Famous
First Words: You
sure you can't move?
--Harpo Marx --his only spoken … silent movie, Too Many
Kisses
So,
it's black Friday, aka capitalism at its most capitalistic.
Actually, Black Friday is for amateurs. Real capitalists shop all
the time.
..........Live
and let live, love and let love..........Fiorello …..Home Again
Those
who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. – Buddha
It
is a cloudy Friday morning. The sky is covered in wide streaks of
gray and narrow stripes of light almost shining between gray. The
wind is whipping the willows and tossing the other tree limbs, but
50°F keeps it from feeling cold. There are no birds about and the
only sound wafting through the air is a distant trash truck grinding
ever closer. Puck and I walk around the block while the sky gets
darker and the wind gets higher. It has begun to smell like rain,
although no drops have fallen, and we pick up our pace a bit. When
we return home, Puck drinks a little milk and curls up on his pillow
to sleep as if we had walked miles and miles. I fix myself a cup of
decaf with whole milk and artificial sweetener. Umm. And now I get
to sit here protected from the morning winds and write to you.
There's something to be thankful for.
Hope
your weekend is top of the line, ePistliers.
Vacation
Annotation – Opening Night: To protect the innocent we will
call ourselves Flopsy, Mopsy – friends in high school and still
crazy after all these years -- and Harpo, a decade or so younger but
a long time friend. We began by watching KU Basketball, (KU: 92,
MIS: 87) and election returns. Good thing we were all happy about
the results or it might have been a bloodbath right off. Flopsy, of
course, is from Florida and had to take teasing for her entire visit.
~~If Florida voted between a million dollars or a kick in the head
the results would be 50.1 to 49.9.
How
many capitalists does it take to screw in a light bulb? Answer: None,
workers take care of all the necessities of life.
..........Shuffle
up the cards and find the joker.........Chorus …..Politics and
Poker
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, Jukebox
^
Who invented the jukebox anyway?
^^
Where does the name Juke come from?
^^^
What 1950s innovations made the jukebox so very popular?
^^^^
How many jukebox brand names can you come up with?
^^^^^
Any idea who still makes jukeboxes?
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: An opinion
without 3.14 is a onion. --Submitted by ksz of ks
Vacation
Annotation – Marathon Marijuana: We
each brought an oz but we didn't polish that off in our 9 days. Good
thing, we'd probably all be hospitalized if we did. But we did make a
fair dent. Flopsy had not smoked for a year or nearly a year. She
enjoyed herself very much but wasn't always good at communicating it
or much else. We had coffee (French Press, Yaucono – delicious)
and a joint for breakfast. Then every 2 to 3 hours all day long.
Flopsy and Harpo also smoked tobacco cigarettes. It will be 20 years
in April since Mopsy has used tobacco – directly - by the end of
the week, she was coughing again. She would take the dog out for
bathroom runs and walks and smoke would curl out of the patio door
and twist its way up between the pine and the oak like a chinese
dragon. One toke over the line – extremely understated.
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
If
you say "Dewey" 3 times he'll magically appear and
mansplain something about library science.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Capitalism
is a lot like an airplane in which the pilot announces to her
passengers that she has two pieces of news to tell them. The good
news is that they are traveling at the pre-established speed of 600
miles an hour and all the systems on the plane are functioning
perfectly. The bad news is that they are lost.
..........All
these people who look to us for justice........Neil …..On The Side
Of The Angels
Moonbeam:
I always considered an
idle Life, as a real evil, but, a life of such hurry, such constant
hurry, leaves us scarcely a moment for reflection or for the
discharge of any other then the most immediate and pressing concerns.
--Edward Rutledge
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Salut / Bună
ziua --Romanian https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Congrats Sheldon Adelson on buying your wife a Presidential Medal of
Freedom! “He went to Jared!” --Sarah Silverman --Submitted by
ma of va
Vacation
Annotation – Television: Both Flopsy
and Harpo were addicted or at least a little dependent on 24 hour
news channels. - not Fox, thank goddess – Mopsy was exhausted.
There were only 3 stories and they milked them for 24 hours a day;
that works out to 8 hours per story (mostly in a ten minute segment
with 2 minutes of graphics repeated endlessly). 1) The world is
ending because we don't know who won yet 2) The world is ending
because the fires in California are more deadly than ever 3) The
world is ending because the new Attorney General is a) illegal b) a
crook c) a Mueller firer. Towards the end continued vote counting
was giving away to Melania suggested firing a security staffer.
Week
of the Week: National Bible Week
(11/24-12/1) --I was
thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as
they get older; then it dawned on me... they're cramming for their
final exam. --George Carlin
I
am convinced that all corporations are evil, but Bruce Wayne says
free market capitalism is the only thing can that can save the world.
..........Oh,
gosh, life is so complicated.........Dora …..I Love A Cop
^
In
1890, Louis Glass and William S. Arnold invented the
nickel-in-the-slot phonograph, the first of which was an Edison Class
M Electric Phonograph retrofitted with a device patented under the
name of Coin Actuated Attachment for Phonograph.
