The Daily Dose/October 15, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off had their day off pass stamped and will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has a poignant day at the Veterans Service Office.
Some of you may recall that for the past three weeks or so at the Veterans Service Office (VSO) I’ve been dealing with Mr W…He’s the older vet who called me needing to sign up for VA medical care PDQ, the one I personally visited so he could sign the application, the one who wouldn’t let me in his house because it was so decrepit, the one who, almost offhandedly, said he was going to get kicked out of his lousy, decrepit home in a week, tho some investigation by yours truly found that not to be true…Those dealings will end tomorrow when he will die after the plug is pulled on his life support system.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Radtke and Gaylon have to go tactical to revive a passed out guest.
To get him responsive we had to resort to pouring water on him, a time-tested, though perhaps not approved, MCSD procedure. He is so gone though, it takes what seems like a liter to get him going and Radtke and I don’t get really good results until we start pouring it in his ear.
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 7: In case you missed it, here’s this week’s NCAA Bottom Ten., offered with our compliments this year.
1. Vanderbilt (0-3; lost to South Carolina 41-7)
Mitigating Factors: A B-10 legacy team thanks to strong B-10 runs in Double Aughts, Commodores find first B-10 title theirs for the losing after ascending B-10 throne…Commodores still hampered by turn-of-century decision to merge Athletic, Student Affairs departments as special teams earn 379 penalty yards after Interpretive Dance majors take over kicking game.
FunFact: Commodores 0-3 for second straight year, the fifth time this century, the 12th time since 1969 and, well, you get the idea.
Next Loss: at Missouri
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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 1582 – The Gregorian calendar, the calendar still in use in most of the world, is first adopted in several European countries as Oct 4 is followed by Oct 15. The calendar had been promulgated by Pope Gregory XIII to correct inaccuracies in the Julian calendar. Though Gergory’s decree had no authority beyond the Catholic Church and the Papal States, Protestant countries began adopting it in 1652 and Great Britain and her colonies, including what would become the United States, adopted the calendar in 1752. Due to a variety of factors, including the precession of the axis and the slowing rotation of the earth, the Gregorian calendar is still off by about 27 seconds every year.
In 2014 – The Kansas City Royals become the first team to win eight consecutive games in a single baseball postseason, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. Previously, the Royals had swept the Angels in three games in an American League Division Series and began the playoffs with a win over the Oakland Athletics in an American League Wild Card Game. The win extended their overall postseason winning streak to eleven games – counting the last three games of the 1985 World Series – and gave the Royals the American League pennant. The streak would end in Game 1 of the World Series, a loss to the San Francisco Giants.
In 1949 – That Lucky Old Sun by Frankie Laine is at #1 for the third of eight consecutive weeks on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – a predecessor to the Hot 100. It was the first of three #1 songs for Laine and in November Laine would become the sixth act to succeed themselves at #1 when Mule Train went to the top. The song was also at #1 on Billboard’s Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished.
Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Calvin Smith of the United States broke Jim Hines’ 100-meter world record, running it in 9.93 seconds in 1983.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
Which team holds the major league record for most consecutive postseason games won? – Answer next time!
