Famous
First Words:
Empowering
the World to Defeat Hunger...Global
FoodBanking Networking
September
is Happy Cat Month! Purranoia – the fear that the cat is is up
something. / The wisdom of Mehitable the Cat by Don Marquis: When a
man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him, Whose?
..........I
look at the world and I notice it's turning.........While My Guitar
Gently Weeps …..The Beatles with Eric Clapton
Friendship
needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of
loneliness. --Dag Hammarskjold
It
is a lovely (73°F) Friday morning. The sky shows no trace of cloud
or jet trail. Even the birds are absent; yet their song joins the
cicadas and a lone cricket in singing matins. Puck funks it up by
barking at children coming out of houses and making their way to
school. Everything is so green for early September; there are even
lawns that need to be mowed and a hint of cut grass catches the light
breeze now and then. Puck stops before we reach the cul-de-sac and
suggests we turn back home. He may feel he should be herding the
children off the block. So I return to my coffee and computer. Puck
is sleeping under my desk and I am sipping decaf, smiling, and
writing to you. As good as it gets
Hope
you have a purrfect weekend, ePistliers.
My
cat is so old I took her with me to an antique auction and 6 people
bid on her. / The wisdom of Mehitable the Cat by Don Marquis:
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
..........looking
for release from limitation.........Sour Milk Sea …..Jackie Lomax
with Eric Clapton and George Harrison
Trivia
Questions: Happy Birthday, Elsie, Queen of Evaporated Milk
^
What constitutes “evaporated” milk anyway?
^^
Any clue, how much whole milk it takes to produce a pound of
evaporated milk? ~~Because I always measure milk by the pound,
myself.
^^^
Know who first evaporated milk for commercial use?
^^^^
So, what then is “condensed” milk?
^^^^^
How or when is evaporated milk preferred to regular milk?
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week:
Someone has coined a new word for Trump's Twitter
rampages...Donorrhea. --Seniors
for a Democratic Society
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
90%
of librarians have a favorite book they'll tell you and a real
favorite book they won't tell you.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
I
found a birthday gift for my Siamese in the catalog. / The wisdom of
Mehitable the Cat by Don Marquis: Publishing a book of poetry is like
dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
..........Don't
you notice how the wheel goes 'round.........Badge …..Cream with
George Harrison
Moonbeam:
He may be president, but he still comes home and swipes my socks.
–Joseph P Kennedy
Naturally
occurring Mandala of the Week: Campestris
Big
Hello: selam –
Tigrinya (east Africa)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: On
the beach and in the sea, animals do not leave trash; humans do.
Please, behave like animals. --Sign on the beach --Submitted by eg
of mt
Week
of the Week: National Waffle Week (1-7)
– Waffles: Pancakes with Abs / Pancakes with Syrup Traps
Felix
was a cathletic. One day he jumped the fence in a mighty swish and
was gone. Furtunately he returned the next day with purrty furend. /
The wisdom of Mehitable the Cat by Don Marquis: A pessimist is a
person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
..........learn
how to help each one another..........That's The Way God Planned It
…..Billy Preston with Eric Clapton and George Harrison
^
An unsweetened, canned milk, evaporated milk is fresh
homogenized milk with 60% of its water removed by evaporation. It
contains 7.9% milk fat.
Almanac:
It is Friday, September 6, 2019. The moon is first quarter this
evening and is in Sagittarius. It is Fight
Procrastination Day and National Lazy Mom Day. Because it is the
first Friday in September it is also Bring Your Manners To Work Day,
National Food Bank Day, and Stand Up to Cancer Day. In Swaziland
it is Somhlolo Day aka Independence Day (1968).
Among
those born on this day were Heinrich M.
Muhlenbert (1711), Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Alexander Tilloch
Galt (1817), Joseph P. Kennedy (1888), Jo Anne Worley (1937), Swoosie
Kurtz (1944), and Jane Curtin (1947).
On
September sixth the pilgrims set sail (1620), the first lighthouse
in north America was built (Boston, 1716), the National
Black Convention opened (1848), Carnation
processed its first can of evaporated milk (1899),
Eric Clapton played on the Beatle's "While My Guitar Gently
Weeps", and Begin and Sadat met at Camp David (1978).
Night
Sky, 9/6: The
two brightest stars (not planets) of September evenings are Vega high
overhead and Arcturus in the west, both magnitude 0. Draw
a line from Vega down to Arcturus. A third of the way down you cross
the dim Keystone of Hercules.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week:
Max auditioning for The Dark Knight
This
Week: Saturday, September 7 –
Grandma Moses Day & Neither Snow Nor Rain Day & National
Tailgating Day
Night
Sky, 9/6:
Look left of the gibbous Moon at dusk for Saturn. Below the Moon, can
you piece out the Sagittarius Teapot?
