The Daily Dose/June 10, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading off remains in timeout. It will return, though we are not sure when.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has to put the cat in timeout for the first time in a while. Today’s Diary.
She was lying on my back when I rustled at 2230 to use the can and she thought Daddy was up for good and started running the prospect of her morning canned yummy ration up the flagpole…Well, Daddy wasn’t up for good and went back to bed and while the cat knows better than to meow in the bedroom, she was standing post in the kitchen discussing matters and there was still more and good sleep to get, so Daddy shut the bedroom door.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1776 – The Second Continental Congress appoints what History refers to as the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence from Great Britain, appointing John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingstone, Thomas Jefferson, and Roger Sherman. The committee had the good sense to leave most of the work to Jefferson and the Declaration was approved on July 4, two days after Congress declared independence from Great Britain, and remains one of mankind’s seminal works.
In 1956 – The Melbourne Summer Olympics begin with the equestrian competition in Stockholm, with 158 athletes from 29 nations competing. This was due to quarantine laws for horses in Australia that made holding the competition there impractical and the Melbourne Games would begin in full in November. Competition in Stockholm would conclude on the 17th and this remains the only time events at the same Olympiad have been held on different continents.
In 1978 – The O’Jays are at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Soul Singles chart – for the third of five consecutive weeks with Used ta Be My Girl. The song also went #12 pop in Great Britain, peaked at #4 on the Hot 100, and was the seventh of eight #1 soul songs for the group. The song was written by the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The last and most important freedom left to a man is the freedom to be his own master.
Ernst Weiss
Georg Letham Physician and Murderer
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Before Secretariat in 1973, the last horse to win the Triple Crown was Citation, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, in 1948.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who were the two men who served as presidents of the Second Continental Congress? – Answer next time!
