The Daily Dose/May 16, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return. Promise.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest gas mileage figures. Today’s Diary.
We filled up heading out to the big city, at the city at the Interstate, and received the privilege of bending over and taking it in the shorts by paying more than $5 a gallon for the first time…This was funny: here was a gas station in a conveniently located city charging five dollars and change and up in our remote part of the state we’re still keeping less than five…Not a whole lot less, but it’s still good for morale.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1868 – President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial conducted by the United States Senate. Johnson was acquitted by a single vote on the first of eleven articles of impeachment that had been passed by the US House in February. The decisive vote was cast by Senator Edmund G Ross of Kansas, one of ten Republicans who voted against his party. Ten days later, votes on the second and third articles resulted in the same 35-19 result and the Senate declined to vote on the remaining articles.
In 1980 – Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers establishes a new NBA Finals record for most points in a game by a rookie as the Lakers win the NBA title with a 123-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers to win the title in six games. Johnson had 42 points in the game, as well as 15 rebounds and seven assists, and his 14-for-14 performance at the free throw line established a Finals record for most free throws made without a miss, a record now held by Kawhi Leonard of Toronto (16, 2019). It was the seventh of 17 NBA titles for the Lakers.
In 1987 – U2 is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 of the first of three consecutive weeks with With Or Without You. It was their second of 17 Top 40 hits, their first of six Top 10 hits, and was their first of two #1 songs. The song also went to #1 in Poland, Ireland, and Canada, peaked at 34 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 15th biggest song of the year. Early in the recording process the band, not pleased with the song’s progress, considered abandoning it and their manager didn’t think it was good enough for release as a single.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
No powerful priesthood, no ancient and inspired text limited men’s thinking…Here for the first time thought became secular, and sought rational and consistent answers to the problems of the world and man.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. II: The Life of Greece
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The oldest McDonalds still operating opened in Downey, California in 1953.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Andrew Johnson’s trade before getting into politics? – Answer next time!