Almanac:
It is Friday, November 23, 2018. The moon is full (Beaver) tonight
and is in Gemini. It is Dr. Who Day, Family Volunteer Day, Fibonacci
Day, National Adoption Day, National Cashew Day, and National
Survivors of Suicide Day. Japan celebrates Thanksgiving and Labor Day
while it is Repudiation Day (1765) in Maryland.
Among
those born on this day were Edward Rutledge (1749),
Franklin Pierce (1804), Billy the Kid (William Bonney, 1859), Boris
Karloff (William H. Pratt, 1887), Harpo Marx (Adolph, 1888), William
E. Brock (1930), Steve Landesberg (1945) and Bruce Hornsby (1954).
On
November twenty-sixth the horseshoe manufacturing machine was
patented (1835), the Female Medical Educational Soceity was founded
(1848), the first jukebox was installed (1899), Life
issued their first magazine (1936), the Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary
(SPARS) was authorized (1942), Fiorello
debutted on Broadway (1959) and the Chinese People's Republic was
seated in the UN Security Council (1971).
Night
Sky, 11/23:
Now
the Moon shines closer to Aldebaran than yesterday, and on its other
side. Watch the Moon draw farther away from Aldebaran through the
hours of the night.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week:
Max celebrates Thanksgiving
This
Week: Saturday, November 24 –
Small Business Saturday & Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
Night
Sky, 11/24:
The bright waning gibbous Moon rises around the end of twilight and
climbs high through the evening. It's now below the horns of Taurus:
Beta (β) and fainter Zeta (ζ) Tauri.
Sunday,
November 25 – International Hat Day & Crystal Skull
World Day
Monday,
November 26 – Cider Monday
Night
Sky, 11/24:
Capella shines in the
northeast as soon as the stars come out. As night grows darker, look
to its right by about three fists at arm's length for the frosty
little Pleiades cluster. It's the size of your fingertip at arm's
length. Orange Aldebaran climbs up below the Pleiades. By about 8
p.m., depending on your location, Orion is clearing the horizon below
Aldebaran.
Tuesday,
November 27 – National Craft Jerky Day & Giving Tuesday
Wednesday,
November 28 – National Package Protection Day
Thursday,
November 29 – Square Dancing Day & Electronic Greetings
Day
I'm
not sure if the housing bubble was real or an invention of the
super-rich to justify a new class war by austerity.
..........can
turn into heartless misbegotten misers.........Fiorello …..Unfair
^^
Jukebox is apparently
derived from the familiar usage "juke
joint",
derived from the Gullah
word
"juke" or "joog" meaning disorderly, rowdy, or
wicked
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Snow in November happens
because people prematurely decorate for Christmas. --sd of co
Vacation
Annotation – Fake CNN Statistics: 93%
of women anchors and commentators on CNN have the same hairdo. A
couple have the same hairdo but with one ear showing (never both
ears). 89.6% of these women are blond and 97% of the blonds use the
same color of hair dye. Feminists will be pleased to note that
female anchors are capable of asking questions equally as stupid as
their male counterparts. Occasionally they would interview women with
real hair. Mopsy was silently screaming...fuzzy hair, fuzzy hair,
somebody with fuzzy hair, please. ~~A free press needs to be free
not only from government control but from corporate profiteers as
well.
Moonbeam:
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and
protracted the discussion. --Franklin Pierce
Top
Ten Late Night Snacks: Top 10 Signs You Won't Be Re-Elected
President
10.
At fund-raising dinners guests ask you, "Can we have some more
butter please?"
9.
Whenever you use phrase. "If I'm re-elected" in speech,
crowd bursts into 10 minutes of uproarious laughter.
8.
Wife keeps reassuring you she can get work as mall Santa.
7.
Quayle's on your ticket.
6.
When you ask your campaign manager for advice, he shrugs and says,
"Beats me."
5.
Carvel turns their President Bush cake into "Bushy the Whale."
4.
Instead of "Four more years" supporters chant "Six
more months."
3.
Your pinhead son loses $3 billion in savings and loan scandal.
2.
Your State of the Union address is pre-empted by a
"Who's-the-Boss-a-Thon."
1.
"Other" beats you in polls.
Not
So Late Night Snacks: Video games are getting so realistic you
might as well just live. --Peter Sagal Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
One
is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but is peaceful,
loving, and fearless. --Buddha
..........It's
amazing, is it not..........Ben …..Little Tin Box
^^^
...teens
were buying rock ‘n’ roll records at an alarming rate, the 78 rpm
record had been replaced by the smaller and more cost-effective 45
rpm record, and new innovations in jukebox technology made the
machines all the more accessible and fun for customers.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The
largest cashew tree in the world covers about 81,000 sq. ft. and is
located in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: My
children are so open to experiencing culture. They'll try anything
from chicken nuggets at a Mexican restaurant to chicken nuggets at a
Mediterranean restaurant. --Read Housewives of OZ
Vacation
Annotation – Mansplaining: Harpo is a
mansplainer. He claimed to have never heard the term. He
interrupted to explain things you were busy explaining to him. He
explained things before he talked about them. He even explained how
interrupting you to explain things was how he defined conversation.
