Famous
First Words:
The
playing field will be rimmed by a solid white border...
2017
NFL Rulebook
Happy
Birthday, Henry ! If you're going to do something tonight that you'll
be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late. / I take my wife
everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back. --Henny Youngman
..........woo...hoo
hoo hoo hoo hoo..........Tex Ritter …..Cattle Call
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Ways to Promote Peace #47: Learn what the main causes of violence in
your city are.
It
is a frigid (7°F) Friday morning with a breeze that insists that we
acknowledge polar conditions. The matte, pastel blue sky has only a
little silver slipper of a moon to shield it from the cold
winds. The lawn in covered with a thin layer of yesterday's frozen
rain and snow and crunches under foot tries to hide the tufts of
grass below. Puck is small and can walk silently over the surface.
Even the sound of the wind around the corners of the house compete
with motor noises to grace our ears. Puck covers only that part of
the perimeter where squirrels might be waiting to scavenge under the
feeders but they are still abed and so he is ready to return to the
warm. I say a prayer for all those sleeping unsheltered and follow
him inside. Here is smells of fresh coffee and the hummy furnace fan
sends warmth flowing across the room. I hold a hot cup of decaf to
warm my hands and allow the steam to warm my nose before indulging in
the sweet, creamy, rich taste of morning. Ah, and now I get to write
to you, a wonderful way to spend a winter morning.
Happy
National Hot Tea Day, ePistliers, hope your weekend is hot and
steamy.
Some
people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a
restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft
music, and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays / When I told
my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my
X-rays. --Henny Youngman
..........With
hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door.........Ray Price
…..Heartaches By the Number
Trivia
Questions: The University of Russia turns 263 today !
^ Where the heck is
the University of Russia anyway?
^^ What do they call
it today?
^^^ Any idea whether
it is the oldest university in Russia?
^^^^ About how many
student attend, more or less?
^^^^^ Its library is
one of the largest in Russia. Care to guess the number of volumes or
the volume of use?
First
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Cleaning with dogs in your house is like brushing your teeth while
eating Oreos. --Submitted by sd of ks
Shameless
Self Promotion of the Week:
Jo and I will be talking about the Women's March 2018 – Lawrence
Still Marching
(January 20, South Park, 1 pm) on Every
Woman
(KKFI 90.1 fm). ...apparently for the whole hour, wow, until this
moment I assumed were a part of the hour.
Creative
Activism of the Week: Cover
Lawrence with little pink hats. If you have a chance, buy a package
of the 3x3 inch, pink postit notes. Cut a scoop out of the loose end.
Post the note sticky side at the bottom and you have a lovely hat and
room to write something on it. --Women's March
18 – Lawrence Still Marching
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
During
the winter 18% of librarians go outside during their lunch break to
warm up. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
I
told my doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit
going to those places. --Henny Youngman
..........Tell
it to the breeze blowing by.........Glenn Yarbrough & Limeliters
…..Joy Across the Land
Moonbeam:
Nobody
made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do
only a little. --Edmund
Burke
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello:
Moghrey mie – Manx (Isle of Man)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Creative
Solution of the Week: That sea of
plastic in the sea that we keep seeing pictures of on fb, I have the
solution. We gather it all up into a landmass (or plastic mass) tow
it to the middle of the largest space between actual land in the
Pacific and anchor it down. We can throw some topsoil over it and
declare it White Country and all the white supremacists could move
there and leave us alone. We could also use other trash in the ocean
to make a great plastic reef all around it to keep the new trash in
and then the rest of us could enjoy the rest ocean.
Week
of the Week: Dating and Life Coaches
Recognition Week (January 8-14) –Not only do I have a life coach, I
have an assistance coach for offense.
If
at first you don't succeed...so much for skydiving. / Those two are a
fastidious couple. She's fast and he's hideous. --Henny Youngman
..........Some
come to dance, some come to play.........Glenn Yarbrough &
Limeliters …..There's a Meetin' Here Tonight
^
RU is located in Moscow, Russia.
Almanac:
It is Friday, January 12, 2018. The moon will be new next Monday and
is in Sagittarius. It is Kiss A Ginger Day and
National Hot Tea Day. In Tanzania it is Zanzibar Revolution Day.
Among
those born on this day were Adrian van Utrecht (1599), Pierre de
Fermat (1665), Edmund Burke (1729), John Hancock (1737), John Singer
Sargent (1856), Jack London (1876), Hermann Goering (1893), Henny
Youngman (1906), Tex Ritter (1906), Charles Martin (1910), Ray Price
(1926), Glenn Yarborough (1930), Joe Frazier (1944), Bob McEwen
(1950), and Rush Limbaugh (1951).
