The Daily Dose/March 14, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience. 

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Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is on the phone with American Express. Today’s Diary. 

Then we noted that we’ve been members since 1978, a date that has always flummoxed me because we were 13 in 1978 and hadn’t yet established credit…

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On This Date
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In 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted US patent number 72X for a short-staple cotton gin, an implement that separates cotton lint from its seeds. Whitney was obliged to spend most of his earnings on enforcing his patent against infringers in court and eventually turned to making muskets for the US Army. Each of Whitney’s cotton gins was capable of 50 pounds of cotton per day. 

In 1960 – Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors establishes a new NBA record for most points in a playoff game in a 132-112 win over the Syracuse Nationals in the third and final game of the Eastern Division semifinals. Chamberlain had 53 points, breaking the record of 50 that had been done twice previously, and the record is now 63, by Michael Jordan in 1986. The Syracuse Nationals became the Philadelphia 76ers in 1963. 

In 1964 – Lefty Frizzell is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the second of four consecutive weeks with Saginaw, Michigan. It was the 17th and final Top 10 country hit for Frizzell and his sixth and final #1 song snf the song also peaked at #85 on the Hot 100. Later in his life Frizzell fell into alcoholism and died of a stroke, at age 44, in 1975. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Then, too, not all of them were equally alert mentally, particularly Megaffin, who had been on such a fourth-dimensional plane of unaccustomedness all evening he couldn’t tell menace from hospitality, even when a gun was mentioned.
William Irish
After Dinner Story

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The Billboard Hot 100 record for most Top 10 hits is 67, by Drake, beginning in 2009. Drake also holds the Hot 100 record for most Top 40 and Hot 100 hits (173, 293). 

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The Daily Dose/March 13, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience. 

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Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets into the gym, but he’s not the only one there. Today’s Diary. 

Fortunately tho, family weightlifting isn’t a thing yet, so we had the weight room to ourselves, with a tad better strength than Saturday…But it did mean sprints were out of the question unless you were desirous of bowling over some five-year-olds…

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On This Date
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In 1639 – The Great and General Court of Massachusetts – then and now the Massachusetts state legislature – decrees that the college they had authorized in 1636 be called Harvard. It is named after Rev John Harvard, who had given the college his library of 400 books and half of his estate. Research into the college’s name before becoming Harvard was inconclusive, but it appears not to have been formally named. Harvard would graduate its first class in 1642, 

In 1918 – The Toronto Hockey Club – they did not have a formal nickname – wins the first NHL championship, defeating the Montreal Canadiens by outscoring them 10-7 in a two-game series. Toronto would later defeat the Seattle Millionaires of the PCHA 3 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup. Toronto was awarded the O’Brien Cup, given to the NHL champion until the NHL took possession of the Stanley Cup in 1927 and it was later awarded to the NHL’s Canadian Division champion and the playoff runner-up before being retired in 1950. 

In 1965 – The Beatles are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Eight Days a Week. It was the 14th of 35 Top 10 hits for the group and was their eighth of a Hot 100-record 20 #1 songs. The song also went to #1 in Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands, and was not released as a single in Great Britain. The song was released in the United Kingdom on the album Beatles For Sale and in the US on the Beatles VI LP. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Confucius was one of the few wise men who actually asked questions to find out what he did not know.
Gore Vidal
Creation

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Billboard’s #1 song of 1983 was Every Breath You Take by the Police, which spent eight weeks at #1. 

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The Daily Dose/March 12, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.

1. FOX News – In documents from their defamation lawsuit, it turns out not even FOX believed the nonsense they were spewing during Trump Era…Then why broadcast it???…Well, to increase wealth, influence, and power, of course…Our media is like our government: we get what we choose to accept and tolerate.  

2. Cyclone Freddy – Zany oceanic storm  had so much fun during February visit to Madagascar it turned around and went back after stop on African mainland and is now longest tropical cyclone ever…Storm formed northwest of Australia (check your atlases, folks) on January 30, and is now northwest of Madagascar, preparing for second invasion of east Africa. 

3. USA! USA! – The 3-hole staple…Far-right looking to make America great again, but how about we work our way up to ‘average’ first as partisan, fractured, debt-ridden US remains far closer to the oblivion that awaits it than to the respect and prosperity she once enjoyed…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters still “strongly suspect” America has until half-century is out to show it can govern itself before someone comes in and does it for us. 

