The Daily Dose/September 14, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow deals with a loud room.
109 didn’t stop, tho…They’re back at it…I knock again and I have some size and, at need, a bearing of command that would have caused Hitler to sport wood and this time I add if I have to come back they are going to go.
Aichiwawa…Everyone took note because they knew when the tablets were coming down from Mount Sinai, even in English and there were no further problems with that room…There were no complaints and it was quiet when I walked past delivering folios.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Gaylon has a really busy shift. Well, no he doesn’t.
One of the pleasures of Saturday night is it’s the last day of my work week, and, since I stay up all day Sunday, I am authorized unlimited caffeine. So I made a fresh pot of coffee and enjoyed a cup sitting outside and a very pretty pit boss named Julie came out to have a smoke and a chat and before I knew it I was halfway through the shift and all I’d really done was take some chips to blackjack tables, ate lunch, and sat down.
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. – Click here for the first two months of the funniest Vegas memoir ever.
Criminals, Courtesans and Constables: Gaylon’s latest novel takes place everywhere from throne rooms to death row. – Click here to read the first four chapters with our compliments.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1959 – Man reaches the surface of another celestial body for the first time when the Soviet Union’s Luna 2 crashes into the moon. The mission had lifted off on September 12 and impacted the moon at a speed of 7,400 mph, landing about 94 miles northwest of where Apollo 15 eventually landed. A January attempt by the Soviets missed the moon by 3,700 miles, and attempt that itself followed three unnamed, unsuccessful missions.
In 1913 – The New York Giants establish a new major league record for most hits in a shutout loss in a 9-inning game in a 7-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs. The Giants had 14 hits – 13 singles and a double – and left eleven men on base. Larry Chaney was the Cubs pitcher and he is listed in the record book for most hits allowed in a shutout win by a pitcher. Both records were tied in 1928 when Milt Gaston of the Washington Senators allowed 14 hits in a 9-0 win over the Cleveland Indians in the second game of a doubleheader.
In 1974 – Eric Clapton is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with I Shot the Sheriff. It was the second of 16 Top 40 solo hits for Clapton and remains his only #1 song. It was the fifth act under which Clapton had hit the charts, having previously hit as a member of the Yardbirds, Cream, John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band and Derek and the Dominos. The song also went to #1 in Canada and New Zealand and peaked at #9 in his native Great Britain. The song also peaked at #33 on Billboard’s soul chart and remains Clapton’s only soul chart appearance.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It was she who developed the home, slowly adding man to the list of her domesticated animals… – Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, Vol. I: Our Oriental Heritage
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Bert Blyleven broke Robin Roberts single-season record for home runs allowed. Roberts had allowed 46 home runs in 1956.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What was Eric Clapton’s biggest hit as a member of a group? – Answer next time!
