television – a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done. --Ernie Kovacs
Blasphemy of the Week: Jesus Heals Demon-Possessed Man By Taking Away His Smartphone. --Submitted by Wittenburg Door
Coffee Joke of the Week: A guy walks into a cafe and orders a coffee to go. The coffee gets up and leaves.
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The cat who was completely obsessed with my bump when I was pregnant is quite uninterested in the baby now that she's out. It's a weird way to find out my cat is a Republican. --Elayne Boosler
I only have pies for you. ππ Ah, Granny Smith, you are the apple of my pie. ππ A slice of apple pie costs $2.75 in Jamaica and $3.50 in the Bahamas. These are the pie rates of the Caribbean.
Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens. --Jesse Ventura
..........And she tried to make a pumpkin pie..........Kessock Rap Band …..Grandma's Apple Pie
1) The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3rd day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. See More~~None of the rest is on the test.
Almanac: It is Friday, January 23, 2026. The moon will reach its first quarter on Sunday (1/25) and is in Pisces. Today is Maternal Health Awareness Day, National Handwriting Day, National Pie Day, and Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day.
Among those born on this day were John Barclay (1582), Edouard Manet (1832), Andrija Mohorovicic (1857), Antonio Gramsci (1891), Frank Carlson (1893), Randolph Scott (1898), Ernie Kovacs (1919), John Polanyi (1929), Chita Rivera (1933), Rutger Hauer (1944), Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi (1957), Mariska Hargitay (1964), Ariadna Gil (1969), and Tanya Harding (1972).
On January twenty third the Islamic calendar started (638), the first English Parliament convened (1265), Elizabeth I opened the Royal Exchange of London (1571), the Treaty of Bärwalde was signed (1631), New Madrid earthquake (7.8, 1812), Blackwell became the first female physician in the US (1849), Curtis became first native American US senator (R: KS, 1907), The Great God Brown premiered (1926), 20th Amendment ratified (changes Inauguration date, 1933), Treasure of the Sierra Madre opened (1948), Venezuela adopted its constitution (1961), After the Fall premiered (1964), the entire population of Istanbul was placed under 24 hour house arrest (1972), Vietnam War Accords announced (1973), Roots premiered (1977), the Julian Period will begin (3268).
Night Sky, 1/23: Look for a waxing crescent moon near Saturn and Neptune, visible in the early evening with Saturn appearing golden and Neptune nearby, requiring binoculars; Jupiter will be shining brightly all night.
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Not so speedy morning ~~That is Sonic isn't it?
This Week: Saturday, January 24 – Beer Can Day & Belly Laugh Day & Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day
Sunday, January 25 – A Room of One's Own Day & IV Nurses Day & National Bible Sunday & Opposite Day & Robert Burns Day
Night Sky, 1/25 : First Quarter Moon at 11:47 pm in Taurus.
Monday, January 26 – Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day & Clashing Clothes Day & Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement
Night Sky, 1/26: Jupiter dominates the eastern sky after sunset as winter's brightest stars rise through moonlight, including Sirius, Procyon, and Orion
Tuesday, January 27 – Fancy Rat and Mouse Day & Holocaust Memorial Day & VietNam Peace Day
Wednesday, January 28 – National Kazoo Day & Data Privacy Day & National Gift of the Lady Bug Day
Night Sky, 1/28: Sunrise: 7:29 am Sunset: 5:37 pm (10 hours and seven minutes of daylight) Moonset: 10:57 am Moonrise: 10:54 pm
Thursday, January 29 – Freethinkers Day & Curmudgeon Day & Seeing Eye Dog Day & National Puzzle Day & Thomas Paine Day
My brain says salad but my heart says pecan pie. ππ At night when the bakery is closed, ghosts come in and make boo-berry pie which they eat with I-scream.
Apathy is a sort of living oblivion. --Horace Greeley
..........You bring the zest, I'll add the cream.........Scott Frenzel …..Key Lime Pie
2) Before the 20th Amendment the US presidential terms began on March 4th and ended on March 3rd.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: How come there are Pop Tarts but not Mom Tarts? I blame the Pastryarchy. … https://www.facebook.com/groups/821482974647309/
Moonbeam: Can Kansas, the heart of America from almost any viewpoint, lead this transition into peace and transform our new-found productive strength for the common welfare, so that it may bring a fuller life for us instead of ruin for others. --Frank Carlson, governor of Kansas 1947-50
Fun Fact of the Week: It's Sugar Awareness Week (18-23) Mary Poppins said “a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.” Eli Lilly said, “A syringe-full of medicine makes the sugar go down.”
Video of the Week: Andie MacDowell singing I Love Pie - From the movie Michael (:21) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzkSjOdwSFQ
The dismantlement of all military bases in South VietNam of the United States and of the other foreign countries mentioned above. --1973 Paris Peace Accords
..........She got a big bad mixing bowl.........Tony Wiseguy …..The Apple Pie Ala Mode
Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something. --Emiliano Salinas
Never believe a pie. They sugarcoat everything. ππ Life's short. Eat pie for breakfast. ππ That pie recipe sure gave me pumpkin to think about.
