The Daily Dose/November 9, 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 works it to book a room for a caller. Today’s Diary. 

…so ol’ Sparrow started hustling as if his next batch of workout supplements depended on securing this booking, graciously, tho not relentlessly, noting our complimentary transportation to the ski mountain, our easy access to the free city bus, our indoor AND outdoor pools and hot tubs, not to mention the vestal virgins that will be awaiting your commands in our freshly remodeled lobby.

The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 11 – There’s a new #1 in race for The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy. 

Sort of like ancient times when if you killed the monarch in battle you became king, you lose to the #1 team, you become the #1 team as Packers bravely ascend B-10 throne

Military court-martial scheduled for Lions for shooting themselves in foot as B-10 stalwarts again unable to lose big one in tragic home win over Packers…

Rams quest for inaugural first-to-worst run continues with type of morale-depleting, last-second, road loss that tends to set tone for strong B-10 medal stand run…

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Due to spending an inordinate amount of time watching the eclipse, all of today’s entries have run within the past two years. 

In 1969 – Humans reach the moon for the second time with Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landing on Apollo 12. Apollo 12 was struck by lightning shortly after blastoff and would later spend over 32 hours on the lunar surface with Conrad and Bean spending almost eight hours exploring the moon, including inspecting Surveyor 3, man’s first terrestrial contact with a previously launched spacecraft. Command module pilot Richard Gordon remained in lunar orbit and the crew would return to Earth on Nov 24th. 

In 2018 – The Los Angeles Rams defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 54-51 in the only NFL game where both teams scored at least 50 points. The game was tied 23-23 at halftime and the Rams got a touchdown with 1:49 left in the game to take the lead. It remains the third highest-scoring game in NFL history behind the Washington Redskins defeating the New York Giants 72-41 in 1966 and the Cincinnati Bengals defeating the Cleveland Browns 58-48 in 2004. 

In 1966 – The Supremes are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with you Keep Me Hangin’ On. The song also peaked at #8 in Great Britain and later spent four weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart and was the eighth of twelve #1 songs for the group on the pop chart and their fifth of eight #1 soul songs. A version by Vanilla Fudge peaked at #6 on the Hot 100 the following year and a version by Kim Wilde went to #1 in 1987, making the song the sixth of nine songs that have gone to #1 by separate artists on the Hot 100. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

I remember what I was, and what I have yet to do.
Adolf Hitler

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The NBA team record for most three-pointers in a game is 29, by the Milwaukee Bucks on Dec 29, 2020. 

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Of the twelve men who have walked on the moon, how many are still alive? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/November 8, 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 does not have a magic wand. Today’s Diary. 

People, you gotta give your VSO more than ten minutes notice of impending homelessness…I’m sorry, but I can’t shit places to sleep…We’re not taking you in because we don’t know you that well and once you’re in it might be tuff to get you out…Plus, I don’t want to see the cat served for dinner…

The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 11 – The race for the 2022 ESPNCup – symbolic of collegiate Bottom Ten supremacy – may well be the tightest ever. 

Minutemen claim John Adams Spitoon – symbolic of Yankee football nonsense – with loss to Huskies…

Hoosiers continue to give clinic in How To Recover From 3-0 Start following sixth straight loss…

Army secretary’s pregame orders to “don’t score until you see the whites of their eyes” proved to be less inspirational than hoped.

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In 1957 – Pan Am Flight 7 – service from San Francisco to Honolulu – disappears over the Pacific Ocean, killing all 44 people on board. The flight took off at 11:30 am and the last communication had come at 5:04 pm and investigation into the cause was inconclusive. The first passengers and debris were found a week later by the Coast Guard about 900 miles northeast of Honolulu. The flight was the first leg of an around-the-world trip that was to eventually end in Philadelphia. 

In 1994 – Joe Dumars of the Detroit Pistons ties the NBA record for most three-point field goals in a game in a 126-112 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Dumars had ten three-pointers to tie the record established by Brian Shaw of the Miami Heat in 1993. The record was broken by Dennis Scott of the Orlando Magic who had eleven in an April 1996 game and the record is now 14, by Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors, who had 14 on October 29, 2018. 

In 1975 – War is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Soul Singles chart – for the only week with Lowrider. It was the fifth of eight top 10 soul hits for the group and remains their only #1. The song also went #12 pop in Great Britain and peaked at #7 on the Hot 100, their sixth of seven Top 10 pop hits. The song was from the album Why Can’t We Be Friends? 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Science is composed of errors, but errors it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
Jules Verne
Journey to the Center of the Earth

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Buck Owens had twelve #1s on Billboard’s country album chart. 

Today’s Stumper
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What team holds the record for most three-pointers in an NBA game? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/November 7, 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 room for a couple who’s car was wrecked. Today’s Diary. 

