The Daily Dose/September 26, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for a while.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a great day in the sack. Today’s Diary.
12.0 hours for the day, a splendid start to the sleep week, the 12-hour equalizer that regular readers of this crap know we’ve been looking for for the past couple of weeks.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first US secretary of state by President George Washington. Jefferson had just returned from a tour as minister to France and, as usual whined incessantly about the time his new job would take him away from his cherished slave plantation Monticello and didn’t take office until the following March, during which time the office was administered by Acting Secretary John Jay, who was also serving as Chief Justice of the United States.
In 1908 – Ed Reulbach of the Chicago Cubs establishes a new major league record for most shutouts in one day in 5-0 and 3-0 wins over the Brooklyn Superbas. Ruelbach gave up nine hits, struck out eleven, and walked two in getting his 21st and 22nd wins of the season. The previous record for fewest runs given up in a doubleheader was two, done four times, and Reulbach’s feat remains unmatched. In an almost interesting statistical anomaly, the wins kept the Cubs in second place in the National League, a half-game ahead of the New York Giants, who had played six fewer games and had a better winning percentage.
In 1964 – Joe Hinton is at #1 on the Cashbox R&B chart – one of several chroniclers of American charted music over the years – for the third of four consecutive weeks with Funny How Time Slips Away. It was the third of four hits for Hinton on an American soul chart and remains his only #1 and the song also peaked at #13 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The Billboard soul chart was not published between November 1963 and January 1965 for reasons the magazine never explained and the song was written by Willie Nelson.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Who knows the limits of your capabilities?/These limits being unfathomable/You can possess the country.
Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers each appeared two American League Championship Series without losing.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many shutouts did Ed Reulbach have in 1908? – Answer next time!
