The Daily Dose/November 9, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.  

Leading Off will return.

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest footwear news. 

The boot covers are a great solution…They slip over your boots and keep them dry and they’re black so they go with your uniform…They’re so useful I seldom wear the regular snow boots anymore because they’re only really needed when you’re going to be standing in the snow for extended periods. 

Well, yours truly forks over for quality gear, of course, and the original ones are still in good repair, but I wanted something with better traction on the ice and some research yielded they make some with cleats on the bottom (you see these on tires up here from time to time)…BOOM, love at first sight, exactly what I needed because there’s no reason to fall and break a hip in my declining years. 

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On This Date
The long march to today.

In 1960 – Robert McNamara is named president of the Ford Motor Company, the first non-Ford to hold the position. McNamara was part of a group of ten former military officers that had been hired by Henry Ford in 1946 and introduced various changes to how Ford was managed. McNamara left Ford shortly thereafter to become secretary of defense for newly-elected president John F Kennedy. 

In 1991 – Roman Anderson of the Houston Cougars becomes the first NCAA player to surpass 400 points in a career in a 23-14 over the Texas Longhorns. Anderson’s 32-yard field goal in the fourth quarter gave him 403 career points and Anderson would end his career with 423 points, a mark that has been surpassed many times and is now good for 23rd on the all-time list. Anderson would later play professionally in the Canadian Football League. 

In 1974 – Bachman-Turner Overdrive is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet. It was the third of six Top 40 hits for the group and remains their only #1 song. Like several #1 songs of the era, it was not intended to be released. The stuttering on the song was a joke and the song was originally only played in the studio to ensure equipment was set properly. The song also went to #1 in their native Canada and three other countries and peaked at #2 in Great Britain. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

This is our diamond, and must be treated like a diamond. Never settle. It’s never good enough until it is your best.
Michael Bennett
Creator, A Chorus Line

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know. 

The NFL record for most interceptions thrown in a game is nine: by the Detroit Lions against the Green Bay Packers on Oct 24, 1943 and by the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Philadelphia Eagles on Dec 12, 1965.   

Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar. 

Who currently holds the NCAA football major division record for most points in a career? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/November 8, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

The Sunday Bottom 5
The very best of the very worst of the week that was.  

1. Joe Biden – President-elect set to become 45th of 46 US presidents who knows/knew Continental Army securing British airports did not win American Revolution.

2. Donald Trump – Good riddance to the worst elected leader any democracy’s ever had…We’ll get over most of the problems your idiocy, ignorance and incompetence inflicted on our country, but the blood on your hands from your inept handling of the coronavirus will never be washed off. 

3. Lauren Daigle – 109 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Hot Christian Singles chart for her song You Say, one week away from tying all-time Billboard chart record set by Wendy Carlos…(Switched-On Bach, Classical Album chart, 1969-72)…Song has been on the charts so long Daigle has had five follow-up Christian chart hits. 

4. COVID-19 – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters aren’t doctors – nor have they ever played one on TV – but remain “pretty sure” if all of us wore masks and treated everyone we meet as if they were wracked with COVID, coronavirus would be contained in a few months. 

5. President Trump Fact Check – As thousands of fact-checkers nationwide face unemployment, our 5-hole staple has all the post-election lies from our Liar-in-Chief…Click here to enjoy…From the Associated Press. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest morning coffee service news from the hotel.  

Not having an operating coffee pot in the back office meant coffee for Morning Coffee Service (MCS) was made in the restaurant…On Wednesday a waitress there said she used three bags for a pot (they use bigger pots than we do) so that’s what I rolled with but when I filled up our pots we only got two pots instead of the anticipated three…Well, you don’t have to be Juan Valdez to reckon this results in stronger coffee and a field test showed this was the case: it was strong enuff to put in your car for better gas mileage…So this batch was tossed out, a terrible waste of good coffee but what are you going to do.

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On This Date
The long march to today.

In 1923 – Adolf Hitler, and others, try and fail to overthrow the German government in Munich, an attempt History refers to as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler would later serve eight months of a 5-year sentence for his efforts, before being released and resuming his efforts at taking control of the German government. 16 years to the day later Hitler, now German dictator, would survive an assassination attempt, a bombing at the same place. 

In 1942 – Parker Hall of the Cleveland Rams establishes a new NFL record for most interceptions in a game in a 30-12 loss to the Green Bay Packers. Hall had seven interceptions and while research into whose record he broke was inconclusive, History does show Hall was also the first player to throw six interceptions in an NFL game. The record would be tied twice before being broken by Jim Hardy of the Chicago Cardinals, who had eight interceptions on Sept 24, 1950. 

In 1952 – Patti Page is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – a forerunner of the Hot 100 – for the fourth of five consecutive weeks with I Went To Your Wedding. Before hitting #1, the song had spent four weeks at #2 and was the fifth biggest song on the Best Sellers in Stores chart for the year. I Went To Your Wedding also went to #1 on Billboard’s Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts and was the third of four #1 songs for Page on a Billboard pop chart 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.
Mabel Newcomer

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know. 

Hall and Oates’ first #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 was Rich Girl, which spent two weeks at #1 in 1977.  

Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar. 

What is the NFL team record for most interceptions thrown in a game? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/November 7, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.  

USA! USA! The blather is continuing from the petulant child America has a president. In some respects it is shocking: a sitting president losing his reelection bid saying unprecedented, erroneous things about rigged elections: 

This is a case when they are trying to steal an election, they are trying to rig an election.

If you count the legal votes, I easily win. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us

 We think there is going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence and so much proof. 

Fly In The Ointment: All of these are baseless and, of course, no proof has been offered, but Trump has never been bothered with nickel-and-dime stuff like ‘decorum’ and ‘evidence’. Trump has been laying the foundation for this for months and, let’s be honest, we really expected nothing less. 

Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: Trump is ignorant and incompetant, a delusional, blatherskite of even less substance than the second President Bush, which is really saying something. He believes the moon is part of Mars and that securing airports helped defeat the British in the Revolution. Almost 70 million Americans voted for him anyway. 

Dry, Technical Matter: Trump’s minions are falling into line of course, with his son Eric and personal attorney Rudy Guiliani issuing bizarre, desperate claims of voter fraud in Pennsylvania. Our favorite moment came when we happened to Guiliani on TV demanding mail-in ballots be checked for proper postmarks. 

The desperation will continue, of course increasing at the same speed the distance between Trump and 270 electoral votes increases. Trump has lawyers already suing in various states and the lies will continue, nonstop as they have for over four years, since Trump declared his candidacy in 2015. 

The Bottom Line: It would be nice if someone – like Vice President Mike Pence, for instance – took a stand and stood up to Trump but don’t bet on this. From the start Trump has commanded the loyalty billionaire bullies have command since time immemorial. So it is up to you and me – we the people – to take a stand. We’ve tolerated this nonsense for four years. We are on our way to demanding better at the ballot box. We must be vigilant to make sure it happens. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow got gas, but doesn’t have an MPG figure for the new ride.   

I filled up the new ride, too, although I forgot to reset the odometer so I don’t have an MPG figure for you, which is OK with me because the gas mileage has really been in the tank, so to speak, the past few fill-ups…Maybe the oil change will help.

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On This Date
The long march to today.

In 2012 – An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale strikes in the Pacific Ocean about 22 miles off the coast of Guatemala. There was minimal damage in neighboring countries, though the quake was felt as far south as Costa Rica.  39 people died, the deadliest quake in Guatemala since 1976.

In `1968 – Red Berenson of the St Louis Blues becomes the seventh NHL player to score at least six goals in a game in an 8-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Berenson had a goal in the first period, four in the second and another in the third, when he also added an assist. It was the first six-goal game in the NHL since Syd Howe of the Detroit Red Wings in 1944 and it’s been done once since, by Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1976. The record is seven, by Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs in 1920. 

In 1981 – Hall and Oates are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Private Eyes. It was the sixth of 16 Top 10 singles for the duo and the third of six #1 songs. The song also peaked at #32 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s 44th biggest song of the year. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

We must walk only part way to our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. What we do best or most perfectly is what we have most thoroughly learned by the longest practice, and at length it falls from us without notice,
Henry David Thoreau
Diary entry
3/11/1859

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know. 

Sonny James’ biggest hit on a Billboard pop chart was Young Love, which went to #1 on Billboard’s Most Played by Jockeys chart in 1957.   

Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar. 

What was the first #1 song on the Hot 100 for Hall and Oates? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/November 6, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.  

Leading Off will return. Promise.

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow reports the house three houses down from The Shire has finally sold.  

The big news is the rathole three houses down Main Street from The Shire has finally been sold…I am not making that up…Recall we’ve been following this place for perhaps a year and it, too, has been on and off the market and was even for rent once and some research shows it sold for 210, less than the 230 or so they were originally asking, but a still a pretty good price…For the record, the website estimates the value of The Shire to be 195…I live here and don’t want to move and am not looking to sell The Shire, unless the guy who’s building the weed store next door wants to offer a million dollars for it…Then I’ll sell it. 

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On This Date
The long march to today.

In 1971 – The United States conducts its largest underground nuclear test in the far west of the Aleutian Island chain in Alaska. The test was of a warhead that had a force 400 times greater than the bomb that exploded over Hiroshima and was detonated 6,150 feet down and triggered an earthquake that registered 6.8 on the Richter scale. The ground above the explosion was raised 25 feet and while a feared tsunami didn’t materialize, a crater one mile wide and 40 feet deep formed two days later. 

In 1966 – Tim Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles establishes a new NFL record for most kickoffs returned for a touchdown in a game in a 24-23 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Brown had a 93-yard return in the first quarter and a 90-yard return in the second quarter to break the record of one that had been done many times in the past. The record has been tied nine times over the years, most recently in 2010 by Leon Washington of the Seattle Seahawks, 

In 1971 – Sonny James is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Here Comes Honey Again. It was the 20th of 23 #1 country songs for James and his 16th and final consecutive #1 country song – a record for any Billboard chart that still stands. The streak began in 1967 with Need You and ended when Only Love Can Break a Heart peaked at #2. A consecutive #1 song streak does not include holiday songs nor duets. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever. 

…very often it is not possible to see what is right in front of you because you happen to be looking in the wrong direction.
Gore Vidal
Creation

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know. 

George Foreman first won the world’s heavyweight title in 1973, defeating Joe Frazier in a second-round TKO in Kingston, Jamaica.  

Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar. 

What was Sonny James’ biggest hit on a Billboard pop chart? – Answer next time!

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