The Daily Dose/September 30, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow will whine about anything.
Proof that ol’ Sparrow will whine about anything can be found in the fact that yours truly whined today about sleeping too much (see Sleep Log below)…Once again, workout and walk were blown off in favor of more sack time…Now, of course, you need your rest but, boy, the Tuesday workout/walk is a waypoint every week, laying a great foundation for the hotel/VSO doubleheader on Wednesday.
It also means there are only two lifting sessions for the week, a lousy total…The bare minimum, officially, is three weight sessions a week and four is preferred and we might have to consider waking up earlier on Tuesdays…Generally, we’re up around 1630 or so to use the can and that’s seven hours down a satisfactory total, and it might be good to simply put the coffee on and get the day started then…The next sleep sessions are all you can get anyway, and we can catch up then.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: The food at the employee dining room (EDR) is barely edible. This is not the Upset of the Year.
The EDR was mostly closed for cleaning and the buffet line was in the hallway but for symbolism’s sake it should’ve been in the can. It was pretty bad tonight. Not as bad as Gulag Night a couple of months back when Ted asked for the medical bag to be sent up, but the best I could do was two hot dogs, which is lousy nutrition.
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 5: The first new column of the season! It’s Minnesota, Houston and a joint New York entry on the medal stand this week, as the race for The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy – kicks off.
9. Washington Whatevers (1-2; lost to Cleveland 34-20) – Depth of 2020 B-10 field shown as Whatevers only victoried team in survey as current two (2)-game skid shows complete recovery from opening win…With Redskin logo gone from helmet, team considering putting play diagrams on helmets to so players know where to go…Next Loss: Baltimore
Free Stuff
The same trick the drug dealers use.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo
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Criminals, Courtesans and Constables
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1954 – The world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is commissioned at New London, Connecticut. Nautilus would get underway for the first time in January and later would become the first vessel to both circumnavigate the earth submerged and to reach the North Pole at all. She was decommissioned in 1980 and today is a museum ship near New London.
In 1984 – The Los Angeles Rams establish a new NFL record for most safeties in a game in a 33-12 win over the New York Giants. Two safeties came when punts were blocked out of the end zone and the other came when quarterback Phill Simms was tackled in the end zone. The Rams broke the record of two that had been done many times before and the record still stands.
In 1972 – Mel Tillis is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart for the first of two consecutive weeks with I Ain’t Never. It was the 23rd country chart single for Tillis and the first of six #1 songs. Tillis co-wrote the song in the 1950s with Webb Pierce, whose own version spent nine weeks at #2 on the country chart in 1959 and also peaked at #24 on the Hot 100. A version by the Lowes peaked at #70 on the country chart in 1987.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It didn’t occur to her that maybe the books were wrong. Or maybe it didn’t matter. – Charles Bukowski, Ham On Rye
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Charles Dawes – vice president of the United States under President Calvin Coolidge from 1925-29 – wrote the music to the #1 hit It’s All in the Game. The lyrics were added later by Carl Sigmund and It’s All in the Game remains the only #1 song written by a vice president of the United States.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What was the last diesel-powered submarine in the United States Navy? – Answer next time!
