The Daily Dose/October 29, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
CAPSULE CALZONE REVIEW: Gino’s Italian Pizzeria and Grill, Craig, Colorado: One of the things we have significant street cred in is melted cheese and assorted, sometimes numerous, pork products baked in folded pizza dough. Strombolis, calzones, it doesn’t matter, we’ve had a lot of them over the years.
Yay!: And we’ve had some really good ones, too: the stromboli at the old Italian joint at the legendary North Las Vegas casino Jerry’s Nugget was created by providence on the seventh day and the one at the (tragically) now-closed Wolfe’s just down the street from us wasn’t too far behind.
Broad, Historical Context: We’ve actually had the stromboli here before, but that was a while ago, and evidently we weren’t desperate for material because we can’t find a review of it here.
Dry, Technical Matter: As usual, we custom ordered one: the usual cheeses plus bacon, pepperoni and sausage. Why people bother with vegetables – or anything else, really – has always escaped us and don’t bother us with a side of that infernal marinara sauce, either. And if you’re the waitress, don’t waste our time by coming back to the goddamned table to announce it comes with onions. If we were desirous of the included onions we would have asked for the included onions. Go, scoot and get the order in so we can start eating in the shortest possible time.
The Daily Dose Rating Scale: 1 – The very best | 2 – Very good | 3 – Good | 4- Average | 5 – Utterly without merit.
Final Ranking: 3: We’re pretty tough graders here at your Daily Dose, so a Good rating indicates something has significant merit, and so it is with Gino’s calzone. It would have gotten Very Good marks had it been stuffed with even more pork products or been even bigger, but we quibble. It was a fine meal. Dad would have said it wasn’t too bad, a high compliment from a reserved Midwesterner.
The Bottom Line: It probably wouldn’t medal stand at the Calzone Olympics, but it’s typical of the quality stuff found in small and medium-sized towns around the country. The burgers here – and breaded french fries – are good, too.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest MPG figures for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
This, of course, is a lousy figure, a full six or so MPG less than the all-time high from a couple of months ago…Right now, two factors are being blamed: 1) the fact the gas treatment was put in last time when the tank was full and, 2) the snow tires being put on last week.
The problem with the snow tires is that there isn’t snow on the ground…When there is, gas mileage is normal, but when the roads are good, it tends to hamper your gas mileage, probably because they’re a tad softer and are gripping the road more…We’ll see if when you add gas treatment is a factor because yours truly put it in before filling up today.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1901 – Jane Toppan, a nurse, is arrested on suspicion of murdering the Davis family in Amherst, Massachusetts. Toppan had come under suspicion after a toxicology report showed one of the victims had been poisoned. After arrest, Toppan admitted to murdering as many as 100 people, adding she got an erotic thrill from it, sometimes fondling and laying with her victims as they were dying. Despite her pleas of sanity, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity and died in a state mental hospital in 1938.
In 2018 – Klay Thompson of the Gold State Warriors establishes a new NBA record for most 3-point field goals in a game and ties the record for most in a half in a 149-124 win over the Chicago Bulls. Thompson had 14 3-pointers, ten of them in the first half, to break the single-game mark of 13 established by Stephen Curry of the Warriors in November 2016 and tie the single-half record established by Chandler Parsons of the Houston Rockets in January 2014. Thompson finished with 52 points and both records still stand.
In 1977 – The Kendalls are at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the fourth and final consecutive week with Heaven is Just a Sin Away. It was the first Top 40 country hit for the father/daughter duo and their first of three #1 songs. The song also went #1 country in Canada, peaked at #63 on the Hot 100 for their only pop hit and won the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
There’s no use denying fear – It’s how you handle it that counts.
Caryl Chessman
May 2, 1960
Moments before dying in California’s gas chamber
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The song that took the most weeks to reach #1 in a single chart run on the Billboard Hot 100 is With Arms Wide Open by Creed, which took 27 weeks to reach #1 in 2000.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who holds the NBA record for most 3-point field goals in a quarter? – Answer next time!
