The Daily Dose/June 29, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow umpires a baseball game. Today’s Diary. 

We weren’t very good, but this was the first game at this level we’ve done in several years, so you wouldn’t expect an Umpire of the Year nomination…

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On This Date
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In 1956 – The US Interstate Highway System is created when President Dwight D Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.  The original bill called for 40,000 miles of highway and today has over 48,000 miles and the system was declared complete in 1992, though expansion continues, with several future interstates in the planning stages. The first federally funded roadways were authorized by Congress in 1916. 

In 1984 – Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos establishes a new major league record for most games played in a 7-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati. It was the 3,309th career game for Rose, breaking the record established by Carl Yaztremski from 1961-83. Rose would retire in 1986 with 3,562 games played, a record that still stands. 

In 2013 – Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of twelve consecutive weeks. The song went to #1 in 24 other countries including Israel, Hungry, and Great Britain, was in its second of 15 consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, was Billboard’s #1 song of the year, and it’s 14th-biggest of the decade. It remains the only #1 pop song for Thicke and was the fourth and most recent #1 for both T.I. and Pharrell.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Guess how long it’s going to take? However long it takes! There is no time frame. The real one doesn’t care how long it takes, because he takes pride in the process.
Wes Watson

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The Kingston Trio’s biggest hit on the Hot 100 was Tom Dooley, which spent one week at #1 in 1958.  

Today’s Stumper
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Which active major league player has played in the most games? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/June 27, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Daily Dose is enjoying a day off.

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow reports there’s a certified Rock Star staying at the hotel. Today’s Diary. 

He’s in town for a show, obviously, and he’s registered under a code name of a 17th-century English philosopher, and he’s staying in a regular room and not a suite, which we found surprising, but the band appears to be paying their own expenses, so that could have something to do with it…

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The Daily Dose/June 27, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow helps and older lady change rooms. Today’s Diary. 

It’s a long walk and the old biddy is in her nightie, a white, cotton knee-length deal that was a tad shearer than either prudence mandated or ol’ Sparrow desired…

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On This Date
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In 1898 – The first circumnavigation of the Earth is completed when mariner Joshua Slocum arrives at Newport, Rhode Island. Slocum had departed Briar Island, Nova Scotia in July 1895 and had initially sailed to Gibraltar, before turning around and heading toward South America in order to avoid Mediterranean pirates. Slocum rarely touched the helm and navigated mainly using dead reckoning and noon sun sightings. 

In 1977 – Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first major leaguer to hit two home runs in an inning twice in a career in a 14-9 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. McCovey hit two home runs and had five RBIs in a 10-run sixth inning, matching the feat he had done in 1973. The mark has since been accomplished by Andre Dawson, Jeff King, Alex Rodriguez, and Edwin Encarnacion 

In 1960 – The Kingston Trio is at #1 on Billboard’s mono album chart for the seventh of ten non-consecutive weeks with Sold Out – the fourth of five #1 albums for the group – and Terry Snyder and the All Stars are at #1 on Billboard’s stereo album chart for the seventh of 13 non-consecutive weeks with Persuasive Percussion, which would spend 124 weeks on a Billboard album chart. Billboard maintained separate mono and stereo charts until August 1963 and research into Terry Snyder and the All-Stars’ chart history was inconclusive. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Do not trouble your hearts with thoughts of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Billboard’s #1 song for 2006 was Bad Day by Daniel Powter, which spent five weeks at #1 and 14 weeks in the Top 10. It remains Powter’s only Hot 100 appearance. 

Today’s Stumper
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What was the biggest hit the Kingston Trio had on the Hot 100? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/June 26, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow declines to do the lawn or the laundry. Today’s Diary. 

It’s rare when we get lazy like this, but a day spent in bed reading is seldom time wasted, so it’s not as if we sluffed off doing nothing, but still, we are going to be tired Monday afternoon and there will be things to do…

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On This Date
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In 1948 – The Lottery, a short story by Shirley Jackson, is published in The New Yorker. The story concerns a small town that holds an annual lottery where the winner is stoned to death, in the belief that the sacrifice will result in a bountiful harvest and general prosperity. Though critically acclaimed, the story garnered immediate negative mail. Jackson would later say the inspiration for the story walking home from the grocery store and that she wrote the story in an afternoon. 

