The Daily Dose/October 21, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off remains in time out while we work on a project. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s getting old and can’t even sit down as long as he used to. Today’s Diary. 

…ol’ Sparrow does an awful lot of sitting and, almost incredibly, this is starting to take its toll!!!…I am not making this up…I can no longer sit forever with impunity: both knees start to whine and, to a lesser extent, the thighs do, too…

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On This Date
The long march to today. 

In 1774 – The first US flag with the word “liberty” on it is adopted in Taunton, Massachusetts. It was a red flag with the British flag in the canton and the words “liberty” and “union” sewn on near the bottom. The original design of the flag is unknown, but the current rendition was adopted as Taunton’s city flag in 1974. It is also the city flag of Weymouth, New Jersey and was flown at the Jan 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. 

In 1980 – The Philadelphia Phillies win their first World Series title, defeating the Kansas City Royals 4-2 in Game 6 at Veterans Stadium. Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt was named the MVP of the series and this game, with 54.9 million viewers, remains the World Series’ most-watched game. The Phillies had entered the National League in 1883, had lost the World Series in 1950 and 1915 and won another one in 2008.   

In 1972 – Chuck Berry is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with My Ding-a-Ling. The song also went to #1 in Ireland, Canada and Great Britian, peaked at #42 on Billboard’s soul chart and was Billboard’s 15th-biggest song of the year. Despite his popularity and influence over the years, this remains Berry’s only #1 pop hit. The song was written by Dave Bartholomew, whose 1952 release did not chart. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

Humanity, patient under every cataclysm, renews its hope, takes courage, and builds once more.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol II: The Story of Greece

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Stevie Wonder has won 26 Grammy Awards, a figure that includes his 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Today’s Stumper
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How many #1 soul hits did Chuck Berry have? – Answer next time!  

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The Daily Dose/October 20, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off remains in time out while we work on a project. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow does some whining. Today’s Diary. 

Proof that yours truly will whine about absolutely anything can be found in the fact that I whined about 2030 being too late to get a proper morning routine in…

The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 8 – Hardly for the first time, the road to The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten excellence – goes through Detroit.

Queen Elizabeth threatening to revoke Treaty of Paris that ended Revolution unless colonies agree to stop sending lousy teams across pond as four (4) teams that have played in England this year currently have combined 5-17 record.

With NY Jets enjoying week off, Giants able to strut B-10 stuff on own and not part of hilarious Gotham City joint entry …

Jaguar’s owner Genghis Khan again threatening beheadings as defending B-10 champions now just another one (1)-win team that can’t convert on 3rd-down…

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The long march to today. 

In 1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the treaty that authorized the Louisiana Purchase by a 20-7 vote. The purchase acquired territory from New Orleans extending northwest that encompassed all or part of what are now 15 states and two Canadian provinces. The territory cost $11.25 million, plus the forgiving of $3.75 million of French debt, about $364 million in today’s money. Even at less than three cents an acre, the US was obliged to borrow the money from Great Britain at 6% interest, a loan that was paid off in 1823 at a total cost of $23 million, 

In 2004 – The Boston Red Sox become the first major league baseball team to erase a three games to none deficit, defeating the New York Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series in New York. The Red Sox matched the feat of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1942 Stanley Cup Finals and the New York Islanders in the 1975 NHL quarterfinals and the feat has been accomplished twice since in the NHL. The Red Sox would later defeat the St Louis Cardinals in the World Series in four games.

In 1984 – Stevie Wonder is at #1 for the second of three consecutive weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 and its soul chart – then known as the Hot Black Singles chart – with I Just Called to Say I Love You. The song also went to #1 in 18 other countries, including Zimbabwe, Norway and Great Britain and was Billboard’s 25th-biggest song of the year. It was the eighth of ten #1 pop hits for Wonder and his eleventh of a then-record 20 #1 soul hits. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

…if you are not surpassing everything you thought you could be…you are constructing that it is OK to show up every day and not get your desired result.
Wes Watson 

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The two places Napoleon was exiled to were Elba, an island in the Mediterranean Sea and St Helena Island, in the South Atlantic Ocean. He escaped from the first and died on the second. 

Today’s Stumper
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How many Grammy Awards has Stevie Wonder won? – Answer next time!   

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The Daily Dose/October 19, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off remains in time out while we work on a project. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow (again) laments the situation at the sundry stand. Today’s Diary. 

