The Daily Dose/Friday, November 18, 2022
The Daily Dose/Thursday, November 17, 2022
The Daily Dose/November 17, 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 a busy day at the veterans service office. Today’s Diary.
While filling out the paperwork we actually had to tell him “Look, please stop talking, I’m working” which had about the same effect as telling a river to reverse course…
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On This Date
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In 1970 – US Army Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial on 22 charges of murder in connection with what History refers to as the Mai Lai Massacre, a slaughter of several hundred unarmed Vietnamese by US forces. Calley would be convicted and sentenced to life in prison at hard labor, though three days after his conviction President Nixon released him to house arrest. An order for a new trial was overturned by the Supreme Court, and Calley was paroled after three years. Calley was one of 26 arrested in the massacre, but the only one convicted. Now 79, he was last reported to be living in Atlanta.
In 1883 – Willie Fernie of Scotland defeats Bob Ferguson, also of Scotland, by one stroke in a 36-hole playoff to win the British Open at Musselburgh Links in Scotland. It was the only major title for Fernie and followed three consecutive Open wins by Ferguson. Both regulation play the day before and the playoff consisted of four nine-hole rounds. Fernie earned £8 for the win, about $1,365 in today’s money.
In 1984 – Wham! Is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. It was the second chart single for the group, their first of nine Top 10 hits – a figure which includes Christmas releases in 2020 and 2021 – was their first of three #1 songs. The song went to #1 in nine other countries including Iceland, Norway, and Great Britain, and due its charting primarily in the 1985 survey period, was Billboard’s third-biggest song of 1985.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
If the single man plants himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The NCAA all-division record for the longest winning streak is 55 games, by the Division III Mount Union Purple Raiders from 2000-03.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the first player not from the United Kingdom to win the British Open? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Wednesday, November 16, 2022
The Daily Dose/November 16, 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 and Chris discuss the DoorDash delivery that had been in the lobby all day. Today’s Diary.
Chris’ working hypothesis was that Q forgot to change his address with DoorDash and that they delivered it here out of habit because you do not have to be Ronald McDonald to strongly suspect that Q used DoorDash a lot while he lived here…
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 12 – Bottom Ten fan(s) everywhere know the race for the most coveted trophy in sports – The Dan Henning Trophy, symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy – is far from over.
Raiders need to avenge earlier win over Broncos this Sunday to really demonstrate 2022 B-10 street cred…
Not satisfied with Week 12 ranking and hoping to inspire more losses, owner Genghis Khan has taken coaching staff wives hostage again…
Great job America, more divided government as US heralds – again – to itself and the rest of the world still paying attention to us that we are not ready to make substantive changes to the way we are governed…
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On This Date
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In 1793 – In the French Revolution, 90 Catho;lic priests are executed by drowning in the River Loire at Nantes. The dead were part of a group of 160 priests that had been arrested for not supporting the revolution and the remainder would be drowned the following night, save one who was an expert swimmer and escaped. History refers to this episode as the Drownings at Nantes and the period as the Reign of Terror, and it is estimated that as many as four thousand people were drowned.
In 1957 – The longest winning streak in major division college football history ends when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeat the Oklahoma Sooners 7-0 in Norman, Oklahoma. It was the first lost after 47 consecutive wins for the Sooners, and the record still stands. The streak had started on Oct 10, 1953, with a 19-14 win over Texas, which followed a tie against Pitt and a loss to the Irish. The NCAA major and all-division record for the longest undefeated streak is 64, by the Washington Huskies, who went 60-0-4 from 1907-17.
In 1985 – The Miami Vice Soundtrack is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the third of eleven non-consecutive weeks. The album also went to #1 in Austria and Canada, peaked at #11 in Great Britain, and because it charted in two different survey periods, was Billboard’s 25th-biggest album of 1986. It produced two chart singles, Miami Vice Theme by Jan Hammer, which spent one week at #1 on the Hot 100 and You Belong to the City by Glenn Frey, which peaked at #2.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
One may talk of peace only with those who are peaceful. To talk of peace with him who holds a drawn sword is foolish unless one is unarmed, then one must talk very fast, indeed.
Louis L’Amour
The Walking Drum
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Elton John has had ten #1 singles in his native Great Britain.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which team holds the NCAA all-division record for the longest losing streak? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Tuesday, November 15, 2022
The Daily Dose/November 15, 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 is at the veterans service office. Today’s Diary.
…[he] is demonstrably longwinded and we were only scheduled for a half-day today, so we called him back right off, rather than listen to his messages because weren’t in the mood to have a stroke.
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 12 – It’s Akron, Northwestern, and UMess on the Bottom Ten medal stand this week, as the catfight known as the race for the ESPNCup rolls on.
UMess, as usual, clutch at the end, as only missed two (2)-point conversion, blown onsides kick, prevented overtime, or worse, a win…
Combined three (3) wins all came in losable games, as remaining college football fan(s) in [Colorado] left to wonder what might have been.
Coaching staff, knowing how crucial a complete lack of offense will be in B-10 stretch run, takes offense out behind pineapple grove for beatings after putting up highest point total of 2022…
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On This Date
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In 1988 – The Soviet Union space program makes its only space shuttle flight when the Buran makes an unmanned flight. The spacecraft flew for 3 hours and 25 minutes and made two orbits before landing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in what is now southern Kazakhstan. The Buran made its first sub-orbital flight in 1985, ten other missions ended up being canceled, and the program was scrapped shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union.
In 1973 – Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins establishes a new NHL record for most points in a game by a defenseman in a 10-2 win over the New York Rangers. Orr had seven points on three goals and four assists to break the record of six that had been done several times previously, including twice by Orr. The record is now eight, done twice, by Tom Bladon of the Philadelphia Flyers in December 1977 and by Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers in March 1986.
In 1975 – Elton John is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with Island Girl. It was the fifth of nine #1 songs for John, his eighth consecutive Top 10 hit, and 13th of 28 overall. The song also peaked at #14 in Great Britain and due to charting in both the 1975 and 1976 survey periods, was Billboard’s 64th-biggest hit of 1976. The song is about a Jamaican prostitute in New York City and John hasn’t performed the song live in many years.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Morals, which had been loosened by riches and luxury, had not been improved by destitution and chaos, for few conditions are more demoralizing than poverty that comes after wealth.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. III: Caesar to Christ
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The NFL head coach in the Top 10 in career wins who has the most losses is Dan Reeves, who went 190-165-2 in his career.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many #1 songs has Elton John had in Great Britain? – Answer next time!