Famous
First Words: Boy, oh, boy...Willy Loman Death of a
Salesman
It's
All the News That's Fit To Print Day! Headlines: Juvenile Court to
Try Shooting Defendant / War Dims Hope for Peace
..........One
of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing........Leontyne
Price …..Summertime
How
wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting
to improve the world. --Anne Frank
It
is a warm (44°F) and
windy (S13 mph) Friday morning. The sky is nearly clear with clouds
bunching up in the east to bask in the rising sun and bake to gold
and pink. Birds and motors vie as front men in the morning symphony
with the breeze at rhythm. There is a hint of dampness in the air
although the soil and the pavement are dry; I try to smell spring but
the wind blows it away before I can grasp it. Pax joins Puck and
they play a game of tag around the yard, over the deck, back to me.
Puck is faster but not much. A noisy, smelly school bus pulls up to
the corner and swallows the few children standing there while two
little boys on little bicycles wait on the curb. The gusts are
beginning to make me cold and Puck is tired so we return indoors to
incense and coffee and still, still air. Best of all, I'm now seated
with a creamy, sweet cup of Moose Munch and the creamy, sweet thought
of you on my mind. O, what a beautiful morning...
Hope
your weekend grabs the headlines, ePistliers.
Headlines:
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges / Local High School Dropouts Cut in
Half
A
pizza chain has begun selling an alternative-fact zero-calorie pizza
with bacon, pepperoni, sausage, and ham.
..........J'avais
cru comprendre, ma mère..........Leontyne Price .....Les Dialogues
des Carmelites
Trivia
Questions: Happy National Umbrella Day
^
About how much do US citizens spend of umbrellas in a year?
^^
When was the modern folding umbrella invented?
^^^
Who installed giant yellow umbrellas as an art project?
^^^^
Care to guess where the Umbrella Cover Museum is?
^^^^^
Know where the world's umbrella capital is?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
90% of librarians have been late to an appointment because they were
checking out the nearby library first.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love
today. --William Allen White
Headlines:
Parents Keep Kids Home to Protest School Closure / Newest Residents
Are From Elsewhere
White
House adviser Kellyanne Conway defended Spicer's "alternative
facts," leaving Jimmy Fallon to wonder if she's alternative
sober. --Jimmy Fallon
..........Where
the calm morning shone..........Leontyne Price …..Aida
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Spiritual Activism is rooted in an understanding of interdependence,
and works to end of the suffering of all beings, even our opponents.
Nothing could be more inspiring and more rewarding than being the
change we want to see in the world, within and without.
https://matadornetwork.com/bnt/the-11-keys-of-spiritual-activism/
Big
Hello: Godaw – Jutish (Peninsula of Jutland)
Week
of the Week: Children's Authors &
Illustrators Week (February 5-11)
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week: Kanpai! Con (February 10-12,
Omaha, NE). Kanpai!Con will be a community-focused annual Japanese
cultural appreciation convention, with a focus on anime, manga, and
Japanese video gaming. http://kanpaicon.com/
Headlines:
Kids Make Nutritious Snacks / Alton attorney accidentally sues
himself
And
at Dulles Airport, a 5-year-old Iranian boy was detained for hours
and kept from his mother. Or as Kellyanne Conway calls it,
"alternative daycare." --Stephen Colbert
..........la
terra un ciel sembrò..........Leontyne Price Il Trovatore
^
The annual market for umbrellas, in the United States
alone, is around $350 million
Almanac:
It is Friday, February 10, 2017. The moon is full (Snow) today and
is in Leo. National Cream Cheese Brownie Day,
National Home Warranty Day, National Umbrella Day, Plimsoll Day, and
All The News That's Fit To Print Day.
Among
those born on this day were John Suckling (1609), Horbert van Flowers
(1670), William Congreve (1670), Johann Melchior Molter (1696),
Charles Lamb (1775), William Allen White (1868), Jesse G. Vincent
(1880), Boris L. Pasternak (1890), Jimmy Durante (1893), Bertolt
Brecht (1898), Max Schubert (1905), Walter Brown (1905), Lon Changey
Jr. (1906), Leontyne Price (1927), Robert Wagner (1930), Hamish
Imlach (1940), Mark Spitz and Mike Rutherford (1950), and Jayhawk
Owens (1969).
