The Daily Dose/April 26, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow forgets to make coffee for Dray the Dairy Delivery Driver. Today’s Diary. 

What happened was we thought about getting a pot of joe going when we first reported for duty, but dismissed it as being entirely too early and made a mental note to do it while eating…We remembered that mental note but then a goddamn guest rang the bell and we promptly forgot about it…

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In 1865 – John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, is shot dead by a Union soldier at a farm about 45 miles south of Washington, D.C. Booth and an accomplice had arrived at the farm the previous day, with Union troops trapping him in a barn before setting fire to the barn, with a soldier shooting Booth while he was still inside. Booth’s body was taken to the Washington Navy Yard and was stored in assorted places before being turned over to the Booth family in 1869 and buried in a family plot in Baltimore. 

In 1952 – Patty Berg establishes a new LPGA record for the lowest round in the second round of the Richmond (Virginia) Open. Berg shot a 64, beating the mark established by Babe Zaharias and Opa’ Hill by two strokes. Berg would later win the tournament, her 40th of 60 LPGA titles, and her 15 major wins remain a record for women. Berg died in 2006. Berg’s record has been bettered several times since, and the mark is now 59, by Annika Sorrenstam of Sweden, in 2001. 

In 1975 – Billie Jo Spears is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Blanket on the Ground. It was the tenth of 34 country hits for Spears, her second of five Top 10 hits, and remains her only appearance at #1 on a Billboard chart in a career that spanned from 1968-83.  The song also went #2 country in Canada, #6 pop in Great Britain, peaked at #78 on the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s 30th-biggest country song of the year.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

…very often it is not possible to see what is right in front of you because you happen to be looking in the wrong direction.
Gore Vidal
Creation

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Billboard’s #1 song for 2015 was Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, which spent 14 weeks at #1. 

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The Daily Dose/April 25, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow reviews some details of his upcoming vacation. Today’s Diary. 

…our three nite, employee rate, booking in New Orleans got fucked up.

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In 1792 – The first public execution in France with a guillotine is conducted, when highwayman Nicholas Pelletier is beheaded in front of what is now Paris’ city hall. Reports indicate the crowd was displeased with the swift and relatively painless nature of the execution. The guillotine was named after Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, a proponent – though not the inventor – of a more painless execution method and the implement was last used in France in 1977. 

In 1952 – The Minneapolis Lakers win the NBA title, defeating the New York Knicks 82-65 to win the series four games to three. It was the third of an NBA-record 17 NBA titles for the Lakers and was the second of six runner-up finishes for the Knicks. Scheduling conflicts meant all but the seventh game were played in secondary arenas, with the Lakers playing in St Paul and the Knicks at the 69th Street Armory. 

In 2015 – Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of twelve non-consecutive weeks with See You Again. The song also went to #1 in 29 other countries, including the Commonwealth of Independent States, Norway, and Great Britain, went to #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, was their 3rd biggest song of the year, and 25th-biggest of the decade. It was the second and most recent #1 song for Khalifa and remains the only #1 song for Puth. The song was from the soundtrack to the movie Furious 7. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

… I leave [my ideas] to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them. If wrong they ought to be refuted and rejected.
Benjamin Franklin

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The major league record for most walks in a game by a team is 19, done twice, by the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1887 and by the Washington Senators in 1971, in a 20-inning game. 

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The Daily Dose/April 24, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow sure has been spending an awful lot of time in the sack, lately. Today’s Diary. 

Ol’ Sparrow is already in vacation mode, reporting directly to bed after getting home and feeding the cat…Now, recall we had ten hours of sleep Saturday, so we were hardly tired, but reporting to the chair for reading duty seemed to be too much work…

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In 1704 – The first regular newspaper in what would become the United States is published for the first time in Boston. The Boston News-Letter was subsidized by the Crown, the lead story in the first edition concerned Catholics in Scotland, and the paper would publish until February 1776. The first newspaper in what would become the US was Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, which published one edition in Boston in 1690. 

In 1957 – The Cincinnati Reds establish a new National League record for most walks in an inning in an 8-2 win over the Chicago Cubs. The Reds walked nine times in the inning, the first five consecutively, and scored seven runs on one hit. Research into whose record the Reds broke was inconclusive and the major league record is eleven, by the New York Yankees against the Washington Senators in 1949. – Editor’s Note: the record is listed under the Team Batting section, and not the Team Pitching section. 

In 1976 – Emmylou Harris is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Together Again. It was the first of seven #1 country hits for Harris and her second of 27 Top 10 hits. In 1964 Buck Owens went #1 country with the song and in 1966 Ray Charles hit both the Hot 100 and soul chart with it, making it one of the few songs to hit on all three major Billboard singles chart.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Genius is from the school of solitude.
Edward Gibbon

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The song (You’re My) Soul and Inspiration was written by the husband and wife team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. 

