The Daily Dose/October 21, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off is off today.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest on the cat.
I’ve been reading in bed before turning in the past few mornings and the cat and I have developed a nice routine…I crawl in and start reading and a bit later the cat either wanders or charges into the bedroom – it varies – and jumps on the bed, inspects the foot of the bed before making her way to my chest, where she paws it for a bit and then wanders off to my right and pawing that area before returning and setting up shop.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Rich and Gaylon share a laugh.
Ralph is a very nice, quiet, gray-haired man who has a nice crush on a cocktail waitress named Michael, who’s really a chick despite having a guy name. Their lunch hours coincide and he walks her to the MGM garage every morning and Rich and I made some tasteless cracks about whether Ralph is under the impression he and Michael are dating and whether he had an umbrella for her cause it’s been raining the past couple of days (being a perfect gentleman, he did) when I said:
Ralph looks like the type whose social life went south with the advent of Caller ID.
This is not at all fair to Ralph – and probably even less true – but a good line is a good line and Rich laughed all the way up the stairs.
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 8: Despite the Gotham City entry breaking up with the Giants’ win the field fighting it out for The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy – remains the deepest in years.
10. New York Giants (1-5; defeated Washington 20-19) – Bad but not bad enough Giants unable to overcome even lousier Washington team, as defense scores go-ahead touchdown off of fumble recovery…Would have been ranked higher, except current 1-5 mark puts them right in thick of race for NFC East title…Next Loss: at Philadelphia
Free Stuff
The same trick the drug dealers use.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1854 – Florence Nightingale, an English nurse, and a staff of 38 nurses are dispatched to care for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War. On arrival, Nightingale found more soldiers dying from unsanitary conditions than from their wounds and her work in organizing how wounded were treated revolutionized nursing. Upon returning to London she established the first secular nursing school in the world, which is now part of King’s College.
In 2018 – The Tampa Bay Lightning establish a new NHL record for most shots on goal in a period in a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. The Lightning had 33 shots on goal in the second period – they scored three goals – to break the record of 32 established by Minnesota North Stars in 1973. The mark was tied by the Hartford Whalers in 1984 and the record still stands. This stat was first kept in the 1965-66 season.
In 1984 – Conway Twitty is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with I Don’t Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song). It was the 32nd of 40 #1 country songs for Twitty, then a Billboard country chart record he had broken in 1982 with his 29th #1 song, a mark previously held by Eddy Arnold. Twitty’s record was broken in 2005 by George Strait, who currently has 44.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Indifference to evil makes evil stronger.
Elie Wiesel
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Italy was the country that occupied Libya when Muammar Gaddafi was born circa 1942.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
Which team holds the NHL record for most shots on goal in a game? – Answer next time!
