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The Daily Dose/November 11, 2024
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 turns down a late checkout request. Today’s Diary. 

The guy gets credit for recognizing when the tablets are coming down from Mount Sinai however, and he didn’t press the matter further.

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On This Date
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In 1918 – The Germans and the Allied powers sign an armistice in northern France to end fighting in World War I. The armistice would be extended three times until a formal surrender – the Treaty of Versailles – was signed the following June. The final battle of the war was the Battle of Mons, where Canadian forces liberated the Belgian town and the final death before the armistice was an American killed one minute before it took effect while charging a German roadblock in France. 

In 1889 – Willie Park, Jr. of Scotland wins the British Open, winning a 36-hole playoff over Andrew Kirkaldy of Scotland by five strokes at the Musselburgh Links in Scotland. It was the second final British Open and major victory for Park and was the highest finish in a major for Kirkaldy. The tournament then consisted of four 9-hole rounds, which had all been played on Nov. 8. It was the sixth and final British Open hosted by Musselburgh, whose four-and-a-quarter-inch diameter holes later became the worldwide standard. 

In 1978 – Donna Summer is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with MacArthur Park. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #8 in Great Britain and on Billboard’s soul chart, and was their 12th-biggest song of 1979. It was the first of four #1 songs for Summer and had previously been Hot 100 hits for Richard Harris, Waylon Jennings, and the Four Tops. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to bring the collective conscience to life.
John F Kennedy 

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Sly & the Family Stone had the other #1 song titled Family Affair. It spend three weeks at #1 in 1971. 

Today’s Stumper
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How many #1 albums did Donna Summer have on the Billboard 200? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/November 10, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.

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Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow makes a personal care purchase. Today’s Diary. 

Anyway, we got lucky…The retailer had a three-pack of a really good leading national brand [chapstick] for only three bucks or so…Flavored, too, which we don’t go ga-ga over but which we don’t dismiss out of hand, either…

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On This Date
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In 1865 – Captain Henry Wirtz of the Confederate Army and commandant of the Andersonville Prison camp is executed in Washington, D.C. for war crimes associated with his treatment of Union POWs. During the camp’s 14-month existence, Wirtz presided over the incarceration of 48,000 prisoners, almost 13,000 of whom died, mostly due to unsanitary conditions. Wirtz was one of three Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes, the other two being Confederate guerrillas. 

In 1983 – Marivn Hagler retains his undisputed world middleweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Roberto Duran in Las Vegas.  It was the eighth of twelve defenses of the title for Hagler, who had won the title 1980 and would lose it to Sugar Ray Leonard in 1987. Duran retained his WBA world light middleweight title, the third of four weight classes he would hold world titles in. 

In 2001 – Mary J. Blige is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of six consecutive weeks with Family Affair. It was the twelfth of 21 Top 40 hits for Blige, her third of six Top 10s, and remains her only #1 song. The song also went to #1 in France, peaked at #8 in Great Britain, and was in its second and final week at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. The song was Billboard’s 31st-biggest of 2001, its 17th-biggest of 2002, and their 12th-biggest of the decade. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

The wise man has no ambitions. Therefore, he has no failures. He who never fails always succeeds. And he who always succeeds is all-powerful.
Gore Vidal
Creation
Master Li 

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The longest NBA game was six overtimes when the Indianapolis Indians defeated the Rochester Royals 75-73 in January 1951. 

Today’s Stumper
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What other act had a #1 song titled Family Affair? – Answer next time!

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