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The Daily Dose/April 23, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.

1. Ready…Aim…Fire – Don’t get lost now message in US, as strangers at door and in driveways now fair game as open season now declared on those with nerve to lose their way…To their credit, though, gun nuts everywhere decrying decline of warning shot in America, as once common courtesy might have prevented useless carnage. 

2. Oakland A’s – You know guys, you want to leave, good riddance, grab the Las Vegas promised land before anyone else does, tho had you really wanted to, you could’ve had a shiny new stadium next to your current dump…With previous stops in Kansas City and Philadelphia, Vegas bookmakers already taking action on where you’ll move to in 2075. 

3. #USA! #USA! – The 3-hole staple…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters continue to “strongly suspect” US has until this half-century is out to get their arse in gear before country implodes under weight of its ignorance and intolerance and remain “pretty sure” none of the major announced candidates in either party will help us get there…US hasn’t been led since Kennedy avoided nuclear war and said “let’s go to the moon”, tho US electorate seems OK with that.   

4. NFL – Five (5) players suspended for gambling, three (3) on NFL games and two (2) for gambling on other things in NFL facilities…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters not ones to gloat, but did they call it or what???…You get in bed with legalized gamblers and these things are going to happen, with nation, Roger Goodell, breathlessly awaiting news on first fixed NFL games. 

5. NBA Playoffs – Assault and battery legal now in quest for NBA title, as players getting slugged, beaten, and stepped on left and right nowadays, making already barely tolerable game now completely unwatchable…Like our government, Americans can’t get enough of it, though, so expect tie games to be resolved by MMA contest instead of overtime in time for NBA Finals. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary? You bet.

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has disturbing news to report from the sack. Today’s Diary. 

Those of you keeping score at home have, no doubt, noted the weekly sleep total has been going down a bit and that this is the third week in the last four that has been less than a 50-hour total…

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In 1635 – Boston Latin School – the oldest public school in the US – is established. Classes were held at the headmaster’s home until the school opened its own schoolhouse in 1745, the school is now located in the southwestern part of the city, near Northeastern University, and remains the oldest existing school in the country. They have played football against Boston English High School since 1887, the oldest high school sports rivalry in the US. 

In 1950 – The Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup defeating the New York Rangers 4-3 in two overtimes, winning the series four games to three. It was the fourth of eleven Stanley Cup titles for the Red Wings and the fourth of seven runner-up finishes for the Rangers and the Cup-winning goal was scored by Pete Babando at the 8:31 mark. Due to a circus being held at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers only hosted two games, games two and three in Toronto. 

In 1966 – The Righteous Brothers are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with (You’re My) Soul and Inspiration. It was the fifth of eleven Top 40 hits for the duo, their fifth of six Top 10 hits, and was their second and final #1 song in a chart career that lasted from 1963-90. The song also peaked at #15 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s 12th-biggest song of the year.  A version by Donny and Marie Osmond peaked at #38 in 1978.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Rules are not made for geniuses.
Will Durant
The Story of Philosophy

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The Los Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers have won the most National League pennants, 24. 

Today’s Stumper
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Which famous songwriting duo wrote (You’re My) Soul and Inspiration? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/April 22, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Despite the hour, Sparrow runs into someone at the gym. Today’s Diary. 

The kid was a total science geek, too, because you didn’t have to be Neil Armstrong to notice his t-shirt had a pic of the Solar System on the front and while we couldn’t understand what he was talking about [on the phone], we were smart enuff to recognize it as the Copernican model. 

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In 1969 – Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completes the first solo circumnavigation of the Earth, returning to Falmouth in southern England. Knox-Johnston and his boat Suhaili had left Falmouth on June 14 and passed the southern points of Africa and South America before heading north. The accomplishment was part of the Sunday Times Golden Globe race, which started with nine sailors, though Knox-Johnston was the only finisher. 

In 1876 – The Boston Red Caps defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 at Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia in the first game in National League and major league history. The first run was scored by Boston’s Tim McGinley and teammate Bill Parks was the only player to play his only big league game today. The Red Caps are now the Atlanta Braves and the Athletics left the National League at the end of the season.

In 1989 – Madonna is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Like a Prayer. The song went to #1 in 18 other countries including Uraguay, Norway, and Great Britain, peaked at #20 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 25th-biggest song of the year and was her seventh of twelve #1 songs. The song was from the album of the same name, which was in its first of six consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

The fable of the monkey who tried to warm himself by the light of a glowworm, and slew the bird who pointed out his error, is a remarkably apt illustration of the fate that awaits the scholar who exposes a popular delusion.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. I: Our Oriental Heritage

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

New York City was the capital of the United States from 1785-90, following Trenton, New Jersey, and preceding Philadelphia. 

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