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
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many vice presidents did FDR have? – Answer next time!