In 2022 – The Colorado Avalanche with the Stanley Cup, defeating the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 to win the series four games to two. It was the third and most recent NHL title for the Avalanche and the second and most recent finals loss for the Lightning. Artturi Lehkonen scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Colorado’s Cale Makar was named the MVP of the playoffs. 

In 2006 – Shakira and Wyclef Jean are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Hips Don’t Lie. The song went to #1 in 15 other countries, including Italy, the Czech Republic, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 5th-biggest song of the year. It remains the only #1 hit on the Hot 100 for Shakira and was the second and most recent pop #1 for Jean. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The major league record for most pitchers used in an inning is six, done twice, most recently by the Seattle Mariners in 2007. 

Today’s Stumper
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What was Billboard’s #1 song for 2006? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/June 25, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.

1. Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea – You know, Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters have some street cred here and know that when you go underwater in a ship you risk not surfacing. Still tho, no one concerned with this did their due diligence, as vessel should’ve been taken out of service ages ago…Five needless deaths, as lawyers in a variety of jurisdictions wringing hands over imminent lawsuits. 

2. Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers – Story out of LA is not how umpire nailed balk call that let in go-ahead run in 8th inning, but how petulant pitcher threw tantrum and got ejected, another sign that makes Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” America has lost all respect for authority…Oh, and a balk does not have to be intentional…It is a balk whether you meant to or not. 

3. Mass Shootings – The 3-hole staple…15 mass shootings – defined here as shootings with at least four wounded and/or killed – a bit off last week’s pace, but twelve (12) dead, 84 (84) injured still solid figure…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “strangely suspect” 100 years from now all new people will look back and wonder why we did nothing about this. 

4. Paris 2024 – Parisians going for gold in one of most competitive of Olympic sports, bribery and scandal by organizing committee, as French prosecutors looking into malfeasance concerning signing of public contracts by Paris 2024 organizers…It’s actually second scandal by Paris, as investigation opened in 2017 right after they were awarded Olympics. 

5. Fake News – Click here to read what the wizards amongst us were actually believing this week…Used to fill space when Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters unwilling or unable to find legitimate #5 entry…Courtesy of AP. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

Three (3) cheers for Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a good week in the sack. Today’s Diary. 

10.5 hours for the day and 50.5 hours for the week, not quite up to the standard of the past couple of weeks, but nothing to sneeze at, either…We were asleep almost immediately, too, thanks to a shot of Zzz-Sleep…

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On This Date
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In 1876 – Plains Indian tribes – including the Lakota and Dakota tribes – led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Hore and US Army troops under Lt Colonel George Custer fight at the Battle of Little Big Horn in what is now southern Montana. Custer died later in the day and the battle would result in a resounding victory for the Indians, though the Great Sioux War would later result in a US victory. 

In 1961 – The Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels establish a new major league record for most pitchers used in a game in a 9-8, 14-inning Orioles victory. The teams combined to use 16 pitchers – eight by each team – and research into whose record they broke was inconclusive. The mark has been topped several times since and is now 25, by Colorado and San Francisco in a 2019, 16-inning game and the nine-inning record is 18, done three times. 

In 1977 – Marvin Gaye is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Got To Give It Up (Part 1). The song also peaked at #7 in Great Britain and at #1 on Billboard’s soul and disco charts. It was the 17th of 18 Top 10 pop hits for Gaye and his third and final #1 and was his 13th of 14 soul #1s. Gaye was shot to death by his father at the family home in Los Angeles in 1984. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Patience and privacy were virtues of leadership, vices of politics.
Evan Thomas
Ike’s Bluff

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Before the John Isner/Nicolas Mahut 11 hour, 5 minute, 183-game match in 2010, the longest match by time was 7 hours, 1 minute by the Czech Republic and Switzerland in 2013 Davis Cup doubles and the longest by number of games was 122 by the US and Chile in 1973 Davis Cup doubles. 

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Which major league team holds the record for most pitchers used in an inning? – Answer next time!

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