The Daily Dose/August 31, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return. We’re working on a project right now.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow continues to keep track of which creamer is used the most. Today’s Diary.
The second creamer usage test (CUT) appears to be a dead heat, with both French vanilla and half & half running neck and neck with both about halfway thru their boxes…
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 1 – The laughs kickoff for 2021 as New Mexico State, Kansas and Duke make up the first Bottom Ten medal stand of the season. Note: The Bottom Ten is free to you, our valued reader(s), through Week 3.
[Vanderbilt] still reeling from turn of century decision to merge Athletic, Student Affairs departments as Biology Club members – interested in stopping spread of COVID – requiring defenders to give opposing ball carriers nasal swabs before tackling them…
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1864 – Elements of the Union Army led by Major General William T Sherman begin their assault on Atlanta as Sherman attempts to draw Confederate General John Bell Hood and his Army of Tennessee away from their defenses in the American Civil War. The maneuver worked, and while Hood’s army was not destroyed Hood’s army abandoned the city with Sherman occupying Atlanta on September 2nd. History refers to this battle as the Battle of Jonesboro.
In 1984 – Pinklon Thomas of the US wins the WBC heavyweight championship, defeating champion Tim Witherspoon in a 12-round majority decision in Las Vegas. In June 1`985 Thomas defended his title with an eighth-round TKO over Mike Weaver and lost it in a unanimous decision to Trevor Berbick in March 1986. In 1992 Thomas won the IBO and WBF heavyweight titles before losing them to Lawrence Carter in 1993.
In 1959 – The Browns are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of four consecutive weeks with The Three Bells. The song also went to #1 in Australia, was in its first of ten consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s country chart and the song also peaked at #10 on Billboard’s soul chart. It was the first pop hit for the group, their fifth of six Top 10 country hits and remains their only #1 song on either chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Love can sometimes be a substitute for money. Money can sometimes substitute for love. There is no substitute for time.
Ernst Weiss
Georg Letham, Physician and Murderer
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Barbra Streisand is the act with the second-most Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 album chart with 34.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who were the IBF and WBA heavyweight champions when Pinklon Thomas won the WBC title? – Answer next time!
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