Famous
First Words: The
war has sharpened the issue of Negrowhite --Durham
Manifesto
October
16-20 is National Health Education Week! --Yes, I am a school nurse.
No, I can't heal the ailing school system. / Health & Hygiene
Rules #1: If
you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance!
..........A
rebel without a clue..........Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
…..Into the Great Wide Open
Education
is the only solution for peace. --Emmanuel Jal
It
is an incredible Friday morning. 57°F is neither warm nor cold upon
the skin and the light breeze insists this is true. The sky is empty
above but wisps of clouds have gathered at the edges of the horizons
and all are dusted with pink like decorations in the nursery. Red
sails in the morning, sailors take warning. Grinding distant motors
assault the ears until the brain learns to stop listening and hear
instead the splash of falling water. Birds flying high overhead are
silent. Puck does not bark, not even at Cooper who can be fairly
puppy-annoying if you're only a foot tall. And still the world is
green and a house up the street has iris blooming … in October. I
notice the splash of the fountain; it grounds me again from my
revelry of a walk along a river long ago and I take a deep breath of
morning sunshine. We return to the house, the smell of coffee and
breakfast and to warm non-wind. So I sit, sipping sweet tart brown
water, and absolutely delightedly I write to you.
Hope
your weekend winds up smelling like a rose, ePistliers.
Stately
Maple Downdate: The storm that tore through last weekend broke
limbs off several trees in the neighborhood, particularly maples,
including our own. One of the stately maples across the street
suffered a rip of bark in a swatch a couple of feet wide and several
feet long. It actually looked like it was in pain – never noticed
that in a tree before. They took it out. It took less than an hour;
3 guys – one in the tree, one breaking down and dragging and limbs
the chipper, one tossing them into the buzz saw. Dust came blowing
through a hopper into the back of a truck. Less than an hour to
nothing but dust. So here's a picture from a year ago (this is about
where her coloring was last week) to remember her by.
I
spent 2 years in nursing school. There was 3 month of anatomy, 3
months of clinical and 18 months of learning how to wash our hand
properly. / I was born and raised in Needles, CA, how could I not
become a nurse.
..........Everybody's
had to fight to be free..........Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
…..Refugee
Trivia
Questions: Hail, Canada, wherever you begin
^
This is the anniversary of 2 different border dispute settlements
with Canada. How many current disputes do you think the US has with
Canada?
^^
Why isn't the US/Canada border the longest straight-line
international boundary on the globe?
^^^
The treaty that set the 49th Parallel as the border
extended from N. Dakota to what western terminus?
^^^^
Know the real cause of the Machias Seal Island dispute?
^^^^^
Ever heard of the Pig War (US v Great Britain) of 1846?
First
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Three conspiracy theorists
walk into a bar. You can't tell me that's a coincidence.
--submitted by sir of ks
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
56%
of patron interactions today will begin "Did you know it’s
Friday the 13th?" Remaining 46% are “Where is the bathroom?”
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
I
looked up your symptoms on Google. If you want a second opinion, I
can check Yahoo too. / Be
really good to your family and friends. You never know when you are
going to need them to empty your bedpan.
..........I
remember the smell of the wind so sweet..........Tom Petty & the
Heartbreakers …..Magnolia
Moonbeam:
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
--John Dewey
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Labas - Lithuanian
Week
of the Week: Freedom From Bullies Week
(October 15-21) – Its ironic that Glee
is doing an episode on teen bullying since the reason a lot of teens
are bullied is because they watch Glee.
I've
been under a lot of stress lately, so the doctor prescribed ice cubes
to help me chill out. ~~~O, the Scotch helps too. / Health &
Hygiene Rules #2: Clumsy?
Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone
else to hold them while you chop away.
..........
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart..........Tom Petty &
the Heartbreakers …..The Waiting
^
There are currently 5 disputes: 1) Machias Seal Island 2) Strait of
Juan de Fuca 3) Yukon-Alaska, Beaufort Sea 4) Northwest Passage 5)
Dixon Entrance More
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Almanac:
It is Friday, October 20, 2017. The moon was new yesterday and is in
Scorpio. It is Miss American Rose Day and National
Pharmacy Buyer Day. Because it is the 3rd
Friday it is also Mammography Day.
Among
those born on this day were Christopher Wren (1632), Austin Flint
(1812), Thomas Hughes (1823), John Dewey (1859), Charles Ives (1874),
Wayne Morse (1900), Arlene Frances (1908), Will Rogers Jr (1911), Art
Buchwald (1925), Grandpa Jones (Louis M, 1930), Mickey Mantle (1931),
Roosevelt Brown (1932), Martin Landau (1934), Jerry Orbach (1935),
Wanda Jackson (1937), Connie Chung (1946), and Tom Petty (1953).