On
February tenth the Academie Francaise was founded (Paris, 1635),
Edmund Halley was appointed second Astronomer Royal of England
(1763), Haydn's 99th Symphone in E premiered (1794), Victoria married
Albert (1840), the first US fire extinguisher was patented (1863),
YWCA was founded (1870), the Peace of Zanjon was signed (1878),
Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphone in F premiered (1878), Coolidge requested
a second disarmament conference (1927), New Delhi became the capital
of India (1931), Tom and Jerry debut (1940), the WWII peace treaties
were signed (1947), Death of a Salesman
opened (1949), and Eisenhower warned against intervention in Vietnam
(1954).
Night
Sky, 2/10:
The evening sky hosts 2 bright planets (Venus & Mars), two faint
ones (Uranus & Neptune) , and even a “dwarf planet”, Ceres.
They line up in the south Neptune, above that Venus, then Mars,
higher up Uranus, and Ceres on top.
This
Week: Saturday, February 11 –
Stress Awareness Day & National Shut-in Visitation Day
Night
Sky 2/12:
A
penumbral lunar
eclipse will take place on February 11, 2017, the first of two
lunar eclipses in 2017. It will not quite be total.
This chart can help you find the times in your area:
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2017-february-11
Sunday,
February 12 – Darwin Day & Paul Bunyan Day
Night
Sky, 2/12: Mercury, Saturn, and Jupiter grace the
morning sky. Mercy to the east ; Saturn west and above it, and
Jupiter near the west.
Monday,
February 13 – Clean Out Your Computer Day & World Radio
Day & International Condom Day
Tuesday,
February 14 – National Have A Heart Day &
Extraterrestrial Culture/Visitor Day
Night
Sky, 2/14: Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova is currently
visible with binoculars in the morning sky in the constellation
Hercules.
Wednesday,
February 15 – Susan B Anthony Day & Random Acts of
Kindness Day
Thursday,
February 16 – Kyoto Protocol Day
Headlines:
Missippi's Literacy Program Shows Improvement / Federal Agents Raid
Gun Shop, Find Weapons
Alternative
Fact Tweets: I've
NEVER done drugs in my life nor have I ever swore in public nor
smoked a cigarette. --Courtney Love
..........the
small circle of the earth..........Leontyne Price …..Antony and
Cleopatra
^^
Though umbrellas (and their sunny cousins parasols) are believed to
have thousands of years of history, the folding umbrella was only
created in 1928.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: Vocabulary building is fun: Hip poc
ra cy --- A system of government in which citizens are rules by
hippopotami. --submited by arh of ak
Moonbeam:
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank.
--Bertolt Brecht
Late
Night Snacks: Today is Groundhog Day.
Punxsutawney Phil came out and saw his shadow, which means Drumpf is
going to start fights with six more countries. --Jimmy Fallon /
Today was Groundhog Day, the day where we predict six more weeks of
winter if the groundhog sees his shadow. The groundhog has been
predicting weather since 1887 and has been wrong 61 percent of the
time. And yet, this is still front-page news every year. So I guess
fake news isn’t a recent phenomenon. --James Corden / Today is
Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil came out of his burrow, and was
immediately captured and detained for extreme vetting. Things have
changed since last year, Phil. --Seth Meyers / Happy Groundhog Day! I
don’t know if you saw the late-breaking news, but today America’s
foremost psychic rodent, Punxsutawney Phil, came out of his hole and
indeed saw his shadow. So the bad news is six more weeks of winter.
The good news — we have six more weeks! --Stephen Colbert
There
may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there
must never be a time when we fail to protest. --Elie Wiesel
Headlines:
Planes Forced to Land at Airports / Diana Still Alive Hours Before
She Died
Alternative
Tweet: It is Not Monday. It is Still the Weekend. Period -David
Schneider
..........Ihr
Schlaf ist rein, ihr Sinn ist klar..........Leontyne Price
…..Ariadine auf Naxos
^^^
In 1991, the artist Christo installed giant yellow umbrellas in a
California mountain pass.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The Pact
of Zanjón ended the armed struggle of Cubans for independence
from Spain that lasted from 1868 to 1878, the 10 Years War. On
February 10, 1878, a group of negotiators representing the rebels
gathered in Zanjón, a village in Camagüey, and signed the document
offered them by the Spanish commander in Cuba. The end of
hostilities did not represent a military victory for either side, but
a recognition by both sides of their "mutual exhaustion”.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Tripudiate – dance with excitement or figuratively trample on an
opponent in triumph.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-tri3.htm
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Dogs can't operate an MRI
Machine, but cats can.
