Famous
First Words: Charles the Second, by the grace of God...
--Charter of the Territory of Pennsylvania
Happy
International Bagpipe Day ! Do you know about the joke invented by a
drunk Irishman? It's called bagpipes and the Scots still don't get
it. / What's the only thing worse than a bagpiper? Good question,
I'll get back to you.
..........Philosophy,
is the talk on a cereal box..........Edie Brickell …..What I Am
It's
crucial to understand that as a society, we can reorganize. We can
reorganize socially, politically, and economically, and we can
reorganize according to our values. --Rebecca Adamson
It
is a chilly (27°F) Friday morning. There is not a cloud in the sky,
not even a waning jet trail and the breeze is light but cold. Bird
song is full and varied from the cheeing of the starling flock, the
call and answer of unseen cardinals to the friendly chirping of the
sparrows. There is even a woodpecker somewhere beating out
percussion. Puck runs the perimeter and determines neither squirrels
nor rabbits haunt the backyard and so he moves on to smell smaller,
interior clumps of grass. The cold has muted recent scents of
spring...soil and dampness, growth and flowers. It's true the willow
is dressed in spring green and showing it off in the wind. And trees
with white blossoms are dancing about in their new clothes. If it
weren't cold, it would be a delightful sight. But I retreat to the
breezeless inside, to the warmth and hum of the furnace, to the smell
and taste of fresh brewed decaf. I observe a moment of silence,
mouth full of the taste of sweet coffee, thoughts of you in my head.
Ahhh, and then the trash truck passes by, straining to a stop, and
crashes and banging trash cans. Reality intrudes again.
Hope
the weekend is a grace note**, ePistliers.
**Bagpiper's
grace note - a short note which isn't part of the melody and
doesn't officially take up any time
**
Embellishment - clusters of grace notes which produce particular
rhythmic effects.
Why
do so many people hate a bagpipe right off? It saves time. / A
group of terrorists hijacked a plane full of bagpipers. They called
ground control with a list of demands. Then they told the negotiator
if their demands aren't met they will release one bagpiper player an
hour.
..........We'll
never be this forever..........Edie Brickell …..Stranger Things
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, Purdue.
^
Where is Purdue anyway?
^^
About how many students attend Purdue?
^^^
Where did the name come from?
^^^^
What is the Purdue mascot?
^^^^^
In what conference does Purdue play sports?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
During a normal work day, a librarian will ask "How did that
happen?" 47 times.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
The world is my country, science is my religion. --Constantijn
Huygens Jr.
Know
why bagpipers always walk when they play; a moving target is harder
to hit. / Know why bagpipers always walk when they play; so they can
annoy even more people.
..........Raise
the window, listen to the rain..........Edie Brickell …..Times
Like This
Something
to Think About of the Week: So, if we're going to fast from
anything this Lent, Pope Francis suggests that even more than candy
or alcohol, we fast from indifference towards others.
Big
Hello: Salut/ Bouônjour – Jèrriais (Norman language –
Channel Islands)
Week
of the Week: National Sleep Awareness
Week … Fall asleep much faster – decorate your bedroom like a
church.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week: RevelCon 28: The Little Con
with a Texas Sized Heart (3/10-12, Houston TX) …
Other
Convention of the Week:
This week my daughter attended National Bike Summit 2017 in DC.
http://bikeleague.org/summit
--The
pedestrian (lemming) stepped off the curb into the road without
looking and got knocked down by a passing cyclist: “You were lucky”
said the cyclist “What are you on about! That really hurt!” said
the pedestrian “Usually I drive a bus!” the cyclist replied.
Have
you ever heard anyone say, “that's the bagpiper's Porsche”? / The
very definition of a gentleman is someone who knows how to play
bagpipes but doesn't.
..........I've
spent a little time with you, I want a little more..........Edie
Brickell …..Good Times
^
Purdue is in Lafayette, Indiana
Almanac:
It is Friday, March 10, 2017. The moon will be full (Worm) on Sunday
and is in Virgo. In addition to International
Bagpipe Day it is International Day of Awesomeness, Land Line
Telephone Day, Mario Day, Salvation Army Day, US Paper Money Day,
Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and World Sleep Day.
Dominica and St Lucia celebrate Independence Day (1967) and Laos
comemmorates Teachers' Day. Because it is Friday it is also Arbor
Day in New Mexico and Middle Name Pride Day.
Among
those born on this day were Ferdinand I of Germany (1503),
Constantije Huygens Jr. (1628), John Playfair (1748), Willem R
Foelofs (1822), Alexander III Romanov (1845), Jakob Wassermann
(1873), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Sam Jaffe (1891), Arthur Honnegger
(1892), James Herriot (1916), Jethro Burns (1920 or 23, there is a
dispute), Ara Parseghian (1923), James Earl Ray (1928), Gary Owens
(1935), Chuck Norris (Carlos Ray, 1940), Kim Campbell (1947), Eddie
Grundy (1948), Sharon Stone (1958), and Edie Brickell (1966).