On
January twelfth Händel's
Ottone
premiered (1723), the university in Russia was established (1755),
the Royal Astronomical Society was founded (1820), anthracite coal
was first used to smelt iron (1839), x-rays were first used in the US
(1896), the football rules committee legalized the forward pass
(1906), the Dow Jones closed above 100 for the first time (1906),
Hattie W Caraway was elected the first woman senator (D-AR, 1932),
the National War Labor Board was created (1942), the first
supermarket opened in the UK (1948), Authrur
Godfrey and his Friends
premiered on tv (1949), the University of Tennessee admitted its
first black student (1952), the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference was founded (1957), Hullabaloo
premiered on tv (1965), Batman
premiered on tv (1966), the Congressional Black Caucus was orgnaized
(1971), Libya & Tunisia merged into the Islamic Arab Republic
(1974), Idi Amin was expelled from Zaire (1989), and the OJ Simpson
murder trail opened (1995).
Night
Sky, 1/12: Sirius,
the Dog Star, rises in the east-southeast around the end of twilight
now, if you're near latitude 40° north (New York, Denver, Madrid,
Athens). From such latitudes, Procyon — 2½ fists at arm's length
to Sirius's left — precedes it up; "Procyon" is from the
ancient Greek for "before the dog." but
if you're as far south as San Diego, the Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, or
Cairo, Egypt, they rise almost at the same time.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
RustyCon – January 12-14, Settle Airport Marriott. A
science fiction and fantasy convention that spans writing, science,
art, costuming, and gaming. https://www.facebook.com/rustycon/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
High School Science Teacher & Research Partners – January
12-13, San Diego, CA.
https://murdocktrust.org/grant-opportunities/high-school-science-teachers-and-research-partners/
This
Week: Saturday, January 13 –
Eagle Day & Korean American Day & Public Radio Day
Night
Sky, 1/13:
In
early dawn of Saturday the 13th, the waning crescent Moon hangs far
to the lower left of Jupiter and Mars and upper left of Antares. Far
lower left of the Moon, near the southeast horizon, use binoculars to
help find Mercury and Saturn as dawn brightens. They're still roughly
1° apart, Mercury is below Saturn.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Sunday,
January 14 – International Kite Day & No Pants Subway
Ride Day & National Sunday Supper Day
Monday,
January 15 – Martin Luther King Day & Humanitarian Day &
National Crowd Feed Day
Night
Sky, 1/15: After
dinnertime at this coldest time of the year (on average, for many
places), the dim Little Dipper hangs straight down from Polaris, the
end of its long handle — as if from a nail on the cold north wall
of the sky. In warm June, by contrast, the Little Dipper's bowl
floats up from Polaris, like a helium balloon escaped from a summer
party, trailing its string.
Tuesday,
January 16 – Appreciate a Dragon Day & Nothing Day
Wednesday,
January 17 – International Mentoring Day & Kid
Inventors' Day & Popeye Day
Thursday,
January 18 – Pooh (Winnie the) Day & Thesaurus Day
A
doctor gave a man 6 months to live. The man couldn't pay his bill,
so he gave him another 6 months. / You look like a talent scout for a
cemetery. --Henny Youngman
..........I
do not love for silver.........Glenn Yarbrough & Limeliters
…..Baby, the Rain Must Fall
^^
The university was renamed in 1940 after the founder, Lomonosov,
Moscow State University (MSU).
Next
Funniest thing I read of the Week: No man ever believes that
the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says
when he means. --George Bernard Shaw
Moonbeam:
Never judge someone by their relatives. --Charles Martin
Late
Night Snacks: “Bannon has caught holy hell
from his own supporters. In the last 24 hours alone, candidates he
has endorsed have abandoned him; he lost his biggest billionaire
donor; even the alt-right is turning its back on Steve Bannon. It’s
true, they’re so embarrassed of Bannon that a lot of the alt-right
have started covering their faces with hoods!” --Stephen Colbert
/ “I will say this: If you believe that he
didn’t want to win, then it’s hard to believe that he colluded
with the Russians, right? If anything, instead of trying to shut this
book down, Trump should be sending a copy to Robert Mueller to be
like, ‘You see? It exonerates me!’ ‘The part where it says
you’re an idiot?’ ‘No, no, go on further!’” --Trevor Noah /
Tickets for the game last night were at a
minimum of $2,000. But, as part of that price you got to see
President Trump try to sing our national anthem. It appears he might
not know all the words to his anthem he talks about so much. Yeah, no
way he wins “Lip-Sync Battle” with a performance like that. The
only part of the song he remembers is "red glare," because
that's also the shade of the fake tanner he uses. --Jimmy Kimmel /
In Trump's defense, it's hard to sing a song while you're also trying
to compose tweets in your head. --James Corden / Congratulations to
Alabama, who overcame a 13-point deficit to win the College Football
National Championship! Man, I'm just happy to say the words "Alabama"
and "13" and not be talking about Roy Moore. --Jimmy
Fallon / Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said
yesterday that Oprah Winfrey does not have enough political
experience to run for president. I don't know what he said next, but
it had to be "Why is everybody laughing?" --Seth Meyers
50
Ways to Promote Peace #46: Be patient in all aspects of life.
