Famous
First Words: We the people of Montana grateful to God...
Constitution of the State of Montana
How
lucky can you be, dear ePistlier. Once again it's Abet and Aid
Punsters Day ! A pun is it's own reword. Sorry, I realize that was
punishingly bad, but this is Punderful World of Oz land.
..........sun
lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night.........Patti Page
…..Fever
The
way of life that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki...is international
and dominates every nation of the world, but we live in the United
States, so our struggle is here. --Dave Dellinger
It
is a crisp (22°F) Friday morning. The very pale blue sky has no
real clouds but thin, jet trails streak and bend twist and disperse
in the upper level winds. Down here there is very little wind to
blow the coldness in around the coat sleeves. Down here it is foggy
and frosty. When Puck barks – as he always does – tiny puffs of
breath sprout from his mouth as if they were text bubbles in a
cartoon. He looks like a tiny dragon … puff, puff, puff. Two ducks
fly overhead loudly discussing something or other. They are headed
east behind them and much higher is a vee of a dozen or so ducks
gliding in the same east north east direction. The four small dogs
who moved into the corner house have just been let out for morning
hygiene. We can hear them barking all the way down at the end of the
cul-de-sac. But we arrived at home again without passing them. The
house smells of dish soap and warmth. I unwrap myself from coats and
scarves and bags carrying dog-bags, gloves, and hats. Ah, winter
rieuals. Now I sit with a chocolate doughnut and a cup of
artificially sweetened decaf (story of my life) writing to you. What
a great morning.
Hope
all your weekend puns are intended, ePistliers.
Did
you know it takes ten tickles to make an octopus laugh? Aren't
whiteboards remarkable? They may make you groan but at least they're
punctual.
..........This
could be just a powerful thing.........Bonnie Raitt …..Thing
Called Love
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday Montana
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What is the capital of Montana?
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Montana is home to the world's shortest river, know it's name?
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Any idea which number state Montana was/is?
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Where does the name Montana come from?
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Know what the state animal of Montana is?
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: Stop
complaining about your life. There are people literally living in
Ohio. --Submitted by dr of oh
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
25% of librarians plan to haunt the library after their death.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Alternative
facts are aversion of the truth. The Roman senate only gathered once
a week because that was enough forum. Trump went off about some
reporter making fun of his unusual neck wear; what a tie rant.
..........Your
best girlfriend, she might be a highbrow, she changes it at least 3
times a day.........Bonnie Raitt …..Women Be Wise
Moonbeam:
Ode to Newton: Come
celebrate with me in song the name of Newton, to the Muses dear, for
he unlocked the hidden treasures of truth ... Nearer the gods no
mortal may approach. --Edmund Halley
Naturally
Occurring Mandala of the Week: Pumpkin
Big
Hello: Monile –
Tumbuka (Malawi & Zambia)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
I hate when Walmart doesn't have what I need & I have to go home,
change out of my pajamas & take a shower so I can go to Target.
--Submitted by RHOZ
Week
of the Week: National Split Peace Soup
Week (8-14) –The difference between roast beef and pea soup is that
anyone can roast beef.
I
know it's corny, but I think autumn is amaizing. Hello gourdeous.
Don't be afraid of falling.
..........Find
a man to take me home instead of always for a ride.........Bonnie
Raitt …..Love Me Like A Man
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The selection of Helena as the capital of Montana had
an inauspicious beginning. A political war between two “Copper
Kings” Marcus Daly and William Clark, resulted in massive bribery
and vote-buying scandals only a “Copper King” could afford. With
Daly backing Anaconda and Clark supporting Helena, it is estimated
that in 1894 each man spent almost $3 million to determine which city
would become Montana’s new capital.
Almanac:
It is Friday, November 8, 2019. The moon will be full (Beaver) next
Tuesday and is in Aries. It is Dunce Day, Aid and
Abet Punsters Day, Cook Something Bold & Pungent Day, Domino Day,
National Parents As Teachers Day, and X-ray Day. In Montana
it is Admission Day (1889). Worldwide it is World Community Day
(since 1945 set aside to pray for peace).
Among
those born on this day were Edmund Halley
(1656), Dorothy Day (1897), Margaret Mitchell (1900), June Havoc
(1916), Esther Rolle (1922), Patti Page (1927), Morley Safter (1931),
Bonnie Raitt (1949), and Rickie Lee Jones (1954).