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Combat the common cold. Mix 10 to 20 drops Tabasco Pepper Sauce in a
glass of tomato juice. Drink several of these decongestant tonics
daily to help relieve congestion in the nose, sinuses, and lungs.
Or gargle with 10-20 drops Tabasco sauce mixed in a glass of water to
clear out the respiratory tract.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tabasco.html
Headlines:
Rain Biggest Factor in Flooding / Statistics Show That Teen Pregnancy
Drops Off Significantly After Age 25
Alternative
Fact Tweet: Millions cheer as mike Pence greets adoring crowds along
the inauguration parade route. --Donald Drumpf
...........Now
the real happiness is just begun.........Leontyne Price …..Porgy
and Bess
^^^^
There
is an Umbrella
Cover Museum on an island off the coast of Maine.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Excitement –something that
arouses enthusiasm and eagerness, Hamlet Act IV Scene IV
Hamlet: That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd,
excitements of my reason and my blood, and let all sleep?
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Orange is the new anti-black. --submitted by lj of ks
Activism
of the Week:
Sign in front of a church – turn off the news and love your
neighbor
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week:
Koala Cam – San Diego Zoo
http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/koala-cam
~~spoiler alert: Koala's sleep a lot.
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck at the dentist in the case of the Halitosic
Halden.
Headlines:
Stabbing Disrupts Class for Anger Management / Homeless Man Under
House Arrest
Guess
the number of jelly beans. Me: 87 / You: 134 / Sean Spicer: 1.5
million
..........The
riddles are three, death is one..........Leontyne Price …..Turandot
^^^^^
Most Chinese umbrellas are manufactured in the town
of Songxia, population 110,000. The city produces 350 million
umbrellas a year. Each worker is expected to sew 40 umbrellas an
hour.
Month
of the Week: February is Spunky Old
Broad Month.
Famous
Kansans:
Elmer Gantry (1927), evangelist and title character in the Sinclair
Lewis novel of the same name; attended college in Kansas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU2_1OgFSWY
Today's
Peace of History, February
10, 1961:
The Voice of Nuclear Disarmament, a pirate radio station, began
operation offshore of Great Britain. https://vimeo.com/142881495
Headlines:
Black History Month Will Be Held Feb. 23 / Slowdown Continues to
Accelerate
Alternative
Fact Star Wars Edition: The Death Star did not blow up Alderaan.
Alderaan blew itself up. Period.
..........A
me s'accosta, e tacito..........Leontyne Price …..Don Giovanni
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle February 10, 2017, nEwsy ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
No
news is fit to read.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of
being dull. --William Congreve
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Republicans are the true snowflakes (They're all white, they're cold,
and if you put enough of em together they'll shut down public
schools). --submitted by cj of ks
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 2/9/16: $762,599,588,319.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 2/2/16: $761,913,377,098.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 2/9/16:
$820,219,979,877.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 2/2/16:
$820,199,924,267.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 2/9/16: $13,587,197,173.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 2/2/16: $13,481,727,687.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 2/9/16:
$141,796,078,981.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 2/2/16:
$141,209,226,737.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 2/9/16:
$1,742,366,010,078.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 2/2/16:
$1,740,933,931,082.
You
never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change
something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
--R. Buckminster Fuller
..........Just
one more step now..........Leontyne Price …..Madame Butterfly
Headlines;
City Council Runs Out of Time to Discuss Shorter Meetings / Total
Lunar Eclipse Will Be Broadcast Live on Northwoods Public Radio
Famous
Last Words: We're free...we're free. Linda Death of a
Salesman
May
Peace be your headline
And
Joy your masthead
prairie
mama
christine
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