Daily Dose/June 29, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Still fairly boring in the world, so Leading Off remains in lockdown.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow’s new knife has a relatively quiet night at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
The knife wasn’t used all that much this morning, mainly because a new box of coffee had been opened on my days off…I noticed the old box was running low when I left Wednesday morning, but there was enuff coffee in there so that opening a new box would have been gratuitous…Too bad, because opening the big box of coffee packets is a Prime Knife Responsibility (PKR)…Of course, the box itself has to be opened, but you also need to cut off the top flaps and the knife is wonderful for that, of course, but if a fresh box is out, a fresh box is out and there isn’t much you can do about it…I couldn’t very well tape it back shut again merely so I could break out the knife and reopen it.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Gaylon let’s three chick officers buff his bald head.
I also had women problems last night! As I approached the employee entrance to report for duty there were three female Monte Carlo security officers standing outside enjoying the camaraderie attendant with three women enjoying a smoke.
Susan and Jackie, both from swing shift, were there, as was Butch, who was limbering up for her shift. The problem is all three greatly enjoy buffing my bald dome and all three were under the impression they were in favor enough to be the first to enjoy this pleasure.
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On This Date
History’s long march to today.
In 2007 – The first iPhone is released to the general public. The iPhone had been announced in January, and followed two years of development and sold for either $499 or $599, depending on the model. Roughly 146,000 iPhones were activated the first weekend and one million iPhones were sold in 74 days. The iPhone would be released in Great Britain and other parts of Europe in November.
In 1975 – The Cincinnati Reds establish a new major league record for most consecutive errorless games in a 4-1 win over the San Diego Padres in the first game of a doubleheader. It was the 13th consecutive games for the Reds breaking the record established by the 1963 Detroit Tigers. The Reds would extend the record to 15 consecutive games and the record is now held by the New York Yankees, who played 18 consecutive errorless games in 2009.
In 1974 – Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week. The song also went to #1 in South Africa and his native Canada, peaked at #33 in Great Britain and at #13 on Billboard’s country chart. It was Lightfoot’s second chart single, his second of four Top 10 hits and remains his only #1 song. Now 81, Lightfoot still tours regularly. A version by Deryl Dodd reached #59 on Billboard’s country chart in 1999.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
This was really crawling on one’s hands and knees. Franklin…was sufficiently self-confident and assured of his own merit not to be ashamed to bend himself in two if occasion demanded. David Schoenbrun, Triumph in Paris: The Exploits of Benjamin Franklin
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Let’s Get Serious by Jermaine Jackson was Billboard’s biggest soul song for 1980. It spent six weeks at #1 on the soul chart and peaked at #9 on the Hot 100.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What is the longest major league game without an error by either team? – Answer next time!
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