The Daily Dose/February 22, 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 (again) deals with idiots who do not ring the bell. Today’s Diary. 

I don’t understand this at all…Sure, the bell is actually a doorbell and may not stand out like the goddamn Liberty Bell, but it’s on the base of a large sign for Pete’s sake and Stevie Wonder could probably find it…

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On This Date
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In 1819 – The Adams-Onis Treaty between the US and Spain takes effect, in which Spain sells Florida to the US for $5 million (about $117 million in today’s money) in exchange for settling boundary disputes between the two countries in what is now western America. Spain was having trouble settling and defending the territory and ceded all of Florida, plus southern portions of Alabama and Mississippi, as well as eastern Louisiana. 

In 1893 – Alabama and Auburn meet in football for the first time, with Auburn winning 32-22 at Lakewood Park in Birmingham. The series was not played between 1908 and 1947 and Alabama leads the series 49-37-1 and they have won the last three games in the series. The term Iron Bowl was coined in the 1950s and whether the first meeting ended the 1892 season or began the 1893 season was disputed by both schools.

In 1953 – Teresa Brewer is at #1 in Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – a predecessor to the Hot 100 – for the second of five consecutive weeks with Till I Waltz With You Again. It was the sixth of 36 singles on assorted Billboard pop charts of the era for Brewer and her second and final #1 (Music, Music, Music, four weeks, 1950). The song was also in its second of six weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Juke Boxes charts. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

If you are acquainted with the principle, what do you care for a myriad of instances and applications?
Henry David Thoreau
Walden

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The Niagara Purple Eagles have made three appearances in the NCAA basketball tournament (1970, 2005, 2007) and the Siena Saints have made six (1989, 1999, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010).

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The Daily Dose/February 21, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience. 

ALREADY WITH THE DRY, TECHNICAL MATTER: Regular readers of this crap know that recently we experimented with a video version of The Daily Dose. They will also notice that it has been dropped, despite some more or less positive feedback. 

Please Pass The Dry, Technical Matter: Like a lot of inspiration, the inspiration for The Video Daily Dose hit out of the blue. And, also par for the inspiration course, when it did hit we thought it was so logical we cursed ourselves for not thinking of it before because who knows what artistic heights and untold riches we had deprived ourselves of.

Shoot Me…Just Shoot Me: And, of course, it cemented The Daily Dose as a technological juggernaut. And they really weren’t that difficult to produce once the original template was done. This took some time, because the technical aspects are as, well, technical as they are dull, but we rathered enjoyed the work. 

Fly In The Ointment: The problem was, though, we found we had to shorten the popular On This Date segment in order for all three items to fit on one screen. We didn’t mind this at first but, boy, writing On This Date is a highlight of our day, and writing the truncated version simply wasn’t as much fun as writing the longer version. 

The Bottom Line: So it was adios to the video version and welcome back to the old one. While, like you, we enjoy the occasional whiteboard video, we’re writers and not video makers here at The Daily Dose, so you are again obliged to read this feature instead of watch it

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a day off from the veterans service office (VSO). Today’s Diary. 

It was a day off from the veterans service office (VSO) today and we debated how best to spend the morning off and – in what is not being hailed as the Upset of the Year – we spent it at home, in the chair, reading…We weren’t all that tired and thought about going to the gym, but thanks to 24-hour access at the small town gym (STG) we’re getting four lifting sessions in a week now and that’s enuff. 

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On This Date
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In 1945 – Japanese kamikaze pilots sink the US aircraft carriers Bismark Sea and the Saratoga during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the South Pacific. The battle had begun on the 19th and would end in an American victory on March 26. The raising of the American flag by six United States Marines on Mount Suribachi captured in the iconic photograph was taken on February 23 and remains one of History’s most reproduced photographs. 

In 1953 – The Niagara Purple Eagles and the Siena Saints establish a new NCAA record for the longest game in an 88-81, six-overtime Niagara victory at the Washington Ave. Armory in Albany, New York. The game was tied 54-54 at the end of regulation and broke the record of five overtimes done at least twice previously. The mark was tied twice before being broken by Cincinnati/Bradley’s seven-overtime game in 1981. Seven overtimes is also the Division II and III record. 

