The Daily Dose/October 8, 2021
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 buys some new slippers. Today’s Diary.
Of course, an appropriate pair meeting ol’ Sparrow’s specifications could’ve been ordered online but a new pair was, petulantly, wanted right now and an OK pair was found across the street at the retailer…They’re not real leather lined with shearling wool from virgin lambs fed with whole grains fertilized with the crap of Tibetan lamas, but they’re pretty comfy and if they don’t last six years like the other ones, that’s OK, they cost a quarter of the good ones, maybe a fifth.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1410 – The Prague Astronomical Clock is completed on the south face of the Old Town Hall in central Prague. The clock was built by local clockmaker Mikulas of Kadan, with town elders so pleased Mikulas was granted a house, a cash grant and an annual salary. The clock has been stopped many times over the years for maintenance and renovation and its last external element, a rooster, was added in the 1880s. It was the seventh astronomical clock in Europe and remains the world’s oldest operational clock.
In 1956 – Don Larsen of the New York Yankees become the first player to throw a perfect game in the World Series in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5. Larsen struck out seven and his performance followed a Game 2 start where he lasted an inning and two-thirds. The win gave the Yankees a three games to two lead in a series they would win in seven games. Larsen’s feat remains unmatched.
In 1983 – Bonnie Tyler is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of four consecutive weeks with Total Eclipse of the Heart. It was the second and final Top 40 hit for Tyler and remains her only #1 song. The song also went to #1 in seven other countries including Norway and Great Britain and was Billboard’s 6th-biggest song of the year. The song was written and produced by Jim Steinman and the male vocals were sung by Rory Dodd.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…the virtuoso performance is the tip of a lifetime of struggle, and the gem of meaning is set in the metal of long perseverance.
Deng Ming-Dao
365 Tao
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox went 40-15 in 1908, the only major league pitcher besides Jack Chesbro to win at least 40 games in a season since 1901. The feat was rather common in the 19th-century.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who threw the only other no-hitter in a major league postseason game? – Answer next time!
