The Daily Dose/October 9, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off continues to enjoy some PTO. It will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow calls to whine about his trash not having been picked up on Tuesday.
Recall it was put out after they had driven by the first time, but later in the day, they drove past it twice, once each way on Maple Street…The chick at the town hall said wow, that wasn’t right and said she’d email the company it’s farmed out to…Perhaps it could be picked up this week…As it is, the trash can is still out there, standing solitary, on-the-street protest because I’ll be damned if I can going to forget to put it out on Monday afternoon.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Radtke gets more dating advice from Gaylon.
Radtke also reported that Emily in the cage wants to set him up with his sister. I told him never turn down a blind date because any spoke might lead to the hub, but he was skeptical.
“What if she’s a cow?” he asked, not unreasonably.
“So what?” I said. “You’re signing up for a date, not marriage. Besides, Emily’s pretty foxy, so her sister probably is, too. Unless one of them is adopted, of course.”
Free Stuff
The same trick the drug dealers use.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo
Clock in with the graveyard crew of the Monte Carlo Security Department on the glamorous Las Vegas Strip.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1410 – The Prague astronomical clock is referenced for the first time. The clock was built by a local watchmaker and mathematician and shows not only the time, but assorted astrological and zodiac information, and includes a procession of the twelve apostles on the hour between 9am and 11pm. The clock was rebuilt in 2018 and remains the oldest functioning astronomical clock in the world. Now the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague was then the capital of Bohemia, the seat of the Holy Roman Emperor.
In 1905 – Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants defeats the Philadelphia Athletics 3-0 in Game 1 of the World Series in Philadelphia, series won by the Giants in five games. Mathewson also shutout the A’s in Game 3 and Game 5, establishing a record for most World Series shutouts that still stands. The three runs and 30 total bases produced by the A’s remain the fewest produced by a team in a five-game series. The two teams also established still-standing marks for fewest runs (18), hits (57) and total bases (30) in a five-game series
In 1965 – The Beatles are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of four consecutive weeks with Yesterday. It was the tenth of a Hot 100 record 20 #1 songs for the group, a record that still stands. The song also went to #1 in four other countries, including Belgium and Norway though owing to how different it was previous Beatles’ singles, the song was not released as a single in Great Britain until 1976 when it peaked at #8.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Boyz II Men has had five #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
How many other pitchers have thrown multiple shutouts in a single World Series? – Answer next time!
