The Daily Dose/April 30, 2025
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 shares a laugh with Gloria. Today’s Diary.
– The next county, after dark…And Sparrow is there!!!
We made it sound a lot more exciting than it really was because there really isn’t a whole hell of a lot going on either with ol’ Sparrow or in the next county…The line from Gloria:
– The rebel is here!!!
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1975 – The Vietnam War ends when North Vietnamese troops capture Saigon. Later in the day, South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh formally surrendered and was allowed to live in seclusion in his villa for several years before immigrating to the US, where he died in 2001. Vietnam would formally reunify as a socialist republic in July 1976,
In 1887 – The Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, home of the Phillies, hosts its first game, a 15-9 win over the New York Giants. The stadium was destroyed by fire in August 1894 and was rebuilt in time for the start of the 1895 season. The Phillies had an all-time record of 1612-1580 at the stadium and moved into Shibe Park in 1935. The Cleveland Spiders played nine games there in 1898, due to low attendance and bickering over Sunday baseball restrictions in Ohio.
In 1966 – The Temptations are at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Top Selling R&B Singles chart – for the only week with Get Ready. It was the seventh of 45 Top 10 soul hits for the group and their third of 15 soul #1s. The song also went #10 pop in Great Britain and peaked at #29 on the Hot 100 and in 1970, a version by Rare Earth went #4 pop and #20 soul.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I wanted to – know./That is it?/That is all there is, to want to know.
Gore Vidal
Empire
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The major league record for most strikeouts in an extra-inning game is 21, by Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators in 1962.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many countries fought in the Vietnam War? – Answer next time!