On
October twentith Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary, &
Bohemia (1740), the US purchased Louisiana (1803), the first showboat
on the Mississippi left Nashville (1817), the border between the US &
Canada was established at 49th parallel (1818), the first 6 day
international bike race began (NY, 1891), the US won disputed
boundary between the District of Alaska & Canada (1903), the
Great Strike in Russia began and lasted 11 days (1905), the Bayshore
Highway opened (SF, 1929), the Durham
Manifesto
called for fundamental changes in race relations (1942), workers and
students banded together to revolt in Guatemala (1944), Jackie
married Ari (1968), the OPEC oil embargo began (1973), and Nixon
fired watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox (Saturday Night Massacre,
1973).
Night
Sky, 10/20: Look for Capella sparkling low in
the northeast this week. Look for the Pleiades cluster about three
fists at arm's length to its right. These harbingers of the cold
months rise higher as evening grows late. Upper right of Capella,
and upper left of the Pleiades, the stars of Perseus stand astride
the Milky Way. Upper left of Perseus is Cassiopeia.
This
Week: Saturday, October 21 –
Bridge Day & Celebration of the Mind Day & Sweetest Day
Sunday,
October 22 – CAPS LOCKS DAY & National Nut Day &
Smart Is Cool Day
Night
Sky, 10/22; Orionids Meteor Shower hits maximum tonight.
Sometimes
the shower peaks at 80 meteors an hour; at others it is closer to 20
or 30. Cooke predicts that in 2017
in nearer the low end.
Monday,
October 23 – National Mole Day & TV Talk Show Host Day
(Johnny Carson's Birthday)
Tuesday,
October 24 – United Nations Day & Food Day
Wednesday,
October 25 – International Artists Day & Sourest Day
Thursday,
October 26 – Mule Day & Howl at The Moon Night
Night
Sky, 10/26 – Moon into first quarter in Capricorn
To
think I spent all those years in medical school when I could have
become a health care expert just by running for congress. / I like to
think we aren't so much anti-science as we are pro-myth.
..........With
white lipstick and one thing on their mind..........Tom Petty &
the Heartbreakers …..Zombie Zoo
^^
Our
northern border
may look straight on a world map. But zoom in close enough and it
turns out that the straight line running along the 49th parallel
north is not really on the 49th parallel north. And it isn’t
straight. Like, at all. Marked by a 20-foot strip of clear-cut
forest, the border may seem straight as a ruler. But as it zigzags
from the first to the last of the 912 boundary monuments erected by
the original surveyors, it deviates from the 49th parallel by up to
several hundred feet.
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Funniest thing I read of the Week: There is a special place in
he'll for autocorrect. -Submitted by sd of ks
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Necronomicon 2017 – Florida's 36th
Annual Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Convention. (Tampa, FL)
http://www.stonehill.org/necro.htm
Moonbeam:
You
can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All
you're doing is recording it.
--Art Buchwald
Late
Night Snacks: White
House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders today said that
President Trump’s comment that he has a higher IQ than Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson was a joke and told reporters they should “get
a sense of humor.” They should get a sense of humor? You’re the
one who always looks like she just found a joint in her son’s
Bible. --Seth Meyers / I saw that Ikea’s teaming up with Amazon to
sell its furniture online. They say it’s perfect for couples who
want to argue in the comfort of their own home. --Jimmy Fallon /
Trump has an interesting way of answering questions about John Kelly
whenever they ask what he thinks of him: “He’s a general.”
That’s like being asked what you think of your steak and you say,
“It was a cow.” --Jimmy Kimmel / We could be reaching a whole
new level of angry Trump because a report out today says people close
to the president say he is “unstable,” “losing a step,” and
“unraveling.” So keep in mind that means, up till now, he’s
been “raveled.” --Stephen Colbert / An explosive new article
about the White House in Vanity Fair magazine says according to
staffers, Donald Trump is actually moodier and more erratic every
day, and recently confided in one White House aide, “I hate
everyone in the White House. There are a few exceptions but I hate
them.” Is this guy the president of the United States or a cast
member on “Big Brother?” The good news is there is no way that
man remembers the nuclear codes. --James Corden
Not
So Late Night Snacks: It's a motto in the
Trump White house : You're only going to get married 3 or 4 times in
your life so why not do it in style and at government expense ...
Because, if you're that rich there is some satisfaction that you get
from stealing from the poor. --Wait,
Wait, Don't Tell Me
Education
is the vaccine for violence. --Edward James Olmos
There
are teenagers having unprotected sex, but have cases on their cell
phones. Just let that sink in for a moment. / Terror is your doctor
entering the office with you test results in her hand and a hazmat
suit on her body.
..........Put
you body next to mine and dream on..........Traveling Wilburys
…..Handle With Care
^^^
The
Anglo-American Convention of 1818 drew the border line from Lake of
the Woods,ND, to the summit of the Stony Mountains, SK, (sic) only.
