Famous First Words: Vi, Frederik den Syvende, af Guds Naade, Konge til Danmark. ...Constitution of Denmark under the monarchy (1849) “We, Frederik the Seventh, by the Grace of God, King of Denmark...”
It's The Day of Popular Delusions! Global warming isn't real because I was cold today! Also, great news world hunger is over because I just ate. --Stephen Colbert §§ Childhood Delusion: Snails suffered in the rain. So I would take out a large umbrella and sit under it and hold it over the garden to protect the snails.
..........'Cause when you worry your face will frown.........Bobby McFarin …..Don't Worry, Be Happy
Simon and Garfunkel have reunited to announce they will not be playing the Freedom 250 concert and then promptly broke up again.
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking. --John Maynard Keynes
It is a windy (10-15 mph ssw) Friday morning. Trees and flags and flowers are all dancing silently. The sky is filled with fluffly white clouds whose tops catch the rising sun and glow while thin gray clouds below them run ahead of the breeze like they are frightened. I was standing at my back door watching a bluejay sitting on a power line and a squirrel sitting on the roof of the shed watching me; waiting for me to leave so they could break fast on peanuts and sunflower seeds. They pretend not to be watching me. Earth smells like rain although none has fallen recently nor is any predicted; humidity just rises unseen to tease the nose. I am drinking doctored decaf and breathing slowly to help Puck over his coughing as he sleeps under my feet. And I'm writing to you. It has the makings of a delightful morning.
Hope your weekend is real enough to remember but delusional enough to be fun, weekenders
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: There is no physical evidence to say that today is Friday, we all just have to trust that someone kept count since the first one. --FM Chauncy --Submitted by Laughing Librarian
Your delusional behavior really solidifies my belief in the statement, “You can't argue with crazy”. §§ One of the most famous historical psychiatric quirks was the glass delusion. Prominent nobles, including King Charles VI of France, genuinely believed their bodies—or sometimes just their buttocks—were made of delicate glass. They wrapped themselves in heavy blankets to prevent shattering and, in Charles's case, had iron rods sewn into their clothes!
..........Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.........William Pharrell …..Happy
Emmet Otter's Jugband announced they will not perform at the Freedom 250 event. (Neither will Kermit, Animal, or Miss Piggy.)
Trivia Questions: Happy Donut Day aka Doughnut Day
The “modern” doughnut was invented in 1847. Do you know who invented it?
Which American writer was the first writer to wax lyrical about donuts?
Which doughnuts did Voodoo Donuts name “medicinal”?
Which east coast city has the most doughnut shops per person?
How many donuts are made in the US every year – more or less?
Big Hello: Aa – Venda (South Africa & Zimbabwe) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: When I said I wanted to be mysterious and fascinating, I didn't mean medically. --Submitted by INRITH
Image of the Week: This squirrel laid on the top of the chain link fence for at least 5 minutes while I got my phone and finally got the camera up and working.
85 Year Old Protest Song of the Week: When That Man Is Dead And Gone written by Irving Berlin performed by the Glenn Miller orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4IUesQQKKQ ~~”That man” was Hitler.
Have you thought about therapy for your delusions of grandeur? Yes, but I can't find a therapist who's really good enough. §§ During a time of extreme stress and forced celibacy, convents occasionally became ground zero for mass hysteria. In one famous French convent, a nun started meowing, and soon the entire convent joined in on the caterwauling. It became an organized, daily ritual where they would all meow together at structured times for several hours.
..........What a good place to be.........Housemartins …..Happy Hour
Breaking: The B Sharps featuring Homer Simpson have just pulled out of the Freedom 250 concert.
Moonbeam: The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. --Ruth Benedict
Blasphemy of the Week: Anyone who doesn't understand why freedom of religion should also include freedom from religion, doesn't understand freedom. --https://www.facebook.com/blasphemememes
Coffee Joke of the Week: My coffee isn't a drink. It's a tiny brown restraining order between me and society. https://www.facebook.com/maythecoffeebewithyou
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Any time you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right...there is a 90% change you'll get it wrong. --Submitted by Laughing Librarian
I need someone to explain why it's always “if you can't pay rent, buy fewer lattes and avocado toasts” and not “if you can't pay employees a living wage, buy fewer yachts and real estate”. §§ Following the exile and death of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, Europe experienced a massive surge in "Napoleons." Dozens of men in asylums across France suffered from a delusion of grandeur, firmly believing they were the Emperor himself. These asylums essentially became full-scale royal courts where dozens of Napoleons had to navigate coexisting in the same room.
.........Never blew a second chance..........Rolling Stones …..Happy
Wyld Stallyins (aka Bill and Ted) confirm bogus errors in communication. They will NOT be playing the most heinous Freedom 250 concert.
