The Daily Dose/September 29, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off is enjoying some time off while we work on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow deals with a caller who is hard to understand. Today’s Diary.
…and immediately after answering he starts in with some mumbo-jumbo that is hard to understand, tho I was able to pick up words like “lecture” and “problem”, but otherwise I can’t understand a damn thing he’s saying…At the end he asks if I’ve ever heard of a problem like that and – because I couldn’t understand him in the first place – I truthfully tell him, no, I haven’t heard of a problem like that and I ask him how I can best be of service because yours truly has some zero clue.
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 5 – Five (5) unvictoried teams, one Dan Henning Trophy, symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy. The race rolls on!
Everything seemingly falling into place for strong Detroit B-10 title run as even Lions fan(s) shocked at loss on NFL record 66-yard field goal that hits crossbar before falling over…
With Jacksonville and Texas also in survey, divisional loss to Titans key in minefield that will be AFC South in 2021…
Bears with head of steam heading into Sunday’s B-10 showdown with Lions, exploding for 47 total yards vs. Browns…
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1829 – The London Metropolitan Police Force is formed, with the first constables taking the streets. The service has jurisdiction in greater London, not including the 1-square mile City of London, which has its own police force. Commonly known as The Met or Scotland Yard, it also has responsibility for protecting the British Royal Family. The force replaced a system of volunteer constables and watchmen that, with the growth of London thanks to the Industrial Revolution – had become ineffective.
In 1914 – The Boston Braves win the National League pennant, defeating the Chicago Cubs 3-2 while the New York Giants lost 5-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves had trailed the Giants by 11.5 games back as late as July 17 but won 60 of their last 76 games, took over first place on Sept 8 and won the pennant by 10.5 games. The Braves swept the Philadelphia Athletics 4 games to none in the World Series.
In 1984 – Prince and the Revolution is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Let’s Go Crazy. It was the sixth of 30 Top 40 hits for Price, his fourth of 19 Top 10 hits and his second of five #1s. The song also peaked at #2 in Great Britain and at #1 on Billboard’s soul and dance charts and was its 21st-biggest song of the year. The song was from the album Purple Rain, which was in its 19th of 24 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Had not the same thing happened to his enemy Charles? And for an identical reason: Too proud, too sure of his destiny, he had ventured too far onto enemy ground.
Robert K Massie
Peter the Great
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Nick Foles, then of the Philadelphia Eagles, is the only NFL player to throw for seven touchdowns in a game and finish the game with a perfect NFL passer rating of 158.3
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
When did the Boston Braves first use the nickname Braves? – Answer next time!
