The big news tho, is we slept strait thru with no waking up to use the can, the first time we’ve slept that long without interruption since the Reagan Administration…God bless all of you.
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It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Yay for Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
Saturday, February 25 There was a note in the log book tonite concerning a Toyota Tundra that had evidently overstayed its welcome in the parking lot…You might think that hotels like ours keep tabs on their parking lots, and perhaps some do, but I’ve never worked at one that does…Evidently, tho, Mr Tundra has been there for a while.
“Come on…You’ll meet new people and have fun.” Oh, Jesus H, who in the hell wants to do that???…
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In 1836 – Samuel Colt is granted US patent #X9430 for his revolver firearm. Sales were slow at first, though there were some sales during the war with the Seminole Indians, sales really didn’t pick up until the Mexican-American War in 1846, when it also became a popular military and civilian sidearm. Colt served briefly as a colonel in the Connecticutt militia in the Civil War and died in 1862.
In 1964 – Muhammed Ali – then known as Cassius Clay – wins the world’s heavyweight boxing title when champion Sonny Liston does not answer the bell for the seventh round in Miami Beach. It was the first of three heavyweight titles for Ali and remains the only title for Liston, who had won it by defeating Floyd Patterson in 1962. Ali would win the rematch in May 1965.
Today – Mylie Cyrus is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the fifth consecutive week with Flowers. It’s the 19th Top 40 hit for Cyrus, her tenth Top 10 hit, and her second #1 song. The song has gone to #1 in what is believed to be a record 50 countries, including Vietnam, Norway, and Great Britain, and is also in its fifth consecutive week at #1 on Billboard’s Global 200 chart. The song debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 on January 28, a once-rare occurrence that due to modern technology and data-gathering techniques no longer has any statistical significance.
Some Philosophy Crap The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
What did he do?/He made counterfeit dimes./Dimes? Jesus Christ, what kind of ambition is that? Charles Bukowski Ham On Rye
Answer To The Last Trivia Question Knowledge is power.
The only American besides Eric Heiden to win the Olympic 10,000-meter speed skating gold medal was Irving Jaffee at the 1932 Lake Placid Games.
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She said don’t worry about anything for ten days and she’s Central European and has that accent that would make even a morning greeting sound like a direct order and we felt like snapping to and saluting…
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SEALs are psycho…Their training is so hard and they are so focused they all have this stare while they are in service and jumping out of airplanes and diving the Challenger Deep holding their breath…Nate has lost this stare, but he still looks like he’d prefer to slit my throat…
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In 1455 – The first Gutenberg Bible – a landmark event in Western civilization – is printed in Mainz, Germany by Johannes Gutenberg. Gutenberg also developed an oil-based ink that adhered better to his metal type and 49 copies of his Bible are known to exist today. Movable type first appeared in China in the 11th century AD and the oldest extant moveable type book dates from 1377 in Korea.
In 1980 – Eric Heiden of the US establishes a new world record in the 10,000-meters speed skating event at the Lake Placid Winter Games. Heiden won in 14 minutes, 28.13 seconds, to break the record of 14:34.33, established by Viktor Lyoskin of the Soviet Union in 1977. It was the fifth and final gold medal of the Lake Placid Games for Heiden, and he remains the only athlete to win five gold medals at a single Winter Games. The current world record is 12:30.74 done at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by Nils van der Poel of Sweeden.
In 1985 – Mel McDaniel is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On. It was the 26th country hit for McDaniel and remains his only #1. The song also went #1 country in Canada and was Billboard’s 12th-biggest country song of the year. The song was originally given to Conway Twitty, who thought John Anderson would be better suited for it, but Anderson had no idea who sent it to him and turned it down.
Some Philosophy Crap The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. Francis Bacon
Answer To The Last Trivia Question Knowledge is power.
The first Federal Military Commissioner of Florida was Andrew Jackson.
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Who is the only other American man to win the Olympic gold medal in 10,000-meter speed skating? – Answer next time!
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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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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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Who was the first Federal Military Commissioner of Florida? – Answer next time!
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