Famous First Words: Charles
the Second, by the grace of God... --Charter of the Royal Society 1662 ~~Deja vu
It was Charles II who initiated
the Charter of Rhode Island just last week.
Barry Goldwater, looking back
he seems almost reasonable. "They
told me that if I voted for Goldwater, we'd be at war in Viet Nam within a
year. Well, sure enough, I voted for
Goldwater and now a year later we're at war with Viet Nam. Thing is, Johnson won.
..........I see no sense in
this crying and grieving.........Linda Ronstadt
.....Different Drum
In spite of our differences,
we all dance to the same beat. --World
Peace Through Technology Organization
It is a fine Friday morning. There is no trace of cloud in the azure sky and
the dew has left diamond blink on every blade of grass. The bird song has settled from dawn anthem to soft
rock sound track with distant machinery as backup. The temperature (65°F) is perfect and there is
no breeze to detract from its perfection. The 98% relative humidity, on the other hand, doesn't
enhance it.** Puck is quietly sitting on the deck landing surveying
the neighborhood with a steely gaze, only popping up to bark at the lone jogger
passing by. I linger in the cool of the morning
under the shade tree watching the rising sun steal dewdrops from the lawn. But the call of coffee and friends draws us back
indoors, to the smell of brewing coffee, the taste of it down the throat and, of
course, to you.
Partying in the pursuit of weekend fun is
no vice, ePistlers.
** How can
it be 98% relative humidity and not be raining, not looking like it might rain,
not having a cloud in the sky? How?
Website of the Week:
Here are pictures from the Black Lives Matter LFK** vigil held Sunday, July 10th in South Park. At least 400-500 people attended. It was great.
Pictures thanks to Ailecia Ruscin of Oh
Snap Photography: https://www.facebook.com/ailecia?fref=nf
**Lawrence F*cking Kansas ~~I like this name. At the height of the mid-twentieth century
human rights movement distinction was made between the two worlds that live
inside one another as America and Amerika.
We called the town River City to distinguish altitudes of
consciousness. LFK fits quite well in
that context.
Goldwater bumper sticker: In
your heart you know he's right. Johnson
bumper sticker: In your guts, you know he's nuts.
..........And a dime's worth
of lard.........Linda Ronstadt
.....Morning Blues
Trivia Questions: Juno spacecraft meet Jupiter, the planet
^ What position is Jupiter from the sun? (Earth is third)
^^ Jupiter is the largest planet in the
solar system, any idea how large?
^^^ How bright is Jupiter compared to other
planets in the system?
^^^^ By whom or when was Jupiter first seen
and recorded?
^^^^^ Jupiter's
year is as long as 11.8 Earth years, how long is it's day?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
24% of library meetings are cancelled because someone needs to take a cat to
the vet. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam: Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good
night. --Clement Clarke Moore
Hubert Humphrey talks so fast
that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages. --Barry Goldwater
..........I say I'll move the
mountains.........Linda Ronstadt
.....Crazy He Calls Me
Something to Think About of the
Week: Get outside. Focus on the
abundance of summer light. Commit it to memory.
Focus also on summer’s heat. Commit that to memory. Experience summer’s
coolness: water, breezes, early mornings, late evenings or nights. More
Science Fiction Convention of the
Week: Ancient City Con, July
15-17, Jacksonville, Florida. Organized
Play
First Funniest Thing I Read of
the Week: Even White People
are sick of other white people's racist Bullsh*t. --Submitted by rhb of ks
Big Hello: Bonjour - French (France and Quebec)
Week of the Week: Rabbit Week - (July
15-21)
Quote of the Week: After this week, maybe we should lower
the flag to three feet off the ground.
When we get our shit together we can raise it to half-mast. --Lewis Black
Nixon was the most dishonest
individual I have ever met in my life.
He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the
Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people, and
the world. --Barry Goldwater / I
wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone. --Barry Goldwater
..........Here I go, breaking
all the rules.........Linda Ronstadt
.....It's So Easy
^ Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Almanac: It is Friday, July 15,
2016. The moon will be full (Buck) on Tuesday and is in Sagittarius. The United
Nations has declared this World Youth Skills Day (A/RES/69/145). It is also Be A Dork Day, Gummi Worm Day, and
National Pet Fire Safety Day. In Brunei
they celebrate the Sultan's Birthday and in Japan it is Bon Festival aka Feast
of Lanterns aka Black Ship Day (1853).