Of course it was Sunday, so no deliveries were made, meaning we still need coffee and every frozen sundry stand item…The freezer is not completely bare, but it plainly needs to be stocked and again I made a covert run to the restaurant to steal more of their coffee. 

The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 8 – It ain’t over yet, but veteran Bottom Ten fan(s) know teams that can run the table – Arizona and UNLV – when they see them, as the race for the ESPNCup rolls on.

Hoping to avoid future near-misses, Rebels cut rebellious running back who had nerve to score three (3) touchdowns, with boosters agreeing to pick up tab for him to attend crap dealers school.

Game bores even staid New Englanders with 21 punts, 16 penalties.

Jayhawks looking to pad B-10 Team of Quarter Century Award resume, as losing out would produce another Tostitos Plaque – issued to team with longest losing streak in season that actually includes a win.

Midshipmen hampered by pregame Navy Secretary ruling – to better prepare for manning battle stations at sea – to go without sleep the night before game, with pregame meal consisting only of Nairobi trail markers, bug juice…

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On This Date
The long march to today. 

In 1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails as Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow. Napoleon had invaded in June and had occupied an abandoned Moscow in September, where he stayed expecting a peace overture from Russia. Russian Emperor Alexander I, however, elected to wait for winter to set in, which forced Napoleon to retreat due to cold, a lack of food for men and horses and guerilla warfare staged by Russian peasants and Cossacks. By the end, Napoleon had lost over 80 percent of his army due to death, desertion or capture. 

In 1961 – Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors begins an NBA-record streak of 126 consecutive games with at least 20 points in a 118-113 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the season opener for both teams. Chamberlain had 48 points and the streak would not end until a six-point game on January 20, 1963. The streak includes an NBA record of seven consecutive games with 50 or more points in December. Chamberlain had scored 17 points in the final game of the 1960-61 season. 

In 1963 – Buck Owens is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the first of 16 consecutive weeks with Love’s Gonna Live Here. It was the second of 21 #1 country hits for Owens and his 20th of 90 country chart singles in a career that ran from 1959-75 and Owens’ 82 combined weeks at #1 is still good for third on the Billboard country chart. It was the last song to spend 16 weeks at #1 on the country chart until 2012-13 when Florida Georgia Line spent 24 weeks at #1 with Cruise. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

The case against Clevenger was open and shut. The only thing missing was something to charge him with.
Joseph Heller
Catch-22

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

There has not been an NCAA Division I quadruple-double recorded against NCAA men’s competition. On November 13, 2007, Lester Martin of Tennessee-Martin had 25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Central Baptist, an NAIA school in Conway, Arkansas. The feat has been accomplished several times at all levels of NCAA women’s competition. 

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

Where were the two places Napoleon was exiled to during his life? – Answer next time!  

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The Daily Dose/October 18, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

Leading Off remains in time out while we work on a project. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow determines that just about anything will contribute to hair growth. Today’s Diary. 

And just to be a pest yours truly googled “lima beans” and “hair growth” and there was a site for this, too!!!…I am not making that up…Maybe – as suggested yesterday – a “yak piss” and “hair growth” search would actually turn up results. 

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On This Date
The long march to today. 

In 1922 – A consortium of six companies establishes the BBC – then the British Broadcasting Company – in London, under a license from the British General Post Office. The BBC would issue its first licenses on Nov 1 and the first broadcasts began a couple of weeks later and its assets would be transferred to a crown-chartered BBC in 1927. Broadcasting had started in England in 1920, though the station had been shut down because of British fretting over licensing procedures.  

In 1974 – Nate Thurmond of the Chicago Bulls becomes the first NBA player to record a quadruple-double in a 120-115 overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks. Thurmond had 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocked shots and the feat has been accomplished four times since, by Alvin Robertson, Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson. Of the four, Robertson is the only one to get double figures in steals instead of blocks. A seven-time all-star, Thurmond was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985. 

In 1975 – Neil Sedaka is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of three consecutive weeks with Bad Blood. It was the third and final #1 song for Sedaka and his eighth and final Top 10 hit in a chart career that spanned from 1958-80. The song also went to #1 in Canada and includes uncredited background vocals from Elton John. Sedaka has also recorded hits in Italian, Spanish, Japanese, German, Hebrew and Canadian French. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

He (Willian of Ockham) admitted in philosophy no authority but experience and reason.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. VI: The Reformation

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

France was the first country to confer diplomatic recognition on the US, doing so in 1778. The most recent was South Sudan, in 2011. 

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

How many NCAA Division I quadruple doubles have been recorded in men’s basketball? – Answer next time!  

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