Famous
First Words: When I wrote the following pages... Henry David
Thoreau Walden
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..........About
a funny old world that's coming along.........Bob Dylan …..Song To
Woody
I
raise my voice not so that I can shout but so those without a voice
can be heard. --Malala Yousafzai
It
is a gorgeous Friday morning. 69°F is cool and refreshing. The sky
is smeared with pure white swirls and dots barely moving across as
azure sky. Grass is green and the flowers of various colors are
nestled here and there as if painted by a large hand. Birds supply a
sound track of chirps and cheeps with the local murder of crows
singing bass. Rabbits flee before the mighty Puck who, after an
initial warning, does not continue to bark. He does bark at the
three little dogs who have moved into the corner house. They have a
newly constructed fence and can run into the yard and bark directly
at Puck who, of course, barks back - he loves the sound of his own
voice. We make our way to the end of the cul-de-sac and start back.
We breathe in the smell of damp soil and floral scents and mown grass
that change with each yard we pass. And so we make it back
home..home to the smell of brewing coffee and spent incense. I sit
now, my decaf sweetened and creamed and ready at my right hand. But
best of all I have you on my mind. What a great day!
Hope
your weekend is unforseeably wonderful, ePistliers
I
was thinking of going to this psychic that opened an office down the
block. But I changed my mind, because, you know, it's a psychic?
Then I got the text message that said, "Too bad”.
..........I
can see through your masks.........Bob Dylan …..Masters of War
Trivia
Questions: Today is the International Day of the World's
Indigenous Peoples
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Who designated August 9th as Indigenous Peoples Day?
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Any idea how many people are identified as “indigenous”?
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What part of the world has the most “indigenous” groups?
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And how many languages do they speak?
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More or less, how many indigenous folks does the US have?
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: I tell them my
name is Impeach at Starbucks so they yell out Impeach
when my coffee is ready. Sometimes I wait till they say it a few
times because I like the sound of it. --Lisa --Submitted by ksz of
ks
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
95%
of public librarians swear they're sad when summer reading is over
... When asked by the public.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
I
called the Clairvoyance Services company in the phone book and got
hold of Alex. I asked if it was possible to get a 2 o'clock
appointment next Thursday but he said it wouldn't work because I
would break my leg on Tuesday.
..........Someone
to open each and every door.........Bob Dylan …..It Ain't Me Babe
Moonbeam:
I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing. --Izaak Walton
Naturally
Occurring Mandala of the Week: Human Fingerprint
Big
Hello: Elo –
Tetum (Timor Island)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Moscow Mitch: I can see Russian from my bank account. --Submitted by
sd of ks
Week
of the Week: National Farmers Market
Week (4-10) –The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address
is 286 words, there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of
Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage
total, 26, 911 words.
The
fortuneteller took my hand and exclaimed, “You will be quartered,
salted, and eaten up!” Oh, wait, let me take off my pigskin
gloves.
..........And
admit that the waters around you have grown.........Bob Dylan …..The
Times They Are A-Changin'
^
The United Nations declared August 9th International Day
of the World's Indigenous Peoples. The date marked the inaugural
session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982.
Almanac:
It is Friday, August 9, 2019. The moon was first quarter on
Wednesday and is in Sagittarius. As well as being International
Day of the World's Indigenous People, it is also Veep Day, and
Worldwide Art Day. This
weekend is Kool-Aid Weekend.
Among
those born on this day were Izaak Walton (1593), Jean Piaget (1896),
William A. Fowler (1911), Bob Cousy (1928), Sam Elliot (1944),
Melanie Griffith (1957), and Whitney Houston (1963).
On
August nineth Walden
was published (1854), Betty Boop debuted (1930), South African women
demonstrated against Pass Laws
(1956), Robert Zimmerman legally changed his name to Bob Dylan
(1962), and Richard Nixon resigned (1974).
Night
Sky, 8/9: The
waxing gibbous Moon shines with Jupiter this evening. Jupiter's own
four big moons, roughly similar in actual size to ours, show as
pinpoints in a small telescope or good binoculars; they're lined up
east and west of the planet.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week:
Max and Smaug take a selfie.
This
Week: Saturday, August 10 –
National Bowling Day & National Shapewear Day
Night
Sky, 8/10: The annual Perseid meteor shower
should peak late on the night of August 12-13, but the waxing gibbous
Moon won't set until just before the beginning of dawn. You may do
better before that, if you catch the hour or so of dark sky between
moonset and the beginning of dawn (for North America).
Sunday,
August 11 – National Hip Hop Day & The Spirit of '45 Day
Monday,
August 12 – International Youth Day & Milkman Day &
World Elephant Day
Night
Sky, 8/12: No matter where you live worldwide,
the 2019 Perseid meteor shower will probably produce the greatest
number of meteors on the mornings of August 11, 12 and 13.
Tuesday,
August 13 – International Lefthander's Day
Wednesday,
August 14 – National Navajo Code Talkers Day
Thursday,
August 15 – Best Friends Day & National Relaxation Day &
National No SpongeBob Day
Alice
went to see a fortune teller who told her two men were madly in love
with her. Of course, she asked, “So, who'll be the lucky one?”
The fortune teller answered, “you'll marry Michael, but Shawn will
be the lucky one.”
..........I'm
on the pavement, thinking about the government.........Bob Dylan
…..Subterranean Homesick Blues
^^
There are approximately 370 million indigenous people in the world
belonging to 5,000 different groups.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: What rhymes with orange?
No, it doesn't. --Submitted by msh of bc
Drink
of the Week: Moscow Mitch –Russian
Vodka, Kentucky Sour Mash, and a couple twists of orange.
