Famous First Words: It being desirable, for the peace... Clay's Resolution aka The
Compromise of 1850. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=27&page=transcript
Today is Wonderful Weirdoes Day!
Here's a few weird jokes...I used to think the brain was the most
important organ. Then I thought, look
what's telling me that.
..........wasting time..........Otis Redding .....Dock of the Bay
World peace must be based on world plenty. --John Boyd Orr
It
is a wet Friday morning. Sunlight is
only just arriving behind the layers of clouds. The highest level we can see is thick and gray
but other closer layers are thin and nearly black. The world seems as if it is just forming
around the pools of matter illuminated by the street lamp on the corner. The decorative boulder in the neighbor's yard
surrounds itself with gravel and foliage and then adds a driveway for
utility. Puck is on the deck not wanting
to dampen his tootsies with the leftovers of last night's rain. Traffic dominates the sound track until a
dozen geese fly overhead honking to clear a path. They are flying north. ?? North seems to be the place to be the lower
clouds are hurrying there themselves. A
breeze gently anoints me with left over rain from the tree leaves and a bunny
rabbit that I had not seen before races by and is gone under the storage
shed. What a delightful start to a
day. Only the call of artificially
sweetened but really creamed decaf and thoughts of you call me back in from the
delicious 71°F morning.
Hope
your weekend is wonderfully weird, ePistliers.
One kills vegetarian vampires with a steak to the heart.
..........Stop the world, turn out the sun.........Dave Stewart
(Eurythmics) .....Peace Is Just a Word
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday to
the American Bowling Congress (ABC)!
^ Why was the ABC founded in the first place?
^^ Any idea what bowling balls were made of before 1904?
^^^ About when did automatic pin-setters come into use?
^^^^ Care to guess how many people bowled per year in the
1990s?
^^^^^
How many professional bowlers are out there anyway?
Guinness World Record Attempt of the Week:
Most people in Doctor Who costume in one place at one time. The record to beat is 492. Takes place during Time Eddy. Saturday, October 15 at the Best Western
Wichita North Hotel & Suites, 913 E.53rd St. N, Wichita, KS 67219
Fake Library Statistic of the Week: 4% of librarians'
cats actually drove them to the conference to get the tote bag. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam: Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state. --Cardinal Richelieu
You never see hippopotami hiding in the trees because they're
really good at it.
..........I've got a song, I ain't got no melody..........Billy
Preston .....Will It Go Round In Circles
Something to Think About of the Week: “The
atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their
cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of
years ago. For this reason, we are biologically connected to every other living
thing in the world. We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And
we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not
figuratively, but literally stardust.”
--Neil deGrasse Tyson
Big Hello: χaïpε (Khaire) - Greek
Weekend of the Week: Popcorn Days
(September 8-10) --What's the difference between popcorn and pea soup? Anyone can pop corn but it takes someone
special to pee soup.
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: GateCon 2016: The
Homecoming. (Vancouver Sept 8-11) ...
A Weekend With Richard Dean Anderson, Friends & Special Guests...
You can't hear the pterodactyl next to you at the urinal because
the "P" is silent.
..........Is there anybody in there?.........Pink Floyd .....Comfortably Numb
^
Disputes over rules and equipment standards hindered play and ABC was founded
to standardize these.
Almanac:
It is Friday, September 9, 2016. The
moon is first quarter today and is in Sagittarius. It is International Buy a Priest a Beer Day, Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day, Opposite Day, Wonderful Weirdoes Day, Banana
Day, and Stand Up to Cancer Day. In
Bulgaria and Luxembourg they commemorate Liberation Day (1944) while California
celebrates Admission Day (1850) and in Scotland it is Fisherman's Walk Day.
Among those born on this
day were Cardinal A Jean de Plessicide de Richelieu (1585), William Bligh
(1754), Leo Tolstoy (1828), Harishchandra (1850), Mary Austin Ill (1868), Alf
Landon (1887), James Hilton (1900), Jimmy the Greek (1919), Cliff Robertson
(1925), Chaim Topol (1935), Otis Redding (1941), Roger Waters (Pink Floyd,
1943), Billy Preston (5th Beatle, 1946), Michael Keaton (1951), Angela
Cartwright (1952), and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics, 1952).
