The Daily Dose/February 8, 2021
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 – The Sunday Yapper returns to the hot springs. Today’s Diary.
…the Sunday Yapper favored us with his presence a few minutes later…I was wondering who he would start in on, but it turned out the Yapper and the lady are old friends so it only took a few seconds to drop the bombshell:
His chemo sessions start this week!!!
Oh, good gravy, even a halfwit like me knows you don’t take chemo for dandruff and it turns out he has tumors in assorted places in his gut, hardly a bulletin because he has a gut you could pitch batting practice off of.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1693 – The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg, Virginia, after being chartered by King William III and Queen Mary II of England. The college has educated, among others, three American presidents (Jefferson, Monroe, Tyler) and four Supreme Court justices. It is the second-oldest college in the nation, behind Harvard (1636), one of nine colleges in the US founded before the Revolution.
In 1984 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar establishes a new NBA record for most career field goals in a 111-109 win over the Boston Celtics. Abdul-Jabbar was 12-of-19 from the field and broke the record of 12,681 field goals established by Wilt Chamberlain. Abdul-Jabbar after the 1989 season with 15,837 career field goals, a record that still stands.
In 1960 – Dinah Washington and Brook Benton are at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot R&B Sides chart – for the first of ten consecutive weeks with Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes). It was the third of five #1 soul hits for Washington, the fourth of six soul #1s for Benton and their first of two together. The song also peaked at #5 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I grew fond of her company, and at this time being under no religious restraints, I attempted familiarities (another erratum), which she repulsed with proper resentment.
Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are the only team to win consecutive Super Bowls twice, winning Super Bowls IX and X and then winning XIII and XIV.
Today’s Stumper
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What active NBA player holds the record for most career field goals? – Answer next time!
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