The Daily Dose/May 26, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. War – Man’s calling card since time immemorial has another stellar week, with Israel’s genocide in Gaza continuing while the plucky Ukranians continue to hold out against evil Russians…US heroically doing its part, too, currently directly involved in wars in Yemen, the Red Sea, Syria, and Somalia, despite Congress not having declared any of these wars.
2. Post Malone – American singer currently atop Billboard pop and country charts (with Morgan Wallen) and with four prior soul chart #1s is now fifth act to have #1s on Billboard’s Hot 100, soul, and country charts…Elvis, the Everly Brothers, Ray Charles, and Billy Ray Cyrus are the others.
3. Mass Shootings – The 3-hole staple…13 mass shootings – defined as incidents with four (4) or more casualties – for the week, including 16 deaths – including one (1) perp – and an impressive 53 wounded…2.14/per day an excellent average for the week, though 2024s weekly average of 1.19 well below 2023 average of 1.8 mass shootings a day.
4. Voyager 1 – Mankind’s most distant ambassador (15 billion miles) is back earning its keep after parts of it went tits up (an old, appropriate Navy phrase) for a while…More useful at 46 years old than most of us, two (2) instruments are back up and running and sending useful data back to Earth, though two (2) more remain on the Out Of Order list.
5. NCAA – Even the last, tenuous shreds of amatuerism gone now, as conferences and schools OK lawsuit settlement that is estimated to funnel $20 million a year per major division school to athletes…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” NCAA will screw this up, too, just like they screw everything else up – except the postseason tournaments they do really well.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Yay for Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest on the cat. Today’s Diary.
Yay for the fact she is no longer going to the litter box every five minutes…Boo for her still having the trots, but one step at a time…There are still several days left on her treatment program…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1969 – Apollo 10 returns to Earth, splashing down in the South Pacific Ocean between American Samoa and French Polynesia. The mission was a dress rehearsal for Apollo 11, doing everything but landing on the moon, with Thomas Stafford and Gene Cernan flying the lunar module to within 8.4 miles of the lunar surface. The mission set two records that still stand: the fastest humans have flown (24,791 mph) and the farthest humans have flown from Earth (220,820 miles).
In 1958 – Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates establishes a major league for the most consecutive batters retired in a game in a 1-0 loss to the Milwaukee Braves. Haddix retired the first 36 batters he faced – 12 perfect innings – breaking the record of 27 done in six previous perfect games and the record still stands. The Braves won the game in the 14th inning on an error, a sacrifice, an intentional walk, and a double.
In 1962 – Mr Acker Bilk is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Stranger on the Shore. It was the first of four chart singles for Bilk and remains his only Top 40 hit. The song also went to #1 in Great Britain, and while the song only spent one week at the top in the US, it spent four weeks at #2 and eleven weeks in the Top 10 and was Billboard’s #1 song of the year. It was the first song by a British act to hit #1 on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Order is the mother civilization and liberty; chaos the midwife of dictatorship.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol VI: The Reformation
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The farthest back a winner of the Indianapolis 500 has started is 32nd, by Ray Harroun in 1911.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the third member of Apollo 10? – Answer next time!
