Daily Dose/July 1, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
GAYLON FOR US SENATE…VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN…OR NOT: Not for the first time, we lost a primary election, dropping a race for the Colorado Libertarian Party’s US Senate nomination. As we write this, the final tally isn’t in, but it’s been about 60%-40% since the first results started trickling in about 7pm local time Tuesday night.
You Won’t Have G Kent To Kick Around Anymore…At Least For A Little While: Libertarian primaries are rare enough because there usually aren’t that many people interested in running, but this isn’t even the first one we’ve lost. Longtime fans know we lost a primary in 2012 for a US House nomination and these losses came after getting more votes than our opponent at the state convention.
Dry, Technical Matter: This is because goddamn Colorado state law dictates that everyone who gets at least 30% of a state convention vote gets their passes to the primary stamped.
The Bottom Line: Our country is still a complete fiasco and is still calling all concerned and conscientious citizens to make some changes this November. We must do something about a country splitting at her racial seams, that has been at war every day for over 30 years and who is $23 trillion in debt.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: A guest asks Sparrow to distract a bear for him. Today’s Diary.
Well, word has obviously reached this gentleman that night auditors worldwide have leveled up the services they are offering their guests to include Predator Mitigation…
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Gaylon sets a Foot on the Desk Percentage PB.
As with all the great ones, a lot goes into setting a PB and it was no different last night.
First, we were really, really slow. I had five calls all night, all of them routine and none particularly time-consuming.
Second, I didn’t go to the EDR for my first 10-10…
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On This Date
History’s long march to today.
In 1867 – The nation of Canada comes into existence when British provinces Canada (present-day Quebec and Ontario) New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are joined following the passage of the Constitution Act, 1867. Sir John McDonald is sworn in as the country’s first prime minister and July 1 remains Canada’s national holiday. Today Canada has ten provinces and three territories, extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans and from the American border to the Arctic Ocean and is the second-largest country in the world by size.
In 1859 – Amherst College defeats Williams College 73-32 in the first-ever college baseball game. The game was played under what was known as Massachusetts rules, which called for, among other things, 13 players on a side, bases 60 feet apart, one out per inning and the batter – known as the striker – standing midway between home plate and first base. The two teams still play regularly and are both members of the New England Small College Athletic Conference in NCAA Division III. Research into the all-time series results was inconclusive.
In 1972 – Hank Williams, Jr. is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the first of two consecutive weeks with Eleven Roses. It was 15th of 65 Top 40 country hits, his seventh of 40 Top hits and his first of eight #1 songs. The song also went to #1 on Canada’s country chart and was written by Lamar Morris and Darrell McCall. His son, Hank Williams III, also known as Hank 3, is the frontman for the punk-metal band Assjack. His only chart appearance came as a solo act, when I Don’t Know peaked at #50 on the country chart in 2001.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Success demands singleness of purpose. …once you have agreed on the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to forget that price. – Vince Lombardi
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Thomas Edison was awarded 1,093 US patents in his career.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
How many hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 has Hank Williams, Jr. had? – Answer next time!