On September ninth the
Continental Congress renamed the United Colonies, United States (1776),
California became the 31st state, (1850), the territories of New Mexico and
Utah were created (1850), Luxembourg gained its independence (1867), Almalthea,
the 4th moon of Jupiter, was discovered (1892), the American Bowling Congress
formed (1895), Orville Wright made the first one hour flight (1908), the
Association for Study of Negro Life & History organized (Chicago, 1913),the
Boston Police went on strike (1919), RCA created NBC (1926), a laugh track was
first used on television (1950), Elvis appeared on Ed Sullivan (1956), John
Lennon met Yoko Ono (1966), and Nolan Ryan struck out his 4,500th batter
(1987).
Tonight's Sky: The first quarter moon is well above
Mars in the south-southwest. September planets: Dawn - Mercury,
Morning - Uranus, Dusk - Venus, Evening - Mars, Saturn,
& Neptune.
This Week: Saturday, September 10 - Prairie Day & Swap Ideas
Day
Night's Sky, September 10: Altair (Arabic "an nasr al tari",
flying eagle) is due south and is the bottom star in the summer triangle.
Sunday, September 11
- Libraries Remember Day & National Hug Your Hound Day
Night's Sky, September 11: Mercury races between Earth and the Sun
this evening.
Monday, September 12
- National Boss/Employee Exchange Day & Video Games Day
Tuesday, September 13
- Roald Dahl Day & Scooby-Doo Day
Night's Sky, September 13: Arcturus sets low in the west at dark.
Wednesday, September 14
- National Kreme Filled Donut Day
Thursday, September 15 - Felt Hat Day and Greenpeace Day
Night's Sky, September 15: The
full "Harvest" moon tonight.
Carrie recently got crushed by a pile of books, but really, she
only had her shelf to blame.
..........Please wash away all my fears, oh now.........Otis
Redding .....Ole Man Trouble
^^
An early technological
development that helped bowling’s progress was the introduction of the hard
rubber ball in 1904, its predecessor having been made of a tropical wood that was durable but that often chipped or
otherwise lost its shape. Later, balls
made of polyester and urethane were developed and in some cases replaced the
hard rubber ball.
Funniest thing I read of the Week: Don't think of it
as a cubicle. Think of it as a starter
coffin. --Submitted by pl of ks
Moonbeam: The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. --Leo Tolstoy
Amazing Thing on the Internet of the Week:
Standing Rock Resistance Radio. http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/08/standing-rock-resistance-radio-listen.html
Late Night Snacks: A JetBlue flight took off
from Florida to Cuba this week, marking the first commercial flight to Cuba
since 1961. People said that they couldn't believe the third world conditions,
but then they got off the JetBlue plane and were like, "Finally, we're in
Cuba." --Jimmy Fallon /The first commercial flight between Cuba and the
United States in more than 50 years took off from Florida today — but it was a
JetBlue flight so it connected through Denver, Chicago, Seattle, and Des
Moines. --Seth Meyers / Ryan Lochte has
just announced a new endorsement deal with a crime prevention device. The
device is so advanced, it can even stop crimes that you completely made up. --Conan O'Brien / The Mexican president is
saying that he told Drumpf that Mexico would not pay for the wall, while Drumpf
says they never discussed who would pay for it. In Drumpf's defense, who has
ever gone down to Mexico and remembered what they did? --James Corden ~~How come no one is making fun of
Hillary's clothes? She must buy them
from Forever Frumpy.
My passion stems from seeking world peace and finding how we can
live together creatively rather than violently.
--Mimi Kennedy
The meteorologist called the dangerous drizzle, a rain of
terror. /
..........I'm at the point where don't nothin'
matter.........Otis Redding .....Sweet
Lorene
^^^
The next big advance was the
introduction of the automatic pin-setting machine in the early 1950s
Worthless Facts of the Week: At Fort Myer, Orville Wright sets three world records: a
flight endurance record of 57 minutes 13 seconds on his first flight, a new
flight endurance record of 1 hour 2 minutes and 15 seconds on his second flight
(the world's first airplane flight of over one hour),
and an endurance record for a flight with a passenger of 6 minutes 24 seconds
on his third flight.
Weird Word of the Week: Whilom - formerly; in the
past. One of a quartet of adjectives
meaning the same thing -- erstwhile, quondam, and umquhile. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-whi1.htm
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Painted on the
side of a Taco Truck: Every taco is hand-rolled with exotic Mexican spices by
genuine Mayan virgins or Carlos, depending on who's available. --Submitted by
ma of ...I'm not really sure anymore.
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Clean a car or truck windshield.
Peal the adhesive strip from the back of a Stayfree Maxi Pad, adhere the pad to
the palm of your hand, and use it to wipe down the windshield. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/stayfree.html
Gil found Nemo staring out the north wall of the fish tank. "You've been staring like this for
hours, sharkbait, what's going on?" Nemo turned to Gil and asked,
"How do you drive this thing?"
...........far, far, far away - way.........Pink Floyd .....Let There Be More Light
^^^^
In the late 20th century it was estimated that more than 60,000,000 persons
bowled at least once or twice a year in the US.
Word Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Bet - wager. King
Henry IV, Part II Act III Scene II (Shallow)
Estate Sale of the Week: Opps, it's the same as last week... http://dovedrop8.wixsite.com/prairiemama/estate-sale
...some pictures are new
Fake Animal Fact of the Week: Wrens get violent when they are
drunk. https://fakeanimalfacts.wordpress.com/page/2/
Puck the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck preparing to leap in the case of the Spritely
Springer.
Collective Nouns: A group of kittens is a meowtain. / Learn sign
language; it's very handy.
..........Because that zero is too cold for me,
brrr..........Billy Preston .....Nothing
From Nothing
^^^^^
The Professional Bowlers Association consists of almost 4,300 members
worldwide.
Month of the Week: September is National
Sewing Month. --You haven't had enough
coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it's running.
Visual Pun of the Week:
...You know, just in case...
Famous Kansans: Matthew (Matt) Schlapp, chairman
of the American Conservative Union (the oldest conservative lobbying
organization in the country) was born in Wichita in 1967. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/23/koch-network-says-no-ties-new-acu-chief/
Today's Peace of History: The Attica (New York)
State Penitentiary revolt began. The interracial revolt was led by blacks but
featured cooperation between prisoners of different racial and ethnic
backgrounds. (1971)
Do pampered cows produce spoiled milk? / PMS is ovary acting.
.........darling, just be yourself tonight ..........Dave
Stewart (Eurythmics) .....Conditioned
Soul
Masthead of the Week: fRiday ePistle SEPTEMBER 9, 2016.
Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Bad
Jokes in a Jaded Setting. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell
Ct. Lawrence, KS 66046
Moonbeam: Man is all that he sees; all that flows to him from a
thousand sources...He is the land, the lift to its mountain lines, the reach of
its valleys. --Mary Hunter Austin
Cost of
War:
Tax dollars spent in Afghanistan:
as of 9/8/16: $747,801,518,669.
Tax dollars spent in
Afghanistan: as of 9/1/16: $747,130,593,153.
Tax dollars spent on the
Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/8/16: $819,787,488,337.
Tax dollars spent on the
Iraq war since 2001 as of 9/1/16: $819,767,879,605.
Tax dollars spent on Daesh
conflict as of 9/8/16: $11,312,6749,407.
Tax dollars spent on
Daesh conflict as of 9/1/16: $11,209,644,512.
Tax dollars spent on the
Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/8/16: $129,140,633,795.
Tax dollars spent on the
Pentagon Slush Fund as of 9/1/16: $128,566,935,312.
Tax dollars spent on all
wars since 2001 as of 9/8/16: $1,711,463,274,355.
Tax dollars spent on all
wars since 2001 as of 9/1/16: $1,710,062,225,934.
Teach your children there is no glory or heroes in war. That the glory comes from the actions that
prevent war, and the heroes are the ones who implement those actions. --Sustainable Human
..........You know you better surrender.........Otis
Redding Slippin' and Slidin'
Dry erase boards are remarkable. / Pete started a band call 999
Megabytes...they haven't gotten a gig yet.
Famous Last Words: est chargé de l'exécution du présent arrêté. --Treaty of
London (1867)
May Peace be your
familiar colleague
And Joy your
accustomed companion
prairie mama
christine
