Famous
First Words: The
People of Connecticut acknowledging with gratitude...
The Constitution of the State of Connecticut
This
is the anniversary of Bruce's heart transplant: Waldo had a heart
attack but the ambulance couldn't find him.
..........Everybody
wants to touch someone.........Eagles …..Heartache Tonight
"If
you ever want to reach a place of peace and contentment in your life
you will need to at least be willing to forgive." --Olivia Hope
It
is a cold (19°F) Friday morning. A light breeze stirs the empty
willow branches but is hardly noticed by the rest of the world. The
sky is streaked with new and old jet trails and what may be a few
wispy clouds; but the rising sun will have plenty of clear skies to
shine through. Puck is very vocal this morning, discussing the day
with anything that moves and a few things that don't. Busyness
abounds, children off to school, grown-ups off to work, doors
slamming and motors running. Ah, but when we return indoors there is
feel of warmth and the smell of brewing coffee and sight of Christmas
tree lights. So with a cup of sweetened and creamed decaf at hand and
you at the other end of my computer, a lovely morning evolves into
really great time.
Hope
your weekend fills your heart with joy, ePistliers.
I
used to tell Bruce I loved him with all my butt – because my butt
is way bigger than my heart.
..........Though
I wanted to be brave it never helped.........Bonnie Raitt …..Wounded
Heart
Opening
Advice of the Week: Always Jingle all
the way; nobody likes a half-assed jingler. --Submitted by ma of va
Trivia
Questions: Happy Cotton Candy Day!
^
Know what they call cotton candy in England?
^^
How about in Australia?
^^^
Do you remember the name of the dentist(s) who invented it?
^^^^
How is the candy made?
^^^^^
What is the interesting spin that the Chinese have put on cotton
candy?
First
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Right
now chocolate is good for you and Romaine lettuce can kill you: I've
been training my whole life for this.
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
Librarian
life expectancy decreases 3 days for every program that no one
attends. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Yes,
Mrs Smith, we're opening him now. Stand by and I will give you a
detailed description of what we find inside your
husband...uh...hello...?
..........I
don't want to change.........Eric Clapton …..I've Got a Rock n
Roll Heart
Moonbeam:
“Early-in-life
problems can be the yeast that makes you rise into bread!”
--Helen Gurley Brown
Something
to Not Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: ЗдpabctbyЙte
(Zdrastvujte)
- Russian
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Highway Sign: Drivers ignoring winter conditions may be subject to
natural selection.
Week
of the Week: Recipe
Greetings For The Holidays Week (12/2-8) --I
used to know a guy who absolutely loved hollandaise sauce. He would
buy the spiciest brand he could find and would put it on just about
everything. Well it turned out that because he used the spicy sauce
so much, it started to wear down a hole on the roof of his mouth. He
went to a doctor and asked what he could do about it. The doctor
looks at the damage and determines that the man will need a metal
plate placed at the roof of his mouth. The man is relieved but can't
help asking the doctor if he will still be able to enjoy his
hollandaise sauce. The doctor reassures the man that his new plate
will be made of chrome. The man was curious, so he asked if chrome
was the best choice. The doctor responded with "Oh don't worry,
there's no plate like chrome for the hollandaise."
You
must be a coronary artery, because we you've wrapped yourself around
my heart.
..........You
know you've got it if it makes you feel good.........Janis Joplin
…..Piece of My Heart
^
What
Americans call cotton candy is called “candyfloss” in the UK and
India.
Almanac:
It is Friday, December 7, 2018. The moon is new tonight and is in
Libra. It is Earmuff Day aka Chester Greenwood Day,
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, International Civil Aviation
Day, National Cotton Candy Day, and Skywarn Recognition Day. In Cuba
it is Day of National Mourning and the Ivory Coast celebrates
National Day (1960).
Among
those born on this day were Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542),
Giovanni Bernini (1598), Madame Tussaud (Marie Grosholtz, 1761),
Louis Prima (1912), Eli Wallach (1915), Helen Gurley Brown (1917),
Ted Knight (1923), Noam Chomsky (1928), Harry Chapin (1942), Tom
Waits (1949), and Larry Bird (1956).
