The Daily Dose/Sunday, May 25, 2025
The Daily Dose/May 25, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
The Sunday Bottom 5 will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest from the hotel’s cash drawers. Today’s Diary.
The big news from the cash drawers is 1) both were off by odd amounts, and, 2) neither had any quarters!!!…I am not making that up…
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On This Date
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In 1979 – Convicted murderer John Spenkelink is executed in Florida, the first person to be involuntarily executed in the US since the resumption of the death penalty in 1976. Spenkelink had been arrested in February 1973 and had turned down a plea bargain to 2nd-degree murder, which would’ve resulted in life in prison and the case is chronicled in Norman Mailer’s book The Executioner’s Song. In 1977, Utah executed Gary Gilmore, who waived his appeals.
In 1948 – Ben Hogan wins the PGA Championship, defeating Mike Turnesa 7&6 (seven holes up with six remaining) at Norwood Hills Country Club in St Louis. It was the second and final PGA title for Hogam and his second of nine majors, and remains the highest finish in a major for Turnesa. The PGA went to stroke play scoring in 1958.
In 1968 – Archie Bell & the Drells is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and soul chart – then known as the Best Selling R&B Singles chart – for the second and final consecutive week with Tighten Up. It was the first chart single for the group, and their first three Top 40 pop hits and four Top 40 soul hits. Bell was drafted into the Army shortly after the song was recorded, serving in Vietnam. The song also went #3 pop in Canada.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.
John Adams
Letter to Jefferson
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The Brooklyn Bridge was initially called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and later the East River Bridge before becoming the Brookyn Bridge in 1915.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What golfer has won the most PGA Championships? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Saturday, May 24, 2025
The Daily Dose/May 24, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
THIS WON’T HURT A BIT: Recently, we noted the American health care system is such a fiasco for most people, the only solutions are for the government to completely take the system over or remove all barriers doctors and health insurers currently have to the free market.
Leading Off: The first option is known as a single-payer system and would involve the government paying for every American’s health care, either by providing it themself or paying someone else to deliver it.
Running The Numbers: Right now, Medicare has over 69 million enrollees, and there are over 85 million people involved in state Medicaid programs, a figure that includes a program for children known as CHIP. Throw in 9 million or so veterans getting care from the VA, and that is roughly 163 million Americans – a bit less than half our population – whose medical care is either paid for or provided by the government. That is an awful lot for a free-market economy.
Gaylon For US Senate, Vote Early, Vote Often: We haven’t carried the Libertarian Party banner into races for the US Senate and House because we favor the government taking things over. Under a single-payer system, these two things will happen: 1) we will consume more health care because we don’t have to pay for it, and 2) because of this, the government will be obliged to decide what we do and do not need and medical will be rationed. It would cost, too, with a conservative estimate at $3.2 trillion a year. Taxes would have to be raised and we’re taxed enough.
The Bottom Line: What American health care needs right now is competition: doctors and health insurers competing for our business. This isn’t happening right now, as neither doctors nor insurers have a financial interest in pleasing their customers. Consumers will have a reason to control costs, and there will be multiple doctors competing for your business. When this happens, the free market dictates competitive pricing and innovation.
The Bottom Line II: It is time for doctors to be returned to the free market.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow starts out busy at the hospital. Today’s Diary.
…good gravy, the ER is hopping: there had been a head-on collision and a deputy was trying – without apparent success – to get some information, and two babies were crying who sounded like they were being poked with sticks.
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On This Date
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In 1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, opens, the first fixed crossing of the East River. It took 14 years to build, has a span of 1,595 feet, and is 276 feet high. Approximately 1,800 vehicles and 150,000 people crossed the bridge that first day and the bridge now has daily traffic of roughly 105,000 cars. The Brooklyn Bridge was the world’s first steel-wire suspension bridge and was capable of elevated train traffic until 1944 and streetcar traffic until 1950.
In 1994 – The St Louis Cardinals establish a new major league record for most runners left on base in a shutout loss in a 4-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cardinals left 16 runners on base, research into whose record they broke was inconclusive, and the record was tied in 1998 by the Seattle Mariners.. The Cardinals left the bases loaded in the fourth and the sixth innings, and left runners on base in every inning but the first.
In 1980 – Blondie is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the sixth and final consecutive week with Call Me. The song also went to #1 in Canada and Great Britain, peaked at #2 in Billboard’s dance chart, was their #1 song of the year, and their 9th-biggest of the decade. The song was written by Debbie Harry and Giorgio Morodor.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Dirt thrown on a Mud-wall may stick…but it will not long adhere to polish’d Marble.
