The Daily Dose/April 9, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Dallas Mavericks – Hey guys, if you didn’t want to play your stars in a meaningless season finale that’s your lookout, but keeping them out of a game with play-in tournament implications – perhaps to improve your draft position – is wrong…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters hereby fine you $10 million…Please remit check soonest.
2. Clarence Thomas – Supreme Court justice might – or might not – have a technically legal argument that his acceptance of luxury trips is merely accepting personal hospitality but public servants like him should make the point moot by not accepting them in the first place.
3. #USA! #USA! – 70 years into TV being the focal point of American life, Americans so well-entertained and well-fed they are tolerating 1.4 shootings per day involving no less than four (4) injuries/deaths, perpetual war, and sub-standard government…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” US has until this half-century is out to do something before Great American Experiment tossed aside History’s scrap heap.
4. 2024 Presidential Election – Good gravy, potential options like choosing preferred strain of the clap: a Democratic Party hell-bent on providing cradle-to-grave coverage for all of us and a GOP determined to force-feed America their way of life…The middle of the road in America has been overtaken by extremes, tho Americans – unwilling to make changes at ballot box – seem to be OK with this.
5. Boston Bruins – As good a team as NHL has produced, Bruins now third team to win at least 62 games in a season and are trying to become first of them to actually win Stanley Cup…Bruins looking to hoist Cup for seventh time and first time since 2011.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has to tell a guest the bar is closed. Today’s Diary.
…this is another instance where ol’Sparrow could’ve made some extra cash by having a cooler or a bottle handy, but we don’t really think in terms of hustling cash, except after its too late…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1784 – The American Revolution comes to an end when the Treaty of Paris is ratified by King George III of Great Britain. The treaty had been signed in Paris the previous September and had been ratified by the US Congress of the Confederation in January and the countries would exchange signed copies in May. The only article of the treaty still applicable and in force is the first, which acknowledges the US’s independence.
In 1912 – Fenway Park in Boston hosts its first game, an exhibition between the Red Sox and the Harvard Crimson won by the Red Sox 2-0. The first batter was Harvard’s Dana Wingate, the first pitch was thrown by Casey Hageman, and about 3,000 fans showed up on a snowy day. The first American League game was a 7-6 win over the New York Highlanders on April 20 and to date Fenway Park has hosted 8,696 regular season games, a total that includes 85 Boston Braves games between 1913-15.
In 1977 – ABBA is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Dancing Queen. The song went to #1 in 14 other countries including Norway, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 12th-biggest song of the year. It was the eighth of 14 Top 40 hits for the group, their first of four Top 10 hits, and remains their only #1 song. Versions by the Glee Cast (#74, 2011) and A*Teens (#95, 2000) have also hit the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
To live, one must embrace the immediate and actual…as well as the distant and perfect.
George Santayana
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The first US senator elected under the provisions of the 17th Amendment was Augustus Bacon of Georgia, on June 15, 1913. Bacon had served in the Senate since 1894 and had been appointed to the seat on March 4 when the legislature failed to elect a successor. He ran unopposed in the election.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many chambers did the Congress of the Confederation have? – Answer next time!