Can't argue with that logic. Mopsy counted 7 times she simply did
not tell her story because she was interrupted. Too bad, those
stories would have been hilarious and would have sent us all into
gales of laughter.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Insinuendo – a tasteless word. This
piece comes with a health warning: unwise use of this word may
seriously damage your linguistic credibility.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ins2.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Shine leather shoes. Rub Vaseline Petroleum Jelly over the leather
and wipe off the excess with a towel.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/vaseline.html
Capitalism
humor is like food, not everyone gets it.
...........You
think they'll ask for a recount.........Chorus …..The Bum Won
^^^^
Big manufacturers included: Wurlitzer, Seeburg, Rock-Ola, and Ami
Top
Ten Date of the Week: July 15, 1992
Vacation
Annotation – Forgetfulness: Being old
and smoking a lot for a week – interesting what you can and can't
remember. Of course there is the 32nd
rule: If your story lasts longer than 30 seconds no one remembers
what you were originally talking about. If you work together and
think hard sometimes you can remember what you were talking about –
it is almost never worth it. Then there is the deer in the
headlights: Something – a flash of light, a noise in the other
room, someone lighting a joint – and the mind is suddenly blank.
And the task exchange: You go into the kitchen to get a glass of
water. You get to the kitchen and wash out glasses, put on water for
coffee, clear away the trash on the counter, feed the dog, and return
to the living room without a glass of water. This may be a corollary
of forgetting why you went into the other room...but that happens to
younger people and people who aren't stoned or drunk or brain damaged
so I'm not going to cover it here. ~~"Did
you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that
is how dogs spend their lives." - Sue Murphy
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Starbase Indy 2018 – The Next Generation –Celebrating
Star Trek's vision of the future by promoting humanitarianism and
STEM education today. https://www.starbaseindy.org/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
7th
Annual International Conference on Civil Engineering: (11/21-23,
Seville, Spain)
http://www.allconferences.com/c/2018-7th-international-conference-on-civil-engineering-iccen-2018-seville-2018-november-21
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck doing the Twist in the case of the Dancing
Dogs.
At
the G7 Summit this month, the world trade organizers plans to declare
free speech an illegal barrier to trade.
..........Tie
some shoes on my Chevrolet..........Marie …..The Very Next Man
^^^^^
Two companies still manufacture classically styled
jukeboxes: Rockola, based in California, and Sound Leisure, based in
Leeds in the UK. Both companies manufacture jukeboxes based on a CD
playing mechanism. However, in April 2016 Sound Leisure showed a
prototype of a "Vinyl Rocket" at the UK Classic Car Show.
It stated that it would start production of the 140 7" vinyl
selector (70 records) in summer of the same year.
Month
of the Week: November is National Peanut
Butter Lovers Month --I almost had an “I need a guy moment” but
then I was able to get the peanut butter jar open
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
November doesn't have afternoons. It has morning until 2, then
night.
Vacation
Annotation – Maybe: One of the
reasons I took up smoking weed decades ago was that it seemed to help
be pay attention. “There's a price for enlightenment, what you pay
is attention” Stephen Gaskin I have tried to pay attention. I
have tried to eliminate things that stole the attention (24 hour
news,
for instance). From computer programmers I learned to use music to
shut out distractions so that I could follow long logic chains. From
meditation I learned to be quiet and not interrupt myself. From
nature I learned to love the present. From marijuana I learned to
take it all in, process it without judgment, and shine it back out as
love. 9 days of fun and friends and that all sounds like pompous
bullshit. I sure had a great time.
Grammar
Joke of the Week: An
allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its
Achilles heel.
Today's
Peace of History: Today's Peace of History, November 23, 1170
BCE: The first recorded strike took place in Egypt when necropolis
workers who had not been paid for their work in more than two months
sat down and refused to work until they were paid and able to eat.
Capitalism
is like the vending machine. It never works but it takes your money.
..........When
did it start, this change of heart.........Thea …..When Did I Fall
In Love
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle, November 23, 2018, Black ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Peace, Love and Capital. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511
Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam:
It's an insane tragedy that 700,000 people get a diploma each year
and can't read the damned diploma. --William E Brock
Opps,
Found One More Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
White House turkey refuses pardon ... cooperating with Mueller.
--David Woods --Submitted by ma of va
Cost
of War:
As
of 11/22/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,874,892,851,413.
As
of 11/15/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,872,915,357,746.
As
of 11/22/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $863,121,565,295.
As
of 11/15/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $861,777,513,701.
As
of 11/22/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $634,724,157,477.
As
of 11/15/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $633,034,665,420.
As
of 11/22/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $299,891,856,148.
As
of 11/15/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $299,507,898,994.
As
of 11/22/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,672,631,100,089.
As
of 11/15/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,667,236,302,558.
To
conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others. – Buddha
..........Twilight
descends, everything ends.........Mitzi …..Till Tomorrow
You
know, capitalist jokes aren't funny unless you can sell them for a
profit.
Famous
Last Words: ¿Quién es? ¿Quién es? --Billy the Kid's last
words
May
Peace be your coin of the realm
And
Joy your profit in hand
prairie
mama
christine
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Laugh:
