The Daily Dose/September 30, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off is enjoying some time off while we work on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the provisional end-of-month figures for the hotel. Today’s Diary.
…this might – or it might not – surprise those keeping score at home, but September 2021 has been a tad slower than September 2020…Because recall, despite Virus Era restrictions, the entire northwest part of the state was an inferno last year and we were sold out with firefighters left and right.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1989 – The USS Blueback (SS-581) completes its final full day of commissioned service in the United States Navy, to be decommissioned the following day after almost 31 years of service. The last diesel submarine warship in the US fleet. Blueback had been launched in May 1959 and commissioned the following October and was named after a salmon common to the Pacific Northwest that is generally red in color. Today Blueback is enjoying a useful retirement telling sea stories of a bygone era at a museum in Portland, Oregon.
In 1927 – Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees establishes a new major league record for most home runs in a season in a 4-2 win over the Washington Senators. Ruth hit his 60th home run in the eighth inning to break the record of 59 he had established in 1921. The record stood until broken by Roger Maris of the Yankees, who hit 61 in 1961 and the record is now held by Barry Bonds, who hit 73 in 2001.
In 1964 – The Box Tops are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of four consecutive weeks with The Letter. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #5 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s 2nd-biggest song of the year. It was the first chart single for the group, their first of seven Top 40 hits and remains their only #1 song. In 1970, a version by Joe Cocker peaked at #7 on the Hot 100 and in 1969 a version by the Arbors had peaked at #20.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
People are more disposed to suffer than right themselves by resistance.
John Locke
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Boston Braves were first known as the Braves in 1914. Before that they had been known as the Rustlers, Doves, Beaneaters, Red Caps and Red Stockings. They were known as the Bees from 1936-40.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who held the single-season major league home run record before Babe Ruth? – Answer next time!