--Submitted by ra of hi
Moonbeam:
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and
thankful heart. --Izaak Walton
Late
Night Snacks of the Week: Being a racist
monster isn’t a mental illness – in fact, you can be one and be a
very stable genius. --Samantha Bee / Yes, I believe my rhetoric
brings people together into a huge, angry mob chanting ‘Send her
back,’ And it’s not easy to get a group of old white people to
chant in rhythm. --Stephen Colbert / This is something we hear about
a lot, that we need to find something that we agree on. Well here’s
something we can agree on: too many people are being shot with
high-powered weapons.Tell Mitch McConnell, this evil, soulless old
creep, we have some good news. Call him and tell him that we agree on
something for a change – we agree that he needs to drag his bony
gray ass back to work to vote on these bills. --Jimmy Kimmel /
Every hall of every mall? That sounds like the bleakest Dr Seuss book
ever: In every hall of every mall, on every floor and every door, we
need a guard in every room or we’ll end up in the tomb. --Trevor
Noah / You can’t say someone urged something when they do it
completely without urgency. Drumpf is already back to quoting Fox
News and attacking people on Twitter again today. A better headline
would’ve been: ‘Teleprompter urges unity while old man watches.
--Seth Meyers
Not
So Late Night Snacks of the Week: It was the
second round of the Democratic debates this week, and despite the
efforts of many people doing a lot of work, after the first round, we
weren't able to get rid of any of those people. At the Wednesday
debate - there were two, Tuesday and Wednesday - at the Wednesday
debate, everybody went after Biden. And his main response was, hey,
but Obama liked me. Come on, that was
years ago. It's like the old guy who won't stop talking about high
school, right? Hey, I was vice quarterback of the football team.
--Peter Sagal Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me
8/3/19
And
there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither
safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because conscience
tells him it is right. --Martin Luther King, Jr.
You
don't see psychics winning the lottery for the same reason you don't
see faith healers working in hospitals.
..........he's
not selling any alibis.........Bob Dylan …..Like A Rolling Stone
^^^
While Indigenous People live in every region of the world, about 70%
of them live in Asia.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: The South African Pass Act of 1956, aka The
Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act
removed all legal recourse for objecting to the removal of Black
people from certain residential areas. The Urban Areas Act limited
Black people to 72 hours in an urban area without permission from a
specific municipal officeholder.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator...only a
fraction of people will find this funny. --Submitted by ag of ks
Weird
Word of the Week:
Charabanc ( ʃærəbæŋ ) -an early form of bus, used typically for
sightseeing trips. From the french char-à-bancs – carriage with
benches. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-cha1.htm
Weird
Word of the Week2:
Satyagraha ( suh-TYAH-gruh-uh ) - The policy of passive nonviolent
resistance as a protest against injustice.
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Remove decals. Saturate the decal with Wesson Vegetable Oil.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wesson.html
If
someone tries to communicate with me through a psychic, I will never
speak to them again for the rest of my afterlife.
...........everybody
must get stoned........Bob Dylan …..Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35
^^^^
There may be more than 7,000 languages though many of them have not
been recorded because tribes are not easily accessible. Since 1600,
at least 52 Native American languages have disappeared.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I'm
hoping Satan runs in 2020 and splits the Republican vote.
--Submitted by ae of mo
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week: Myths &
Legends Con (9-11, Denver, CO) –Back to our roots, focusing on
Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Firefly... ~~Roots – Harry
Potter was published in 1997; how
deep a root is that?
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
15th
International Conference of The Mathematics Education for the Future
Project: Theory and Practice: An Interface of A Great Divide? (4-9,
Kildare, Ireland) ...to
encourage innovation in mathematics, statistics, science &
computer education.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/test.12192
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's detective, Puck, junior partner, Justice, and Morningside
Street Irregular, Bruno, discussing the case of the Visiting Collie
Three Doors Down.
Once
I almost had a psychic boyfriend; but he left me just before we met.
..........No
reason to get excited.........Bob Dylan …..All Along The
Watchtower
^^^^^
In
the US, the
combined populations of Native
Americans, Inuit,
and other indigenous
designations
totaled 2,786,652 (constituting about 1.5% of 2003 US
census
figures). Some
563
scheduled tribes are recognized at the federal level, and a number of
others are recognized at the state level.
Capitalism
Meme of the Week: Do Communists have “in
capitalist America” jokes? In capitalist America, banks rob you.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If
parenthood came with a GPS it would mostly just say … RECALCULATING
Grammar
Joke of the Week: Saver: I'd like to open an account. Teller:
Who cares? Interest-Free Checking:
Today's
Peace of History:, August 9, 1995: Roberta
Cooper Ramo became the first woman to hold the office of president of
the American Bar Association.
How
many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand.
..........His
clothes are dirty but his hands are clean.........Bob Dylan …..Lay
Lady Lay
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle August 9, 2019, dIviner ePistle. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Laughs, peace, and future tripping. Exclusive editor: Christine
Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047
Moonbeam:
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never
be fully learned. --Izaak Walton
Cost
of War:
As
of 8/8/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,947,892,957,974.
As
of 8/1/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,945,895,251,040.
As
of 8/8/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $912,733,458,463.
As
of 8/1/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $911,375,477,921.
As
of 8/8/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $697,093,622,774.
As
of 8/1/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $695,386,471,317.
As
of 8/8/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $314,066,747,482.
As
of 8/1/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $313,678,725,843.
As
of 8/8/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,871,035,102,045.
As
of 8/1/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,866,336,632,281.
The
world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who
watch them without doing anything. --Albert Einstein
..........Everybody's
gonna jump for joy.........Bob Dylan …..The Mighty Quinn
Swami
Fred was so fat they called him the four chin teller.
Famous
Last Words: May
God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.
--Richard Nixon Resignation
Speech
May
Peace divine your future
And
Joy define your present
prairie
mama
christine
Last
Laugh:
