The Daily Dose/June 3, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return. Sometime.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is granted an audience with the Sunday Yapper. Today’s Diary.
…and it was actually refreshing, not to mention awe-inspiring, to hear a true yapping connoisseur ply his trade…If we got a complete sentence in, we’d be surprised.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1969 – The Australian aircraft carrier HMS Melbourne and the American destroyer USS Frank E. Evans collide in the South China Sea between Vietnam and Brunei. The ships were participating in a joint exercise when Evans, off to the left and ahead of Melbourne, turned to the right, with the resulting collision slicing the Evans in two. A joint board of inquiry determined both ships were at fault, a conclusion that in hindsight seems awfully biased in favor of the US. 74 sailors, all from the Evans, were killed.
In 1995 – The Montreal Expos select 17-year-old high school catcher Tom Brady in the draft, in the 18th round with the 507th overall pick. Brady was a good left-handed hitter with a strong arm but he declined to sign with the Expos, preferring to play football at Michigan before starting a pro career that saw him win seven Super Bowls. Brady was one of seven future NFL players drafted by baseball teams this year, including Dante Culpepper and Ricky Williams.
In 1989 – Michael Damian is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Rock On. It was the second chart single for Damian, his first of three Top 40 hits, and remains his only #1 and Top 10 song. Rock On also went to #1 in Canada and was Billboard’s 45th-biggest song of the year. In 1973 a version by David Essex, who wrote the song, peaked at #5 on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
Charles Caleb Colton
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Kenny Nolan and Bob Crewe wrote Lady Marmalade.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many US athletes have been drafted by professional football, baseball, and basketball teams? – Answer next time!
