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It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Friday, December 29 The big news at the gym this morning was that we wore the elbow sleeve for the first time in two or three workouts…Recall Sparrow First Aid (SFA) has more or less eliminated our right elbow pain when we did cable tricep pulldowns, but here’s the deal: we are going to resume bench pressing here soon and the sleeve will be a nice, extra precaution.
We were both at the kitchen table when she knocked on the door and the cat knows a knock on the door generally means a non-approved human is coming in and she fled to bedroom, where she stood watch under the bed…She was hissing when she came out after the all-clear had been sounded, but she got over that within an hour…
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In 1996 – The Guatemalan Civil War comes to an end when a peace treaty between the government and assorted leftist rebels is signed. The war had begun in November 1960 when a military revolt against the current military government failed. The opposition continued to fight against assorted, US-backed governments until the signing of the UN-backed treaty. Guatemala has had a democratic government since 1984.
In 1982 – Paul (Bear) Bryant ends his college football coaching career in 21-15 win over Illinois in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Bryant had begun his college coaching career at Texas A&M in 1954, moved to Alabama in 1958, and retired with six national championships, 14 SEC titles, one Southwestern Conference championship, and his 323 wins were a major division record at the time, a mark now held by Joe Paterno with 409. Bryant would die the following January at age 69.
In 1984 – Madonna is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of six consecutive weeks with Like A Virgin. The song also went to #1 in Australia and Canada, peaked at #3 in Great Britain, and at #9 on Billboard’s soul chart. It was the first chart single for Madonna, and her first of 38 Top 10 hits – a mark good for third on the all-time list behind Taylor Swift and Drake – and twelve #1s.
Some Philosophy Crap The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Science is composed of errors, but errors it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth. Jules Verne Journey to the Center of the Earth
Answer To The Last Trivia Question Knowledge is power.
The NHL record for most career assists by a goalie is 48, by Tom Barrasso, from 1983-2002.
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It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Thursday, December 28 Oh baby, the gym was good to us this morning…Or, more accurately, the work we put into our workout was good, because we upped weights on everything and upped cardio for the final three sets, up one from last time.
The Daily Dose/December 28, 2023 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.
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Nobody yaps like Mexican women…We have street cred here…Russian and Jewish women come close, tho…
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In 1972 – The last military draft in the US comes to an end. Conscription for the Vietnam War had begun in 1969 with a draft lottery and the final 300 or so draftees scheduled to report on this date weren’t able to because federal officers were closed for a day mourning following the death of former president Harry Truman. In January, the US would announce a return to an all-volunteer armed force though draft lotteries would continue through 1975.
In 1918 – Georges Vezina of the Montreal Canadiens becomes first goalie to record an assist in an NHL game in a 6-3 win over the Toronto Arenas. The assist came after teammate Newsy Lalonde got the puck after Vezina made a save and took it the length of the ice and scored a goal. Since then, 423 NHL goalies have recorded assists, including 27 who have recorded at least 20.
In 1991 – Brooks & Dunn is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart – for the second and final week with My Next Broken Heart. It was the second of 52 country hits for the duo, 42 of which made the Top 10 and 21 of those went to #1. It was from the album Brand New Man, which peaked at #3 on Billboard’s country album chart. The song also went #3 country in Canada.
Some Philosophy Crap The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
SEALs are five minutes braver than anyone else. Anonymous Navy SEAL
Answer To The Last Trivia Question Knowledge is power.
The most recent posthumous #1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100 was XXXTentacion. He was 20 when he was shot to death on June 18, 2018 and his song Sad went to #1 on June 30.
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It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Wednesday, December 27 The Front Desk Supervisor (FDS) was, by his own admission, a failure tonite…First, there were ten arrivals waiting for me, a direct and flagrant violation of the unofficial Sparrow policy (USP) which dictates that all arrivals be in-house when we report for duty.
Consider taping an ankle…Sure, your ankle is going to be sturdier, but the force it would normally absorb is distributed to the knee, which isn’t designed to take it…We could feel this using the sleeve, too…When we did hammer curls we could feel it in the shoulder, and the shoulders felt it, too, when we didn’t cable pulldowns…
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 17 – The race for the most coveted trophy in sports – The Dan Henning Trophy, symbolic of NFL ineptitude – is winding down.
