The Daily Dose/Thursday, April 14, 2022
The Daily Dose/April 14, 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 gets some amenities for a guest. Today’s Diary.
Right as yours truly is putting the finishing touches on Morning Coffee Service (MCS), this older, sort of scruffy looking lady enters the lobby and takes great strides not to get within ten feet of me…She announced a taxi is coming by to pick her up but she could use a toothbrush and toothpaste, which explained why she was keeping her distance because she was also covering her mouth as if her breath was notoriously noxious and could be smelled at distance…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln dies at a private residence in Washington, DC after having been shot the night before at Ford’s Theater. Lincoln was succeeded by Vice President Andrew Johnson who, taking over in a time Lincoln himself would’ve found challenging, would eventually be impeached by the House of Representatives, acquitted by a single vote in his Senate trial, and was not nominated for reelection. Johnson had also been targeted for assassination, but his assigned killer had chosen to get drunk instead.
In 1968 – The Houston Astros and New York Mets establish a new major league record for the longest shutout in a 24-inning, 1-0 Houston win. The winning run was scored when a groundball went through the legs of shortstop Al Weiss and the teams broke the record of 21 innings established the year before by the San Francisco Giants and the Cincinnati Reds. The game took 6 hours and 6 minutes to complete and each team had 79 at-bats, eleven hits, one error, and left 16 runners on base.
In 1967 – Frank and Nancy Sinatra are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of four consecutive weeks with Somethin’ Stupid. It was the ninth and final #1 song on a Billboard pop chart for Frank and was the second and final #1 song for Nancy. The song went to #1 in seven other countries, including Norway and Great Britain, was Billboard’s seventh-biggest song of the year, and remains the only father/daughter #1 song on a Billboard pop chart.
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.
Major Robert Anderson commanded Union troops during the Battle of Fort Sumter and Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard commanded Confederate troops.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Frank Sinatra’s first #1 song on a Billboard pop chart? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The Daily Dose/April 13, 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 reports he may not be able to get the first lawn mowing of the season in on Thursday. Today’s Diary.
The snow is scheduled to continue thru Wednesday and perhaps even into Thursday and even if it’s sunny Thusday it will still be cold and the lawn will still be soaked…Under these circumstances, which include ol’ Sparrow’s natural inclination to put things off, Lawn Care Thursday might well be delayed a week.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1861 – In the Civil War, Union Army troops surrender Fort Sumter, off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, to Confederate forces. The Confederate bombardment had begun the previous day and while the fort was defended by 60 guns, there were insufficient men to fire them, and they lacked fuses for cannonballs, so only metal shot could be fired. South Carolina had seceded from the Union in December and had since been demanding the Union vacate the fort.
In 1914 – The Federal League plays its first game, a 3-2 win by the Baltimore Terrapins over the Buffalo Blues. It was the first major league game played in Baltimore since 1902, after which the American League Orioles moved to New York and became the Yankees and was the first major league appearance by a Buffalo team since the Bisons left the National League after the 1885 season. The Federal League folded after the 1915 season and remains the last major league to play a game outside of the National and American leagues.
In 1985 – USA For Africa is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of four consecutive weeks with We Are the World. The song went to #1 in many other countries, including Norway and Great Britain, peaked at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, at #76 on Billboard’s country chart, and was Billboard’s 20th-biggest song of the year. A rather dull argument can be had debating whether or not the group is entitled to ultimate one-hit-wonder status as an act whose only chart single goes to #1. Yes, their only chart single went to #1; no, because this was their only recording and everyone involved had chart careers of their own.
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 Astrodome hosted one NCAA Final Four, in 1971.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who were the Union and Confederate commanders during the Battle of Fort Sumter? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The Daily Dose/April 12, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around The Human Experience
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Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest creamer news from the hotel. Today’s Diary.
The knife got some good use tonite, opening not one, but two boxes of creamer…Both were the new CoffeeMate brands we’re rolling with for hazelnut and French vanilla but the big news is the boxes are different sizes!!!…I am not making that up…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1204 – The city of Constantinople, then part of the Byzantine empire and controlled by Orthodox Christians, is sacked by Catholics in the Fourth Crusade. The city was founded in 330 AD and named for Emperor Constantine the Great and was renamed Istanbul – now the capital of Turkey – in 1930. The Crusades lasted from 1095 to 1291 and the Fourth Crusade had been called by Pope Innocent III two years earlier and was originally an attempt to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims. After the sack, Byzantines dispersed and regained the city in 1261.
In 1965 – The Houston Astrodome – originally known as the Harris County Domed Stadium and the world’s first domed, multi-purpose stadium – hosts its first regular-season game, a 2-0 win by the Philadelphia Phillies over the Houston Astros. Over the years the Astrodome would host 2,782 Astros games as well as 223 Houston Oilers games as well as, among other things, the Bluebonnet Bowl. The Oilers became the Tennessee Titans in 1997 and the Astros moved to Minute Maid Park in 2000.
In 1958 – The Champs are at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – one of several predecessors to the Hot 100 – for the fourth of five consecutive weeks with Tequila. It was the first of eight chart singles for the group, their first of four Top 40 hits and remains their only #1 song. The song was also in its third of four consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart and was originally the B side of a single of a song that never charted.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
On the one hand, he did not care much what others thought of him. On the other, reading the lives of famous men, he decided he wanted to make his mark.