On
December first the Mayan inscription begins (36 BCE), the Theatre
Royal opened (London, 1783), Delaware ratified the constitution
(1787), Edison demonstrated the gramophone (1877), the bust of Queen
Nefertete was found (1912), the gas refrigerator was patented (1926),
the jet stream was discovered (1934), the microwave oven was patented
(1945), Chiang Kai-shek fled China (1949), Ben-Gureon retired (1953),
The Ivory Coast claimed independence (1960), M. Dodd returned a
library book checked out in 1823 (1968), Makarios returned to Cyprus
(1975), Spain joined NATO (1981), and the Rangers signed free-agent
Nolan Ryan (1988).
Night
Sky, 12/7:
Neptune
very close to Mars. This
evening, as seen from North America, Neptune appears only 1/4° from
Mars — which is 1400 times brighter! Look for Neptune with your
scope to Mars's east-northeast, then use high power to check that
it's non-stellar.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week:
Max and mom with Uncle David
This
Week: Saturday, December 8 –
Day of the Horse & National Day of Lard
Sunday,
December 9 – International Anti-corruption Day &World
Choral Day
Night
Sky, 12/9:
Comet
Wirtanen may or may not come within binocular, or even
small-telescope, range as it passes unusually close by Earth for the
next couple weeks. Start trying now while the evening sky is still
moonless and dark! See
Comet
46P/Wirtanen Approaches Earth,
but
as Joe Rao warns there, keep your expectations low.
Monday,
December 10 – Dewey Decimal Day & Green Monday &
Human Rights Day
Tuesday,
December 11 – International Mountain Day & Kaleidoscope
Day & UNICEF Birthday
Night
Sky, 12/11: Orion
is coming into good view low in the east after dinnertime now. And
that means Gemini is also coming up to its left (for the world's
mid-northern latitudes). The head stars of the Gemini twins, Castor
and Pollux, are at the left end of the Gemini constellation — one
over the other, with Castor on top
Wednesday,
December 12 – National Ding-a-Ling Day & National Lost
Day & Poinsettia Day
Thursday,
December 13 – Pick A Pathologist Pal Day
Night
Sky, 12/13: The
Geminids are considered one of the best meteor showers every year
because the individual meteors are bright, and they come fast and
furious: This year, there will be more than 1 per minute, reaching
100 meteors per hour. Under light-polluted skies, fewer meteors will
be visible.
Your
cardiac surgery was a success. You still have a song in your heart,
but we had to remove two verses and one refrain from the chorus.
..........Don't
keep on looking that same old way........Rolling Stones …..Heart
of Stone
^^
What
Americans call cotton candy is called “fairy floss” in Australia
and Finland, “papa’s beard” (barbe
à papa)
in France, and “old ladies’ hair” in Greece.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Sears is closing 505 stores
in 2019 putting 14 cashiers out of work.
Moonbeam:
“Whatever
you feel you look nice in is what you probably ought to be wearing,
provided it isn’t slashed to the navel or dripping with lace.”
--Helen Gurley Brown
Top
Ten Late Night Snacks: Top Ten Lessons We've
Learned From The Election
10.
Haven't heard "oral" on CNN this much since the whole
Lewinsky thing
9.
Voters prefer guy who lies about drinking to guy who lies about
fundraising
8.
If you keep saying, "I'm the President," eventually people
start to believe you
7.
In Florida, it's possible to go directly from cocktail waitress to
Secretary of State
6.
Gone are the good old days when politicians really knew how to rig an
election
5.
It's been a lot of trouble for two guys no one really liked in the
first place
4.
You can win any state if you work hard enough -- and your brother's
governor
3.
Warren Christopher is one sexy sum-bitch
2.
If you want Gore for President, don't check the box for Buchanan
1.
We'll be spared all of this in 4 years when Hillary waxes W's ass
Not
So Late Night Snacks:
Trump
Dump Quiz: true or false Trump told the crowd people say he looks
like Elvis? When asked what he was thankful for, Trump said himself?
At a rally in Biloxi, MS Trump entered from a fake chimney in the
manner of Santa Claus? (All True) --Peter Sagal Wait,
Wait Don't Tell Me
Love
is benevolent and harmonious - a haven of peace. --Simon May
Your
new pacemaker comes with Pandora so you can always have a song in
your heart.
..........There
in the middle of the madness.........Carly Simon …..From the Heart
^^^
The first dentist was Dr. William Morrison of
Nashville. In 1897 he and candy maker John C. Wharton invented a
device that melted sugar and blew it through a fine screen to create
“Fairy Floss.” He introduced it at the 1904 St. Louis World’s
Fair, and sold 68,000 boxes for 25¢ each ($6.75 in today’s money).
