The Daily Dose/September 23, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off remains in time out while we work on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has more cash drawer news (CDN) from the hotel than is probably desirable. Today’s Diary.
The big cash drawer news (CDN) is that yours truly started an unofficial test about how long a bill stays in a drawer…For the past couple of nites, there’s been a $5 bill in the right drawer that is taped together…Sensing an opportunity for a field test like my seminal creamer usage test (CUT) from last month, I took the taped bill out from its spot in the middle of the stack of 20 fivers and put it in the back, figuring it would be used last…We’ll see, though I’m as excited as you are about what the results could be.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1806 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition – formally the US Army Corps of Discovery – ends when the expedition returns to St Louis after traveling to the Pacific Ocean via the Mississippi, Missouri and Columbia rivers. The expedition had left Camp Dubois, a bit north of St Louis, on May 14, 1804, and reached the Pacific on Nov 15, 1805. The only death was Sgt Charles Floyd, who died, apparently of appendicitis, in August 1804 near what is now Sioux City, Iowa.
In 1908 – The Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants played to a 1-1 tie in a game where the apparent winning run for the Giants was disallowed in the bottom of the ninth inning. The run was disallowed when Giant outfielder Fred Merkle was called out on appeal for missing second base after running to join the victory celebration. The teams ended the regular season tied for first place, with the Cubs winning the replay of the game – and the National League pennant – on Oct 8.
In 1978 – A Taste of Honey is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with Boogie Oogie Oogie. It was the first chart single for the group, their first of two Top 10 hits and remains their only #1 song. The song also peaked at #3 in Great Britain, in August had spent a week at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart and was Billboard’s 9th biggest song of the year. The group was formed in Los Angeles in 1972 and in February would win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
But Tim had done his best to dramatize an election in which neither candidate dared to say what he meant to an uneasy people who realized something was seriously wrong with their political system.
Gore Vidal
The Golden Age
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Conway Twitty’s first #1 song on a Billboard singles chart was It’s Only Make Believe, which spent two non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Hot 100 in November 1958, the fifth #1 song of the Hot 100 era.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
In preparation for the expedition, Merriwether Lewis was sent to Philadelphia by President Thomas Jefferson to study medicine under what prominent American physician? – Answer next time!
