The Daily Dose/July 12, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off remains MIA.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow whines. Today’s Diary.
Proof that ol’ Sparrow will whine about anything – as if further proof were required – can be found in the fact that he is already fretting about how 7.5 hours in the sack might affect the Tuesday Sleep Session (TSS).
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1973 – The sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center in St Louis catches fire, destroying millions of military records. The entire facility lacked both heat and smoke detectors and sprinklers, was out of control for 22 hours, and was not declared out for five days. The cause of the fire was never determined with any certainty, but an electrical short has long been suspected. The fire destroyed the records of over 16 million veterans, mostly Army and Air Force personnel.
In 1930 – Bobby Jones of the US becomes the second golfer to win four US Opens, shooting a final round 75 and defeating Macdonald Smith by two strokes in Edina, Minnesota. Jones joined Willie Anderson of Scotland as the only other four-time winner, a feat later matched by Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus. Earlier in the year Jones had won the British Amateur and the British Open and later in the year would win the US Amateur to become the only golfer to win the Grand Slam.
In 2003 – Beyonce featuring Jay-Z is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of eight consecutive weeks with Crazy In Love. It was the second Top 40 hit for Beyonce, her second of 17 Top 10 hits, and her first of five #1 songs. The song went to #1 in four other countries, including Croatia and Great Britain, would later spend three weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 4th-biggest song of the year. The song also won Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, an award first issued in 2002.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It was sailing by dead reckoning to them, and they saw not clearly how to make their port…
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The last American to win an Olympic pole vault gold medal was Katie Nageotte at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What golf tournaments now comprise the Grand Slam? – Answer next time!
