The Daily Dose/March 2, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets a shipment of coffee cups at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
This a classic yay/boo situation, tho: yay for the smaller cups but boo because the cups are paper cups and aren’t insulated and you’re going to burn your hand with anything warmer with iced tea in there…The 12-oz cups, by comparison, are styrofoam and you can enjoy your beverage without losing a couple of layers of skin…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1836 – Texas declares its independence from Mexico, with the declaration being signed the following day. The Texas Revolution had begun the previous October, a battle that included other Mexican provinces rebelling against the rule of President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. The revolution would end in May with the signing of the Treaty of Velasco and the first Texan Congress would convene in October. Texas became part of the US in February 1846.
In 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors establishes a new NBA record for most points in a game in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain had 100 points, breaking the record of 78 points he had established the previous December 8 and the record still stands. It was the third time Chamberlain had set the NBA’s single-game scoring record and the 316 combined points established a new NBA record for most points in a game, a mark now held by the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets (370, 12/13/83).
In 1974 – Bob Dylan with The Band is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the third of four consecutive weeks with Planet Waves. It was the eighth of 22 Top 10 albums for Dylan and his first of five #1 albums for and remains the only appearance at #1 on a Billboard chart for The Band. The album produced two chart singles, neither of which made the Top 40.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Mackenzie was a good guy, but he was a guy after all, not an image on a stained glass window.
William Irish
After-Dinner Story
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Sly & the Family Stone had one #1 album on the Billboard 200, There’s a Riot Goin’ On, which spent two weeks at #1 in 1971.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who holds the NBA record for most points in a playoff game? – Answer next time!
