The Daily Dose/May 30, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Chef Sparrow’s back in the kitchen. Today’s Diary.
Look, when you’ve been working scratch kitchens as long as we have, you’re always looking to innovate…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1953 – Sir Edmund Hillary of Great Britain and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal become the first humans to climb to the top of Mount Everest. On May 26 the first climbers from the expedition had come to within 300 feet of the summit before turning back due to equipment issues and Hillary and Tenzing had set out on the 28th. Though, initially, the two declined to say who had reached the summit first, in his autobiography Tenzing stated Hillary had been the first.
In 1977 – A.J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win four Indianapolis 500s, beating Tom Sneva by 28.63 seconds, with Al Unser finishing third. Previously, Foyt had won in 1967, 1964, and 1961 and the mark has since been tied by Unser, Rick Mears, and Helio Castroneves. During qualifying, Tom Sneva had become the first driver to top 200 mph and won the pole, and Janet Guthrie became the first woman to qualify for the race, lasting 27 laps.
In 1965 – The Beach Boys are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Help Me, Rhonda. It was the 15th of 34 Top 40 hits for the group, their ninth of 15 Top 10 hits, and their second of four #1 songs. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #28 in Great Britain, and was co-written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, with Wilson saying Rhonda was not based on a real person. Lead vocals were sung by Al Jardine.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Well, George, we knocked the bastard off.
Sir Edmund Hillary
To fellow expedition member George Lowe, after returning to base camp after summiting Everest.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Stevie Wonder’s last appearance on a Billboard singles chart came in 2020 when Where Is Our Love Song with Gary Clark, Jr peaked at #21 on the soul chart and #23 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was Mount Everest named after? – Answer next time!
