The Daily Dose/May 28, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off remains in time-out.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest MPG figure for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
This is, of course, down two MPGs from last week’s historic 40+, but it is still fine gas mileage…To encourage the new ride to pick up the MPG pace a little, I put the gas treatment in, too.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 585 BC – During a solar eclipse, fighting between the Medes and the Lydians ceases in what is now northern Turkey, which led to a truce in their six-year war. Legend holds that the eclipse had been predicted by the Greek mathematician Thales, though how is not known because at the time it was not known that eclipses were caused by the moon coming between the earth and the sun. History refers to this battle as the Battle of Eclipse and the results of the war were inconclusive.
In 1955 – Bob Sweikart wins the Indianapolis 500, 2 minutes and 43 seconds ahead of a car driven by both Tony Bettenhausen and Paul Russon. It was the first and only Indy win for Sweikhart, who also won the AAA championship that year. Two-time defending champion Bill Vukovich died in a multi-car crash on lap 56 and in qualifying Manny Ayulo had also died. Sweikart himself died in a crash in a sprint car race in 1956.
In 1977 – Stevie Wonder is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of three consecutive weeks with Sir Duke. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #2 in Great Britain, was in its only week at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 18th-biggest song of the year. It was the sixth of nine #1 pop hits for Wonder and his 13th of a record 20 #1 soul hits, a mark shared with Aretha Franklin and now held by Drake (25). Wonder wrote the song as a tribute to Duke Ellington, and Count Basie, Glen Miller, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald are also mentioned.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It is not what you look at, but what you see.
Henry David Thoreau
Diary entry, 8/5/1851
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Eddie Arcaro has won six Preakness Stakes, the most of any jockey.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Stevie Wonder’s last appearance on a Billboard singles chart? – Answer next time!
