Famous
First Words: The
Inhabitants of The City... Charter
of the City of St. Louis
Belated
Happy Valentine's Day ~~Jane was dating a pastry chef but he
desserted her. / Skunks love Valentine's Day because they're
scentimental creatures.
….......My
funny words.........Chicago …..At The Sunrise
Peace
is love waiting to be shared. Peace is people hand in hand, closer to
God.
It
is a frigid (16°F) Friday morning. A light breeze insists that I
notice the cold and Puck hurries through his business and returns
quickly to the house. There is a thick cloud cover that obscures any
sunlight from reaching below it so that the whole world looks gray;
and as I watch out the window the snow begins. The first few flakes
are fluffy and fat and the fall and gather on the patio table. Then
they are driven by a north wind and they fly past. When the gust is
over flakes come straight down, quickly as if they had weight for
gravity to act upon. In the time it has taken me to type this, the
roof next door is covered in white. It is lovely. I am sitting in
my warm room, sipping hot coffee, and smelling the orange waiting by
my keyboard; I can afford to think it is graceful and fascinating and
beautiful. I hope wherever you are that you are as warm and
comfortable and surrounded by as much beauty.
Hope
your weekend redefines fun, ePistliers.
Adam
and Eve never had a date, they had an apple instead. / Freddie the
flame fell in love when he found his perfect match.
..........Saying,
“Tear the system down”.........Chicago …..State Of The Union
Trivia
Questions: Happy National Gumdrop Day
^
Know why they are drops as opposed to cones or bullets?
^^
Where would you find Gumdrop Pass and Gumdrop Mountain?
^^^
Care to guess the weight of world's largest gumdrop?
^^^^
What NASA equipment was nicknamed Gumdrops?
^^^^^
Any idea what's in a gumdrop martini?
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: One of the
hardest pills to swallow is being a biological parent trying to
discipline the YOU out of your child.
Friendly
Advice of the Week: Don't judge me until
you've flown a mile on my broom. --Submitted by eg of mt
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
62%
of book tape is used to remove pet hair from cardigans.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Fourth
Cousin of Funniest Thing Read of the Week: Two things that
will never get old: dark humor and unvaccinated children.
--Submitted by ma of va
Betty
and Buddy Bedbug fell in love and were married in the spring. / The
hamburgers took their dates to the meatball for Valentine's Day.
..........Where
you been keepin' yourself, my friend..........Chicago …..Long Time
No See
Moonbeam:
Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing
less. --Susan B Anthony
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Zdravo
(Ʒдpabo) - Serbian
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If
you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in
your life but still the same amount of snow. --Rumi –Submitted by
ag of ks ~~I needed that!
Week
of the Week: International Flirting Week
(2/10-16) –May I take your picture? I'm going to send it to Santa
as the only thing on my wish list. / I'm sorry I wasn't part of your
past, can I make it up by being in your future?
Second
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Love Is In The Air? Wrong. Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon Dioxide are
in the air. --Sheldon Cooper --Submitted by ksz of ks
One
morning Emma woke up with a start. Her husband Jim asked what was
the matter, she told him, "I just had a dream that you gave me a
pearl necklace for Valentine's day. What do you think it means?"
"You'll know tonight," Jim said. That evening, Jim home
with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, Emma opened
it - only to find a book entitled "The meaning of dreams”.
..........Just
bask in the glory..........Chicago …..Plaid
^
“Drop” candy has been around a long time. It is
made by dropping balls of the candy mixture onto a surface to set.
They can be any shape. At some point someone added gelatin or pectin
giving it the gummy texture. Before or after that, they gave it a
standard, now iconic, shape. Some claim that person was Percy
Trusdale in 1801; however, there is no evidence to support that.
Almanac:
It is Friday, February 15, 2019. The moon will be full next Tuesday
(1/19) and is currently in Cancer. It is Angelman
Syndrome Day,
Annoy Squidward Day (aka Your Boss), Love Reset Day, Lupercalia,
National Gum Drop Day, National Hippo Day, No One Eats Alone Day,
Remember The Maine Day, and Susan B. Anthony Day. Because it is the
third Friday it is also National Caregivers Day and World Information
Architecture Day.
Among
those born on this day were Pedro Menendez
de Aviles (1519), Alfonso Fontanelli (1557), Galileo Galilei (1564),
Louis XXV (the Well-beloved, 1710), Abraham Clark (1726), Ernst
Eichner (1740), Henry Engelhard Steinway (1797), John Augustus Sutter
(1803), Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812), Susan Brownell Anthony (1820),
Elihu Root (1845), Ian Ballantine (1916), Susan Brownmiller (1935),
Matt Groening (1954), and Chris Farley (1964).
On
February fifteenth Socrates was sentenced to death (399), the Peace
of Angleur was sealed (Liége, Belgium, 1313), Germany declared war
on France (1689), the Peace of Hubertusburg was signed (Prussia,
1763), the city of St Louis was founded (1764), mustard was first
processed in the new world (1768), New Jersey became the last
northern state to abolish slavery (1804), adhesive postage stamps
appeared in the US (1842), Black
abolitionists invaded a Boston courtroom and rescued a fugitive slave
(1851),
Congress authorized women lawyers to practice before the Supreme
Court (1879), the teddy bear was introduced to America (1903),
Hellman's Little
Foxes
premiered (1939), Disney's Cinderella was released (1950), the
Pirartes & the KC A's cancelled a game in Birmingham, AL because
a local ordinance barred blacks from playing against whites (1956),
Tenley Albright won first at the first world figure skating
championship (1896), the band Chicago formed (1967), and MLB owners
locked out the players (1990).
Night
Sky, 2/15: The
Moon is in the feet of Gemini this evening. Castor and Pollux are to
its left, Procyon is to its lower left, and Orion is to its lower
right.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week:
Hungry for knowledge, Max is crying because his mom won't let him
lick the books.
This
Week: Saturday, February 16 –
World Whale Day & Kyoto Protocol Day
Sunday,
February 17 – National PTA Founders Day & World Human
Spirit Day
Night
Sky, 2/17: Uranus
is now 1.1° lower left of Mars right after dark. It's positioned
less than halfway from Mars to Omicron Piscium, magnitude 4.2.
Monday,
February 18 – Presidents Day & National Drink Wine Day &
Pluto Day
Tuesday,
February 19 – Best Friends Day & Travel Africa Day &
Vet Girls Rock Day
Wednesday,
February 20 – World Day for Social Justice & Love Your
Pet Day
Night
Sky, 2/20:
The
brightest star in the night sky will be partially occulted for up to
1.8 seconds when, for well-placed observers, the invisibly tiny
asteroid 4388 Jurgenstock momentarily passes in front of it. See full
observing details and plans
from David Dunham, and use this zoomable Google Map to choose your
setup site.
Thursday,
February 21 – Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day &
National Grain Free Day
Mike
walked into a post office just before Valentine's day, he couldn't
help noticing a middle-aged, balding man standing in a corner
sticking "Love" stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts
all over them. Then the man got out a bottle of Channel perfume from
his pocket and started spraying scent over the envelopes. By now
Mike's curiosity had got the better of him, and so I asked the man
why he was sending all those cards. The man replied, "I'm
sending out 500 Valentine cards signed, 'Guess who?'" "But
why?" asked Mike. "I'm a divorce lawyer," the man
replied.
..........Does
anybody really care.........Chicago …..Does Anybody Really Know
What Time It Is
^^
The board game Candy Land features Gumdrop Pass & Gumdrop
Mountain.
Not
Quite Funny Thing I Read of the Week: I screamed at God for
the starving child until I saw the staving child was God screaming at
me.
Extra
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Sign
held by striking teacher in LA (12/15): Don't Make Me Use My Teacher
Voice
Moonbeam:
ALL men keep ALL women in a state of fear. --Susan Brownmiller
Late
Night Snacks of the Week: Drumpf thinks
bipartisanship is some sort of swingers' cruise. --Samantha Bee /
Presidential harassment is a serious crisis that affects one out of
every 320 millon people. --Trevor Noah / Trump's Tax Return: We’re
finally going to find out what’s in them! Did Putin claim Drumpf as
a dependent? Did Drumpf check the box where you donate $3 to a
Russian oligarch? Did he list his status as ‘married’ or ‘Yeah,
but I’m not dead’? --Stephen Colbert / Tax Refunds: They’re
saying some of these refunds are so tiny that they even fit in Donald
Drumpf’s hand. --Jimmy Kimmel ~~I have an app on my computer that
automatically change Trump to Drumpf (the family name in Germany).
When I copy off my screen it remain Drumpf. The app does not change
stuff inside my word processor.
Not
So Late Night Snacks of the Week: What the
hell is happening in Virginia. It turns out the female members of
Congress aren't the only group of Democrats that dress alike...before
you vote you have to check under the hood. Peter Sagal Wait,
Wait Don't Tell Me
Peace
is freedom and kindness waiting to be used, Peace is helping someone
who is confused.
Nymphomaniac:
n. a woman as obsessed with sex as the average man. / I don't send
Valentines to my single friends, I send Happy Independence Day cards
instead.
..........I
understood as it all came clear..........Chicago …..Oh Thank You
Great Spirit
^^^
Brach's Candy holds the record largest gumdrop at 10 pounds aka
15,127 calories.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The Peace of Angleur
annulled the political power of the partricate. Henceforth,
membership in a craft was a necessary qualification for a seat in the
magistracy. It cut both nobility and the poor from political power.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: In
the beginning there was nothing. Then God said, “Let there be
light!” and there was still nothing, but you could see it.
