The Daily Dose/November 11, 2021
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for now.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a strong workout but is careful not to do too much. Today’s Diary.
…you get too full of yourself and the next thing you know you’re trying to move more than you should and BOOM, you’re tearing a muscle or your heart’s exploding, both of which are bad for morale.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1912 – The body of explorer Englishman Robert Falcon Scott and two members of his Antarctic expedition party are found by a search party on the Ross Ice Shelf, at about 82 degrees south latitude. Scott and his men had reached the South Pole on January 17 only to find a tent and a letter dated December 18, 1911, left by Norwegian Roald Amundsen. Based on the position of bodies in the tent, it’s thought that Scott died last, on either March 29th or 30th.
In 1995 – Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins establishes a new NFL record for most career passing yards in 34-17 loss to the New England Patriots. Marino passed for 333 yards, giving him a career total of 47,299 to break the record of 47,003 yards established by Fran Tarkenton of the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants from 1961-78. The record is now held by Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (81,854, 2000-present).
In 1955 – Roger Williams is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – a predecessor to the Hot 100 – for the third of four consecutive weeks with Autumn Leaves. It was the first of 22 hits on a Billboard pop chart for Williams, remains his only #1 song and was Billboard’s 4th-biggest song of the year. Long considered a jazz standard, Williams’ version was the most popular of seven that hit Billboard pop charts in 1955.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
We took risks, we knew we took them; things have come out against us, and therefore we have no cause for complaint...
Robert Falcon Scott
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Chaka Khan’s biggest solo hit on the Hot 100 was I Feel For You, which peaked at #3 in 1984. Her appearance on Steve Winwood’s #1 song Higher Love (one week, 1986) was uncredited.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s #1 song of 1955? – Answer next time!