Sunday,
September 8 – International Literacy Day & Pet Rock Day
& Pardon Day
Monday,
September 9 – International Buy A Priest A Beer Day
Tuesday,
September 10 – Swap Ideas Day & World Suicide Prevention
Day
Night
Sky, 9/6: The Southern Taurids are the long-lasting meteor
shower that reaches a barely noticeable maximum on 10/10. The
shower is active for more than two months but rarely produces more
than five shower members per hour, even at maximum activity. The
Taurids are rich in fireballs and are often responsible for increased
number of fireball reports from September through November.
Wednesday,
September 11 – Remember Freedom Day & Libraries Remember
Day
Night
Sky: Milky
Way Viewing Forecast:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/astronomy/viewing-the-milky-way/70002029
Thursday,
September 12 – National Day of Encouragement & National
Police Woman's Day & Video Games Day
My
cat loves long walks, especially when I taken them without him. / The
wisdom of Mehitable the Cat by Don Marquis: An idea isn't responsible
for the people who believe it.
The
difference between Greenland and Moscow Mitch is that Greenland isn't
for sale.
..........the
temperature's rising, the fever is high.........Cold Turkey
…..Plastic Ono Band with Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr
^^
It takes about 2.1 pounds of whole milk to make 1
pound of evaporated milk.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The guy who invented
constellations was like “see those 4 stars? That's a bear” and
everyone else was just too busy trying to not die from the plague to
fight him on it.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week2:
It's 97 degrees outside keep your pumpkin spice away from my
margarita. --RHWO
Moonbeam:
More men die of jealousy than of cancer. --Joseph P Kennedy
Late
Night Snacks of the Week: It’s not that the
president wasn’t aware of the storm, Drumpf tweeted 122 times about
it over the weekend. It’s just that he had no idea what he was
talking about; at one point, he even tweeted that Alabama should
brace for landfall. The National Weather Service then tweeted a
correction, since Alabama was not near the storm’s predicted path.
You know things are bad when the National Weather Service has to
factcheck the president. --Stephen Colbert / I know we’re used to
it by now, but it still amazes me how often the government has to
tell you not to pay attention to the president. Drumpf is like your
friend who you’re driving home from a wisdom teeth surgery. He’s
all drugged up, yelling crazy shit out the next window like: ‘There’s
a dragon in the next car!'. --Trevor Noah / What other correction is
the government going to have to put out as Drumpf’s brain continues
to deteriorate? We’re like a week away from the justice department
tweeting: ‘Contrary to the president’s tweet, the Joker is NOT a
threat, he’s a character in a movie played by Joaquin Phoenix.
There is no evacuation of Gotham under way nor is Gotham a real
place.’ --Seth Meyers / Nancy Pelosi today said canceling the
military construction projects they’ll now have to cut is going to
undermine our national security and the quality of life of our
troops, which may be true. But on the other hand, now we’ll have a
wall. His Taj Ma-wall. --Jimmy Kimmel
Not
So Late Night Snacks of the Week: ...what the
president got really excited about was next year's meeting, which the
US is hosting. And it turns out, after a nationwide search of
possible venues, amazingly, the best possible choice is a Trump hotel
- specifically the Miami Trump Doral golf resort. And among its many
advantages, said the president - in addition to having no bedbugs, it
has, quote, "lots of parking," unquote. Do not laugh. This
is very important to international summitry. --Peter Sagal Wait,
Wait, Don't Tell Me
8/31/19
Never,
for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or
convictions. --Dag Hammarskjold
My
cat came home last night all scratched up and ragged. She had even
lost her tail. Furtunately, we live near a retail store. / The
wisdom of Mehitable the Cat by Don Marquis: The chief obstacle to the
progress of the human race is the human race.
..........Almighty
TV plugged, my brid empty brain......The Art of Dying …..Gojira
with Eric Clapton and George Harrison
^^^
Gail Borden was a surveyor, inventor, and
businessman. After several failed attempts, he finally developed a
method to make condensed milk.
Worthless
Fact of the Week: Before Jo Anne Worley graced the cast of
Laugh-In, she played Myrtle Tarantino on The Many Loves of
Dobie Gillis
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
The good news is KC is having a “Senior Expo” the bad news is
it's being held at the Longview Funeral Home and Cemetery.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2351973895019006/
Weird
Word of the Week:
Gafiate
– acronym GAFIA – Getting Away From It All “We
heard you'd gafiated.” “Fafiated.” She looked him straight in
the eye, daring him to disagree. She hadn’t gotten
away from it all;
she’d been forced
away from it all.
--Fallen
Angels,
by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-gaf1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Remove a splinter. Soak the wounded area in Wesson Vegetable Oil for
a few minutes to soften the skin before trying to remove the
splinter. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wesson.html
Garfield
ate a bunch of cheese and then waited for a mouse with baited
breath./ The wisdom of Mehitable the Cat by Don Marquis: Life is one
damned kitten after another.