On
November eighth Bourbon Whiskey was first distilled from corn (1789),
the Louvre opened (1793), Montana was admitted to the union (41st,
1889), Cleveland was elected president (1892), Sister
Carrie
was published (1900), women voted for the first time in Washington
state (1910), FDR was elected president for the first time (1932),
the first black female legislator was elected (PA, 1938), JFK elected
(1960), and Days of Our Lives
premiered (1965).
Night
Sky, 11/8: Now
the gibbous Moon stands on the line from the eastern side of the
Great Square of Pegasus down to Diphda. By about 9 pm wintry Orion
is clearing the eastern horizon (depending on how far east or west
you live in your time zone). High above Orion shines orange
Aldebaran. Above Aldebaran is the little Pleiades cluster, the size
of your fingertip at arm's length. Far left of Aldebaran and the
Pleiades shines bright Capella.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week:
Sir Max forger of the chain mail binky
This
Week: Saturday, November 9 –
Carl Sagan Day & World Freedom Day
Sunday,
November 10 – Area Code Day & Marine Corps Day &
World Science Day for Peace and Development
Monday,
November 11 – Origami Day & Armistice Day
Night
Sky, 11/11:
The Northern Taurids meteor shower peaks.
The
Taurids are not known for their high numbers, rather they are known
more for the fireballs they produce
AND
Mercury
will cross the face of the Sun during morning in North America,
midday in South America, and afternoon for Europe and Africa.
(Details)
Tuesday,
November 12 – Fancy Rat and Mouse Day & National Young
Readers Day
Wednesday,
November 13 – World Kindness Day
Thursday,
November 14 – Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day & National
American Teddy Bear Day
I
was angling for an A in geometry; I was always a class act. I've got
so much school spirit, it's spooky. Hope nothing lessons my
enthusiasm.
..........And
I can almost see through the dark there's light.........Bonnie Raitt
…..Feels Like Home
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The Roe River is recognized by the Guinness Book of
World Records as the world’s shortest river. The Roe flows 200 feet
between Giant Springs and the Missouri River near Great Falls.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Governing by tantrum has
resulted in Donald Trump holding his breath until Kentucky turned
blue. --Submitted by gr of oh
Moonbeam:
Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily.
--Dorothy Day
Late
Night Snacks of the Week: Donald Trump has
officially changed his primary residence from Manhattan to Palm
Beach, Florida. Good riddance, Don, Don’t let the door hit ya where
the porn star spanked ya. --Stephen Colbert / But the one issue he
cares about more than anything else is his big, beautiful border
wall. The “build the wall” chants have been ubiquitous at Trump
rallies since the beginning of his campaign, and in many ways, the
wall is the son Trump always wanted – taller, stronger and somehow,
smarter. --Trevor Noah / ...whenever you lose, pass a bunch of laws
making it harder to vote. That’s why Republicans love voter ID and
gerrymandering so much. If Republicans lose the next election,
they’ll probably introduce a bill mandating that all voters must
have a valid driver’s license in at least three different states
obtained at least six business years prior to the election and the
only DMV in the country is located in an abandoned hotel on a cliff
in Yosemite and it’s open from 1-4 am on alternate Wednesdays in
months beginning with the letter Q. --Seth Meyers
Not
So Late Night Snacks of the Week: Honestly,
if you're a Democrat and you can't derive pleasure from impeaching
this president, you need a fistful of Zoloft. Meanwhile, the
Republicans, when they got their turns to speak, kept shouting about
the fact that they were being bullied by the majority. Finally, Trump
supporters found a minority whose rights they care about. --Peter
Sagal Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
11/2/19
The
prejudices of patriotism, the pressures of our friends and fear of
unpopularity and death should not hold us back any longer. --Dave
Dellinger
If
the Silver Surfer and Iron Man team up, they'll be alloys. Organic
chemistry is difficult. Those who study it have alkynes of trouble.
Sorry, I had to make these bad chemistry jokes because all the good
ones Argon.
..........If
dreams were thunder and lightning was desire.........Bonnie Raitt
…..Angel From Montgomery
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Montana was the 41st state in the USA; it became a
state on November 8,1889.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: When did YOU get the vote?
