The Daily Dose/Sunday, June 27, 2021
The Daily Dose/June 27, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is working on a project and most elements of The Daily Dose – Leading Off, The Sunday Bottom 5, On This Date, Some Philosophy Crap, Trivia – are either on hiatus or running intermittently. Your full-service Daily Dose will return later this summer.
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. God’s Bankers by Gerald Posner – As interesting as it is informative, though Vatican Bank hijinks hardly a surprise from church that helped Nazis escape and whose clerics molested boys…Still, though, Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” it was comforting to know Vatican priests are as concerned about consolidating wealth and power as other mortals.
2. 3×3 Basketball – It’s hard to believe USA unable to qualify men’s team for upcoming Olympics in derivative of sport we effing invented…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” they could’ve gone to any inner-city and found three guys who could’ve named the score against dreaded Latvia, but they weren’t consulted in the matter.
3. Lauren Daigle – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters bidding adieu to longtime 3-hole staple whose song You Say remains in runner-up spot on Billboard’s Hot Christian Singles chart after Billboard all-chart record 130 non-consecutive weeks at #1…At least until song returns to #1, of course…Envious Morman Tabernacle Choir press office now sending SB5 pollsters press kits on upcoming combined slow jazz/rap version of Common Doxology.
4. Donald Trump Supporters – Former president remains a lying sexual predator who believes the moon is part of Mars…And that the Revolution was won by the securing of British airports…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters still asking Trump supporters which of these elements continues to solidify their support…While paperwork still being finalized, entry expected to become this feature’s next 3-hole staple.
5. GOP – White sheet sales spike as Republican senators celebrate continued voter suppression following their blocking of pesky Democrat’s bill looking to increase ballot access for all Americans…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters still wondering why legislator in a nation conceived in liberty isn’t bending over backwards to make ballot access as easy as possible for everyone.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Of course, it’s Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow picks up a sterling silver service set at the convention. Today’s Diary.
I was at the Auxiliary’s silent auction and noted it at the end of a table and thought that looks interesting while simultaneously thinking I have no use for this whatsoever…I mean, who demands sterling silver service at The Shire, the cat???…Still tho, I couldn’t get it out of my head during the morning session, so later I went back and for reasons that might well be clear one day wrote down a $100 bid, topping the only other bid by only $95…
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
He had discovered that one does not gain control of other men’s minds by antagonizing them.
John Toland
Adolf Hitler
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The Diary of a Nobody/June 26
Per standard Sunday policy (SSP), it’s Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary (TD).
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Saturday, June 26
We ended up getting really far behind schedule at the convention today…Recall this is our first convention since 2019 and there were no less than 22 resolutions to dispense with…Resolutions start off in posts and are approved by districts before being sent to the state where a committee decides to recommend approval, rejection or referral to another committee…There are a couple of other administrative options, too.
The Daily Dose/Saturday, June 26, 2021
The Daily Dose/June 26, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is working on a project and most elements of The Daily Dose – Leading Off, The Sunday Bottom 5, On This Date, Some Philosophy Crap, Trivia – are either on hiatus or running intermittently. Your full-service Daily Dose will return later this summer.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the convention, Sparrow enjoys a brewski with a couple of comrades. Today’s Diary.
A couple of things about Les: one, he’s been married for 60 years, which would have caused me to whistle if I could do so without slobbering over myself because regular readers of this crap know The Ex and I threw in the towel before making it to ten years of wedded bliss.
The second thing Stanko pointed out after Les left: he was put in for the Medal of Honor – our country’s highest military award – for unspecified heroics in Vietnam, tho the rats at the Pentagon ended up issuing Les the next-highest award, the Distinguished Service Cross, itself an award that is hardly passed out with the rations.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Hitler was convinced his own destiny would eventually lead him to success…he tuned out all but affirmative voices.
John Toland
Adolf Hitler
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The Diary of a Nobody/June 25
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Friday, June 25
This is not Hotel of the Year…The service is good – hardly Sparrow-esque but what is, frankly – and the room is satisfactory but the in-room coffee is that world-dominating brand, which I’ve never particularly liked, plus the WiFi here was difficult to log into and slow besides.
The Daily Dose/Friday, June 25, 2021
The Daily Dose/June 25, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is working on a project and most elements of The Daily Dose – Leading Off, The Sunday Bottom 5, On This Date, Some Philosophy Crap, Trivia – are either on hiatus or running intermittently. Your full-service Daily Dose will return later this summer.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is at the Legion state convention. Today’s Diary.
I wanted to self-immolate after attending 2.5 hours of the state Legion’s executive board meeting today…Good gravy, that was boring, with most people talking way longer than mandated by the dictates of both decorum and personal interest…
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
History was flinging the dice…
Gore Vidal
The Golden Age
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The Diary of a Nobody/June 24
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Thursday, June 24
One of the benefits of working tonight – a night I usually have off – was being able to see Mark’s ink/highlighter combination on his Cash Drawer Spreadsheets (CDSS) and my suspicions that he rolled with a different combination on the night I’m not there were confirmed because while Mark used his semi-standard red ink for his name, he accented the day, date, amounts and the slash thru his name with yellow highlighter!!!…I am not making that up, he kicked it old-school with the first highlighter color ever.
The Daily Dose/Thursday, June 24, 2021
The Daily Dose/June 24, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is working on a project and most elements of The Daily Dose – Leading Off, The Sunday Bottom 5, On This Date, Some Philosophy Crap, Trivia – are either on hiatus or running intermittently. Your full-service Daily Dose will return later this summer.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – The cat demands to be fed. Today’s Diary.
You really can’t blame the cat for this, either…Late Wednesday afternoons, when I usually get home from the VSO, are when she usually gets a canned yummy ration and this brings up the question of whether or not the cat actually knows the days of the week – in which case she should probably be treated with much more respect than I’m currently affording her – or whether she was just hungry.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Why won’t we work and be honest to create who we need to be?
Wes Watson
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The Daily Dose/Wednesday, June 24, 2021
The Daily Dose/June 23, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is working on a project and most elements of The Daily Dose – Leading Off, The Sunday Bottom 5, On This Date, Some Philosophy Crap, Trivia – are either on hiatus or running intermittently. Your full-service Daily Dose will return later this summer.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow deals with a drunk. Today’s Diary.
Then he starts in on me…I’m counting the cash drawers, tho, and while he wasn’t so drunk he couldn’t tell I was working, he was drunk enuff not to care and soon enuff he’s talking about how he really wanted to join the French Foreign Legion when he had gotten out of the Air Force…Eventually, it was time to retire to the back office, so I apologized but was firm when he tried to offer other talking points…The bar was closed and he seemed disappointed to have to go back to his room.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished.
Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote
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