3) The 20th Amendment was proposed and championed by progressive Republican Senator George W Norris of Nebraska. He authored the initial resolutions in 1923 and reintroduced them until Congress passed it in 1932.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I don't have a guardian angel. I have a dumpster diving raccoon. We are just digging through the trash of life together, hissing at problems and hoping for the best. --Submitted by Feral Spiritualists
Weird Word of the Week: Jentacular – pertaining to breakfast https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jentacular
Dragon of the Week: Dragon Kitty Lair
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Condition Hair. To give your hair a great shine, pour a can of Coca Cola into your hair, working it in well, and then rinse your hair with water. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/cocacola.html
Not So Fun Fact of the Week: The Make-up Billionaire, Ronald S Lauder, is the mastermind behind the Mafia Madman's annexation of Greenland. You can boycott his products: Estée Lauder, Clinique, MAC cosmetics, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, and Aveda. Read All About It ~~Gave the Cheeto Chief a ton of money and more concealer than he can ever blend in.
...........Makes your eyes light up and your tummy say “Howdy”.........Dinah Shore …..Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy
Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed, and hierarchy. --Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Whatever is funny is subversive. Every joke is ultimately a custard pie. ππ No more Mr Nice Pie!
4) It was called the Lame Duck Amendment because the four months between November elections and March inauguration left the incumbent administration in office long enough to do real mischief.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I Like My Democracy Neat – Not Diluted, No ICE
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: COSine 2026 (23-25, Colorado Springs, CO) ...the purple mountains majesty are getting awfully close... https://www.firstfridayfandom.org/cosine/
Red Haired Stepchild of Video of the Week: Ernie Kovacs and the Nairobi Trio (2:29)
Spark of Joy of the Week: January 23, 1973: President Richard Nixon announced a Vietnam peace deal. The president appeared on national television and said that National Security Adviser Henry A. Kissinger and North Vietnam's chief negotiator, Le Duc Tho, had initiated an agreement in Paris "to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and Southeast Asia." The agreement had actually been initiated six days beforehand.
..........She can bake a cherry pie as fast as a cat can wink an eye..........My Mother …..Billy Boy
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. --Plato
Pies are lucky. They're always well rounded. ππ My quiche got a job flying airplanes. She's an actual pie-lot.
5) Congress approved the amendment on March 2, 1932.The required 36 states ratified on January 23, 1933. Florida became the 48th and final state to ratify (April 26,1933).
Protest Sign of the Week: Elect A Rapist Expect To Be Royally Fucked
Quote of the Week: People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. --Carl Jung
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Stop worrying about what other people think. I mean, have you met other people? --Submitted by Hippy Hour
Today's Peace of History: January 23, 1970: Called as witnesses, folksingers Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe McDonald, Phil Ochs, and Pete Seeger were denied permission to sing as part of their testimony for the defense at the trial of "The Chicago Seven." Seven leaders of demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago were being tried for conspiring to incite a riot as they protested the Vietnam war.
Another Peace of History: January 23, 1890: The United Mine Workers of America was formed through the amalgamation of the National Progressive Union (organized 1888) and the mine locals under the Knights of Labor, including all workers in the coal industry. The workers faced unstable employment, the prevalence of company towns (where the mine owners controlled all housing and commerce), and extremely hazardous working conditions.
..........Tastes so good, make a grown man cry..........Warrant …..Cherry Pie
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. --J K Rowling
How many chefs does it take to make a pie? 3.14. But it only takes one cow. ππ Pies never argue; they just roll with it.
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, January 23, 2026: Upper Crust ePistle . Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: I believe that living means taking sides. Those who really live cannot help being a citizen and a partisan. Indifference and apathy are parasitism, perversion, not life. --Antonio Gramsci ~~He's also the guy that said, “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
Cost of War:
As of 01/22/26 State Department Costs: $285,101,319,083
As of 01/15/26 State Department Costs: $284,549,700,991
As of 01/22/26 Homeland Security: $1,221,385,989,744
As of 01/15/26 Homeland Security: $1,220,786,857,468
As of 01/22/26 Interest on War Debt: $1,355,421,249,915
As of 01/15/26 Interest on War Debt: $1,353,880,648,371
As of 01/22/26 Military Costs: $3,188,801,426,503
As of 01/15/26 Military Costs: $3,187,631,857,429
As of 01/22/26 Veterans Care: $4,699,701,435,192
As of 01/15/26 Veterans Care: $4,688,024,639,270
As of 01/22/26 Total Cost of Wars: $10,750,413,743,647
As of 01/15/26 Total Cost of Wars: $10,734,876,695,374
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
The parties shall exchange complete lists of captured military personnel and foreign civilians on the day of the signing of this Agreement. --1973 Paris Peace Accords
Famous Last Words: ...forever under my heart. --Eugene O'Neill Great God Brown
..........nothing tastes sweet, wet, salty, and dry..........Andie MacDowell ….I Love Pie
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. --Jack Kerouac
That sweet potato pie was yamtastic. ππ Pie is calling and I must go.
May Peace be your crust
And Joy be your filling
prairie mama
christine
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