The Daily Dose/August 24, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has a busy night at the hotel.
There was always something…The sundry stand continued to be ravaged all night…There were phone calls…Someone seemingly always needed something…Then I’m doing the billing and I’m thinking to myself gee, there certainly a lot of departures tonight, even for a weekend, when I realize I’ve been billing the entire hotel, both those staying over and those departing…So there was more time lost, and I ended up shredding no small of folios for stayover guests and folios weren’t finished being delivered until 0230, about as late a time as there is.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: The clocks go forward, but this will not affect the hotel unit’s final ten-minute breaks.
Key, of course, will be OMP’s final 10-10. Henry 1 traditionally goes at 0515, but since there isn’t going to be a 0515 who knows what the hell is going to happen, although you can rest assured OMP, and the rest of your hardworking Henry units, will get their final 10-10’s. You don’t need to worry about that.
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…it’s hard for a column that ranks lousy college football teams – like The Bottom Ten, for instance – to have any credibility, never a strong suit, anyway, without MAC participation.
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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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Criminals, Courtesans and Constables
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The Regular Guys
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On This Date
History’s long march to today.
In 1814 – The British Army, following a victory at the Battle of Bladensburg, occupy and burn the White House, the US Capitol and other buildings in Washington City, now Washington, D.C., in the War of `1812. Though this was the second time the British had taken the American capital in war – they had also taken Philadelphia in the Revolution – they didn’t win either war, which is rare in combat.
In 1975 – Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers establishes a new major league record for most consecutive stolen bases in a 5-3, 14-inning loss to the Montreal Expos. Lopes had 3 steals, giving him 38 consecutive stolen bases, to break the record of 36 established by Max Carey in 1922-23. The streak came to an end in the ninth inning, when he was thrown out by Gary Carter. The record was broken in 1988-89 by Vince Coleman of the St Louis Cardinals, who stole 50 consecutive bases, a record that still stands. Lopes’ mark is still the record for consecutive steals in one season.
In 1946 –To Each His Own by Eddy Howard is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Selling Singles chart – one of several predecessors to the Hot 100 – for the third of five non-consecutive weeks. It was the first of 42 chart singles for Howard, a popular bandleader of the time, and his first of two #1 songs ((It’s No) Sin, two weeks, 1951). A version of the song by Freddy Martin followed Howard’s at #1, the second of the three times different versions of the same song have succeeded each other at #1 on a Billboard pop chart.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The first lesson of philosophy is that we may all be mistaken. – Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, Vol 2: The Lives of the Greeks
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The Cincinnati Reds have given five home runs in an inning four times, the most of any team.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What were the other two songs that had versions by different artists follow each other at #1 on the Billboard Best Selling Singles chart? – Answer next time!
