The Daily Dose/Thursday, June 9, 2022
The Daily Dose/June 9, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading off remains in time-out. It will return, though we are not sure when.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow goes on a shopping spree. Today’s Diary.
The big news is ol’ Sparrow bought some clothing today, a pair of shorts and some closed-toe sandals (closed-toe because his feet are ugly)…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1959 – The USS George Washington (SSBN-578), the world’s first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, is launched in Groton, Connecticut. She was commissioned in December and conducted her first missile tests the following summer and her first refueling came in 1970, after having sailed over 100,000 nautical miles, about 115,000 statute miles. The George Washington last sailed as a ballistic missile submarine in 1983 to facilitate American compliance with the SALT I treaty and was decommissioned in 1985.
In 1973 – Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the ninth horse, and the first in 25 years, to win the Triple Crown. Secretariat defeated Twice A Prince by 31 lengths, running the mile-and-half in 2 minutes, 24 seconds, a mark that remains the American record for that distance on dirt. Secretariat paid $2.20 to win, $2.40 to place while show money was not paid out.
In 1979 – Sister Sledge is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Soul Singles chart – for the only week with We Are Family. The song also went #1 pop in Canada, #8 pop in Great Britain, and spent two weeks at #2 on the Hot 100. It was the second chart single for the group, their first of three Top 40 hits, and was their second and final soul #1 (He’s The Greatest Dancer, one week, 1979). The song was written by Chic co-founders Bernard Edwards and Nile Rogers.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
No one’s ever seen anyone before. So you can get away with a lot by just pretending you belong wherever you happen to be.
Gore Vidal
Empire
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
1. Luis Tiant of the Cleveland Indians led the major leagues in shutouts in 1968 with nine.
2. The first act in the pre-Hot 100 era to have #1 songs on a Billboard pop, soul, and country chart was Bing Crosby, who had the second #1 song on the Billboard pop chart in 1940, an early #1 soul hit in 1942 and the first #1 country song in 1944.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Before Secretariat, who was the last horse to win the Triple Crown? – Answer next time!
The Diary of a Nobody/Wednesday, June 8, 2022
The Daily Dose/June 8, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading off remains in time-out. It will return, though we are not sure when.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a group in the lobby for a while. Today’s Diary.
After a while they started having multiple, simultaneous conversations, which was pretty funny because A was talking with B, C was talking with D, and D – a woman, of course – was also carrying one with both A and B and it was pretty loud there for a while…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1968 – James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., is arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport. Ray had killed King on April 4 in Memphis before fleeing to Canada and living there under an assumed name and was arrested after the assumed name turned up on a watchlist. Ray pled guilty the following year and was sentenced to 99-years in prison, with an extra year added after a 1977 escape. Ray died of complications from Hepatitis C in 1998.
In 1968 – Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers establishes a new major league record for most consecutive scoreless innings pitched in a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. In the second inning, Drysdale broke the record of 55 that had been established by Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators in 1913 and extended the mark to 58 before the Phillies scored a run in the fifth. The mark is now held by Orel Hershiser, also of the Dodgers, who pitched 59 consecutive scoreless innings in 1988.
In 2019 – Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the ninth of a Hot 100 record 19 consecutive weeks with Old Town Road. The song was also in its eighth of a record 20 consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, peaked at #19 on Billboard’s country chart, was their biggest song of the year, and their seventh-biggest of the decade. It was Lil Nas X’s first chart single and first of three #1 songs and remains Cyrus’ only #1 pop song and he joined Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, and Ray Charles as acts who have #1 pop, soul, and country songs in the Hot 100 era.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
When a noble person accords with their times, they fly as if in a carriage; when they are out of accord, their movements are disordered and exhausted.
Lao Tzu
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard Hot 100 record for most self-replacements at #1 is two, done by the Beatles in 1964 when I Want To Hold Your Hand was followed at #1 by She Loves You and Can’t Buy Me Love.
Editor’s Note: In 2021, BTS replaced themselves twice at #1, however, it was with two songs. Butter was replaced at #1 with Permission to Dance, with Butter returning to the top the following week. It remains the only time in Hot 100 history an act replaced themselves at #1 in consecutive weeks.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Because you’ve been good lately, we have two trivia questions for you today:
- Who led the major leagues in shutouts in 1968?
- Who was the first act in the pre-Hot 100 era to have #1 songs on Billboard pop, soul, and country charts? – Answers next time!
The Diary of a Nobody/June 7
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Tuesday, June 8
Chris reported he had “something you’re not going to like” when yours truly reported for duty tonite…He made me fret over it for a few minutes, too, until I’d actually reached the front desk and had clocked in.
The Daily Dose/Tuesday, June 7, 2022
The Daily Dose/June 7, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading off remains in time-out. It will return, though we are not sure when.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow reports there is more morning coffee service nonsense at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
…the latest box of French vanilla creamer we opened this morning – with the knife, of course – was not our usual brand, it was the B brand (thank God it wasn’t the C brand) and a quick check of the storage rack showed there were a couple of other B brands lying in wait to be foisted on the public.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1776 – Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduces a resolution in the Second Continental Congress declaring the 13 American colonies “are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States”, known to History as the Lee Resolution. The United States would declare its independence from Great Britain on July 2 when Congress passed the resolution, with the Declaration of Independence being approved two days later.
