The Daily Dose/Wednesday, November 23, 2022
The Daily Dose/November 23, 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 serves some good ol’ boys at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
It turned out they’re from Alabama and if you were directing a movie and asked Central Casting to send over some good ol’ country boys from Alabama, they would’ve sent these guys over…Heck, they weren’t country, they were hill and they were pretty funny hill folk, too…One guy said there were six of them, so ol’ Sparrow suggested three rooms each with two queen beds and they said naw, two rooms with two beds is fine…One has a lousy back and sleeps on the floor and, besides, “we’re from Alabama, we’re used to sleeping close together” which was said in a rather serious manner some might not’ve been particularly comfortable with.
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 13 – What may well end up being the funniest Bottom Ten season ever rolls on, with Houston, Chicago and the Los Angeles Rams battling it out for The Dan Henning Trophy.
B-10 pollsters issuing collective sigh of relief as confusion over how tie would affect B-10 standings will prove moot if Texans never win again…
Owner Genghis Khan still holding coaching staff wives hostage, with latest communique advising the earliest possible release date is when Jaguars return to natural habitat on B-10 medal stand…
While Lions fan(s) can revel in past B-10 glories, Bengals faithful will have to wait until next year – at least – to shed Worst Team Never To Win B-10 Title label.
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On This Date
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In 534 BC – Greek poet Thespis becomes History’s first actor – the first to recite lines as someone other than himself for the purpose of entertaining others – when legend has it he took to a stage wearing a mask and portraying the god Dionysus. Thespis’ influence is still felt in the English-speaking world, with the term thespians coming to represent actors. Thespis was also the first actor to carry costumes and such from town to town.
In 1994 – Jeff Hornacek of the Utah Jazz establishes a new NBA record for most 3-point field goals made in a game without a miss in a 113-103 win over the Seattle SuperSonics. Hornacek went 8-for-8 from three-point range to break the record of seven established by Terry Porter (1992) and Sam Perkins (1993). Hornacek’s mark would be tied by Perkins in 1997 and the record is now nine, done three times, twice by Ben Gordon and once by Latrell Sprewell.
In 1974 – Billy Swan is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with I Can Help. It was the first of two chart singles for Swan and remains his only Top 40 hit. The song went to #1 in eleven other countries, including Norway, Australia, and Denmark, peaked at #6 in Great Britain, and would later spend two weeks at #1 on Billboard’s country chart. Swan said he wrote the song in 20 minutes and it was recorded in two takes.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
A proverb is no proverb to you until your life has illustrated it.
John Keats
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The following US cities submitted bids to host the 1956 Summer Olympics that went to Melbourne: Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Los Angeles and Detroit both made it to the third round of voting, with Melbourne defeating Buenos Aires in the fourth round.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many hits did Billy Swan have on Billboard’s country chart? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Tuesday, November 22, 2022
The Daily Dose/November 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 spends about ten minutes in sheer terror, believing he’d lost his falsies. Today’s Diary.
It was about 1430 and we were in the chair reading and starting to doze off, so we decided to retire and we went into the bathroom to brush our teeth when a quick glance showed the falsies were not in their usual place in the falsie holder.
Sweet mother of Christ!!!…This is bad because there are only three places the falsies could be when we’re in the house:
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 13 – Like a train wreck you can’t help staring at, the Week 13 Bottom Ten awaits.
With ten (10) punts and three (3) points, B-10 pollsters “pretty sure” UMess earns weekly Ray Guy Award with 3.333333-to-1.0 punts-to-points ratio…
Despite only one (1) win, Buffaloes lack name recognition of, say, a Northwestern or UMess, and need both help and a big loss this week for B-10 medal stand consideration.
Despite coveted B-10 Conference of the Year Award there for the losing – literally – conference teams having no trouble leveling up for strong .500 mark in conference play.
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On This Date
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In 1963 – President of the United States John F Kennedy is assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Governor John Connally was also wounded and a bit more than an hour later Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for Kennedy’s murder and the murder of a Dallas police officer. Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office later in the day and two days Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby. Ruby, however, died before the appeal of his conviction was heard and technically remains unconvicted of the murder.
In 1956 – The Melbourne Summer Olympics begin, the first Games to be held both in the Southern Hemisphere and outside of Europe and North America. The Games are well known for, among other things, a bloody water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union, who were at war at the time, a match Hungary won 4-0. The Games actually began in June when the equestrian events were held in Stockholm because of Australian quarantine laws. Eight countries boycotted the Melbourne portion of the Games, in protest of three different incidents, though some had participated in Stockholm.
In 1975 – Dickey Lee is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Rocky. The song also went #9 country in Canada and went #1 on pop charts in Germany and South Africa. It was the twelfth of 29 country hits for Lee, his third of four Top 10s and remains his only #1 song.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
In order to succeed, you must be a person who is able to perform hard work repeatedly over a long period of time.
Lee Labrada
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The NHL record for most goals in a period is four, done many times, most recently by Patrick Marleau of the San Jose Sharks in January 2017. Joe Malone did it three times, the only person do it more than once.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which six US cities submitted bids to host the 1956 Summer Olympics? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Monday, November 21, 2022
The Daily Dose/November 21, 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 has his annual presentation of his winter driving tips. Today’s Diary.
Besides, it is extremely satisfying to laff at these nimrods when you pass them as they’re stuck in a ditch.
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On This Date
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In 1953 – The Piltdown Man Skull – one thought to be a significant archelogical discovery – is declared a hoax by the Natural History Museum in London. The skull was found in 1912 about 40 miles south of London and was presented as the remains of a previously unknown early human from approximately 500,000 years. There was some suspicion from the start, with later testing showing the skull had, among other things, the teeth of an orangutan and the cranium of a human.
In 1971 – The New York Rangers tie the NHL record for most goals in a period in an 11-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins had eight goals in the second period, to tie the mark established in March 1922 by the Montreal Canadiens, and the record was tied in January 1944 by the Detroit Red Wings and in March 1969 by the Boston Bruins and would later be tied by the Philadelphia Flyers and the Buffalo Sabres. The record is now held by the Sabres, who had nine goals in the second period of a March 1981 game.
In 1970 – The Partridge Family is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with I Think I Love You. The song featured David Cassidy on lead vocals and his stepmother Shirly Jones singing background. The song also went to #1 in Canada and Australia, peaked at #18 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s sixth-biggest song of the year. It was the first of seven Top 40 hits for the group and remains their only #1 song. Cassidy also had six Top 40 hits on his own and while there were other members of the Partridge family on their TV show, Cassidy and Jones are the only members to play on the record.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Insanity triumphed because sane people were silent.
Randy Shilts
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Joe Cocker’s biggest hit in Great Britain was With A Little Help From My Friends, which went to #1 in 1968. The song peaked at #68 on the Hot 100.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which player holds the NHL record for most goals in a period? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Sunday, November 20, 2022
The Daily Dose/November 20, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. World Cup 2022 – Oh good gravy, FIFA president Gianni Infantino should be made an honorary emir after his “I’m a Qatari…I’m an Arab” nonsense…World Cup set to begin with 1.2 million fans stuffed into one area – and without in-game beer – which follows almost 7,000 migrant worker deaths in construction run-up to games.
2. Holidays 2022 – Christmas trees up already morally wrong, showing country both spiritually and culturally bereft…Not to mention impatient…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” holidays begin at Thanksgiving and not Halloween, though they foresee the day when Holidays begin with Easter “He Is Risen” sales.
3. Donald Trump – Temporarily back in his 3-hole home, lying sexual predator who believes moon is part Mars, that US won Revolution by securing British airports, and that Colorado borders Mexico is back for third try at White House…Some might think complete idiocy and demonstrated incompetence would disqualify Trump from consideration but no, media and supporter(s) still buying his nonsense.
4. Elon Musk – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters couldn’t care less about either Musk or Twitter but boy, they have to admit it’s been great fun watching recent imbroglio…SB 5 pollsters have at 50/50 on whether Twitter shuts down or flourishes and could not care less either way.
5. Kansas City Royals – DO NOT EVER, EVER, EVER REPLACE KAUFFMAN STADIUM!!! …Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “strongly suspect” they’re biased in this matter, but it is tough to argue with this point: Kauffman Stadium is as gorgeous an athletic venue as our species has produced…A pox on everyone considering replacing it.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Indeed, it’s Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary. Enjoy.
The Diary of a Nobody – Some guests invite Sparrow to drink with them. Today’s Diary.
– What are you drinking???
One of them looked at the bottle and shrugged.
– Tequila.
– Oh, Christ, I can’t drink that…That’ll put hair on my palms.
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In 1985 – Microsoft releases Windows 1.0, its first graphic PC operating system. Reviews were lukewarm and mixed, with 1.0 faulted for, among other things, slowness and lack of compatibility with other software. The company released four versions of 1.0 before releasing 2.0 in December 1987 and despite releasing numerous other versions of Windows, Microsoft didn’t end support of 1.0 until 2001. The latest Windows version, 11.0, was released last October.
In 1997 – A.C. Green of the Dallas Mavericks establishes a new NBA record for most consecutive games played in a 120-75 loss to the Portland Trail Blazer. It was the 907th consecutive game played for Green, breaking the record established by Randy Smith, who played in 906 consecutive games from 1972-83. Green’s streak would eventually reach 1,192 games and his record still stands.
In 1982 – Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with Up Where We Belong. The song was the first of two #1s for Warnes in the US, while it remains Cocker’s only #1 song in America. The song, from the soundtrack to the movie An Officer and a Gentleman, also went to #1 in South Africa, Canada, and Australia, peaked at #7 in Cocker’s native Great Britain and won both singers the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group,
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…the burned hand teaches best. After that advice about fire goes to the heart.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Toronto Argonauts have won 17 Grey Cups, the most of any team. They will play for their 18th Grey Cup title today against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Joe Cocker’s biggest hit in Great Britain? – Answer next time!