*White land owners: 1776 *Males who did not own property: 1792,
*Naturalized male citizens: 1868, *Non-white men: 1870 *Women in
Wyoming: 1869 * Women in Washington state: 1910 *All women: 1920
*Native Americans: 1924 *Poor people (poll tax prohibited): 1964 *18
year olds: 1971
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Remember when there used to be all these articles about how people in
Europe live longer than Americans because they drink red wine and eat
more olive oil or bullshit like that? Turns out it was universal
healthcare the whole time. --Submitted by rv of ks
Weird
Word of the Week:
Palimpsest – rubbed smooth again: When
writing materials like parchment were scarce and expensive, you
didn’t throw them out because they had been used. Instead, you
washed them with a dilute alkaline solution to weaken the hold of the
ink on the paper, rubbed them down with pumice stone to clean them,
and used them again (medieval monkish writing rooms sometimes had
people who specialized in doing this). The result was a palimpsest.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-pal1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Fluff your down jacket in the dryer and reduce static cling. Throw
in a handful of Wilson Tennis Balls to fluff the down while the
jacket is tumbling in the dryer.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wilson.html
My
garden had a lot of pests this summer but I beat the plants off of
them. The roses are doing great, but I do flower them with praise
every chance I get. Herb your enthusiasm before you run out of
grass.
...........Oh
pardon me I thought I knew you.........Bonnie Raitt …..Have A
Heart
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The name Montana has a Spanish origin. The earliest
Spanish settlers named the state “montaƱa” and it means mountain
in Spanish. Montana is one of the nine mountainous states located in
the western United States.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Breaking News! Mexico will pay for the impeachment.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
GalaxyCon (8-10, Minneapolis) A Festival of Fandom!
https://minneapolis.galaxycon.com/
I look up at least one science fiction convention every week –
sometimes I look up 2 or 3 to find the best one to list here.
GalaxyCon is the only one that send me at least 2 facebook
invitations per day for their con. I don't know if they are really
good, or just desperate.
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
CIMPA Research School “Algebraic and Geometrical Methods in String
Theory” (10/28-11/8, Buenos Aries)
https://www.cimpa.info/en/node/6229
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck break dancing with the stars in the case of
the Aspin
Astronaut.
Cow
wear those bell because their horns don't toot. My dog gave birth out
near the road and the sheriff gave her a ticket for littering. I went
to Gage Park yesterday but they only had one exhibit. It was a
shitzu.
..........She
cried right through As The World Turns.........Bonnie Raitt …..Papa
Come Quick
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Montana has a large population of grizzly bears. This
is probably why the grizzly bear is the state animal of Montana. An
estimated 1800 grizzly bears are thought to be alive today.
Month
of the Week: November is Pomegranate
Month – Perry Pomegranate ran a seedy bar called the Bottomless
Pit; he was an okay bar tender but he didn't take anything for
granted.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Why
is it called “transplant” instead of re-organ-izing? --50nog
Grammar
Joke of the Week: I was an English major, in case there's ever
an emergency involving a comma.
Today's
Peace of History, November
8, 1892: Thirty thousand black and
white, factory and dock workers staged a general strike in New
Orleans, demanding union recognition, closed shops (where all
co-workers join the union), and hour and wage gains. They were joined
by non-industrial laborers, such as musicians, clothing workers,
clerks, utility workers, streetcar drivers, and printers.
The
Ent Wives' archives have been found in a laboratree in Austria. It
contains the ancestree of all the ents and is beleafed to be the
oldest opine ever written down.
..........Over
and over like fire and ice.........Bonnie Raitt …..One Part Be My
Lover
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle November 8, 2019. Peace, Laughs, and Punishment
Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS
66047
Moonbeam:
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. --Margaret
Mitchell
Cost
of War:
As
of 11/7/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,973,583,128,200.
As
of 10/31/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,971,601,576,006.
As
of 11/7/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $930,192,574,058.
As
of 10/31/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $928,845,791,579.
As
of 11/7/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $719,042,367,247.
As
of 10/31/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $717,349,066,196.
As
of 11/7/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $319,055,061,474.
As
of 10/31/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $318,670,260,111.
As
of 11/7/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,941,874,580,286.
As
of 10/31/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,936,467,425,495.
The
American system has been destroying human life in peace and in war,
at home and abroad for decades. Now it has produced the growing
infamy of atom bombing. Besides these brutal facts, the tidbits of
democracy mean nothing. --Dave Dellinger
..........Oh,
Christ, I think he's even combed his hair.........Rickie Lee Jones
…..Chuck E's in Love
I
was the best root vegetables of my generation harvested by evil
machinery plucked from the soil, hysterical, naked....Beet Poetry
Famous
Last Words: ...as he stretched himself to rest. --Theodore
Dreiser Sister Carrie
May
your Peaces be of pie
And
your Joys be to the world
prairie
mama
christine
Last
Laugh:
