The Daily Dose/October 4, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
The Sunday Bottom 5
The very best of the very worst of the week that was.
1. COVID-19 – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters don’t wish COVID on anyone, but old lessons about karma and burnt hand teaching best again assert themselves with President Trump now being afflicted.
2. Major League Baseball – Grand’ Ol Game dying right before our eyes, as feast or famine at-bats produce second-highest per game home run, strikeout totals ever, while sacrifice bunts the lowest ever, with one roughly every other game…Also, Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” no playoff games on first Saturday and Sunday in October “like, dude, totally bad and stuff”.
3. Lauren Daigle – American singer extends Billboard all-singles chart record to 104th (non-consecutive) week at #1 as You Say remains at top of Hot Christian Singles chart…A long time ago Wendy Carlos, then rolling as Walter Carlos, spent 110 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Classical Album chart with Switched On Bach, the all-time Billboard record for weeks at #1.
4. Election 2020 – Less than a month before US voters choose between septuagenarian white guy who is lying sexual predator who believes moon is part of Mars and septuagenarian white guy who is not a lying sexual predator who believes moon is part of Mars…Thanks for the great menu, GOP and Democrats!
5. President Trump Fact Check – The 5-hole staple, click here for the latest misinformation from our Liar-in-Chief…Includes modest Joe Biden action.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest on changes at the sundry stand.
In sundry stand news, someone – and there are no suspects and we might have to go to video coverage on this one – switched the cookie dough and cherry ice cream containers in the freezer!!!…I am not making that up…Usually, the 2x chocolate fudge chain reaction fantasy is on the left and then there’s the cookie dough flavor in the middle with the cherry (actually vanilla with some cherry and chocolate slivers) anchoring the right side.
No more: someone thought the sun simply would stop rising in the east if cookie dough and cherry were not swapped…Ol’ Sparrow, I think, gets props for taking it in stride instead of offering his usual reaction to things the puzzle him, staring at it crossly with his hands on his hips…I could have, with some modest effort, switched them back, but sometimes you have to sail with the prevailing wind.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Gaylon is called a stalker again, this time by Princess Emma.
Our main topic of conversation was Radtke’s crush on Nong, who happened to be sitting a few tables over. We didn’t identify her to Princess Emma – I cited privacy issues – but that didn’t stop me from blabbing the fact that Radtke had a crush on someone sitting in the EDR right now!
I announced I would be Radtke’s mentor on this one, the one responsible for guiding him to the dating Promised Land.
“You?” Princess Emma said, finding it rather amusing.
I nodded solemnly.
“Look, before he came to me he didn’t even know her days off or her break schedule or anything.”
“That’s stalking!” Princess Emma said.
Free Stuff
The same trick the drug dealers use.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo
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Criminals, Courtesans and Constables
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1363 – The Battle of Poyang Lake, part of the Red Turban Rebellion, ends in southeastern China. The battle was between the Han Navy, in rebellion against the Yuan dynasty, and the Ming Navy. Declining water levels led to maneuverability problems for the Hans’ large, deep-draft ships, while the Ming’s land and sea forces, plus the use of fire ships, led to victory. The battle eventually led to the end of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 and ushered in three centuries of Ming dynasty rule.
In 2001 – Rickey Henderson of the San Diego Padres establishes a new major league record for most runs scored in a career in a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Henderson’s third-inning home run resulted in his 2,246th career run, breaking the record established by Ty Cobb, who had held the record since breaking Cap Anson’s mark with his 2,000th career run in 1925. Henderson would retire in 2003 with 2,295 career runs, a record that still stands.
In 1969 – Sonny James is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the first of three consecutive weeks with Since I Met You, Baby. It was the 13th of 23 #1 songs on the country chart for James and his ninth of 16 consecutive #1s, a country chart record that still stands, and the song also peaked at #65 on the Hot 100. The song was written by Ivory Joe Hunter, whose version hit #1 on Billboard’s soul chart in 1956 and the song has since charted several times on both the country and pop charts and Since I Met You, Baby remains one of the few songs to appear on all three major Billboard singles charts.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It was hard to believe he had evolved through the natural process of conception, birth, and growing up. – McKinley Kantor, Andersonville
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The first player to win the Triple Crown in a major league was Paul Hines of the Providence Grays, who led the National League in batting average (.358), home runs (4) and runs batted in (50) in 1878.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
Which Mongol founded the Yuan dynasty? – Answer next time!
