The Daily Dose/June 15, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Nothing to see here, folks, Leading Off remains in time-out.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Hardly for the first time, Sparrow wants to smack a guest. Today’s Diary.
At about 0640 a guest comes to the front desk and advises that some dipwad is blocking his exit from the overflow parking area behind the restaurant…He’s dropping unflattering adjectives, too, and while they weren’t directed at me, we had to resist the urge to advise him that we were not his problem, that we were here to be of service to him, and to pipe the eff down…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1648 – Margaret Jones of Charlestown becomes the first woman to be executed in the Massachusetts colony for witchcraft. Jones, a midwife and medical practitioner, had been accused of a variety of crimes, some stemming from when misfortune happened to some who did not take her medicines. An eyewitness to her execution said Jones maintained her innocence throughout. Witch trials in the colonies would continue through the end of the Salem Witch Trials in 1693.
In 1902 – Jay Clark of the Corsicana Oil Citys establishes a professional baseball record for most home runs in a game in a 51-3 win over the Texarkana Casketmakers in a Texas League game. Clark had eight home runs and broke the record of four home runs done nine times previously. Texarkana started their first baseman, the owner’s son, on the mound and the game was played in a facility south of town with a very short right-field fence because Corsicana did not allow baseball on Sundays.
In 1985 – Ricky Skaggs is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Country Boy. It was the ninth of eleven #1 country hits for Skaggs and was his 12th of 16 consecutive Top 10 country hits. The song also went #1 country in Canada and was Billboard’s 43rd-biggest country song of the year. The song was written by members of the British rock band Heads Hands & Feet.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
In the city, people paid to hear other people sing and watch other people feel. Passion has become a spectator sport supported by emotional cripples. Love and suffering were knacks possessed by the talented paid to display their gifts.
Lawrence Sanders
The Third Deadly Sin
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The American League record for most career double plays by a shortstop is 1,556 by Cal Ripken from 1981-96.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many times have five home runs been hit in a minor league game? – Answer next time!
