The Daily Dose/October 13, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Friends, Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has Morning Coffee Service news.
For the first time in quite a while, the left coffee pot was the first one replaced at Morning Coffee Service (MCS)…Now, specific records aren’t kept – I don’t know why they aren’t kept, knife usage is logged here for Pete’s sake – but it’s been a while…It worked out splendidly, too, as the left pot had enough left to refill the right pot…I’m still not entirely sure if this is in step with either company policy or established county health and safety standards but, on the other hand, I don’t know that they’re not, either.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Gaylon, who is not an EMT, supervises a first aid class given by Brandon, who is.
The classes went well. Brandon is an EMT and has forgotten more first aid than I’ll ever know and all I had to do was sit in the back, drink coffee and throw a tidbit out there every now and then to reinforce that I was in overall command. The class wrapped up around 0300 and I put everything away, filled out the attendant paperwork in the EDR, where I ended up chatting with Princess Emma, whom I hadn’t talked to in weeks.
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 7: Vanderbilt takes command in the race for the ESPNCup, presented by COVID-19.
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
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 2010 – 33 coal miners – know to History as Los 33 – are rescued from a coal mine in northern Chile. Los 33 had spent 69 days trapped 2,300 feet underground and had made two days of emergency rations last 17 days, right up until they were discovered, eventually being rescued via a capsule being lowered through a tunnel bored for the purpose. The miners were generally in good health, though each had lost an average of 18 pounds. In 2013, the investigation into the disaster ended without any charges being filed. The ordeal had begun on August 5.
In 1967 – The American Basketball Association plays its first game, with the Oakland Oaks defeating the Anaheim Amigos 134-129. The ABA had eleven teams that first year and the first ABA title was won by the Pittsburgh Pipers, who defeated the New Orleans Buccaneers 4 games to 3 in the ABA Finals. The New York Nets and the Indiana Pacers were the only teams to win multiple ABA titles, each winning two. The ABA merged with the NBA in 1976 with the Nets, Pacers, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs joining the NBA.
In 1979 – Michael Jackson is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. It was the second of 13 #1 songs as a solo act for Jackson – a figure that includes Say Say Say with Paul McCartney – and only his second Top 40 hit since Ben went to #1 in 1972. The song went to #1 in eight other countries, including Norway and Denmark, peaked at #3 in Great Britain and also spent five weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. The song was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.
Martin Luther
Imperial Diet, Worms, Germany
April 18, 1521
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Leonid Brezhnev succeeded Nikita Kruschev as general secretary of the Communist Party and leader of the Soviet Union.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
How many ABA teams were in the same city with the same name for the league’s entire existence? – Answer next time!
