The Daily Dose/April 20, 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 fields a complaint from someone who stayed at a competing hotel. Today’s Diary.
Ol’ Sparrow was sympathetic and, always thinking sales, said “Look, I work at another hotel…Had you stayed with me” tapping my chest as if I owned the joint “you not only would’ve had satisfactory in-room coffee but first-class morning coffee service in the lobby, too”…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 2010 – The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, about 250 miles southeast of Houston, killing eleven people. The oil spill lasted until September, when the well was finally sealed, with the US government estimating the total discharge at 210 million gallons. The rig would sink on the 22nd and this remains the largest marine oil spill ever.
In 1988 – The Baltimore Orioles establish a new major league record for most consecutive losses at the start of a season in an 8-6 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. It was the 14th consecutive loss for the Brewers, breaking the record of 13 losses established by the Washington Senators in 1904 and tied by the Detroit Tigers in 1920. The Orioles would go on to lose their first 21 games of the year, a record that still stands.
In 1991 – Wilson Phillips is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with You’re In Love. It was the fourth chart single for the group, all of which reached the Top 10, and was their third and final #1 song. The song also peaked at #29 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s 27th-biggest song of the year. The group last hit a Billboard singles chart in 2012 when a remake of Good Vibrations peaked at #25 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…like Lincoln, he was supremely confident…not the confidence of the weak, the arrogance of the vain and needy…the kind of confidence that allows him to be humble.
Evan Thomas
Ike’s Bluff
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Nicklas Lidstrom holds the NHL record for most games with one team, 1,564 with the Detroit Red Wings from 191-2012.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which major league team started the season with the longest losing streak and still won the World Series? – Answer next time!