On
March tenth William Penn received a charter for the territory of
Pennsylvania (1681), Franklin and Marshell College was founded
(1787), the pile driver was patented (1791), Hawaii minted its first
money (1847), the US issued its first paper money (1862), Purdue
University admitted its first student (1874), Bell made the first
telephone call (1876), Franck's Psyche
debuted (1888), the multigraph duplicating machine was patented
(1903), Ravel's Sonatine
premiered (1906), The Pittsburgh
Courier
began publishing (1910), Nevada became the first state to regulate
narcotics (1933), J Edgar Hoover declined the post of baseball
commissioner (1951), Sweet Bird of
Youth
premiered (1959), James Earl Ray plead guilty to the murder of Martin
Luther King, Jr (1969), the Rings of Uranus were discovered (1977),
and 1 million Greeks attended Melina Mercouri's funeral (1994).
Night
Sky (3/10):
The waxing moon shines to the right of the Sickle of Leo, a few
degrees to the lower left of Regulus.
This
Week: Saturday, March 11 –
National Johnny Appleseed Day & National Worship of Tools Day
Sunday,
March 12 – Plant a Flower Day & Daylight Saving Time Day
Night
Sky (3/12): If you follow the curve of the Dipper's handle out
and around by a little more than a Dipper length, you'll arc
to Arcturus, now
rising in the east.
Monday,
March 13 – Good Samaritan Day & K9 Veterans Day
Night
Sky (3/13): Half an hour after sunset, Mars, Uranus are
within a few degrees of each other and Venus is to their lower right
are visible west. Mercury is also in the west in the evening sky.
Tuesday,
March 14 – Learn About Butterflies Day & National Pi Day
Night
Sky (3/14): Look
at the two stars forming the open top of the Dipper's bowl. Follow
this line past the bowl's lip far across the sky, and you crash
into Capella.
Wednesday,
March 15 – National Shoe the World Day & Everything You
Think Is Wrong Day
Night
Sky (3/15): Before sunrise we have Jupiter (SW), Saturn (S),
Neptune and Venus (E).
Thursday,
March 16 – Everything You Do Is Right Day & National
Freedom of Information Day
You
can tell the bunch of people on your porch are bagpipers because no
one know when to come in. / Did you hear about the bagpiper who
played in tune? Neither did I.
..........Give
me strength and give me love..........Edie Brickell …..Black and
Blue
^^
about 40,000 students attend Purdue
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: I'm no biologist but has anyone
tried sprinkling salt on Steve Bannon. --Sarah Lazarus submitted by
lj of ks
Moonbeam:
Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. --James Herriot
Late
Night Snacks: A new financial app from JP
Morgan can now do in seconds what it once took Wall Street financiers
360,000 hours to accomplish. That’s right, the app wrecks the
global economy. --Conan O'Brien / For those of you keeping score at
home, Donald Drumpf has gone golfing six times in 30 days. That
explains the bumper sticker on Air Force One: “I’d rather be
golfing, and there’s a 20% chance that I am.” --Stephen Colbert
/ Apparently, House Republicans are keeping their Obamacare
replacement bill hidden in a basement in Congress, and other
lawmakers can’t get to it. Then Nicolas Cage was like, “Don’t
worry, you guys — I got this! I gotta break through the dome and
find the hidden treasure!” --Jimmy Fallon / The Senate today also
confirmed Ben Carson as secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
The news came as a surprise to Carson, who thought he dreamed it.
--Seth Meyers / Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were the presenters
that announced the wrong film. Basically they were the Sean Spicers
of the Oscars. --James Corden
Why
are they the ones that get to say what is right and wrong? The
profits before people way makes it hard to get along. We want a
world that's fair and just with peace for everyone. We've got to go
on now, we must, before our world is done. We want our world back.
--Robert Alan Silverstein.
The
bagpiper has fingers like lightning; they rarely struck the same spot
twice. / How many bagpipers does it take to screw in a light bulb? 5:
one to do it and four to criticize his fingering style.