Brits and Yanks agreed to jointly administer the lands to the west,
between the Rockies and the West Coast, for an initial period of 10
years.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The Russian general strike
of October was the culminating event of the 1905 Revolution in
Russia. It was initiated first and foremost by workers in larger
industrial enterprises, many of whom nursed unsatisfied demands from
strikes earlier in the year. Although the ripeness of workers to
strike in many diverse working situations across the empire was
paramount, the call of the All–Russian Union of Railroad Workers
for a national rail strike on October 4 provided a timely impetus.
The railroaders' strike gave them control of Russia's means of
communication, allowing them to spread word of the strike throughout
the empire, while their immobilization of rail traffic forcibly idled
many trades and industries.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: As I
get older I can sense people dressing me with their eyes.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Frigorific – something frigorific causes cold or is chilling. Iowa
City Press Citizen
for
30 September 1925
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-fri1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Absorb moisture from the bottom of a kitchen garbage pail and prevent
odors. Pour a one-inch layer of Tidy Cats on the bottom of the trash
pail. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tidycats.html
Do
I know much about incontinence? No, I was never good at geography. /
Health & Hygiene Rules #3: Ask your
doctor if medical advise from a television commercial is right for
you.
...........I
don't see nothing new but I feel a lot of change..........Traveling
Wilburys …..Heading for the Light
^^^^
The
northeastern-most part of the US — on the coast where Maine meets
New Brunswick — there are two tiny, uninhabited islands in a
political gray area. It isn’t because anyone wants the islands —
instead, they want the lobster surrounding the islands, and it’s
disputed which country has the fishing rights. During normal times,
the dispute seems to be little more than an annoyance. But apparently
now there are real problems because the price of lobster is so high
($5.50 a pound in that area, compared to $4 the previous year).
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Obscene – offensive or
disgusting by accepted standard of morality. Love's Labour's Lost
Act I Scene I Ferdinand: I did encounter that obscene and
preposterous event...
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I think the golden rule
for men should be: If you're a man, don't say anything to a woman on
the street that you wouldn't want a man saying to you in prison.
--Peter White --Submitted by sd of ks
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck and cub detective Coop, watching both
directions in the case of the Thorough
Thornberg.
So,
what did the cardiologist say? Nothing, he just handed me a Hallmark
Get Well. / Public Health – viral before it was cool.
..........I
was feeling no pain, feeling good in my brain..........Traveling
Wilburys …..Last Night
^^^^^
The
Pig War: United States vs. Great Britain: On
June 15, 1846, the British and US governments signed The Oregon
Treaty, establishing the border between Oregon Country and the
Columbia District in Canada. The border would reside from the 49th
parallel, down through the middle of the channel that separates
Vancouver Island from the mainland, and then out to the Pacific
Ocean. The only maps available at the time were a little fuzzy on
details, though, so neither government knew there were actually two
channels that separated Vancouver Island from the mainland—the Haro
Strait to the west and the Rosario Strait to the east. Stuck in the
middle of those two straits were the San Juan Islands. More
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Month
of the Week: October is National Popcorn
Month – Last night a local movie theater was robbed of 1 large
bucket of popcorn and a box of milk duds; police estimate the loss at
around $1,000.
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Minneopa State Park in Mankato, MN. The
word Minneopa comes from the Dakota language and
is interpreted to mean "water falling twice," referring to
the beautiful waterfalls of the Minneopa Creek. Walk the trail which
encircles the falls, leading down a limestone stairway to the valley
below. ~~There were sites with nice descriptions of the park but few
or no pictures. I recommend the Google Images pages instead: Click
Here
Today's
Peace of History: October 20, 1947: The House
Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) opened public hearings into
alleged Communist influence in Hollywood. To counter what they
claimed were reckless attacks by HUAC, a group of motion picture
industry luminaries, led by actor Humphrey Bogart and his wife,
Lauren Bacall, John Huston, William Wyler, Gene Kelly and others,
established the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA).
There
is no umbilical cord. Dr. Jenkins' deliveries are connected by
bluetooth. / Mother: Jane, why are you putting those band-aids in the
fridge? Jane: They're for cold cuts.
..........You'll
think of me, wonder where I am these days..........Traveling
Wilburys …..End of the Line
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle October 20, 2017. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Good
and Good For You.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
The
secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of
a dachshund into bricks, mortar, and marble. --Christopher
Wren
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 10/19/17: $786,816,346,597.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 10/12/17: $786,139,319,116.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 10/19/17:
$820,927,744,460.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 10/12/17:
$820,907,957,349.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 10/19/17:
$1,792,940,430,198.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 10/12/17:
$1,791,526,571,941.
Education
breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
--Confucius
..........We
said all there is to say..........Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
…..Breakdown
“I
don’t find health-related puns funny since I developed an irony
deficiency.”
Famous
Last Words: ...our
greatest weakness or our greatest strength. --Durham
Manifesto
May
Peace nourish your body
And
Joy enrich your mind
prairie
mama
christine
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