The Daily Dose/September 1, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return. We are working on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is foiled in his attempt to mow the lawn. Today’s Diary.
So yours truly gets back to The Shire primed for action, and the effing mower wouldn’t start!!!…I am not making that up…The problem was the pull cord that starts it wasn’t pulling all the way: it would stop at assorted times in the process…Abruptly, too, so that ol’ Sparrow’s shoulder was almost torn out a couple of times.
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 1 – The race for The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy – is on. Note: The Bottom Ten is on the house through Week 3.
9. Jacksonville at Houston – B-10 fan(s) everywhere already salivating over this Week 1 thriller as Jaguars, Texans have combined to lose 27 straight, with B-10 pollsters “pretty sure” this is “like, really bad and stuff”…Game already being heralded by B-10 fan(s) everwhere as B-10 Game of the Year nominee.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1897 – The first underground transit system in North America – the Tremont Street Subway – opens in Boston. Though portions of the original line are no longer used, a portion is now part of the Green Line, providing service from Boylston Street to Government Center and is the third-oldest subway in the world behind systems in London and Budapest. From the start, the subway has been powered by overhead electrical lines.
In 1958 – Wilmer “Vinegar Bend” Mizel of the St Louis Cardinals establishes a new National League record for most walks in a shutout in a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Mizel walked eight batters and research into whose record he broke was inconclusive and the mark still stands. The major league record is 11, done by Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees in 1941. Later, Mizel would serve three terms in the US House representing North Carolina’s 5th District.
In 1984 – Tina Turner is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with What’s Love Got To Do With It. The song also went to #1 in Australia and Canada, peaked at #3 in Great Britain. at #2 on Billboard’s soul chart and was Billboard’s second-biggest song of the year. It remains her only appearance at #1 on a Billboard singles chart and Turner, 44 at the time, established the record for the oldest woman to have a #1 hit on the Hot 100. The mark was later broken by Grace Slick and is now held by Cher.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
He thought anything was possible. I thought that only what had actually occurred was possible.
Ernst Weiss
Georg Letham Physician and Murderer
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The IBF and WBA heavyweight champions when Pinklon Thomas won the WBC title were Larry Holmes (IBF) and Gerrie Coetzee (WBA).
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who is the oldest act to have a #1 song on the Hot 100? – Answer next time!
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