4. World Baseball Classic – A nice little tournament in theory, but a classic yay/boo situation…Yay: the concept, having some games in Asia, the finals at the gorgeous Marlins’ stadium in Miami…Boo: no one is in midseason form plus it’s the first in six years and be honest, you never really missed it.

5. President Joe Biden – Hardly ray of hope US is looking for in 2024 race…In speeches in Kyiv and Warsaw he tended to sound like a conqueror in Russian/Ukraine war, despite fact war is far from over, much less won and US is half-assing their support of Ukraine anyway. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary is a thing today. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow enjoys multiple technical problems at the hotel. Today’s Diary. 

…we got an error message we didn’t understand at all; we didn’t even bother staring at it crossly with our hands on our hips, going strait to tech support on this one. 

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On This Date
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Editor’s Note: Due to time constraints, today’s On This Date is from 2019. Apologies are issued.

In 1933 – Franklin Roosevelt addresses the United States for the first time as president, eight days after his inauguration, the first of his fireside chats. Mired in the Great Depression and facing the failure of many American banks, Roosevelt had closed all American banks on March 6 and on the 9th Congress had passed the Emergency Banking Act.  Roosevelt spoke for 13 minutes from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in front of assorted members of the press. Between 1933 and 1940 Roosevelt would give 30 such fireside chats.

In 1992 – Don Nelson, then in his first stint as head coach of the Golden State Warriors, becomes the first person to participate in 2,500 NBA games as a player and a coach when the Warriors lose to the Detroit Pistons 119-112. Nelson would retire in 2010 having played and coached in 3,451 NBA games, 2,398 as a coach, and 1,53 as a player.

In 1983 – Billie Jean by Michael Jackson is at # on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of seven weeks. It was the first of two #1s from the album Thriller and the fourth of 13 #1 songs Jackson had as a solo act. The song went to #1 in nine other countries, including Great Britain, and was also in its fifth of nine weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. Billie Jean was Billboard’s second biggest hit of 1983.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has. She is the Devil’s greatest whore.
Will and Ariel Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. VI: The Reformation

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Queen Anne’s husband was Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland. 

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The Daily Dose/March 11, 2022
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’s potentially convoluted goes rather well. Today’s Diary. 

Everything worked out for the best, as it usually does if you let it…

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On This Date
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In 1708 – The Scottish Militia Bill of 1708 is refused royal assent by Queen Anne. The bill would’ve rearmed the Scottish militia following the union of Scotland and England the year before, however Anne feared the Scots would not be loyal during an anticipated invasion by France that never happened. It remains the last time a monarch vetoed a law in Great Britain. 

Editor’s Note: due to time constraints, the following two items have run previously in this feature. 

In 1979 – Randy Holt of the Los Angeles Kings establishes new NHL records for most penalties and penalty minutes in a period in a 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Holt had nine penalties totaling 67 minutes in the first period: one for holding, three for fighting, two for misconduct and three game misconducts. Holt broke the records of seven penalties and 44 minutes established by separate players and his records still stand. The team marks of 49 penalties and 362 minutes also established NHL records for one period, though both records have since been broken. 

In 1972 – Nilsson is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the fourth and final consecutive week with Without You. The song also went to #1 in five other countries, including Ireland and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s fourth-biggest song of the year. It was the fourth of eight Top 40 hits for Nilsson, his second of three Top 10 hits, and remains his only #1 song. Mariah Carey charted with the song in 1994, where it returned to #1 in Great Britain and peaked at #3 on the Hot 100. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

I grew fond of her company, and at this time being under no religious restraints, I attempted familiarities (another erratum), which she repulsed with proper resentment.
Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The NHL record for most goals in a game by a defenseman is five, by Ian Turnbull of the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 2, 1977. 

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The Daily Dose/March 10, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Friends, your Daily Dose will return.

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is down to his last two quick picks in the lottery. Today’s Diary. 

It doesn’t matter of course; it’s a lottery and it’s all random and there’s the same chance of winning the thousand dollars a day for life tonite as there was earlier and it’s rare when we’ve been shutout four strait drawings so, naturally, hope springs eternal…Plus, the change of scenery for tonite’s drawing can’t hurt, either. 

Ggggg

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