--submitted by ma of va
Weird
Word of the Week:
Umami – a theoretical fifth taste added to sweet, sour, bitter, &
salty. It
has been suggested that the taste is triggered by compounds of some
amino acids, such as glutamates or aspartates, especially the
flavour-enhancing substance monosodium glutamate.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-uma1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Prevent grass clippings from clogging up a lawn mower. Spray WD-40
on the underside of lawn mower housing and blade before cutting the
grass. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wd40.html
Son
of Wicked Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: She's called the
Reverse Cupid but I think she is his twin sister. She shoots arrows
at people in abusive relationships to give them the power to leave.
--Submitted by mgs of ks
I
just saved a bunch of money on Valentine's Day by switching to
single. / Lettuce is the most loving vegetable because it's all
heart.
...........Many
miles of memories..........Chicago …..Loser With A Broken Heart
^^^^
The NASA Apollo Command modules were nicknamed
“Gumdrops” because of the conical shape.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Fundraising idea for schools: A cash bar at parent-teacher conference
night.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
AnachroCon 2019 – The Time Traveler's Ball... (2/15-17, Atlanta)
http://www.anachrocon.com/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
5th
International Conference on Information Management and Industrial
Engineering (ICII 2019) Ei,Scopus (2/15-17, Cape Town) More
Info
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck hiding behind his own hair in the case of
the Hirsute
Havana Silk.
Flopsy,
our pet rabbit, sent out Valentines and signed them all Somebunny
Loves You ! / Greta Grizzly sent a card to her main squeeze on
Valentine's Day. She signed it, “I love you beary much”.
..........People
laughing, people dancing..........Chicago …..Saturday In The Park
^^^^^
Gum Drop Martini: 1 part vanilla or whipped cream
vodka + 2 parts lemon-lime or cream soda + 1/4 part flavored liqueur
(or to taste) + Colored sugar for glass rims ... 1) Rim the glasses
with sugar. 2) Mix the vanilla vodka and soda. Pour into the martini
glasses, until they are about 2/3 full. 3) Pour a bit of the flavored
liqueur into a glass so it is easy to access. 4) Insert a drinking
straw into one of the liqueurs, and cover the top end with your
finger. Insert a straw into one of the filled martini glasses, and
take your finger off the top of the straw, while gently drawing the
straw upwards. The liqueur will settle in the bottom of the glass.
Month
of the Week: February is National Haiku
Writing Month --I think haikus suck. Has to be five seven five. Who
came up with this? / Five syllables here. Seven more syllables here.
Are you happy now?
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
National Trust for Historic Preservation raises millions to Demolish
Trump's Boyhood Home. --The Onion
Grammar
Joke of the Week: Ancient Egyptian Grammar: Eye before flea,
except after sea.
Today's
Peace of History: Today's Peace of History,
February, 2003, The world said NO to war... In the single largest
day of protest in world history, millions on 6 continents
demonstrated against the U.S./U.K. plans to invade Iraq. Reported
totals included 1 to 2 million in London and Rome; 1.3 million in
Barcelona, Spain (a city of 1.5 million); 500,000 each in Berlin,
Paris, Madrid, and New York. Smaller demonstrations were held in over
600 cities and towns across the U.S., including tens of thousands in
several cities, and 60,000-200,000 the following day in San
Francisco.
Driving
through Southern California, I stopped at a roadside stand that sold
fruit, vegetables and crafts. As I went to pay, I noticed the young
woman behind the counter was painting a sign. "Why the new
sign?" I asked. "My boyfriend didn't approve of the old
one," she said. When I glanced at what hung above the counter, I
understood. It declared: "Local Honey Dates Nuts"
—Contributed by Theodore Bologna
..........Mother
Nature's sweet charm..........Chicago …..In The Country
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle February 15, 2019, Emotional ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Love, Laugh, Make Peace. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511
Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam:
We are unalterably opposed to the presentation of the
female body being stripped, bound, raped, tortured, mutilated, and
murdered in the name of commercial entertainment and free speech.
--Susan Browmiller
Cost
of War:
As
of 2/14/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,898,513,591,998.
As
of 2/7/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,896,539,185,415.
As
of 2/14/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $879,174,351,460.
As
of 2/7/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $877,832,515,997.
As
of 2/14/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $654,904,001,279.
As
of 2/7/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $653,218,080,859.
As
of 2/14/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $304,478,425,396.
As
of 2/7/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $304,095,031,218.
As
of 2/14/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,737,072,192,113.
As
of 2/7/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,731,685,589,741.
What
we witnessed was real, now we all need time to heal.
http://corlett.blogspot.com/2004/09/childrens-peace-quotes.html
..........'Cause
you can't really say it's over when it never had
begun..........Chicago …..Chasin' The Wind
Barney
Bat fell in love with girlfriend, Bonnie Bat, because she was so much
fun to hang around with. / Poor Porter Porcupine fell in love with a
pin cushion.
Famous
Last Words: But, you see, I have the other slipper.
--Cinderella (Disney version)
May
Peace be your love
And
Joy be your valentine
prairie
mama
christine
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