The Daily Dose/November 4, 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
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the VSO, Sparrow gets multiple forms of communication from the same person. Today’s Diary.
Look, if you both phone and email and I email you back that means email will be the preferred method of communication on this one, but I tolerated the call in good spirits…
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1960 – English primatologist Dr Jane Goodell becomes the first human to observe chimpanzees making tools, at the Kasakela chimpanzee community in Tanzania. Goodell observed two chimpanzees stripping leaves from sticks to go fishing for termites to eat; previously, only tool usage had been observed in chimpanzees. The Kasakela chimpanzee community still operates and – outside of newspapers – remains the longest continuous study of animals in their natural habitat.
In 1991 – The Arizona Diamondbacks tie the World Series record for most pinch-runners used in an inning in a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the World Series. The Diamondbacks used two pinch-runners to tie the mark done nine times previously and matched in 2004 by the Boston Red Sox. This record remains the latest a major league record has been set and this game, along with Game 6 of the 2009 World Series, are the latest a major league baseball game has been played.
In 1978 – Barbara Mandrell is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the first of three consecutive weeks with Sleeping Single in a Double Bed. It was the 26th country chart single for Mandrell and her first of six country #1 songs in a chart career that spanned from 1969-89. The song also went #1 country in Canada, peaked at #2 on Billboard’s Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart and was Billboard’s 9th-biggest country song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
On arriving at the house, Morrel was not even out of breath, for love lends wings; but Barrois had not been in love for many long years and was bathed in perspiration.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
In 1534, King Henry VIII of England was trying to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Barbara Mandrell’s biggest hit on the Hot 100? – Answer next time!
