The Daily Dose/November 6, 2021
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience. 

Leading Off is in time out while we work on (another) project. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow, finally, finalizes his vacation travel plans. Today’s Diary. 

…but – and this is hardly the Upset of the Year – ol’ Sparrow was wrong.

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On This Date
The long march to today. 

In 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States with 180 electoral votes and 39.8% of the popular vote, defeating John C Breckenridge (72, 18.1%), John Bell (39, 12.6%) and Stephen A Douglas (12, 29.5%). Voter turnout was 81.2%, a record that stood until the election of 1876 when 81.8% of voters turned out. Lincoln was reelected in 1864 and assassinated in April 1865. 

In 1993 – Evander Holyfield regains the WBA and IBF world heavyweight boxing titles, defeating Riddick Bowe by majority decision in a 12-round fight at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The previous November Bowe had won the title from Holyfield via a 12-round unanimous decision and the fight remains known for the man who parachuted into the ring in the 7th round, causing a 21-minute delay. 

In 1993 – Meat Loaf is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of five consecutive weeks with I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That). It was the fourth of seven Top 40 hits for Meat Loaf and remains his only Top 10 hit. The song went to #1 in 28 different countries including Iceland, Norway and Great Britain, was Billboard’s 36th biggest song of the year and its 38th-biggest song of 1994. The song was written by Jim Steinman and earned Meat Loaf the Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

That is always best which gives me to myself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harvard Divinity School address
7/15/1838

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Franklin Roosevelt had three vice presidents: John Nance Garner (1933-41), Henry A Wallace (1941-45) and Harry S Truman (1945). 

Today’s Stumper
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How many vice presidents did Abraham Lincoln have? – Answer next time!  

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The Daily Dose/November 5, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience. 

Leading Off is in time out while we work on (another) project. 

Today At The Site
Stuff for you.

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets yet another mattress pad for the bed. Today’s Diary. 

There’s a flammability warning on the package [of the new one] and while the heated mattress pad doesn’t involve an open flame, I thought it smart not to have the heating elements right next to the new pad… 

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On This Date
The long march to today. 

In 1940 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes the first president of the United States to be elected to more than two terms, defeating Wendell Wilkie in the Electoral College 449-82 and winning the popular vote 54.7% to 44.7%. Following his election to a fourth term in 1944, everyone got their shorts in a knot and presidents are now limited to two terms and Roosevelt remains the only president elected to a third and fourth term. 

In 1982 – The Cleveland Cavaliers lose their last of an NBA record 24 consecutive games in a 99-91 loss to the New Jersey Nets, a streak that had started on March 19 of the previous season. The Cavaliers would end the streak on Nov 10, a 132-120 overtime win against the Golden State Warriors and they would break this mark with 26 straight losses in the 2010-11 season. The record is now held by the Philadelphia 76ers, who lost 28 consecutive games between March 2015 and November 2015 and the Cavaliers would finish the 1982-83 season with a 23-59 record. 

In 1977 – LTD is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart for the first of two consecutive weeks with (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again, a song that also peaked at #2 in Canada and at #4 on the Hot 100. It was the second of three #1 soul hits for the group and remains their biggest pop hit. The lead singer was Jeffrey Osborne, who later had a successful solo career that produced eight Top 40 pop and 18 Top 40 soul hits. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

The knowledge that I didn’t have the courage to do what was necessary made me feel terrible.
Charles Bukowski
Ham On Rye

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Barbara Mandrell’s biggest hit on the Hot 100 was (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to be Right, which peaked at #31 for two weeks in 1979. 

Today’s Stumper
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How many vice presidents did FDR have? – Answer next time!  

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The Daily Dose/November 4, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience. 

Leading Off is in time out while we work on (another) project. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – At the VSO, Sparrow gets multiple forms of communication from the same person. Today’s Diary. 

Look, if you both phone and email and I email you back that means email will be the preferred method of communication on this one, but I tolerated the call in good spirits…

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On This Date
The long march to today. 

In 1960 – English primatologist Dr Jane Goodell becomes the first human to observe chimpanzees making tools, at the Kasakela chimpanzee community in Tanzania. Goodell observed two chimpanzees stripping leaves from sticks to go fishing for termites to eat; previously, only tool usage had been observed in chimpanzees. The Kasakela chimpanzee community still operates and – outside of newspapers – remains the longest continuous study of animals in their natural habitat. 

In 1991 – The Arizona Diamondbacks tie the World Series record for most pinch-runners used in an inning in a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the World Series. The Diamondbacks used two pinch-runners to tie the mark done nine times previously and matched in 2004 by the Boston Red Sox. This record remains the latest a major league record has been set and this game, along with Game 6 of the 2009 World Series, are the latest a major league baseball game has been played. 

In 1978 – Barbara Mandrell is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the first of three consecutive weeks with Sleeping Single in a Double Bed. It was the 26th country chart single for Mandrell and her first of six country #1 songs in a chart career that spanned from 1969-89. The song also went #1 country in Canada, peaked at #2 on Billboard’s Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart and was Billboard’s 9th-biggest country song of the year. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

On arriving at the house, Morrel was not even out of breath, for love lends wings; but Barrois had not been in love for many long years and was bathed in perspiration.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

In 1534, King Henry VIII of England was trying to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. 

Today’s Stumper
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What was Barbara Mandrell’s biggest hit on the Hot 100? – Answer next time!  

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The Daily Dose/November 3, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience. 

Leading Off is in time out while we work on (another) project. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – The new keying process at the hotel has been integrated with The System. Today’s Diary. 

After you check someone in there a new box that pops up and you didn’t have to be Conrad Hilton to know it was to make keys because the room number and dates of stay were already populated, all you had to do was type in how many keys you need and that was easy, too, because the box was already highlighted; all you had to do was type in the number, a wonderfully efficient way to make room keys. 

The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 10 – The will surprise Bottom Ten fan(s) everywhere: Detroit leads the race for the most coveted trophy in sports, The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten ineptitude. 

Lions 48th team in NFL history to start season 0-8…

With rare Jets win, Giants now in driver’s seat for Ed Koch Cup – symbolic of Big Apple football ineptitude…

Five (5)-win teams rare in B-10, but longtime B-10 stalwarts again prove old NFL adage that on any given Sunday Cincinnati is capable of heralding to world they are back in B-10 hunt…

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On This Date
The long march to today. 

In 1534 – The English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, which makes the monarch – then King Henry VIII – the ruler of the Church of England, displacing the pope and the Roman Catholic church. The Act would be repealed later in the century when Roman Catholic Queen Mary I reigned and would be renewed in 1558. The senior cleric of the Church of England is the archbishop of Canterbury. 

In 1935 – The Philadelphia Eagles and the Boston Redskins establish a new NFL record for most interceptions in a game in a 7-6 Eagles victory at Fenway Park. The teams combined for eleven interceptions – seven by the Eagles – and research into whose record was broken was inconclusive. The record was tied several times before being broken by the Denver Broncos and the Houston Oilers, who combined for 13 on December 2, 1962. 

In 1951 – Tony Bennett is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – one of several predecessors to the Hot 100 – for the first of six consecutive weeks with Cold, Cold Heart. It was the second of three #1 songs on a Billboard pop chart for Bennett and his second of seven Top 10 hits. The song was written by Hank Williams and earlier in the year his version spent a week at #1 on Billboard’s Most Played by Jockeys country chart and in 1961 a version by Jerry Lee Lewis went to #22 on the country chart. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

Seek not the things which happen to you should happen as you wish, but wish the things that happen to be as they are, and you will find tranquility.
Epictetus

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Stevie Wonder has had two #1 songs in Great Britain: Ebony and Ivory, with Paul McCartney in 1982, and I Just Called to Say I Love You in 1984. 

Today’s Stumper
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Part of the impetus – though not all of the impetus – for the Acts of Supremacy was the refusal of the Catholic Church to sanction the annulment of a marriage of Henry VIII. Which wife did he want his marriage to annulled? – Answer next time!  

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The Daily Dose/November 2, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience. 

Leading Off is in time out while we work on (another) project. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has been waking up a bit earlier than usual the past couple of days. Today’s Diary. 

I know all of you have noticed the 2100 wake-up times the past couple of nights…Exactly why ol’ Sparrow hasn’t slept straight thru to the 2130 alarm isn’t immediately clear, but anytime you’re waking up without the alarm you’re doing OK. 

The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 10 – Arizona and UNLV continue to set the pace in the race for the ESPNCup – symbolic of collegiate Bottom Ten excellence. 

B-10 pollsters “strongly suspect” Rebels passing defense not any good, ranking 126th in Team Passing Efficiency Defense, though they still don’t know what Team Passing Efficiency Defense is.

Jayhawks continue to make strong B-10 Team of the Quarter Century push, having lost at least seven (7)-straight for 7th time this decade

A Lutheran school, current misfortunes being blamed on – to better honor Martin Luther on Reformation Day – cutting holes in tops of helmets to emulate Luther’s haircut, resulting in entire team being in concussion protocol by halftime.

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On This Date
The long march to today. 

In 1920 – Radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh becomes the first commercial radio station, broadcasting the returns from Warren Harding’s win over James Cox. NBC would become the first national network in 1926 and the first nationwide broadcast was the 1927 Rose Bowl. KDKA’s owner, Westinghouse, came up with the idea in the hopes of selling more radios and prior radio shows had been done by private citizens, known as “hams”. KDKA remains on the air at 1220 AM. 

In 2014 – The Winnipeg Jets establish a new NHL record for the quickest goal in a 1-0 game in a victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. The only goal came 20 seconds into the game by right-winger Michael Frolik. Research into whose record the Jets broke was inconclusive, however this remains the only 1-0 game in NHL history where the only goal was scored in the first minute. 

In 1985 – Stevie Wonder is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Part-Time Lover. The song also went to #1 in six other countries, peaked at #3 in Great Britain and was in its third of six consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. The song also went to #1 on Billboard’s dance and adult contemporary charts, making Wonder the first act to have a single hit #1 on four different Billboard charts, a feat later accomplished by Mariah Carey. It was his ninth and final #1 song on the Hot 100. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

But people think I’m an alarmist to be alarmed by what is so plain to see.
Gore Vidal
The Golden Age

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Elvis Presley had ten #1 songs on Billboard’s country chart and six on their soul chart. Elvid, the Everly Brothers and Billy Ray Cyrus remain the only acts to have #1 songs on the Hot 100 and the country and soul charts.  

Today’s Stumper
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How many #1 songs has Stevie Wonder had in Great Britain? – Answer next time!  

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