Fred Kaplan
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Tom Weiskopf, with four second-place finishes, is the golfer who has finished second at the Masters the most times without winning. His only win in a major was the 1973 British Open.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many NCAA Final Fours did the Astrodome host? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Monday, April 11, 2022
The Daily Dose/April 11, 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 almost kills himself. Today’s Diary.
I had thrown my right hand over my head so the pillow could be adjusted for maximum comfort and BOOM the middle finger was banged pretty good on the end of the couch…After some initial weeping and using the name of the Son of Man in a manner inconsistent with praise, I realized there was neither blood nor bones visible, manned up, and pressed on reading and the book was, in fact, finished a bit after noon.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1951 – President Harry Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Commander, Allied Powers, as commander of United Nations forces in Korea, and of other assorted commands. While MacArthur had orchestrated the Inchon invasion and remained popular despite some recent setbacks, he was relieved for public statements that contradicted US policy and for ignoring orders. He was replaced by General Matthew Ridgway and while an armistice ended combat in 1953, the two Koreas remain technically at war.
In 1965 – Jack Nicklaus wins the Masters, shooting a final round 69 to beat Gary Player and Arnold Palmer at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the second of a record six Masters titles for Nicklaus and his fourth of a record 18 major titles. Nicklaus shot a tournament-record 17-under par 271 to win by nine strokes, which is also a tournament record. Nicklaus also won US Amateur titles in 1959 and 1961 and the NCAA title in 1961.
In 1987 – Starship is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now. The song also went to #1 in four other countries including Portugal and Great Britain and was Billboard’s fifth-biggest song of the year. It was the third and final #1 song for the group which had first charted in 1967 as the Jefferson Airplane. The song was co-written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
If you were born in an orange box, would that make you an orange?
Len Deighton
Spy Hook
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Tammy Wynette’s biggest hit on the Hot 100 was Justified and Ancient with The KLF, which spent two non-consecutive weeks at #11 in 1992. Her biggest country hit on the Hot 100 was Stand By Your Man, which peaked at #19 in 1969.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What golfer has finished second at the Masters the most times without winning? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/Sunday, April 10, 2022
The Daily Dose/April 10, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A Ranking of Some Things
1. Russia/Ukraine War – Yay: Russian failure to take Kyiv a result as stunning for pesky Ukranians as it humiliating for evil Ruskies…Boo: this is just going to piss Putin off more, with SB5 pollsters “strongly suspecting” this will merely lead to more and more atrocities…
2. Jamal Khashoggi – Turkey decides to move trial of 26 accused in his death to Saudi Arabia, the country that ordered his death…Yay: the defendants are in Saudi Arabia and would never appear in Turkey for either trial or execution anyway, so who cares???…Boo: Khashoggi’s killers will get away without even the semblance of justice
3. Donald Trump – The 3-hole staple…Maybe an indictment or federal trial will show Trump is not deserving of support…But then again, maybe not…Trump’s supporters are able to disregard fact he remains a lying sexual predator who believes, among other things, that the Revolution was won by Continental Army securing British airports, ignorance almost beyond comprehension in anyone older than five.
4. MLB – Hey guys, your sport continues to die…Now, SB5 pollsters aware that sports websites nowadays nothing more than ways to hustle product, but boy, if NBC Sports has stuck baseball under the MORE tab, six spots down immediately below Dog Show, you guys got some work to do that tinkering with the bases and ghost runners won’t solve.
5. Russia/Ukraine War II – Damage not limited to Ukraine, as folks – particularly in Africa and Middle East – taking it in wallets as Ukraine accounts for between a fifth and a third of assorted world grain exports…Russia/Ukraine war first European war to be mentioned twice in same Sunday Bottom 5 since Great Northern War in 18th century.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Q: Is it Read Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary of a Nobody?
A: Of course, it is.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow sets a record in the sack. Today’s Diary.
This is only a few minutes shy of exactly one-third of the week spent asleep, making this, perhaps the greatest week since creation or the first moon landing or the first time someone deep-fried cheese.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 837 – Halley’s Comet makes its closest point of approach to Earth at 3.2 million miles, observed and recorded by civilizations stretching from Europe to the Middle East to Japan. Halley’s comet has been observed since the third century BC but wasn’t established as reappearances of the same comet until Edmund Halley did so in 1705. The comet made its last Solar System visit in 1986, will reach its farthest point from the Sun – about the distance to Pluto – late next year and will return to the Solar System in 2061.
In 1982 – The Los Angeles Kings establish a new Stanley Cup playoff record for largest comeback in 6-5 overtime victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of the Smythe Division semifinals at the Forum in Inglewood. The Kings overcame a 5-0 deficit to break the record of four goals done twice previously. The Kings tied the game with five seconds left in regulation on a goal by Steve Bozek and won it on a goal by Daryl Evens in overtime. The Kings would win the series in five games and History refers to the game as the Miracle on Manchester.
In 1976 – Tammy Wynette is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with ‘Ti I Can Make It on My Own. It was the 15th of 16 #1 country songs for Wynette and her 23rd of 31 Top 10 country hits in a chart career that spanned from 1966 to 1998. The song also went #1 country in Canada and also peaked at #84 on the Hot 100. In 1979 a version by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West peaked at #3 on the country chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Why should a man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?
Francis Bacon
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The most recent song to spend at least ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 was Easy On Me by Adele, which spent ten non-consecutive weeks at #1 in 2021-22.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Tammy Wynette’s biggest hit on the Hot 100? – Answer next time!