Also Pakistan reveres Mohammed's Ascension.
Among
those born on this day were Inigo Jones (1573), Rembrandt (1606), Clement
Clarke Moore (179), Thomas Bulfinch (1796), Mother Cabrini (1850), Iris Murdoch
(1919), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Alex Karras (1935), Linda Ronstadt (1946),
and Kathy Kreiner (1956).
On
July fifteenth the Royal Society was chartered (1662), the San Francisco
Merchant's Exchange opened (1867), Commodore Perry arrived in Japan (1893), the
first Buddhist temple in the US was established (LA, 1904), the first airport
hotel opened (CA, 1929), the first transatlantic helicopter flight took off
(1952), Paul McCartney got a speeding ticket (1963), Goldwater was nominated
for president (Republican, 1964), the first close ups of Mars were displayed
(1965), One Life to Live premiered (TV, 1968), and US troops left
northern Iraq (1991).
Tonight's Sky: The southern skies host the Moon,
accompanied by the ringed-planet Saturn just below and a little left. July Planets: Dawn: Mercury / Evening:
Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter / Night: Uranus and Neptune.
This Week: Saturday, July 16
- Celebration of the Horse Days (July 16-17) and Hot Dog Night
Night
Sky, July 16: High in the
east-southeast at 10:30 are three bright stars which make up the Summer
Triangle. The highest and brightest is Vega, lower and to the left is Deneb,
and lowest and more toward the south is Altair. Altair comes from an Arabic
word meaning the “flying or soaring eagle
Sunday, July 17 - World Snake Day and Yellow Pig Day
Monday, July 18 - National Get Out of the Doghouse Day
Night
Sky, July 18: High in the
east-northeast is the star Deneb, the tail of Cygnus, the Swan. Deneb is Arabic
for “the tail”, though Arabs described this region as the “chicken”
Tuesday, July 19 - Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day
Night
Sky, July 19: The Full “Buck”
Moon runs lows across the southern skies
Wednesday, July 20 - Space Exploration Day and National
Lollipop Day
Thursday, July 21
- Legal Drinking Age Day
Of his running mate William
Miller: It took great courage to accept the Republican Vice Presidential
nomination in '64, to live one heartbeat away from political oblivion. --Barry Goldwater
..........I gotta get down to
the sea somehow.........Linda Ronstadt
.....Rock Me on the Water
^^ Jupiter is two and a half times more
massive than all the other planets combined.
It is 142,984 km around at the equator and has a mass of 1.90x10^27kg
(318 Earths).
Next Funniest thing I Read of the Week: More cops were killed
last night than Americans died in the Benghazi attack. So I expect congress will get right on it.
--Oliver Willis
Moonbeam: The impressions of childhood are never obliterated. --Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini,
Late Night Snacks: Donald Trump met with 200 House
Republicans who were described as "nervous." And following the
meeting, many of them were described as "Democrats." --Conan O'Brien / Now Trump might be getting
a boost in the polls because sources say Trump is vetting Chris Christie as a
potential running mate. Christie would definitely help Trump win voters in New
Jersey, who are anxious to get rid of Chris Christie. --Stephen Colbert / A new Quinnipiac
University poll has Trump and Clinton almost tied. This is the first tie for
Donald Trump that wasn't manufactured in China.
--Jimmy Kimmel / The Pokémon craze just seems to be getting bigger. In
fact, I read that even members of Congress have been trying to catch Pokémon in
the U.S. Capitol. Meanwhile, Pokémon were like, “Oh my God — I just caught a
congressman at WORK! --Jimmy Fallon /
Pundits are saying that new British prime minister, Theresa May, is following
in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher, known as "The Iron Lady," with
some in the media calling May "dull as porridge," "extremely
dependable," and "not humorous." Said Hillary Clinton,
"Ugh, I would kill for reviews that good." --Seth Meyers
Whether the borders that
divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a
global community --Jimmy Carter
Barry Goldwater - a great
eighteenth-century American. --David
Frost / Republicans claimed that the GOP is on the way back. And who knows, one day it may even go
forward. --David Frost.
