The Daily Dose/September 8, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off called in sick. It will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest mpg figures for the new ride.
I filled up after the hotel…Regular readers of the crap know we’ve been pushing 40 mpg for most of the year – and even topping it twice – and I am trying to week over the drop to the 37s, but I’m sure we’ll be back up near 40 soon enuff.
Still, tho, yours truly has no idea what went wrong…Currently, I’m blaming the resurfacing they’re doing on the highway heading into town, but even an idiot like me knows that probably isn’t it, but who the hell knows.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Gaylon’s days working the hotel appear to be coming to an end.
As I should be, I am content with my hotel career. My body of work stands on its merits: the naked chicks, the 10-10’s, the Foot on the Desk percentage; all have ensured my place in the hotel history books. But, more than anything, I suppose, I will forever be known as co-founder of the International Henry Units and mentor to X-Ray and I did that work well because X-Ray is going straight to the top in the hotel racket.
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.
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Criminals, Courtesans and Constables
Gaylon’s latest novel takes place everywhere from throne rooms to death row.
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The Regular Guys
Coming soon! Meet Lenny and Larry, two comedians going nowhere on their own who team up and become the biggest act in show business.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1974 – President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for crimes he committed or may have committed during his presidency. The pardon was heavily criticized at the time and while history has generally been kind to Ford in this matter the immediate aftermath was not. The GOP lost 43 seats in the 1974 midterms and the move likely cost Ford election to the presidency in 1976.
In 1896 – The Baltimore Orioles (National League) establish a new major league record for most wins on consecutive days, defeating the Louisville Colonels 10-9 and 3-1. The day before the Orioles had defeated the Colonels in only second triple-header ever, 4-3, 9-8 and 12-3. The mark broke the record of four, which had been done many times and, because current rules prohibit tripleheaders, cannot be broken. The Colonels also established a new major league record for most losses on consecutive days.
In 1973 – Marvin Gaye is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Let’s Get It On. The song was also in its fourth of six consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart was Gaye’s third and final pop #1 and his tenth of 13 soul #1s. Let’s Get It On was Billboard’s fourth biggest song of the year, it’s #1 soul song of the year, the seventh biggest hit of the decade and placed 41st on their 60th anniversary Hot 100 in 2018. The song also peaked at #31 in Great Britain.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I want only to live as I do, as a student./Studying to what end?/To know myself. What else? – Gore Vidal, Julian
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
JD Martinez of the Boston Red Sox is the only active player who has hit four home runs in a major league baseball game. Scooter Gennet, who played with the San Francisco Giants in 2019, remains a free agent.
Today’s Stumper31
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What was Marvin Gaye’s biggest hit in Great Britain? – Answer next time!