Another dentist, Dr. Josef Lascaux of New Orleans, improved the
design in 1921 and trademarked the name “Cotton Candy.”
Worthless
Fact of the Week: Upon his defeat, Chiang fled
with the remnants of his Nationalist government to Taiwan, which had
been turned over to the Nationalist government after the defeat of
Japan according to terms agreed upon in Cairo in 1943.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Dogs
are God's way of apologizing for your relatives. --Submitted by mja
of ks
Weird
Word of the Week:
Kith – Old English (cýđđ) – knowledge or information (related
to couth). close friends
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-kit1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Cure Mange. While spraying a dog with WD-40 gets rid of parasitic
mites, according to USA Today, the WD-40 Company, feeling that the
potential misuse of the product is too great, refuses to condone
using it to cure mange on animals.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wd40.html
I
have the heart of a lion, and a lifetime ban from the zoo.
...........You
make it just a little too hard.........Tom Petty & the
Heartbreakers …..Change of Heart
^^^^
Modern
cotton candy machines melt the sugar and spin it at thousands of
revolutions per minute, using centrifugal force to shoot the molten
liquid through tiny holes. When it hits the air, it immediately
hardens into miles of fine threads.
Top
Ten Date of the Week: December 11, 2000
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: We
love Edgar Allan Poe because he portrays universal human emotions
like loss, grief, unrequited love, burying your enemy alive in the
cellar, and being scared out of your mind by a bird. --Submitted by
ma of va
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Weekend of Wizardry (12/6-9, Tacoma, WA) Still waiting for your owl
to arrive? Us too! https://www.weekendofwizardry.com/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
6th
International Conference on Environment Pollution and Prevention
(ICEPP – 12/6-8, Brisbane, Australia). In
the coming decades,the world Environmental Systems will face huge
challenges.
http://www.icepp.org/
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck paying attention in the case of the Focused
Formosan.
That's
the first time I did open heart surgery and found cupid's arrow stuck
in it.
..........After
the rush when you come back down.........Joni Mitchell …..Woman of
Heart & Mind
^^^^^
Street
vendors in China sell cotton candy artwork. They create edible
masterpieces that resemble flowers and animals, using nothing but
cotton candy. Check
it out
Month
of the Week: December is Bingo Birthday
Month --I don't always cheat at Bingo, but when I do, I win. Is
that your bra size or you Bingo card number.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The
fastest land mammal is a toddler who's been asked “what's in your
mouth?”
Grammar
Joke of the Week:
Today's
Peace of History, December
7, 1941: Capt.
Annie Fox receives the first Purple Heart awarded to a woman for her
service while under attack at Pearl Harbor.
Hmmm
… no health insurance. Take him to the Intensive I Don't Care
Unit.
..........Acting
out a whim is only good.........Prince …..Condition of the Heart
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle December 7, 2018, Pulmonary ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Good-hearted peace and laughs. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith.
2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Final
Piece of Advice of the Week:
Trust me on this one. It doesn't matter how cold you get, never wear
a ski mask into a bank. I know that now.
Moonbeam:
“Go
to college to get an education, to learn how to think, to grow up,
but you have to work in a job to learn anything and move to a better
one.”
--Helen Gurley Brown
Cost
of War:
As
of 12/6/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,878,750,383,946.
As
of 11/29/18 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,876,771,685,464.
As
of 12/6/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $865,742,906,594.
As
of 11/29/18 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $864,398,158,395.
As
of 12/6/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $638,019,572,171.
As
of 11/29/18 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $636,329,011,024.
As
of 12/6/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $300,640,790,765.
As
of 11/29/18 Veterans Care since 2001: $300,256,578,153.
As
of 12/6/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,683,154,507,628.
As
of 11/29/18 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,677,756,079,251.
I
believe that as soon as people want peace in the world they can have
it. The trouble is they are not aware they can get it. --John Lennon
..........Don't
you let it slip through..........Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
…..Heartbeat
My
heart has survived 16 boyfriends, 7 fiancees, and 4 ex-husbands. You
think my heart is afraid of a little cheeseburger?
Famous
Last Words: its promulgation by the President of the Republic.
The Constitution of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
May
Peace pump your blood
And
Joy refresh it
prairie
mama
christine
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Laugh:
