The Diary of a Nobody/October 27 & 28
Friday, October 28, 2022
The Daily Dose/Thursday, October 27, 2022
The Daily Dose/October 27, 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 runs into a potential Couple of the Year candidate. Today’s Diary.
At first, we thought they were together but if they were they were the most incongruous couple we’d ever seen, topping even that tidy, middle-aged Asian man and the young Black guy with dreadlocks we saw in a Sin City taco shop ages ago: he was sub-Saharan African and she was purebred, All-American white trash…It turns out they weren’t, tho…
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On This Date
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In 1962 – In the Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear war is likely averted when Soviet naval officer Vasily Arkhipov, the second-in-command of the submarine B-59, declines to join the ship’s captain and political officer – approval from all three was required – in authorizing the firing a nuclear torpedo at a flotilla of US Navy ships in international waters off the coast of Cuba. The diesel submarine, with batteries low and a broken air conditioning system, eventually surfaced and returned home. Far from being stigmatized for his role, Arkhipov would later command other submarines and submarine squadrons and retired as a vice admiral. He died in 1998.
In 1984 – Rueben Mayes of the Washington State Cougars establishes a new NCAA major division record for most rushing yards in a game in a 50-41 victory over the Oregon Ducks. Mayes rushed for 357 yards to break the record of 356 yards established by Eddie Lee Ivery of Georgia Tech in 1978. The mark was broken in 1989 by Anthony Thompson of Indiana (377 yards) and the record is now held by Samaje Perine of Oklahoma, who rushed for 427 yards in a 2014 game. The all-division record is 465 yards, by Cartel Brooks of Division III Heidelberg in 2013.
In 1979 – Led Zeppelin is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the seventh and final consecutive week with In Through the Out Door. It was the eighth of 13 Top 10 albums for the group and was their sixth of seven #1s. The album also went to #1 in Canada, New Zealand, and the band’s native Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 26th-biggest album of the year. The album yielded one chart single, Fool in the Rain, which peaked at #21 on the Hot 100 is was the band’s final studio release after the death of drummer John Bonham in Sept 1980.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…Malcolm felt his heart pound with hope because he knew that intuition and instinct had once again performed their customary miracle.
William McGivern
Choice of Assassins
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The song Mack the Knife was written for the musical drama The Three Penny Opera.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the head of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Wednesday, October 26, 2022
The Daily Dose/October 26, 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 – A gaggle of high school kids invades the hot spring Sparrow was sitting quietly in. Today’s Diary.
Then another buddy who happened to be lifeguarding at the time came over with some new talking points, specifically, some girl they know who evidently puts out coming down with the clap, and then all of them wondering what the highest any of them has been.
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 9 – It’s Detroit, Houston, and Jacksonville on the Bottom Ten medal stand as the race for The Dan Henning Trophy rolls on.
Lions know better than anyone that you cannot afford to get complacent against Dolphins squad that has lost three (3) of last four (4)…
Early, tragic two (2)-game win streak safely in rearview mirror now as Jaguars current four (4)-game skid tied for best in NFL…
Browns so bad they are even looking to flex-schedule next game out prime time Monday night slot…
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On This Date
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In 1825 – The Erie Canal, connecting the Hudson River in eastern New York with Lake Erie, opens. At 363 miles, it was then the second-longest canal in the world behind the Grand Canal in China. Construction began in 1817 and was an even bigger challenge due to the lack of civil engineers in the US and cost $7.1 million, about $171 million in today’s money. The canal, now the seventh longest in the world, is still open and mainly used for recreational travel now.
In 1997 – The Florida Marlins win their first World Series, defeating the Cleveland Indians 3-2 in eleven innings in game seven. It was the first of two World Series wins for the Marlins (2003) and the third of four World Series losses for the Indians. Florida had tied the game in with a run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning and won it on a single by Edgar Renteria. The teams are now known as the Miami Marlins and the Cleveland Guardians.
In 1959 – Bobby Darin is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the fourth of nine non-consecutive weeks with Mack the Knife. It was the sixth of 21 Top 40 hits for Darin and remains his only #1 in a chart career that lasted from 1958-73. The song also went to #1 in Great Britain, peaked at #6 on Billboard’s soul chart, and ranked 3rd on Billboard’s 60th-Anniversary Hot 100 in 2018. The song was written in 1928 and Mack is based on a character from an 18th-century opera who was based on real-life English thief Jack Sheppard.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I would’ve been happy doing anything they told me to do.
Neil Armstrong
Commander, Apollo 11 and first man to walk on the moon.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Barbra Streisand has had eleven #1s on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which musical drama was Mack the Knife written for? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Tuesday, October 25, 2022
The Daily Dose/October 25, 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 reunites a dog and its owner. Today’s Diary.
We would’ve picked the dog up but 1) there was no guarantee he’d come with me, and, 2) dogs intuitively – and not without good reason – tend to despise me…
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 9 – Give me a B! The quest for the ESPNCup rolls on.
B-10 fan(s) everywhere waxing nostalgic as Wildcats making first B-10 run since, well, last year when team lost final six (6) games…
With more losses meaning value for naming rights for Wildcats’ new stadium sinking like stone, B-10 pollsters holding out until naming rights for Bottom Ten Field can be had for a couple of hundred bucks.
With B-10 title squarely in sights, AD fires head coach in hopes of getting offense on par with defense which ranks Dead Last in both Total Defense (524 ypg) and Scoring Defense (43.2 ppg).
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On This Date
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In 1962 – During day ten of the Cuban Missile Crisis, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson confronts his Soviet Union counterpart with pictures of Soviet missiles in Cuba at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, with the Soviets declining to confirm their existence. The US also began enforcing its naval blockade of Cuba. Results were mixed, with the Navy failing to intercept one ship while boarding another before clearing it to proceed.
In 1968 – The United States wins the basketball gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, defeating Yugoslavia 65-50. Spencer Haywood led the US with 21 points and Jo Jo White added 14, and the team was coached by Henry Iba of Oklahoma State. It was the seventh of 16 basketball gold medals for the US and the first of four silver medals for Yugoslavia, which also won a gold medal in 1980.
In 1980 – Barbra Streisand is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Woman In Love. The song went to #1 in 16 other countries including Finland, Norway, and Great Britain, and due to charting in both the 1980 and 1981 survey periods was Billboard’s 35th biggest song of 1981. It was the ninth of twelve Top 10 hits for Streisand and her fifth and final #1 song. The song was written by Barry and Robin Gibb.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Jackson was alternatively stern and soft, painting a portrait of a rising nation whose progress to glory could only be interrupted by the attempts of a single interest to seize power from the whole.
Jon Mecham
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Vern Mikkelson holds the NBA for fouling out of the most games with 127.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many #1s has Barbra Streisand had on the Billboard 200 album chart? – Answer next time!