In 1981 – Bjorn Borg of Sweden wins the French Open, defeating Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. It was the sixth French Open title for Borg and his eleventh and final Grand Slam title. Borg’s other five Grand Slam titles came at Wimbledon, which he won from 1976-80. Borg also lost in four US Open championship matches and Lendl would go on to win the French Open in 1984, 1986, and 1987.
In 1941 – Jimmy Dorsey is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Selling Singles chart – a predecessor to the Hot 100 – for the only week with My Sister and I. It was the third of seven #1 songs for Dorsey on this chart and the first of two times Dorsey replaced himself at #1. My Sister and I replaced Amapola at #1 and was replaced by Maria Elena the following week, the first time an act had replaced themself twice at the top of a Billboard chart. The mark would be topped later in the year by Glenn Miller, who replaced himself at #1 three times.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
But men labor under a mistake…It is a fool’s life, as they will find when they get to the end of it.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The major league record for most home runs in a game by a team is 10, by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept 14, 1987.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who holds Billboard’s Hot 100 (established in 1958) record for times replacing themselves at #1? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Monday, June 6, 2022
The Daily Dose/June 6, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading off remains in time-out. It will return, though we are not sure when.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is back to giving the cat a full can of her treasured yummies. Today’s Diary.
She still won’t eat all of it tho, at least until she’s verified whether or not Daddy’s going to make something to eat or not…Only when Daddy has retired to the chair for some reading – or gone strait to bed – will the cat return and finish her yummies.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1942 – The United States Navy sinks four Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser at the Battle of Midway in the North Pacific Ocean. The battle had started on June 4 and ended the following day with a decisive American victory that weakened the Japanese Navy for the rest of the war while most American losses were later replaced.. The battle took place about 1,100 miles northwest of Hawaii and the Japanese surrendered to the Americans in August 1945.
In 1939 – The New York Giants establish a new major league record for most home runs in an inning in a 17-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds in New York City. The Giants hit five home runs in the fourth inning off of two Cincinnati pitchers – all with two out – and research into whose record they broke was inconclusive. The mark has been tied several times since, most recently by the Houston Astros this past May.
In 1981 – Razzy Bailey is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Friends. It was the third of four consecutive and five #1 country hits overall for Bailey in a chart career that last from 1966-91. The B side, Anywhere There’s a Jukebox also charted and the record is considered a double-sided hit. In 1984 Bailey took a version of Knock On Wood to #29 on the country chart, making the song one of the few songs to chart on Billboard’s pop, soul, and country charts.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The soil, it appears, is suited to the seed…
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Nolan Ryan’s career batting average was .110, with two home runs and 36 RBIs.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What team holds the major league record for most home runs in a game? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Sunday, June 5, 2022
The Daily Dose/June 5, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. President Joe Biden – SB5 pollsters “pretty sure” president is doing what he can, but good gravy, with America’s deep social divides and everybody circling their own wagons, there is no feeling that it is good to be an American right now.
2. Russian/Ukrainian War – US and others get credit for getting about as tough with Putin as you can without getting him to press the nuke button, but it doesn’t appear anyone – certainly not the Russians – has an exit strategy here…They will probably be there for a long time while History will probably regard this as merely another European war in millennia load with them.
3. Donald Trump – The 3-hole staple as well as a liar, sexual predator, ignoramus, and insurrectionist… Instead of being banished for incompetent COVID response, Jan 6 insurrection, admitting to grabbing women by the pussy, Trump continues to be frontrunner for 2024 GOP presidential nomination instead of being banished in shame as any other twice-impeached, ignorant, selfish blatherskite of a former president should be.
4. NCAA College Sports– With Ohio State football coach announcing team will need $13 million in NIL money to keep squad intact, the inmates are almost running the asylum now, because do you really think the boosters ponying up this money are going to quietly sit back on their wallets and not end up running the program?
5. Uvalde Shooting – School district police remain incommunicado as recent reports show commander didn’t have a radio as the tragedy unfolded, leading to officers standing outside with thumbs up asses as kids were shot to death…This despite the fact that two-way radios have been standard police issue for generations.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Yay for Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow’s pretty tired. Today’s Diary.
So we dove in on recounting the dimes and BOOM, ol’ Sparrow had screwed that up, miscounting eight dimes, something would be tuff even for Stevie Wonder…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin appears in print for the first time, with the first of a 40-week serialization in the abolitionist newspaper The National Era. The book would be published the following year and had a profound effect on attitudes towards slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the biggest selling novel of the 19th-century and the second biggest- selling book after the Bible.
In 1981 – Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros establishes a new major league record for most walks in a career in a 3-0 win over the New York Mets. Ryan issued two walks in a complete-game victory, giving him 1,777 breaking the record of 1,775 established by Early Wynn from 1939-63. Ryan retired in 1993 with 2,795 walks, a record that still stands. Ryan led the major leagues in walks eight times in his career, also a major league record.
In 1971 – The Rolling Stones are #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Brown Sugar. It was the twelfth of 23 Top 10 hits for the group and their fifth of eight #1 songs. Brown Sugar also went to #1 in Holland, Canada, and Switzerland, and peaked at #2 in Great Britain. The song was from the album Sticky Fingers, which was then in its third of four consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I also have in my mind that seemingly wealthy, but most terribly impoverished class of all, who have accumulated dross, but know not how to use it, or get rid of it, and thus have forged their own golden or silver fetters.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Waylon Jennings’ 1970 hit Brown-Eyed Handsome Man was written by Chuck Berry.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Nolan Ryan’s career batting average? – Answer next time!