The Daily Dose/February 21, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
ALREADY WITH THE DRY, TECHNICAL MATTER: Regular readers of this crap know that recently we experimented with a video version of The Daily Dose. They will also notice that it has been dropped, despite some more or less positive feedback.
Please Pass The Dry, Technical Matter: Like a lot of inspiration, the inspiration for The Video Daily Dose hit out of the blue. And, also par for the inspiration course, when it did hit we thought it was so logical we cursed ourselves for not thinking of it before because who knows what artistic heights and untold riches we had deprived ourselves of.
Shoot Me…Just Shoot Me: And, of course, it cemented The Daily Dose as a technological juggernaut. And they really weren’t that difficult to produce once the original template was done. This took some time, because the technical aspects are as, well, technical as they are dull, but we rathered enjoyed the work.
Fly In The Ointment: The problem was, though, we found we had to shorten the popular On This Date segment in order for all three items to fit on one screen. We didn’t mind this at first but, boy, writing On This Date is a highlight of our day, and writing the truncated version simply wasn’t as much fun as writing the longer version.
The Bottom Line: So it was adios to the video version and welcome back to the old one. While, like you, we enjoy the occasional whiteboard video, we’re writers and not video makers here at The Daily Dose, so you are again obliged to read this feature instead of watch it
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a day off from the veterans service office (VSO). Today’s Diary.
It was a day off from the veterans service office (VSO) today and we debated how best to spend the morning off and – in what is not being hailed as the Upset of the Year – we spent it at home, in the chair, reading…We weren’t all that tired and thought about going to the gym, but thanks to 24-hour access at the small town gym (STG) we’re getting four lifting sessions in a week now and that’s enuff.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1945 – Japanese kamikaze pilots sink the US aircraft carriers Bismark Sea and the Saratoga during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the South Pacific. The battle had begun on the 19th and would end in an American victory on March 26. The raising of the American flag by six United States Marines on Mount Suribachi captured in the iconic photograph was taken on February 23 and remains one of History’s most reproduced photographs.
In 1953 – The Niagara Purple Eagles and the Siena Saints establish a new NCAA record for the longest game in an 88-81, six-overtime Niagara victory at the Washington Ave. Armory in Albany, New York. The game was tied 54-54 at the end of regulation and broke the record of five overtimes done at least twice previously. The mark was tied twice before being broken by Cincinnati/Bradley’s seven-overtime game in 1981. Seven overtimes is also the Division II and III record.
In 1981 – REO Speedwagon is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the first of 15 non-consecutive weeks with Hi Infidelity. It was the seventh of eleven chart albums for the group and remains their only #1. The album also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #6 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s #1 album of the year and its 39th-biggest of 1982. The album produced four Hot 100 hits, including the #1 Keep On Loving You.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
He regarded what had happened as fate, another step on a path long since mapped out.
John Toland
Adolf Hitler
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The two other English monarchs after Edward VI fathered by Henry VIII were Mary I and Elizabeth I.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many NCAA basketball tournament appearances have Niagara and Siena made? – Answer next time!
