Famous
First Words: Good evening. --John Belushi (first skit on SNL,
1975)
It
is World Egg Day !! Know who wrote “Great Egg-spectations”?
Charles Chickens. He must have gotten a good eggucation to do that.
..........green
grass beneath my feet.........Dottie West …..Country Sunshine
Remember
your humanity, and forget the rest. --Bertrand Russell
Usually
the introduction to the ePistle is filled with an English major's
description of weather and foliage and wildlife. This morning Puck
and I did walk briefly then I took Jeffrey to the bank and to
McDonalds to wait until he goes to work. Then I went to breakfast as
Panera (nice sausage egg on brioche) and to the doctor. I got a
pretty good report from the doctor and he gave me a low dosage
thyroid medicine prescription which I dropped off at Dillons. When I
came out the car would not start. Fortunately, the gentleman parked
facing me in the parking lot was kind and had jumper cables so I made
it home and Dashiell is out trying to find out what's up with that.
I have finally made it to my computer and have coffee and a blueberry
muffin so the day is looking better. In case you need to know, the
sky is very blue with lots of fluffy white clouds, the grass and
trees are still green. It is windy and almost, but not quite, cold
(37°F). Hopefully next week we can go back to a gentle, laid-back
description of the day. Still, I get to write to you; things are
definitely looking up.
Hope
your weekend eggcedes your eggspectations, ePistliers.
Hennie
Pennie went on holiday to New Yolk. It's odd because she's
eggarophobic and usually won't come out of her shell.
..........There
ain't no other side to see.........Hall and Oates …..When The
Morning Comes
Trivia
Questions: It is the International Day of the Girl.
^
Why does the United Nations mark this day?
^^
Any idea about how many girls are there in world?
^^^
Care to guess how many of these girls will be married or married off
before they turn 18?
^^^^
Know anything about the Day of the Girl US organization?
^^^^^
Any idea what the 2019 theme is?
Funniest
Thing I Read of the Week: Before my
surgery my anesthetist offered to knock me out with gas or a boat
paddle. It was an ether/oar situation. --Submitted by msh of bc
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
32%of librarians have been cold since 1986.
https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Horror
Joke of the October: Watch
Out Parents! Millennials may be hiding their student loan debt in
Halloween candy this year. --Submitted by rv of ks
Eggs
are going up again. That will surprise a few chickens. / Sometimes I
steal eggs from my neighbor's coop. I prefer them poached.
..........Sands
of time have chipped away.........Dottie West …..Rings of Gold
Moonbeam:
You must do the things you think you cannot do. --Eleanor Roosevelt
Naturally
Occurring Mandala of the Week: Tree Stump
Big
Hello: Xewani –
Tsonga (South Africa)
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
RIP
of the Week: So long, Ginger Baker,
thanks for all the music. --What the difference between clapton and
coffee? None, they are both better with cream. --The_soosh
Next
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Can't
believe someone broke into my garage and stole the limbo stick.
Seriously, how low can you go.
Week
of the Week: Financial Planning Week
(7-12) –The pessimist sees the glass as half empty. The optimist
sees the glass as half full. The financial adviser just adds
whiskey.
Egbert
is so full of himself, he's an eggomaniac. His behavior is always
eggcentric.
...........'Cause
you know it don't matter anyway.........Hall and Oates …..Rich
Girl
^
In 1995,
some 30,000 women and men from nearly 200 countries arrived in
Beijing, China for the Fourth World Conference on Women, determined
to recognize the rights of women and girls as human rights.
Almanac:It
is Friday, October 11, 2019. The moon will be full (Hunter's) on
Sunday and is in Pisces. It is International Day of
the Girl Child, It's My Party Day, General Pulaski Memorial Day,
National Coming Out Day, Southern Food Heritage Day, World Egg Day,
and World Sight Day.
Among those born on this day were Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Jerome Robbins (1918), Art Blakey (1919), Elmore Leonard (1925), Dottie West (1932), Daryl Hall (1948), and Luke Perry (1971).
Among those born on this day were Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Jerome Robbins (1918), Art Blakey (1919), Elmore Leonard (1925), Dottie West (1932), Daryl Hall (1948), and Luke Perry (1971).
On
October eleventh slavery was abolished in
Maryland (1864), the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded
(1890), Saturday Night Live premiered (Host George Carlin, 1975),
Reagan met with Gorbachev in Reykjavik (1986), and Anita Hill
testifed against Clarence Thomas (1991).
