The Daily Dose/July 28, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
CAPSULE RESTAURANT REVIEW FOLLOW-UP: The Creekview Grill, Hayden, Colorado: Regular readers of this crap may – perhaps fondly – recall our triumphant review of our small town’s latest restaurant a couple of weeks ago. Recall we had breakfast and it we gave it solid marks: our omelet had more than a dusting of cheese and the sausage was good, the only drawback was the butter was frozen solid and tore off the top of the toast.
Dry, Technical Matter: We went back a few days later for lunch, which was good, but not as good as breakfast and, hoping for clarification on the matter, we recently went for dinner.
A Warm, Personal Remembrance: We were determined to have their chicken fried chicken, something we’ve long liked but seldom have nowadays. However, the special was a chicken chimichanga and that trumped chicken fried chicken because you could put road kill in a chimichanga and we’d like it. Simply because we could, we started matters off with a chorizo quesadilla, something else we’ve had a long love affair with.
FunFact: There really isn’t a creek to view from the restaurant. If you cross Main Street and go up a bit past the bank there is, but that’s really it.
Fly In The Ointment: Our beer was not sufficiently cold. They know this, and presumably are working on this vital matter and we accepted the offered glass of ice in good spirits as their liquor license was just issued and there are the usual flaws that attend any opening. It is, of course, tragic that it affects the serving of brewskis, but you take the good with the bad in this life.
A Break In The Action: Here is The Daily Dose rating system: 1 – The Very Best; 2 – Very Good; 3 – Good; 4 – Average; 5 – A Steaming Pile
Final Ranking: 2: Recall our original ranking was a 3, but dinner was wonderful, a bit better than breakfast, so we are upgrading our rating. It’s provisional, though, on them getting their beer service squared away.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow returns to the small town’s new restaurant. Today’s Diary.
We went in hell-bent on having chicken fried chicken but the special was a chicken chimichanga, with rice and beans, and whoa Nelly, you could ball bearings in a chimichanga and we’d like it, so we rolled with that.
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On This Date
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In 1914 – What would eventually become World War I begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. The crisis had begun on June 28 when a Bosnian Serb had assassinated the heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne. The action spurred assorted alliances and miscalculations and Europe was at war by the first week in August. The US entered the war in April 1917 and the war ended in November 1918.
In 1989 – Dale Murphy of the Atlanta Braves ties the major league record for most runs batted in (RBIs) in an inning in a 10-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Murphy had two three-run home runs in the sixth inning to tie the mark that had first been done by Fred Merkle of the New York Giants in 1911 and done many times since. The record is now eight RBIs, done by Fernando Tatis of the St Louis Cardinals, who had two grand slam home runs in the third inning of a 1999 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In 1984 – Earl Thomas Conley is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Angel in Disguise. It was the sixth of 18 #1 country songs for Conley, and the song also went #1 country in Canada. The song was also the fourth #1 from the album Don’t Make It Easy for Me, making it the first album to produce four #1 songs on a Billboard singles chart. The record is now five, done by Michael Jackson and Katy Perry.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
All the misfortunes of men derive from one single thing, which is their inability to be at ease in a room.
Blaise Pascal
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Uruguay was the only country at the 1924 Summer Olympics to win one gold medal and no others, winning in soccer.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Between 1983 and 1989, Earl Thomas Conley had 16 of 17 singles go to #1 on Billboard’s country chart. What was his only non-#1 song during that time? – Answer next time!