..........But
they whisper in my soul..........Edie Brickell …..Strings of Love
^^^
Businessman
John Purdue
donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology,
and agriculture in his name.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: In 1847, the Kingdom of Hawai'i, under the
reign of King Kamehaheha III, issued its first official coinage—a
large one-cent copper penny—to alleviate the chronic shortage of
small denomination coins circulating in the kingdom.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Yuhangyuan – the Chinese term for an astronaut. (replaces taikonaut
– a western word made up to mean Chinese astronaut)
http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-yuh1.htm
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I'm calling a family
meeting. Because Mommy can't fight fascism if she has to pick up
after y'all. --Jane Wright Jones --submitted by ls of ks
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Stop yourself from biting your fingernails. Use a cotton swab to dab
your fingernails with Tabasco Pepper Sauce. Let dry. Should your
fingernails unconsciously wander up to your lips, the zesty tang will
quickly jolt your attention, reminding you to correct your behavior.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tabasco.html
The
difference between a trampoline and a bagpipe is that you take your
shoes off when you jump on a trampoline. / Know how to make a chain
saw sound like a bagpipe, add more vibrato.
...........Looked
up through the white light and reached out his hand..........Edie
Brickell …..Lost In the Moment
^^^^
Purdue
Pete
is a mascot of Purdue. Despite his visible and constant on-field
presence at Purdue sporting events, Pete is not the official mascot
of the university. The official mascot of Purdue is the Boilermaker
Special.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: fixture – a piece of
equipment or furniture that is fixed in position. The Merry Wives
of Windsor Act III Scene III Falstaff: ...and the firm fixture
of thy foot would give an excellent motion to thy gait in a
semi-circled farthingale.
Amazing
Thing on the Internet of the Week:
Astronaut Kjell Lindren playing Amazing
Grace on the bagpipes
on the International Space Station: Click
Here
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck ignoring the Great White Light in the case
of the Mystic Mioritic.
Funniest
Video on the Internet of the Week:
East India Company singing “Trump USA” in the style of the
Village People's YMCA.
http://boingboing.net/2017/02/28/watch-the-trump-song-a-parod.html
In
some parts of the world leaving your bagpipes on the dashboard serves
as a handicapped parking permit. / What's the difference between the
Great Highland and the Northumbrian bagpipes? The GHB burns longer
but the Northumbrian burns hotter.
..........I
heard the angels laughing way above my head..........Edie Brickell
…..10,000 Angels
^^^^^
Purdue is part of the Big Ten Conference.
Month
of the Week: March is Mad for Plaid
Month …
Shameless
Self Promotion of the Week:
Pictures from the Stand Up to Hate demonstration are online at
http://dovedrop8.wixsite.com/prairiemama/fear-2016
Famous
Kansans:
Clark Joseph Kent (1938), adopted child of Jonathan & Martha Kent
of Smallville, KS, aka Kal-El, aka Superman.
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman_(Clark_Kent)
Today's
Peace of History, March
10, 1968: Cesar
Chavez ended a 23-day fast for US farm workers in a Delano,
California, public park with 4000 supporters at his side including
Senator Robert Kennedy (D-New York). Cesar Chavez led the effort to
organize farm workers into a union for better pay and better working
and living conditions.
..........There
comes somebody like you..........Edie Brickell …..Once In a Blue
Moon
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle March 10, 2017. eMbellished ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Fake?
Real? Both are Bullsh*t.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
Amid all the revolutions of the globe, the economy of
Nature has been uniform, ... and her laws are the only things that
have resisted the general movement. The rivers and the rocks, the
seas and the continents, have been changed in all their parts; but
the laws which direct those changes, and the rules to which they are
subject, have remained invariably the same. -John Playfair
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 3/9/17: $765,282,072,910.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 2/23/17: $764,310,772,154.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 3/9/17:
$820,298,378,835.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 2/23/17:
$820,269,991,517.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 3/9/17: $13,999,487,926.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 2/23/17: $13,850,204,096.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 3/9/17:
$144,090,139,307.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 2/23/17:
$143,259,500,614.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 3/9/17:
$1,745,940,586,232.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 2/23/17:
$1,747,968,828,708.
No
piecemeal solution is going to prevent the collapse of whole
societies and ecosystems...a radical re-thinking of our values,
priorities, and political systems is urgent. --Maude Barlow
..........When
I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye..........Edie Brickell
…..Circle
How
can you tell if a bagpiper has perfect pitch? He can throw a baseball
into the middle of a pond and not hit any of the ducks. / Playing a
bagpipe is a lot like throwing javelin blindfolded; you don't have to
be very good to get people's attention.
Famous
Last Words: The miracle of love is at last complete.
--Franck's Psyché
May
Peace be your birl
And
Joy your roll
prairie
mama
christine
Last
Laugh:
**Birl
- Onomatopoeic name for a Highland bagpipe embellishment on low A,
consisting of two very fast taps or strikes to low G.
**Roll
- An embellishment used in uilleann piping, consisting of two grace
notes on the melody note. The name derives from an analogous fiddle
decoration.
