The Daily Dose/April 25, 2023
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 – Sparrow reviews some details of his upcoming vacation. Today’s Diary.
…our three nite, employee rate, booking in New Orleans got fucked up.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1792 – The first public execution in France with a guillotine is conducted, when highwayman Nicholas Pelletier is beheaded in front of what is now Paris’ city hall. Reports indicate the crowd was displeased with the swift and relatively painless nature of the execution. The guillotine was named after Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, a proponent – though not the inventor – of a more painless execution method and the implement was last used in France in 1977.
In 1952 – The Minneapolis Lakers win the NBA title, defeating the New York Knicks 82-65 to win the series four games to three. It was the third of an NBA-record 17 NBA titles for the Lakers and was the second of six runner-up finishes for the Knicks. Scheduling conflicts meant all but the seventh game were played in secondary arenas, with the Lakers playing in St Paul and the Knicks at the 69th Street Armory.
In 2015 – Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of twelve non-consecutive weeks with See You Again. The song also went to #1 in 29 other countries, including the Commonwealth of Independent States, Norway, and Great Britain, went to #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, was their 3rd biggest song of the year, and 25th-biggest of the decade. It was the second and most recent #1 song for Khalifa and remains the only #1 song for Puth. The song was from the soundtrack to the movie Furious 7.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
… I leave [my ideas] to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them. If wrong they ought to be refuted and rejected.
Benjamin Franklin
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The major league record for most walks in a game by a team is 19, done twice, by the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1887 and by the Washington Senators in 1971, in a 20-inning game.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s #1 for 2015? – Answer next time!