Presuming Cardinals don’t lose next two (2) games by combined 17,000-2 score, Panthers first B-10 title there for the losing…
Titans proof that you count out team that once won consecutive B-10 titles at your peril, as Titans back in familiar haunts: a late-season B-10 survey…
Coach that can’t lose the big one stigma sure to follow Bill Belichick forever as Patriots win ends dream of Belichick becoming first coach to win Super Bowl(s), B-10 title…
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In 1831 – English biologist Charles Darwin begins a voyage on HMS Beagle, that would result in the promulgation of his theory of evolution. The voyage, mainly a survey expedition to update nautical charts, sailed around South America to Australia, around Africa, and back to Brazil before returning to England in October 1836. Darwin’s diary would result in the 1859 book On the Origin of Species, which introduced the theory of natural selection, where species evolve throughout generations, which remains a landmark work in human letters.
In 1987 – Steve Largent of the Seattle Seahawks establishes a new NFL record for most career receptions in a 41-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Largent’s fifth reception of the game gave him 751, breaking the mark of 750 established by Charlie Joiner from 1969-86. Largent would retire in 1989 with 819 receptions, a mark that has been surpassed many times and is now held by Jerry Rice with 1,549.
In 1980 – John Lennon is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of five consecutive weeks with (Just Like) Starting Over. Lennon had been shot death on December 8 and the song was from the album Double Fantasy which was in its first of eight consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The song went to #1 in five other countries, including Austria and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 4th-biggest song of 1981. It was the second and final #1 song for Lennon as a solo act and was the fourth of eight posthumous #1s on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
At last I had the authority to give direction over the whole scene. I felt as if I were walking with Destiny, and that all my past life had been but preparation for this hour and this trial. Winston Churchill
Answer To The Last Trivia Question Knowledge is power.
The Soviet Union was established in 1922.
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The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 17 By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
A two (2)-win team, a three (3)-win team, and a four (4)-win team that has lost six straight…It’s not the losingest Bottom Ten medal stand ever, but the race for The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of professional Bottom Ten ineptitude – promises to deliver key turnovers, false starts, and missed tackles right up to the final losses.
And the reign of the NFC South has been blown wide open, with the Pete Rozelle Award – issued to the NFL’s worst division – replaced by conference honors for the first time in 2023: the Ray Malavasi Pin (NFC) and the Marv Levy Broach (AFC).
This week’s mess, as the nags limp down the home stretch:
1. Carolina Panthers (2-13; lost to Green Bay 33-30) – Gut-check, thrilling close loss moves Panthers back into B-10 top spot…Presuming Cardinals don’t lose next two (2) games by combined 17,000-2 score, Panthers first B-10 title there for the losing…Next Loss: at Jacksonville
The Daily Dose/December 26, 2023 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.
Read Free Week continues at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s Christmas prime rib ends up OK after a rough start. Today’s Diary.
Following specific, supposedly expert directions, we put it in the oven for 42 minutes at 500° and then shut the oven off and left it in for two hours…This produced a prime rib that was so rare it all but mooed when we stuck a knife in it…
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In 1991 – The Soviet Union formally ceases to exist, when its highest body – the Supreme Soviet – votes itself and the country out of existence. The day before Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned and ceded authority to Russian President Boris Yeltsin, with the Russian flag replacing the Soviet flag over the Kremlin. The result gave independence to the 15 constituent republics of the former USSR, though some had already declared and assumed independence.
In 1943 – The Chicago Bears win the NFL title with a 41-21 victory over the Washington Redskins at Wrigley Field. It was the sixth of nine NFL championships/Super Bowl titles for the Bears and the second of five runner-up finishes for the Redskins. The Bears had made the championship game by winning the Western Division, while the week before the Redskins had defeated the New York Giants in a tie-breaker for the Eastern Division title.
In 2021 – Mariah Carey becomes the second act to hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 with the same song in different chart runs when All I Want For Christmas Is You is at #1 for the first of three consecutive weeks. The song had first gone to #1 in 2020 and would return to #1 in 2022 and this past Saturday and to date has spent nine weeks at #1. Carey and Walter Afanasieff wrote it and remains the only song to hit #1 more than twice. The first song to go to #1 in separate chart runs was The Twist by Chubby Checker (1960, 1962).
Some Philosophy Crap The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…all natural inclinations are either without God or against Him. Martin Luther
Answer To The Last Trivia Question Knowledge is power.
The first #1 song on a Billboard country singles – the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records Chart on January 8 – was Pistol Packin’ Mama. There were five versions of the song – all involving Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, and Al Dexter – that were combined into one entry and spent seven weeks at #1.
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Monday, December 25 The AGM said I could be late tonite…Everybody was working shorter shifts today and while it wasn’t particularly practical to let ol’ Sparrow come in whenever the hell he wanted, last nite the AGM said I could come in at half-past if I wanted to…Well, that wasn’t particularly practical either…Ol’ Sparrow likes his routine and it wasn’t as if the extra half-hour would’ve done any good…Besides, it would’ve just thrown me a half-hour my usual schedule.
