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The Daily Dose/October 21, 2018
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Valued Readers,
The Daily Dose is taking today off. All your favorite feature like In The News, On This Date and Trivia will return Monday.
Today At The Site
It is a slow, but funny night at the retailer on The Diary of a Nobody, plus Sparrow tries out Nicole’s headphones at Hotel B.
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Saturday, October 20
Very slow at the retailer tonight…If I averaged more than a handful of transactions per hour at the service desk I would be surprised.
One was a guy sending $20 to Colombia…This was rare for a couple of reasons: one, people seldom send $20…The least is generally $50 and even that is comparatively rare and, two, Columbia is not a common destination…There are regular senders to Honduras, but that is as far south it generally gets. (For the record, the most anyone generally sends is $1,000…Sometimes you will get more than that but it is rare and most transactions over $2,500 – to anywhere – are declined by MoneyGram.)
The Daily Dose/October 20, 2018
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
In The News
Capsule Movie Review: First Man
Regular readers of this crap know we are hardly movie buffs here at The Daily Dose but when my wife said there was an Apollo 11 movie out we deigned to go with her, consent which appears to have also obliged me to accompany her to the upcoming Freddie Mercury movie.
Apollo 11 is one of our earliest memories – or we like to think it is, we weren’t even four-years-old at the time – and regular readers also know we are on record as thinking this is mankind’s finest hour, no debate, don’t even start. So we might be a bit biased. We went in wanting, expecting, to like it and it should be no surprise that we did.
Some are getting worked up over Ryan Gosling’s very low-key performance as Armstrong but these dimwits don’t know what they are talking about. Even the most casual reading into Armstrong shows he was rather reserved and reticent and Gosling did reserved and reticent very well.
Also, some are getting their shorts in a knot over the fact the moonwalk sequence didn’t show the planting of the American flag on the moon. So what? This is a movie, not a propaganda flick and this didn’t bother us at all. We were more annoyed by the fact the actor hired to play Buzz Aldrin didn’t look anything like Aldrin.
Rating Scale: A: The very best; B: Very good; C: Good; D: Not too bad; F: A steaming pile.
Final Ranking: B, barely a notch below the very best movies we’ve seen. If you have any interest at all in this subject, you will like it, probably a lot, like we did.
Today At The Site
Sparrow gets the OK to stop boiling the tap water and Sparrow for Congress starts doing some advertising on today’s edition of The Diary of a Nobody. Plus, he gets off some of his fave lines at the retailer.
…then this young couple placed their toddler on the self-checkout station and from the service desk it looked like they were about to scan him and bag him up and I told them that and one of the kids said something or another and I said well, it’s a good time to buy because kids are a one-third off this week.
The Thought for the Day is a repeat from last November, from Abraham Lincoln on the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.
Not everyone will live down the ages, nor should we want to. Those that do, or try to, face burdens that us mortals do not. That’s their lookout. It’s enough that we produce the life we were meant to live. When we do we will long remember what we’ve done here.
On This Date
In 1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase by a 24-7 vote. The treaty had been signed in April and President Jefferson had announced it to the public on July 4th. It is sometimes interesting to read official Congressional journals in these matters but not this time. The official journal of the United States Senate didn’t even refer to the matter, or anything, really, merely noting the “Senate assembled”, considered “Executive business” before adjourning to “11 o’clock to-morrow morning”.
In 1936 – The first Associated Press college football poll is released, with Minnesota, Duke and Army in the Top 3. The highest ranking in the first survey by a team in the current AP survey was Notre Dame at #7. Minnesota would win the first AP national title that year and since then 27 teams have won at least one AP national title.
In 2018 – Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line continue their unprecedented stay at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, at #1 for the 46th consecutive week, the longest any single has spent at the top on any Billboard singles chart. It has been at #1 its entire chart run, too, having debuted there on Feb 25th of last year. Florida Georgia Line’s latest single Simple is #1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
John Rutledge of South Carolina was the second chief justice of the United States. He was appointed to the position by President Washington while the United States Senate was not in session – known as a recess appointment – and the Senate rejected his nomination in December and Rutledge served only 138 days.
Today’s Stumper
What school has made the most appearances in the AP college football poll without winning the AP national championship? – Answer next time!
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Friday, October 19
The water I boiled yesterday came in handy this morning…As far as I could tell – and I didn’t march down to the town hall to delve into the matter – we were still under the boil water or die order from Thursday when I was making morning coffee, so rather than waste the bottled water we keep I poured some the utility water from the big stew pot into the coffee pot…I tasted the utility water and, frankly, it didn’t taste any better for having been boiled…Later, they posted on the town’s website we could all resume not boiling water because it tested OK.
The Daily Dose/October 19, 2018
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
In The News
All right, we are not ones to jump to conclusions here at In The News, but we are willing to concede that the Saudi crown prince may well have had something to do with the disappearance of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who was last seen Oct 2 entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The incident has drawn the international scorn and lambasting you would expect, including the usual blather from President Trump.
