The Daily Dose/April 6, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off remains in time out while we work on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow reports the creamers situation has stabilized somewhat. Today’s Diary.
…there are now satisfactory supplies of half & half, French vanilla, and hazelnut, tho it must be noted that French vanilla is now the same CoffeeMate brand that hazelnut recently switched to…The great unknown, tho, is whether our regular supplier is providing this or whether we’ve found another creamer guy.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1970 – Four California Highway Patrol officers are shot to death within five minutes of each other in Valencia, north of Los Angeles. Officers Walt Frago and Roger Gore had pulled over Bobby Davis and Jack Twinning, who opened fire after a few minutes. Backup officers George Alleyn and James Pence were shot on arrival and Davis and Twinning escaped, with Davis later arrested after stealing a car, while Twinning killed himself. It remains the deadliest day in the history of California law enforcement.
In 1988 – Pat Borders of the Toronto Blue Jays ties the major league record for most RBIs in a major league debut in an 11-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Borders went 3-for-4 with a triple and five RBIs to tie the record established by Walter Mueller of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1922 and later tied by Joe Cunningham of the St Louis Cardinals in 1954. The record is now six, by Starlin Castro of the Chicago Cubs, on May 7, 2010.
In 1974 – Blue Swede is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Hooked on a Feeling. It was the first of four chart singles for the group, their first of two Top 40 and Top 10 hits, and remains their only #1 song. The song also peaked at #2 in Canada and was the first #1 song by a Swedish act on the Hot 100. The song was written by Mark James, who had also written Suspicious Minds, and in 1969 a version by B.J. Thomas had peaked at #5 on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
He was of the opinion that many matters took care of themselves as long as one didn’t stir them up. And he was not often wrong about this.
John Toland
Adolf Hitler
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s biggest soul song of 1980 was Let’s Get Serious by Jermaine Jackson, which spent six weeks at #1.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
When was the California Highway Patrol founded? – Answer next time!