Night
Sky, 10/11: Soon
after dark, you'll find zero-magnitude Arcturus low in the
west-northwest at the same height as zero-magnitude Capella in the
northeast. When this happens, turn to the south-southeast, and there
will be 1st-magnitude Fomalhaut at the same height. Seen from south
Fomalhaut will appear higher; from north of there it will be lower.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Max
Picture of the Week:
Max meets Sir Ector
This
Week: Saturday, October 12 –
Costume Swap Day & Drink Local Wine Day & Free Thought Day
Night
Sky, 10/12: Look
above the nearly-full Moon this evening for the Great Square of
Pegasus through the moonlight. It's balancing on one corner, and your
fist at arm's length fits inside it. For your location, when it is
exactly
balanced?
That is, when is the Square's top corner exactly above its bottom
corner?
Sunday,
October 13 – Clergy Appreciation Day & National Chess
Day & Silly Sayings Day
Monday,
October 14 – Native American Day & World Standards Day
Night
Sky, 10/14: Mercury, Venus, & Mars are lost deep in the
glare of the sun.
Tuesday,
October 15 – National Cake Decorating Day & National
Grouch Day & White Cane Safety Day
Wednesday,
October 16 – Dictionary Day & Global Cat Day &
National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day
Thursday,
October 17 – Black Poetry Day & Mulligan Day &
Spirit Day
It
was so hot in Kansas this summer the hens were laying hard-boiled
eggs. While up north they were keeping their eggs in an eggloo.
..........Haven't
seen you for so long.........Dottie West …..Are You Happy
^^
The
1.1 billion girls of today’s world are challenging the status quo.
They’re redefining girlhood, and they’re doing so against the
odds.
'Nother
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's important to look
closely at lawn signs during election campaigns. Last time I voted
for a real estate agent...
19th
Amendment Centennial Poem of the Century:
When
a benefit is suggested for men, the question asked is: "Will it
benefit men?" When a benefit is suggested for women, the
question is: "Will it benefit men?" --Alice Duer Miller
Are
Women People
Moonbeam:
A woman is like a tea bag – you can't tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot water. --Eleanor Roosevelt
Late
Night Snacks of the Week: It is very easy to
be both pro-choice and anti-forced abortion, in the same way that you
can be pro-drinking fountain and anti-waterboarding. The important
thing really is who’s in control of the f*cking process. --John
Oliver / Everyone in Trump’s orbit gets sucked into his mess
including the “adults in the room” like Bill Barr. Watch as
Republicans try to deflect by name-dropping the Bidens more than
someone who’s trying to sneak into a DNC fundraiser. --Samantha
Bee / No one deserves to be dragged down by Drumpf more than Mike
Pence. --Seth Meyers / Drumpf is Homer Simpson and he basically
picked Ned Flanders as his VP. --Trevor Noah / The constitution
gives the accused the right to remain silent and clearly, Donald
Drumpf has never read the constitution because he will not shut the
old hamburger hole. ---Stephen Colbert
Not
So Late Night Snacks of the Week: Ever since
the now-infamous whistleblower report came out last week, the
president and his defenders have been saying, of course, Mr. Trump
wasn't really pressuring foreign countries to investigate an
opponent. He was just concerned with political corruption. He's
always been interested in corruption. You could say it's his hobby.
Why did - I mean, they've been trying so hard to sort of cover all
this up. And he just came out and said it. Did some presidential
advisers say, we need to go on offense, and the president said, be
offensive? Got it. --Peter Sagal, Wait,
Wait Don't Tell Me
10/5/19
Either
man will abolish war, or war will abolish man. --Bertrand Russell
One
of farmer Jane's hens fell in love with her cement mixer. It was a
whirlwind romance that produced a brick layer. / My dad taught us not
to put all our eggs in one basket. I'm sure that's why we never once
won an Easter egg hunt.
..........Don't
know what you're looking for.........Hall and Oates …..Your
Imagination
^^^
This
year alone, 12
million girls under 18 will be married,
and 21
million girls aged 15 to 19 years will become pregnant in developing
regions.
Worthless
Fact of the Week:
General
Pulaski Memorial Day
is
a United States observance held annually on October 11. This holiday
honors General Kazimierz (Casimir) Pulaski, a Polish hero of the
American Revolutionary War, who is referred to as the father of the
American cavalry.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's
a five minute walk from my house to the pub. It's a 35 minute walk
from the pub to my house. The difference is staggering.