In 1981 – REO Speedwagon is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the first of 15 non-consecutive weeks with Hi Infidelity. It was the seventh of eleven chart albums for the group and remains their only #1. The album also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #6 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s #1 album of the year and its 39th-biggest of 1982. The album produced four Hot 100 hits, including the #1 Keep On Loving You. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

He regarded what had happened as fate, another step on a path long since mapped out.
John Toland
Adolf Hitler

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The two other English monarchs after Edward VI fathered by Henry VIII were Mary I and Elizabeth I. 

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How many NCAA basketball tournament appearances have Niagara and Siena made? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/February 20, 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 – At the hotel, Sparrow deals with a chick sleeping in a stairwell. Today’s Diary. 

She was not easy to wake up…We started off kicking the bottom of her boots, which were facing us…This is a good option because you can kick with some authority without causing injury and, if she’s the type who attacks when startled, she can’t do any damage to you…This did not produce the desired results; it only stirred her somewhat, and we ended up nudging her in the back…

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On This Date
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In 1547 – Edward VI is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. Edward, 9, had ascended the throne on January 28 upon the death of his father, Henry VIII and was the son of Henry’s fourth wife Jane Seymour. He would reign unti his death of an unknown illness when he was 15 and was the first English monarch to be raised Protestant. Edward was the first of three monarchs fathered by Henry VIII. 

In 1982 – The New York Islanders establish a new NHL record for most consecutive wins in a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. It was the 15th and final consecutive win for the Islanders, breaking the record of 14 consecutive wins established by the Boston Bruins in the 1929-30 season and the record is now 17, but the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992-93. The Rockies were originally the Kansas City Scouts and are now the New Jersey Devils. 

In 1961 – Lawrence Welk is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final week with Calcutta. It was the second of ten chart singles for Welk and remains his only #1 song. The song also peaked at #10 on Billboard’s soul chart and at 57 Welk became the oldest act to have a #1 hit on the Hot 100, a record now held by Louis Armstrong, who was 63 when Hello Dolly went to #1 in 1964. In March, Welk’s album Calcutta would spend three weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
Roger Bannister

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Two other versions of Let’s Stay Together have hit the Hot 100, by Isaac Hayes (#8, 1972) and Tina Turner (#26, 1984).

Today’s Stumper
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The Daily Dose/February 19, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
Notes from around the human experience. 

The Sunday Bottom 5 will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

It’s Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets into the gym, but he has to share it. Today’s Diary. 

You would think this loser would have something better to do than work out on Saturday nite, but we didn’t get in each other’s way, so what the hell.

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On This Date
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In 1674 – The Dutch and the English sign the Treaty of Westminster, which ends the third Anglo-Dutch War, which had begun in 1672, Though the war ended in a Dutch victory, they did hand over New Amsterdam to the English, who renamed it New York, after the Duke of York, later King James II & VII. The Dutch also paid an indemnity of two million guilders to the English, though King Charles II was obliged to use most of it to pay his debts. 

In 1984 – Cale Yarborough wins the Daytona 500 passing Darrell Waltrip on the final lap. It was the second consecutive and fourth and final Daytona 500 win for Yarborough, who retired in 1988 with 83 NASCAR wins. In qualifying, Yarborough had become the first driver to win the pole with a speed over 200 mph (201.848). Waltrip ended up finishing third behind Dale Earnhart, Sr. 

In 1972 – Al Green is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Best Selling Soul Singles chart – for the seventh of nine consecutive weeks with Let’s Stay Together. It was his third of 17 soul Top 10s for Green and his first of six #1s. The song also went #7 pop in Great Britain, previously had spent one week at #1 on the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s biggest soul song of the year and its 5th-biggest pop song.  

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

I have said to myself a thousand times that I should be happy if I were but as ignorant as my old neighbor; and yet it is a happiness which I do not desire.
Voltaire
The Good Brahmin

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Leon Spinks won his boxing gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the light heavyweight category. 

Today’s Stumper
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The Daily Dose/February 18, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Daily Dose will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is turning into Mr Fitness. Today’s Diary. 

Those of you keeping score at home know ol’ Sparrow is now paying for two gym memberships…

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