I've
been in love with the same woman for 43 years. If my wife finds out,
she'll kill me. / Why do Jewish divorces cost so much? They're worth
it. --Henny Youngman
..........Runnin'
into trouble just to pass away the time.........Glenn Yarbrough &
Limeliters …..The Bull Frog Son
^^^
Saint Petersburg State University and Moscow State
University engage in friendly rivalry over the title of Russia's
oldest university. Though Moscow State University was founded in
1755, its competitor in St. Petersburg has had a continuous existence
as a "university" since 1819 and sees itself as the
successor of an academy established on January 24, 1724, by a decree
of Peter the Great.
Worthless
Facts of the Week: The National War Labor Board (NWLB) was
appointed by Wilson to mediate labor disputes during WWI. It was
disbanded in 1919, 6 ½ months after the war ended.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: AG
Jeff Sessions is cracking down on marijuana because the number of
fatalities caused by consuming cannabis is now equal to the number of
people who have been gored to death by unicorns.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Rozzer – mildly deprecatory term for the police. (UK) “It’s
crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide.”
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-roz1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Store tinder. Store dry fire tinder inside a Trojan Condom to
protest it from wet or rainy weather conditions.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/trojan.html
I've
got all the money I'll ever need, if I die by 4 o'clock. / You have a
nice personality, but not for a human being. --Henny Youngman
...........Mothers
with their babes asleep, are rockin' to the gentle beat.........Glenn
Yarbrough & Limeliters …..City of New Orleans
^^^^
Currently
the university employs more than 4,000 academics and 15,000 support
staff. Approximately 5,000 scholars work at the university's research
institutes and related facilities. More than 40,000 undergraduates
and 7,000 advanced degree candidates are enrolled. More than 5,000
specialists participate in refresher courses for career enhancement.
Annually, the university hosts approximately 2,000 students, graduate
students, and researchers from around the world.
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Savagery – being fierce or
cruel. King John, Act IV, Scene III –Salisbury: ...this is
the bloodiest shame, the wildest savagery, the vilest stroke...
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Crystal King Cavern in West Liberty, Ohio. Ohio's largest and most
beautiful cavern.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g51127-d1422439-i60606199-Ohio_Caverns-West_Liberty_Ohio.html
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck keeping an eye on the lion tamer in the case
of the Circus Cierny.
My
wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way. / This is an elegant
hotel! Room service has an unlisted number. --Henny Youngman
..........One
last bridge and one less load.........Glenn Yarbrough &
Limeliters …..One More River
^^^^^
The
university's main library's estimates that it contains approximately
9,000,000 volumes. The library serves around 55,000 readers per year,
using approximately 5,500,000 books.
Month
of the Week:
January is National Braille Literacy Month –Here's a website that
will show you what your name looks like in Braille. I understand the
irony of what Braille looks like, if you don't have a machine that
can raise little dots, it's all you've got.
http://braillebug.afb.org/thenamegame.asp
Today's
Peace of History, January
12, 1957: The
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was founded by Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and other African-American clergymen who
wanted to press for civil rights long denied members of their
community. Sixty black ministers from ten states went to Atlanta,
Georgia, to set up the coordinating group.
Today's
Peace of Labor History, January 12, 1962:
Federal workers were guaranteed the the right to join unions and
bargain collectively after President John F. Kennedy signed Executive
Order 10988.
Today's
Peace of Women's History, January 12, 1932:
Hattie Wyatt
Caraway (D-Arkansas) became the first woman elected to the US Senate,
eventaully she would become the first woman to chair a Senate
Committee and the first to serve as the Senate’s presiding officer.
A
self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student. / Why
do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to. --Henny
Youngman
..........Now
blue ain't the word for the way that I feel.........Ray Price
…..Crazy Arms
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle, One Liner ePistle, January, 12, 2018. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Generic Tag Line. Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct.
Lawrence, KS 66046
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I've
decided my 2018 will start February 1st,
January is a free trial month.
Moonbeam:
Education is dangerous – every educated person is a future enemy.
--Hermann Goering
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 1/12/17: $794,899,383,515.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 1/4/17: $794,208,159,495.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 1/12/17:
$821,163,980,057.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 1/4/17:
$821,143,778,937.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 1/12/17:
$1,809,820,768,461.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 1/4/17:
$1,808,377,223,432.
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Ways to Promote Peace #45: Host art/poetry events with the theme of
peace. http://uncustomary.org/50-ways-promote-peace/
..........If
a tree don't fall on me, I'll live till I die.........Tex Ritter
…..Rye Whiskey ~~For our mother
If
you had your life to live over again, do it overseas. / The horse I
bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip. --Henny
Youngman
Famous
Last Words: Same Bat channel. --Batman Television Series.
May
Peace flavor your cup
And
Joy sweeten your tea
prairie
mama
christine
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