Weird
Word of the Week:
Logocidal - the
destruction or perversion of meaning, something deadly to reason and
communication. Newspeak in George Orwell’s Nineteen
Eighty-Four
was
a logocidal creation.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-log3.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Make cleaning a barbecue grill easy. Before cooking, coat the grill
with Wesson Vegetable Oil. Clean when the grill is cool to the
touch. http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/wesson.html
Farmer
John swore he saw a UFO land behind the chicken coop – several
nights in a row. Sure enough, he ended up with an
eggstraterrestrial. / Confused chickens often lay scrambled eggs.
...........Hands
that just throw stones.........Dottie West …..Look Who's Talking
^^^^
Day
of the Girl-US is the United States branch of this global movement.
We are an 100%
youth-led movement fighting for gender justice and youth rights. Our
work to dismantle the patriarchy and fight for social justice is
rooted in girl-led activism across the country, using October 11th as
a day of national action.
Antepenultimate
Funnitest Thing I Read of the Week:
Whatever you're doing today, do it with all the confidence of a four
year old in a batman t-shirt. --RHOZ
Capitalist
Meme of the Week: Do you know why commies type everything in
lower case letters? Because they're anti-capitalists.
Penultimate
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week:
Kansas: Winter is at 6 am, Spring starts at 10 am, Summer is at 2 pm,
and fall starts around 4:30ish. Dress accordingly. --Submitted by
rmar of ks
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
Conapalooza 2019 (11-13, Kingsport, TN) Tri-Cities Premier
Pop-Culture & Gaming Convention https://www.conapalooza.com/
Actual
Science Convention of the Week:
Advances in Immuno Oncology (10-11, San Diego) global
pharmaceutical organizations, leading biotech companies and
internationally renowned academic institutions
https://10times.com/advances-in-immuno-oncology-usa-congress
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck not apologizing for Snoop Dog's show at Late
Night in the Phog during the case of the Slam Dunkin' Dorkie.
GEGS...scrambled
eggs / Because the platypus both lays eggs and produces milk, it is
one of the few animals that can make its own custard.
..........Slip
on in to any disguise.........Hall and Oates …..Private Eyes
^^^^^
This
year, under the theme, “GirlForce:
Unscripted and unstoppable”,
we will celebrate achievements by, with and for girls since the
adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
Month
of the Week: October is Agent Orange
Awareness Month --The
number of Vietnam veterans affected by the chemical Agent Orange is
astonishing. Roughly 300-thousand veterans have died from Agent
Orange exposure -- that's almost five times as many as the
58-thousand who died in combat.
Final
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I saw
an ad for a coffin and I thought...that's the last thing I need.
--Submitted by msh of bc
Grammar
Joke of the Week: I
was walking past a farm and a sign said,”DUCK, EGGS”. I thought
it was an unnecessary comma, and then it hit me. --Submitted by msh
of bc
Today's
Peace of History, October
11, 1987: More than half a million
people flooded Washington, D.C., demanding civil rights for gay and
lesbian Americans, now celebrated each year as National Coming Out
Day. Many of the marchers objected to the government's response to
the AIDS crisis, as well as the Supreme Court's 1986 decision to
uphold sodomy laws in Bowers v. Hardwick.
An
egg walked into a bar. It was a real mess. Don't tell this to the
egg whites, they can't take a yolk.
..........Your
laughter spills like a river.........Dottie West …..Sweet Memories
Masthead
of the Week:
Friday ePistle October 11, 2019, Eggcellent ePistle. Eggstordinary
Laughs and Peace. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS
66047
Moonbeam:
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. --Eleanor
Roosevelt
Cost
of War:
As
of 10/10/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,965,673,063,749.
As
of 10/03/19 Military Costs of War since 2001: $2,963,690,530,721.
As
of 10/10/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $924,816,703,460.
As
of 10/03/19 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $923,469,365,826.
As
of 10/10/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $712,283,947,637.
As
of 10/03/19 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $710,590,133,396.
As
of 10/10/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $317,519,094,645.
As
of 10/03/19 Veterans Care since 2001: $317,134,139,594.
As
of 10/10/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,920,293,646,924.
As
of 10/03/19 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $4,914,884,921,248.
One
must care about a world one will not see. --Bertrand Russell
..........But
a lot of sweet memories.........Hall and Oates …..Sweet Memories
The
Jones Family Farm used to sell Free Range Eggs until too many city
folks seeing the signs stopped to say they didn't know what Range
Eggs were, but since the eggs were free, they'd try some.
Famous
Last Words: I could not keep silent. --Anita Hill Opening
statement before the Judiciary Committee (10/11/91)
May
Peace sweeten your tea
And
Joy hush your puppies
prairie
mama
christine
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