1) 16 year old sea captain Hanson Gregory was frustrated by the raw dough center so he punched a hole using the spokes of his ship's wheel so the pastry would fry evenly. ~~This was the origin story I grew up with. But I have a problem with it. How did a 16 year old get to a sea captain? Also one source claims Gregory's mother used to make the pastries and send them to the crew.
Almanac: It is Friday June 5, 2026. The moon will enter its 4th quarter on Monday (6/8) and will also enter Aquarius today. Today is Festival of Popular Delusions Day, HIV Long Term Survivors Awareness Day, Hot Air Balloon Day, International Day for The Fight Against Illegal (Unreported and Unregulated Fishing), National Gun Violence Awareness Day, National Moonshine Day, National Veggie Burgers Day, and World Environment Day. Because it is the first weekend in June it is also Doughnut Day aka Donut Day and Horseradish Days.
Among those born on this day were Thomas Chippendale (1718 – the furniture maker not the stripper), Adam Smith (1723), John Couch Adams (1819), Pancho Villa (1878), John Maynard Keynes (1883), Ruth Benedict (1887), William Boyd (1895), Federico Gracia Lorca (1898), Bill Moyers (1934), Waylon Jennings (1937), Ken Follett (1939), Kenny G (1956), Ron Livingston (1967), and Jack Smith (1969).
On June fifth Denmark became a constitutional monarchy (1849), the US went off the gold standard (1933), the Baker Street Irregulars met for the first time (NYC, 1934), the American Negro Theater organized (1940), Denmark adopted a new constitution (1953), segregation on buses was outlawed nationally (1956), Bobby Kennedy was shot (1968), and the waterfront streetcar began running in Seattle (1982).
Night Sky, 6/5: Jupiter and Venus are tightening up. Mercury is low in the west-northwest right behind them. The Milky Way core rises brightly after midnight.
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Ollie, Max and the Big Dice
This Week: Saturday, June 6 – The Belmont Stakes & Drawing or Pencil Day & YoYo Day & National Prairie Day
Sunday, June 7 – National Animal Rights Day & World Caring Day & World Naturist Day
Night Sky, 6/7: Venus moves to within 2.3° of Jupiter.
Monday, June 8 – Ghostbusters Day & Upsy Daisy Day & World Oceans Day & National Best Friends Day
Night Sky, 6/8: Sunrise: 5:55 am CDT Sunset: 8:44 pm CDT (14 Hours and 49 minutes of daylight) Moonrise: 7:24 am CDT Moonset: 4:26 pm CDT
Tuesday, June 9 – Donald Duck Day & International Celtic Art Day & Toy Industry Day
Wednesday, June 10 – AA Founders Day & Ball Point Pen Day & Iced Tea Day
Night Sky, 6/10: Saturn-Moon Conjunction 5° East at midnight Day Sky, 6/10: Arietids Meteor Shower (Daytime) 60-200/hour in Aries. We can't see it, but they will be tracked on various computer sites. https://theskylive.com/meteorshower-daytimearietids
Thursday, June 11 – National Get Outdoors Day & National Making Life Beautiful Day
All my children's children are beautiful and take after their grandmother. §§ Despite the July heat in 1518, Frau Troffea began silently dancing in the streets of Strasbourg, France. She'd kept up her bizarre dance marathon for nearly a week when suddenly other citizens began joining her. Soon the streets were filled with three dozen dancers. By August, an astounding 400 were shimmying and shaking nonstop all over the city.
..........Brush off the clouds and cheer up.........Dick VanDyke & Janet Leigh …..Put On A Happy Face
Gus Polinski (John Candy) just announced that the Kenosha Kickers Polka Band have pulled out of the Great American State Fair.
2) Washington Irving lists the doughnut along with crullers and olykoek as part of the legendary Van Tassel feast.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light. She went out one day, In a relative way, And returned the previous night. --Submitted by Laughing Librarian
Moonbeam: Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. --Ruth Benedict
Fun Fact of the Week: Happy National Moonshine Day! You've seen cartoons that depict moonshine as a jug with xxx on it. The x's indicate how many times the liquor was processed through the still. The more xs the stronger.
Video of the Week: Segregation on buses was outlawed by the supreme court in 1955. Yet Freedom Riders on interstate buses were nearly murdered in 1961. Here are some of their stories. (3:34)
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward. --John Maynard Keynes
Your extremely delusional beliefs about your nonexistent greatness make you an excellent candidate for immediate psychiatric intervention. §§ In March of 1954 the town of Bellingham in northwest Washington the population began noticing tiny pockmarks on their car windshields. By mid-April, Seattle was reeling from the problem. Theories blamed sand fleas and/or H-bomb fallout. When the police investigated 15,000 cars they found that 5% of the damage was due to hoodlumism and the other 95% was mere hysteria. The damage was due to normal, non-nefarious wear and tear.
That banjo playing kid from Deliverance doesn't see himself going to the Freedom 250 concert.