...........Let
me roll it to you.........I'D Have You Anytime …..George Harrison
with Eric Clapton
^^^^
Condensed milk or, more accurately, sweetened
condensed milk, is made through a similar process as evaporated milk.
The one extra step to the process is adding sugar to it, to sweeten
it, obviously. So, you shouldn’t substitute one for the other.
Capitalist
Meme of the Week: Capitalist: I pay you as
much as I can afford in this economy, nobody's forcing you to stay.
Voluntarily associate with someone else if you don't like it. Oh,
except union members, socialists, the Poor People's Campaign, Black
Lives Matter, Democrats, or communists.
Preantepenultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Don't let anyone tell you that standardized tests are not accurate
measures. The truth of the matter is they offer a remarkably precise
method for gauging the size of the houses near the school where the
test is administered. --Alfie Kohn
Antepenultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Bernie 2020 ...To Boldly Go Where We Should Have Been All Along
--Submitted by md of ks
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: If
Trump gets any more incoherent, the right wing evangelicals will
claim he is speaking in tongues. --Submitted by ksz of kc
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Rusty Con 2019 (6-8, Seattle) --the
best little gathering this hotel can handle!
https://www.rustycon.org/2019/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
26th
Annual NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry: (6, NYC) hand-picked
group of public biotech companies whose corporate and regulatory
milestones will drive stock
prices...https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/08/12/1900636/0/en/AB-Science-to-present-at-two-upcoming-conferences-in-September-2019-the-NewsMakers-2019-Healthcare-conference-and-the-H-C-Wainwright-Healthcare-Conference.html
Puck
the Brave Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck sleeping under my desk in the case that
never happened.
Holly's
cat, Cat, always got his way because he was very purrsuasive. Holly
used a catacomb to groom him. / The wisdom of Mehitable the Cat by
Don Marquis: Fishing: a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old
clothes.
..........Go
down easy and let me take my time.........Roll It Over …..Derek
and the Dominos with George Harrison
^^^^^
With more than
half the water removed, the texture of evaporated milk is a bit
thicker and creamier than fresh milk. That's why it's often used to
enhance custards, frozen desserts, pie fillings, and rich sauces. If
allowed to freeze slightly, evaporated milk can be whipped into a
creamy topping.
Month
of the Week: September is Great American
Breakfast Month –The French only eat one egg for breakfast because
one is enoeuf. / Bacon and Eggs walk into a bar. The bartender takes
one look at t hem and says, “Sorry, we don't serve breakfast.”
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: A
little know fact...Before the crowbar was invented, most crows drank
at home. --Submitted by msh of bc
Grammar
Joke of the Week: either, “We had to let the n go, he
gave us no choice”. ….N
Today's
Peace of History, September 6, 1963:
Anti-nuclear marchers who began in Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in
London and attempted to present a dummy missile to the British
Imperial War Museum. ~~Here's a wonderful audio of a bunch of Scots
singing Ding Dong Dollar – written for this very march. O
the dollars they will jingle, there'll be no a lassie single
Dinah
was watching The Sound of Mewsic when Alice came in and tossed a copy
of Good Mousekeeping next to her. Dinah pitched a hissy fit
until Alice gave her a mice cream cone. / The wisdom of Mehitable the
Cat by Don Marquis: Middle age is the time when a man is always
thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
..........Black
cat just cross my trail.........I Ain't Superstitious …..Howlin'
Wolf with Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle September 6, 2019, Feline ePistle. Love, Laughs, and
Cats. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS
66047
Warning
of the Week: Doctors warn that drinking
a shot every time Trump lies during his speech could result in death.
--Submitted by ma of va
Moonbeam:
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm
going to pay for a landslide. --Joseph P. Kennedy
Cost
of War:
As
of 9/6/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,956,048,895,515.
As
of 8/29/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,953,806,010,934.
As
of 9/6/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $918,276,067,458.
As
of 8/29/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $916,752,432,084.
As
of 9/6/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $704,061,445,914.
As
of 8/29/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $702,146,014,466.
As
of 9/6/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $315,650,352,411.
As
of 8/29/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $315,215,051,599.
As
of 9/6/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,894,037,751,400.
As
of 8/29/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,887,921,896,147.
The
more we do, the more we can do. --Dag Hammarskjold
..........I
swear to God it's true..........Ain't That Cute …..Doris Troy with
Eric Clapton and George Harrison
Crookshank
got a job in claw enforcement. He called his house the scratch pad
and use to wish Hermione “Mice Day” every morning. / The wisdom
of Mehitable the Cat by Don Marquis: Ours is a world where people
don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get
it.
Famous
Last Words: Dowd
knew he could not bring himself to say to the president, you’re a
[expletive] liar. --Bob Woodward Fear:
The Trump White House
May
Peace purr for you
And
Joy curl up on your lap
prairie
mama
christine
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Laugh:
