The Daily Dose/February 27, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

Leading Off
Leading Off is taking some time off.

Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow trims his nose hair at work and gets sworn at by someone on the phone. Today’s Diary.

…Robin took care of my ear hair when I got my haircut last week, but the nose hair was starting to assert itself so I trimmed it at the hotel before clocking in marking what has to be the first ever Job Site Nose Hair Trim (JSNHT) that I can recall…I mean, who would forget a prior JSNHT???…I don’t think I would…It came out looking really, good, too…You’d really have to look up a nostril to see any hair.

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On This Date
In 1973 – Roughly 200 members of the Oglala Lakota Indian tribe and other members of the  American Indian Movement (AIM) occupy the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The takeover was countered by, among others, the FBI and the US Marshall’s Service and the standoff lasted for 71 days. There was sporadic gunfire during this time, with two Indians killed and 14 wounded. Two government agents were wounded.

In 1996 – The Chicago Bulls defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-99. The win improves the Bulls record to 50-6, the fastest any team has reached 50 victories in a season. The Bulls would finish the season 72-10, the most wins in an NBA season and earning their fourth NBA title in six years. Both records would be broken by the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors who would start the season 50-5 and win 73 games.

In 1961 – Don’t Worry by Marty Robbins is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot C&W Sides chart – for the first of ten consecutive weeks. Don’t Worry was Robbins’ seventh of 17 #1s on the country chart and also peaked at #3 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Robbins also drove in a couple of Daytona 500s, finishing 34th in 1973 and 39th in 1975.

Quotebook
…generally I think courtesy to opponents is more effective than violence.
Erasmus
Letter to Martin Luther

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
The World Trade Center opened in 1973 and were owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Today’s Stumper
What was Marty Robbins only #1 song on the Hot 100? –Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/February 26, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

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Leading Off is taking some time off.

Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest on the scratch paper front at the hotel, and it’s time for the quarterly Active Shooter training module at the retailer. Today’s Diary.

This module wasn’t as funny as the one where all the men are fleeing out a back door ahead of all the women, but I did laff when the host advised us to contact a manager is we see or hear anything suspicious, which was immediately followed by a cutaway to a hand shoving a clip into a pistol and then chambering a round.

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On This Date
In 1993 – A truck bomb explodes beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people and an unborn child are killed and over a thousand are injured. A total of six people would be convicted in the attack, including Ramzi Youseff, the mastermind, and Eyad Ismoil, who drove the van that exploded. Both are serving life sentences. The terrorist’s plan was to have the North Tower collapse into the South Tower before terrorists would just say “screw it” and fly airplanes into the World Trade Center.

In 1995 – Dana Barros of the Philadelphia 76ers hits one three-point shot establishing a new NBA single-season record with 44 consecutive games making a three-pointer. Philadelphia lost the game 84-75 to Indiana. Barros would extend the mark to 58 games by the end of the season and the streak would end at 89 games on January 12, 1996. Barros broke the record held by Michael Adams and the record is now held by Stephen Curry with 157.

In 1972 – Al Green is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Best Selling Soul Singles chart – for the eighth of nine weeks with Let’s Stay Together. Previously, the song had spent a week at #1 on the Hot 100 and the song was the first of six #1s for Green on the soul chart and remains his only #1 song on the Hot 100. Let’s Stay Together was Billboard’s #1 soul song of the year and their 11th biggest pop song.

Quotebook
Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you. Napoleon

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
The NHL record for Most Penalties in a Game, Both Teams, is 86, Los Angeles vs. Edmonton, February 28, 1990. The NHL record for Most Penalties in a Game by one team is 45, by Edmonton in the same game.

Today’s Stumper
When did the World Trade Center open and who were its owners? –Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/February 25, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

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Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow makes yet more scratch paper at the hotel and it’s Sunday Spaghetti Night (SSN) at The Shire, as Sparrow completely loses his mind while making the sauce. Today’s Diary.

First tho, it had to go thru the Sparrow Legal Size Scratch Paper Protocol because you can’t merely cut legal size paper into quarters willy-nilly because the resulting scratch paper will be too big…Hence the protocol…I took it to the paper cutter in the storeroom, trimmed it to usual size and then cut that into fourths and BOOM, there you go, 32 new pieces of scrap paper…

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On This Date
In 1933 – The USS Ranger (CV-4) is launched in Newport News, Virginia. Though the US had other ships that had been aircraft carriers, Ranger is the first US ship designed and built as an aircraft carrier. It would be commissioned the following year, was found to be too slow to serve in the Pacific in World War II and saw service in the Atlantic. Ranger was decommissioned in 1946 and later sold for scrap.

In 1981 – The Boston Bruins defeat the Minnesota North Stars – now the Dallas Stars – 5-1 in a game that saw 84 penalties called, establishing a new NHL record. Each team’s 42 penalties also established new NHL marks. The combined mark broke the old record established a few weeks earlier when the Bruins and the Colorado Rockies combined for 64 penalties on January 3 and the team marks broke the record established by the Philadelphia Flyers, 38 on February 2, 1980. Both records have since been broken.

In 1984 – Van Halen is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of five consecutive weeks with Jump. It was Van Halen’s fifth Top 40 hit and while they would later have two other Top 10 hits, Jump remains their only #1 song. The song also went to #1 in Italy and Canada and ranked #6 on Billboard’s year-end chart.

Quotebook
The Buddha’s sacrifices are not of animals, but of the animal in the self.
Gore Vidal
Creation

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
The only other time the US won the Olympic ice hockey gold medal besides 1980 was at the 1960 Squaw Valley Games.

Today’s Stumper
Who holds the NHL records for Most Penalties in a Game by both teams and by one team? –Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/February 24, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

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Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: It’s a very busy morning at the hotel for Sparrow, and The Wife makes a wonderfully tasty and healthy dinner. Today’s Diary.

Dinner tonight was a complete triumph…The Wife was busy while I slept, making a soup that had potatoes and rice and mushrooms and ground turkey meatballs that was first-rate…She combined what with a salad and baked salmon and it was the healthy dinner I’d requested when I got home this morning…She also cleaned the oven, commenting we were lucky there hadn’t been a grease fire.

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On This Date
In 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII issues a decree modifying the Julian calendar. The big change was moving the spring equinox to March 21 because the Julian calendar was not ten days out of step with the passing of the seasons, which was affecting when Easter was celebrated. Though Gregory’s proclamation had no effect beyond the Catholic Church, the Gregorian calendar is now the standard for reckoning the passing of the years in most of the world.

In 1980 – The United States defeats Finland 4-2 in the final game of the medal round at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, clinching the gold medal. Two days earlier Team USA had defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in what is still regarded as one of the biggest upsets in sports history.

In 1962 – Gene Chandler is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of three weeks with Duke of Earl. The song originated from some vocal exercises Chandler and others in a vocal group he was in did before actually singing and the Earl refers to Earl Edwards, another member of the group. Chandler, who also had a successful career as a producer, would have three other Top 40 hits, but Duke of Earl remains his only Top 10 and #1 record as a performer.

Quotebook
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
Two of Barbra Streisand’s five #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 were duets: You Don’t Bring Me Flowers with Neil Diamond in 1978 and No More Tears (Enough is Enough) with Donna Summer in 1979.

Today’s Stumper
In what other years did the United States win the gold medal in Olympic hockey? –Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/February 23, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

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Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: The latest from around The Shire. Today’s Diary.

In health news, I’ve taken to using a Neti pot before I go to sleep…My nose has been stuffing up at night for most of the winter…Usually, I blow my nose and this usually does the trick, but not always, obliging me to breathe thru my mouth while sleeping.

(A Neti pot is one of those deals whose spout you stick in a nostril and the water – warm, mixed with a solution – comes out the other nostril.)

Like the water filter, this is something else The Wife introduced me to that I immediately disdained that I would ultimately change my mind about…It does work, cleaning out the nose so ol’ Sparrow can breath thru his nose while sleeping…This is good because otherwise you are breathing thru your mouth which leads to a mouth that feels like it is stuffed with a sock when you wake up…Or Triscuit wafers…It varies and this problem is exacerbated by not having any teeth up front because air then flows in like an induction pipe.

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On This Date
In 1861 – Abraham Lincoln, the president-elect of the United States, arrives in Washington, DC, sneaking into town after sneaking in and out of Baltimore to foil an alleged assassination plot. Lincoln’s security detail, led by Allan Pinkerton, had telegraph wires in and out of Baltimore cut Lincoln’s progress could not be tracked. Lincoln would survive to be inaugurated president on March 4, was reelected in 1864 and served until his assassination in April 1865.

In 1986 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar establishes a new NBA record when he plays in his 1,304th game, breaking the record that had been held by Elvin Hayes. Abdul-Jabbar had 28 points in the Lakers 117-111 overtime win at Philadelphia. Abdul-Jabbar would retire with 1,560 games played and the record is now held by Robert Parrish with 1,611 games played.

In 1974 – Barbra Streisand is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second straight – and third and final non-consecutive – week with The Way We Were. The song had originally gone to #1 on February 9 and was replaced the following week by Love’s Theme by the Love Unlimited Orchestra. The Way We Were was the first of five #1s for Streisand on the Hot 100 and the song also went to #1 in Canada. It was Billboard’s #1 song for 1974.

Quotebook
All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life.
Deng Ming-Dao
365 Tao

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Percy Faith’s two other #1 songs on a Billboard pop chart were Delicado (1951) and Moulin Rouge Theme (1953). Both went to #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart.

Today’s Stumper
How many of Barbra Streisand’s five #1 hits were duets?. –Answer next time!

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