His big problem was getting their stuff out of his wrecked car; he said there was a lot of it and he wasn’t kidding…While his wife sat inside and talked to someone on the phone – the tow truck driver strongly suspected her boyfriend because she hung up as soon as her husband came within earshot – he went running from the car to the door bringing loose clothing and shoes, a couple of backpacks, a case of water, and what appeared to be their monthly bills…

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In 1916 – Jeanette Rankin becomes the first woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Rankin came in second mof six candidates in the election for two seats from Montana’s at-large district, earning 24.3% of the vote behind incumbent John Evans 26.7% of the vote. Rankin lost the Republican primary in 1918 and would be re-elected to Congress in 1940. She was known for introducing legislation that eventually became the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, and for voting against World Wars I and II. 

In 1991 – Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers announces his retirement from the NBA after testing positive for HIV. Johnson had played twelve seasons with the Lakers, had led them to five NBA titles, and retired as the NBA’s all-time assists leader, a mark now held by John Stockton. Johnson returned for 32 games in the 1995-96 season and retired averaging 19.5 points, 11.2 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game. 

In 1964 – Buck Owens is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the fourth of six consecutive weeks with I Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me). It was the fourth of 20 #1 country hits for Owens, his fourth #1 of the year, and the fourth of 14 consecutive #1s. The song also went #1 country in Canada and peaked at #92 on the Hot 100. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

He regarded what had happened as fate, another step on a path long since mapped out.
John Toland
Adolf Hitler

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Princeton and Rutgers last met in football in 1980, a 44-13 Rutgers win. Princeton led the all-time series 53-17-1. 

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The Daily Dose/November 6, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.

1. NHL – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters aren’t paying any more attention to the NHL than you are, but were dismayed to note that divisional rivals are only playing three (3) or four (4) games against each other, a great way to lessen rivalries…As an example, Calgary has already made their only trip to Edmonton for the season and they play their last game against each other on December 27. 

2. World Series TV Ratings– Still in the tank, as 2022 World Series average of 11.6 million viewers the third-lowest ever, behind 2021 and 2021…This is only 45 million or so less than tuned into Game 7 of the 1986 World Series…Your game is still dying. 

3. USA! USA! – The 3-hole staple…The midterms are Tuesday, with Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” this will merely be another nail in America’s coffin…Despite the fact there will be no evidence of tampering, GOP will dismiss all results they disagree with…America circling the drain now, perhaps making it until this half-century is out or perhaps not…When we are no longer able to govern ourselves, someone will come in and do it for us. 

4. Kyrie Irving – Good gravy, Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “strongly suspect” he might be the biggest hot mess in an era filled with them…He is so talented though that even if the Nets give up on him, some other desperate team will give him a chance.

5. Fake News – Click here for a recap of nonsense of the wizards around us were believing this week…Courtesy of the AP. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

It’s Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary. 

The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow has to rustle up a heater. Today’s Diary. 

It didn’t look good at first…First, we checked the housekeeping room behind guest laundry with no luck, and then the housekeeping office and laundry room didn’t produce one, either, and neither did the storeroom next to 102…Triple crap because now we’re running out of options, but we managed to find one upstairs, in the storeroom next to 201…Whew, because there is no way you can song and dance your way out of this puppy…

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In 1947 – Meet the Press debuts on NBC television. The first host was creator Martha Rountree and the first guest was former Postmaster General James Farley. The show originated two years earlier as American Mercury Presents Meet the Press on the Mutual Radio Network and in 1975 became the first network news show to host the president of the United States when Gerald Ford was a gust. Outside of annual live coverage of Wimbledon and the Lord Mayor’s Show in Great Britain, it is the longest-running show in television history.

In 1869 – Rutgers College defeats the College of New Jersey – now Princeton University – 6-4 in what is regarded as the first college football game ever played. The game more resembled soccer than the game we know today, as teams tried to kick the ball into the other team’s goal. Each side had 25 players, the ball was round and running the ball was illegal. Princeton won the rematch a week later 8-0, though an anticipated third game was never played due to concerns the students cared more about the game than studying. The site of the game is now a Rutgers gymnasium and the last surviving member of the game, George Large of Rutgers, died in 1935.

In 1982 – Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks 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 was from the soundtrack to the movie An Officer and a Gentleman and also went to #1 in South Africa, Canada, and Australia, and peaked at #7 in Cocker’s native Great Britain. It 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.

If you insist on governing the people with rules, regulations, decrees and punishments, they will simply evade you and go about their business….If you were to govern by moral force and personal example, they will come to you of their own accord.
Gore Vidal
Creation

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The record for the most songs simultaneously in the Hot 100 by one act is 25, by Drake on July 14, 2018. 

Today’s Stumper
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When did Princeton and Rutgers last meet in football? – Answer next time!  

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