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
Extra, extra, read all about it.
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
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s #1 song for 2006? – Answer next time!