Benjamin Franklin
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The all-time major league record for stolen bases in a season by a team is 581 by the 1887 St Louis Browns – now the St Louis Cardinals – in the American Association. The modern major league record is 319 by the 1912 New York Giants.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was the original name of the Brooklyn Bridge? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Friday, May 23, 2025
The Daily Dose/May 23, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a shocker from the hospital. Today’s Diary.
He was wearing pink shoes!!!…I am not making that up…They were sneakers and while they may not have been totally pink, there weren’t totally not pink, either…Needless to say, this is not strait out of the Security Uniform Manual…
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On This Date
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In 2013 – A portion of a bridge above the Skagit River in Mt Vernon, Washington, collapses, killing nobody but injuring three whose cars fell into the river. An investigation showed the collapse had been caused by an oversize load striking overhead supports. A temporary bridge was in place within a month and new permanent bridge was opened in December. The bridge had been built in 1955 and Mt Vernon is about 90 miles north of Seattle.
In 1890 – The New York Giants establish a new National League record for most stolen bases in a game in 17-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Alleghenys. The Giants stole 17 bases, research into whose record they broke was inconclusive, and the record still stands. The teams combined for 20 stolen bases, also a National League record that still stands. The major league record is 19 for one team and 21 total, done by the Philadelphia Athletics in a game against the Syracuse Stars in an American Association game the previous April.
In 1961 – Ernie K Doe is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Mother-in-Law. It was the first of five chart singles for Doe and remains his only top 40 hit. The song was also in its fifth and final consecutive week at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, Doe’s first of four hits on the soul chart. The song was written by Allen Toussaint, who also wrote Glen Campbell’s pop and country #1 Southern Nights, making Toussaint one of the few songwriters to write #1 songs for Billboard’s pop, soul, and country charts.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Hold no expectations. Then the rewards will come.
Deng Ming-Dao
365 Tao
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees (1930) and later the Boston Braves (1935) was the first player to hit three home runs in a game in both leagues.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which teams hold the all-time and modern major league records for most stolen bases in a season? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Monday, May 22, 2025
The Daily Dose/May 22, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
HERE WE GO AGAIN: President Trump’s go-round with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was a microcosm of everything Trump, with discourtesy, ignorance, and blather once again taking center stage.
Dry, Technical Matter: President Trump believes the Black South African government is slaughtering whites. This is false, and the president – hardly for the first time – is delusional. But America is OK with that now, as ignorance now sets the pace in this country, with blather and ignorance exactly what America wants.
Fly In The Ointment: Nobody is telling this man no. No one is saying “you’re wrong” or “this is false” or “this will be bad for the country”. You and me – we the people – are the lesser for it. This is hardly a bulletin, either. It was obvious from the day he announced his candidacy in 2015 that blather, ignorance, and bluster were all he had to offer.
Fly In The Ointment II: It didn’t matter. The media escorted this nonsense directly into the primaries and the nomination. An American electorate refreshingly open to Trump’s idiocy took it from there, twice handing him the White House.
The Bottom Line: A hundred years from now, all new people, including Americans if there are any left, will look back at the Trump Era and wonder what in the hell we were thinking, why America tolerated such idiocy and incompetence. The reasons are varied, but we are a partisan, fractured, and bickering mess now, most of us are fat, and we watch several hours of TV a day. America was ripe for an ignorant leader.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow discusses growing his hair out. Today’s Diary.
…we advised we are not entirely sure if we will continue using that get-rid-of-the-gray shampoo we used last time we had hair, probably 2-3 years ago, or if we are going to surrender to Father Time and let the gray do it’s thing.
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On This Date
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In 1807 – A grand jury in Virginia indicts former vice president Aaron Burr for treason. His trail, presided over by Chief Justice John Marshal, began in August and Burr was later acquitted because the constitutional requirement of either a confession or two witnesses could not be met. Burr then fled to Europe, returning to the US in 1812. He died in New York in 1836 and may be best known for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel while vice president in 1804.
In 1930 – Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees establishes a new major league record for the most games hitting three or more home runs in a 20-13 win over the Philadelphia A’s in the second game of a doubleheader. It was the third time Gehrig had hit three home runs in a game, and research into whose record he broke was inconclusive. Gehrig would later hit four home runs in a game, and the record for most three-home-run games is now six, done three times.
In 1993 – Janet Jackson is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of eight consecutive weeks with That’s the Way Love Goes. It was the 15th of 27 Top 10 hits for Jackson and her sixth of ten #1 pop songs and her eighth of 16 soul number ones. The song also went to #1 in five other countries, including Greece and the Netherlands, peaked at #2 in Great Britain, and was in its third of four consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s #1 soul song of 1972 was Let’s Stay Together by Al Green, which spent nine consecutive weeks at #1.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the first player to hit three home runs in both major leagues? – Answer next time!