Now, we don’t approve of the killing of writers any more than you do, but the best thing America can do right now is nothing, in both actions and words.
Enough evidence and there will be enough outrage to provide enough inertia for America and the world to do something. Neither this scandal nor the Saudi crown prince is going anywhere anytime soon, we can always do something and the worst thing anyone can do right now can do is to escalate matters by taking the rhetoric up a notch. What is meant to happen will become plain in due course
Today At The Site
It’s a busy day off for Sparrow on today’s edition of The Diary of a Nobody. First, Sparrow – in what is not the Upset of the Year – goes out to lunch, then he finds out his small town is advising residents to boil their tap water for the next day or so, then he and The Wife go and enjoy a movie.
The Wife said this morning over coffee that she had gone there recently herself and found the service slow even by their standards…so today’s outing was more of a quality control spot check rather than a mere indulgence because the very best way I could think of to make sure my usual Stromboli remained up to snuff was to field test it myself.
Today’s Thought for the Day is a repeat from this past January, a quote from British novelist Anthony Trollope about believing you are good enough.
Only when you enter the arena humbly and without expectation will the rewards come. Belief in yourself must be built on past success, confidence’s blade sharpened on the stone of experience.
On This Date
In 1789 – John Jay is sworn in as the first chief justice of the Supreme Court. Supreme Court justices of the era spent no small amount of time presiding over cases in federal judicial circuits and the court only heard four cases during Jay’s tenure. Earlier, Jay had declined President Washington’s offer to be the first Secretary of State and he resigned in 1895 after he was elected governor of New York.
In 2014 – DeMarco Murray of the Dallas Cowboys rushes for 128 yards as the Cowboys defeat the New York Giants 31-21. Murray becomes the first person in NFL history rush for 100 yards in the first seven games of a season, breaking the mark that had been held by Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns. The following week Murray would extend the record to eight games before it ended in Week 9.
In 1957 – The Everly Brothers are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with Wake Up Little Susie. This would be the only week at #1 for the song and it was the first of three number ones for the Everlys on the Hot 100. The also went to #1 on Billboard’s country and R&B charts, too.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Bob Beamon broke the long jump world record that had been held by Ralph Boston of the United States and Igor Ter-Ovaneesyan of the Soviet Union.
Today’s Stumper
Who was the second chief justice of the United States? – Answer next time!
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Thursday, October 18
This will surprise a lot of you, but I had lunch at the local diner today…The Wife was off working off her membership at the health club in town and I was hungry, plus The Wife said this morning over coffee that she had gone there recently herself and found the service slow even by their standards, with new owner Todd several times forgetting whether she wanted her potato mashed or baked…So today’s outing was more of a quality control spot check rather than a mere indulgence because the very best way I could think of to make sure my usual Stromboli remained up to snuff was to field test it myself.
The Daily Dose/October 18, 2018
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
In The News
The real damage from Donald Trump’s presidency will not come from his policies or political actions. President Trump is basically harmless, at least in relation to Hitler. We don’t think he’s a particularly good president because he has never had a cogent, long-term vision for our country or his presidency, but he is not evil, merely unable to head a government. As we’ve said many times in the past, Trump’s only real talent is drawing attention to himself, something he does supremely well.
No, the real damage President Trump is and will be the effect he is having on our national conversation: civility is dead. Trump has made the insult acceptable and that is a tragedy. America is becoming meaner and Americans, collectively, are increasingly intolerant of any view that does not correspond with their own, just like their president.
Trump, of course, has a litany of examples of incivility. Our two favorites are when he called Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’ and Stormy Daniels ‘horse face’. Now, the Pocahontas comment could actually have been funny in another context, but coming from the president of the United States it was gauche. The horse face comment was just mean, something President Trump is, of course, eminently capable of.
You know, when our country collapses, perhaps before this half-century is out, it will mainly be because of our perpetual wars and fiscal insanity. But incivilities introduction and acceptance into mainstream American life will share part of the blame, too.
Today At The Site
Sparrow reports for the usual pre-employment paperwork at the new hotel on today’s edition of The Diary of a Nobody. Plus, he already has several dozen new logins to remember. Then he reports for swing shift at the old hotel.
Friends, when requesting rates please, for the love of all that is sacred, specify an arrival date…Hotel rooms are the classic supply and demand commodity and our rates vary and don’t try to play Gotcha by holding us to a slow season rate in the middle of winter…It won’t work…
The race for The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy – might be the closest in ages, as there are no less than five (5) one (1)-win teams ranked in The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 8 survey. Tune in for the usual laughs.
6. Cleveland Browns (2-3-1; lost to Los Angeles Chargers 38-14) – B-10 pollster’s bar tabs still working overtime as wizards try to figure out how opening week tie will affect race for B-10 medal stand…Browns quest for B-10 three-peat sputtering, as Browns have not lost consecutive games since entire 2018 season…Next Loss: at Tampa Bay
On This Date
In 1009 – The Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by a Muslim caliph and his army. The church is believed by some to be the place where Jesus Christ was both crucified and buried, though this is not known for certain. Construction of the church began in 326, completed in 335 and after this demolition would not be rebuilt until 1048.
In 1968 – Bob Beamon of the United States breaks the world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics, jumping 29 feet, 2-and-a-half inches, breaking the previous world record by 21-and-three-quarter inches. Beamon jumped farther than Olympic Stadium’s electronic device could measure and his feat was so dominating – and demoralizing – he beat runner-up Klaus Beer of West Germany by more than two feet. Beamon’s world record stood until 1991 and 29 feet, 2-and-a-half inches remains the Olympic record.
In 1975 – Bad Blood by Neil Sedaka is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of three consecutive weeks. It was the second and final #1 hit of Sedaka’s career, following 1974’s Laughter in the Rain. The song also went to #1 in Canada and was the second biggest hit in Canada for the year.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
The first non-British player to win the British Open was France’s Arnaud Massy in 1907.
Today’s Stumper
Whose world record did Bob Beamon break? – Answer next time!
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The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 8
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
With one-third of the league having two (2) or fewer wins so far in 2018 Bottom Ten fan(s) everywhere – well, most places, at least – are bracing for what may well be the tightest race for The Dan Henning Trophy in years.
And veteran Bottom Ten watcher(s) know you count out two (2)-win Denver at your peril and if you don’t think two-time defending champion Cleveland’s experience won’t serve them well you are are deluding yourself.
This week’s fiasco, as the nags stumble through the clubhouse turn.
1. San Francisco 49ers (1-5; lost to Green Bay 33-30) – 49ers show mettle that leads straight to B-10 medal stand, giving up ten (10) points in last two (2) minutes…Three (3) turnovers, including interception on final “drive”, lead to nine (9) Green Bay points…Next Loss: Los Angeles (N)
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Wednesday, October 17
I went in to see Candace at the new hotel today to for a tour and to fill out the paperwork attendant with starting a new job. It’s a fair size hotel, 117 rooms plus an attached restaurant, Rex’s, which is pretty good…Between an email account and assorted company programs I already have 793 usernames and passwords…We weren’t able to set a date to start training because I am pretty booked workplace-wise for the next few days, but it will work itself out.
The Daily Dose/October 17, 2018
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
In The News
This whole imbroglio involving Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Indian heritage is silly. Good gravy, who really cares if you are .00004386 percent Indian? I don’t. The Indians don’t and, in fact, seem to resent it and we wouldn’t die of shock if Warren didn’t particularly care, either.
For Warren to trot this out is offensive to Indians and insulting to us. You can’t claim a cultural heritage, particularly American Indian, if you are not an active participant in the culture. And Warren isn’t. She is unable to provide an ancestor who was on a tribal roll, criteria many Indian tribes use to determine ancestry, and, of course, she is not a member of a tribe herself.
We have personal experience in this matter: half our blood is Mexican (the rest is English and German) and while we do enjoy the occasional chorizo burrito we don’t identify as a Mexican-American – or a European-American, for that matter – because we are American. We’ve long felt that hyphenating our American experience is insulting and degrading to those obliged to do so.
As we say from time to time here, and often on the campaign trail, we get the government we elect. We deserve better than senators pandering like this, but we are not going to receive better until we demand at the ballot box.
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for Congress from Colorado’s 3rd District. Click here to visit the Gaylon For Congress Facebook page.
Today at the Site
Sparrow talks to a voter who called him on the phone on today’s edition of The Diary of a Nobody, plus it is a very slow night at the retailer.
…evidently they were slammed during the day because there were a lot of returns that had to go back and Deya took care of those because Deya doesn’t like standing around doing nothing and that, of course, is my only real talent.
The Thought for the Day will return and The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 8 will move tomorrow.
On This Date
In 1346 – The English defeat the Scots at the Battle of Neville’s Cross in northeast England during the Second War of Scottish Independence. Scottish King David II was taken prisoner and would be held by the English for eleven years, before Scottish nobles and parliament decided to ransom him. David II would reign until his death in 1371.
In 1860 – The first Open Championship, what we here in the colonies know as the British Open, is played at Prestwick in Scotland. Eight professionals played three rounds on the twelve hole course, with Willie Park, Sr of Scotland holing a 30-foot putt on the 36th hole to win by two strokes over Tom Morris, Sr. Park would win the Open Championship three more times, in 1863, 1866 and 1875. Prestwick hosted the first eleven Opens and 24 overall, the last in 1925.
In 1964 – Do Wah Diddy Diddy by Manfred Mann is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two weeks. The song also went to #1 in their native Great Britain as well as Sweden and Canada. It was their only #1 in the US, though the group had two other #1 songs in Britain. In 1976 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band hit #1 with Blinded by the Light.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Martin Bormann and Hermann Goring were the two Nazis convicted at the Nuremberg trials but not executed with the other ten. Bormann had been convicted in absentia and was actually already dead, and Goring had committed suicide a couple of hours before the executions commenced.
Today’s Stumper
Who was the first non-British player to win the British Open? – Answer next time!
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