The Daily Dose/June 7, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will run intermittently for the time being.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is flummoxed by bird doo-doo on his car door. Today’s Diary.
I mean, how does a bird get doo-doo on a perpendicular surface???…Specifically, how does that much get on a car door???…Is this another evolutionary step in their quest for world domination???…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1776 – Richard Henry Lee, a representative from Virginia in the 2nd Continental Congress, presents a resolution that the Colonies should be independent from Great Britain. The motion was seconded by John Adams and would be approved by the Congress on July 2, with the Declaration of Independence approved on July 4. History refers to the motion as the Lee Resolution and Lee later served as president of the Congress under the Articles of Confederation and a US Senator.
In 1936 – The Cleveland Indians establish the American League record for the longest game without striking out in a 5-4, 16-inning loss to the New York Yankees. Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing went the distance, getting the Indians out in nine different ways, none of them on strikes. The mark was tied by the Philadelphia A’s in 1943, and the all-time major league record is 17, done twice, by the New York Giants in 1893 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1920.
In 1969 – The Beatles with Billy Preston are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third of five consecutive weeks with Get Back. It was the 17th of a Hot 100 record 20 #1 songs by the group and the first of three #1s for Preston. The song went to #1 in 13 other countries, including New Zealand, Norway, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 25th-biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…he had learned it was better to say nothing for a year than to permit himself a moment’s indiscretion.
Morris West
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The first non-Frenchwoman to win the French Open was Kea Bouman of the Netherlands.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
In what calendar year did the Beatles have the most #1 songs? – Answer next time!