..........That I need you by
my side.........Linda Ronstadt .....Rescue
Me
^^^ Jupiter is the 4th brightest object in
the solar system. Only the sun, the moon
and Venus are brighter.
Third Funniest Thing I Read of
the Week: --submitted by bm of ga
Worthless Fact of the Week: James Paul McCartney, 21 year-old
musician, of 20 Forthlin Road, Allerton, Liberpool, was fined £25 and
disqualified from driving for 12 months.
Weird Word of the Week: Paroeniological - the study of
proverbs. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-par4.htm
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Clean pearls. Rub a dab of Star Olive Oil
over pearls, cleaning each pearl individually.
Wipe dry with a chamois cloth. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/star.html
Barry Goldwater once was
denied entry to a country club golf course -- he replied, "I'm only half
Jewish! Can't I play nine holes?"
...........Raindrops falling
on a broken rose.........Linda Ronstadt
.....Faithless Love
^^^^ The ancient Babylonians were the first
to record their sighting of Jupiter around 7 or 8th century BCE.
Word Shakespeare Made Up of the
Week: Beached - to run or haul
a boat or ship up onto the shore. A Midsummer Night's Dream Act II. Scene I (Titania)
'Nother Funniest Thing I Read of
the Week: If only a uterus
could shoot bullets, apparently, then it wouldn't need to be regulated. --Submitted by rhb of ks
Puck the Brave Episode of the Week: Here's our fearless Puck feigning sleep
in the case of Norbert's Newfoundland, a breed requiring 12 to 19 hours of
sleep a day. ~~I suspect this is because
there isn't much else to do in Newfoundland.
Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater had been travelling up and down the US often in the company of their wives, electioneering for the Presidential campaign. One afternoon their planes met in Chicago and the two couples had to walk across the runway to the next plane, crossing each others' path on the way. "Don't talk to them", said Goldwater to his wife. Peggy did her best to hold her tongue, but as Lynda Bird passed close she could not help whispering in her ear, "Last night I slept with the future President of the United States." "Godammit," Lady Bird complained, "Lyndon will do anything for a vote".
..........But I can't seem to
find my way over.........Linda Ronstadt
.....Many Rivers to Cross
^^^^^ Jupiter turns on its axis once every
9 hours and 55 minutes. This is the
shortest day of all the planets in the solar system.
Month of the Week: July is National Ice Cream
Month --What do you call a person who can sit on an ice cream cone and identify
the flavor? A smartass
The Not Quite Funny-est Thing I
Read of the Week: The USA is
having so many disasters and tragedies you'd almost think it was built on
thousands of ancient Indian burial grounds.
submitted by arh of mo
Famous Kansans: Tara Dawn Holland was born in Overland
Park in 1972 and became Miss America in 1997.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKaaMduelik
Today's Peace of History: Today's Peace of History, July 15,
1919: Following World War I, the U.S.
War Department announced that it had classified more than 337,000 American men
as "draft dodgers."
I think every good Christian
ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
--Barry Goldwater
..........Working 'til the
sun don't shine.........Linda Ronstadt
.....Blue Bayou
Masthead of the Week:
fRiday ePistle, July 15, 2016.
Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Up for
No Good. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith.
1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam: We can only learn to love by loving. --Iris Murdoch
Cost of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 7/14/16: $742,398,020,515
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 7/7/16: $741,197,738,054
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 7/14/16: $819,629,564,342.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 7/7/16: $819,610,455,817.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 7/14/16: $10,482,236,870.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 7/7/16: $10,381,762,649.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 7/14/16: $124,519,500,737.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 7/7/16: $123,960,448,873.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 7/14/16: $1,700,178,768,045.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 7/7/16: $1,698,813,465,974.
Make this World a Place of
Peace. --International Day of Peace
..........Let's say farewell
with sigh.........Linda Ronstadt
.....Good-Bye
It's a great country, where
anybody can grow up to be president...except me. --Barry Goldwater
Famous Last Words: ...in order excellent. --Bulfinche's chapter on Dionysus and Ariadne
May Peace calm your nerdilia
And Joy cheer your dorkiness
prairie mama
christine
Absolutely the final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: well, saw.