..........The skies above are clear again.........Barbra Streisand …..Happy Days Are Here Again
3) Portland, Oregon-based Voodoo Doughnut is famous for its wild doughnut flavors. For a while, the doughnut shop even offered NyQuil- and Pepto Bismol-coated doughnuts (the latter were dipped in Pepto Bismol, sprinkled with Tums, and marketed to customers who’d had too much to drink and wanted a snack that was easy on the stomach). The doughnut shop was eventually forced to retire its medicinal flavors after the FDA stepped in.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: You can not use someone else's map to find yourself. --Submitted by ma of va
Weird Word of the Week: Mellisonant: something that is sweet and pleasing to the ear. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mellisonant
Dragon of the Week:
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Boost a compost bin. Pouring flat Coca-Cola into the compost pile helps jumpstart the micro-organisms. The Real Thing increases the acidity and the sugar feeds the micro-organisms increasing the organic matter in the compost. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/cocacola2.html
I live in a delusional world dipped in chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate §§ Doctor, I have a terrible problem. Every time I eat chocolate, I suffer from the delusion that the candy bar is magically multiplying! Don't worry, that's just a classic case of Obsessive Chocolate Disorder.
I heard neither Lawrence Welk nor his bubble machine will be at the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair.
...........No such thing as gone too far.........Blake Sheldon …..Happy Anywhere
4) Boston, MA has a donut shop for every 2,480 in the city.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw shit. --Stephen King
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Narrativity 2025 (4-7, Plymouth, MN) A Convention for the Art and Craft of Writing https://www.narrativity.fun/Audio
Audio of the Week: The Bootstrap Boys: All You Fascists Bound To Lose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAcMfCvX3Qs
Spark of Joy of the Week: The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. --Thich Nhat Hanh
A friend accused me of being delusional. I almost fell off my unicorn. §§ I aspire to be as delusional as a vegan ordering a cauliflower chicken wing. They put the lemon pepper on there and look you dead in the eye, fully believing they are biting into a buffalo wing. I love optimism!
Vanilla Ice wants to bring back the 90s...Unfortunately, Trump wants them to be the 1890s. --Tom Kitchen Jr
..........Now I'm havin' so much fun..........Blood Sweat and Tears …..You Make Me So Very Happy
5) Over 10 billion donuts are made every year in the US.
Protest Sign of the Week: Stop Watching Start Acting
Quote of the Week: You guys....we made it all up. ALL of it. Everything. Money. Bills. Gender. Capitalism. Femininity. Masculinity. Body image. The 5 day workweek. Three meals a day. School. College. Fashion, Expectations. Institutions. Holidays. Traditions. Literally every single thing that we take for granted as “just the way it's done” is f*cking made up and I just feel like it's really important that we remember that. --mamaoffthegrid --Submitted by TPWJS
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The delusion of MAGA is they think kicking out immigrants will make capitalism work again. The delusion of liberals is they think electing a Democrat president will make capitalism work again. They're both wrong. The world is in decay because capitalism only works for the rich. --Power to the People --Submitted by cjj of ks
Today's Peace of History: June 5, 1972: Jane Briggs Hart, the wife of Senator Philip A. Hart (D-Michigan), informed the Internal Revenue Service that she wouldn’t pay some of her taxes; instead, she deposited her quarterly estimated tax of $6,200 in a special bank account. She wrote: "I cannot contribute one more dollar toward the purchase of more bombs and bullets.
But you don't have delusions. The idea that you have them is merely a delusion. §§ When the overly confident donkey looked into the mirror she saw a majestic lioness. By the way, she had a serious self-perception delusion.
The fart sound made from a hand in the armpit has announced it will not perform at Trump's 250th concert. --Submitted by cj of ks
..........When whatever here is done.........Bruce Springsteen …..Happy
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, June 5, 2026: Deluded ePistle . Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women. --Ruth Benedict
Cost of War:
Pentagon Spending as of 6/04/26: $689,074,081,940
Pentagon Spending as of 6/01/26: $680,101,472,407 ~~That comes to 2 billion, 253 million, 152 thousand 383 dollars and 25 cents EVERY DAY in just 4 days.
Pentagon Spending in May 2026: $87,601,145,719
An additional 7 and one half billion more than last month.
Pentagon Spending in April 2026: $81,264,897,194
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/category/military/
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. --John Maynard Keynes
Famous Last Words: This Act shall come into operation at the same time as the Constitution of the Kingdom of Denmark Act, 5th June, 1953. --Danish Constitution of 1953
The Von Trapp family announced that they have been through this before and they will not be performing at the Freedom 250 concert.
..........Until we meet again.........Roy Rogers …..Happy Trails
Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself. --Gene Simmons §§ Don't Humor Me! I'm Delusional!
May your Peace be real
And your Joy be solid
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