The Daily Dose/June 7, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off remains in time-out.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow notes Chris’ continued ascension at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
We’ve noted here how Chris is doing a nice job of consolidating power, and another aspect of this meteoric rise was revealed tonite: he has taken charge of cutting back office scrap paper…I am not making that up…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1892 – Homer Plessy, a Black man, is arrested for refusing to leave the whites-only section of a train in Louisiana, a violation of Louisiana’s Separate Car Act. The arrest had been staged to become a test case, within May 1896 the US Supreme Court ruling against Plessy in 1896, reinforcing the separate but equal precedent that would remain in force until the 1950s.
In 1941 – Whirlaway, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, becomes the fifth horse to win the Triple Crown, winning the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York. Whirlaway ran the mile-and-a-half in 2 minutes 31 seconds to beat Robert Morris by 2.5 lengths. Whirlaway paid $2.50 to win and $2.10 to place, there was no show money, and Whirlaway earned $39,770 for the win, about $863,00 in today’s money. Arcaro would also win the Triple Crown in 1948 aboard Citation and he remains the only jockey to do it twice.
In 1980 – Lipps Inc. is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of four consecutive weeks with Funkytown. The song went to #1 in 13 other countries, including West Germany, Israel, and Norway, peaked at #2 in Great Britain, at #2 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 8th-biggest song of the year. It was the second and final chart single for the group and remains their only Top 40 hit. In 1987 a version by Pseudo Echo peaked at #6 on the Hot 100 and in 2008 a version by Alvin and the Chipmunks went to #86.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It is a poor sort of man who is content to be spoon-fed knowledge that has been filtered through the canon of religious or political belief.
Louis L’Amour
The Walking Drum
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The following teams have allowed four home runs in a game by one player at least once and have had at least one perfect game pitched against them: the Chicago White Sox, the Philadelphia/Oakland Athletics, the Boston/Atlanta Braves, the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What Supreme Court decision ended the separate but equal precedent? – Answer next time!
