The Daily Dose/December 22, 2021
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return. Promise.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s creamer usage field test at the hotel continues. Today’s Diary.
Creamer Challenge II is still close, tho French vanilla, the defending champion, does have a slight lead…This might well be resolved tomorrow, as the bottom of both boxes are now visible.
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 17 – Jacksonville remains the team to beat – literally – in the race for The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten greatness.
Giants must avenge earlier win vs. Eagles to retain any hope of 2021 B-10 glory…
Only reason Texans didn’t fall further in rankings is because Jaguars so bad win actually generated strength of schedule points…
Panthers earn coveted B-10 Cinco de Mayo Award for having longest losing streak amongst NFL’s five (5) win teams…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 401 – Innocent I assumes the papacy, succeeding his father Anastasius I, who had died a couple of days earlier, the only known instance of a son succeeding his father as pope. Innocent I served for 16 years and, among other things, is remembered for determining which books became parts of the sacred Catholic canon. Innocent has been the name of twelve other popes over the centuries, the last being Pope Innocent XIII from 1721-24.
In 1894 – The United States Golf Association (USGA) – then known as the Amateur Golf Association of the United States – forms in New York City, as a way to consolidate the two US amateur championships that were being conducted. The USGA would hold its first tournaments, the US Amateur and the US Open, the following year in Newport, Rhode Island and today the USGA conducts 14 championships, four professional and ten for amateurs.
In 1984 – Madonna is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of six consecutive weeks with Like a Virgin. It was the fourth of 49 Top 40 hits for Madonna, her third of 38 Top 10 hits and was her first of twelve #1 songs. The song went to #1 in three other countries, peaked at #3 in Great Britain, at #9 on Billboard’s soul chart and was their second-biggest song of 1985. Madonna’s 38 Top 10 hits are second behind on the all-time Hot 100 list behind Drake’s 54.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
A very little luck might have carried me to the highest of all prizes or have ended the game.
Winston Churchill
Letter to mother, 1897
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The result of the first Olympic basketball game ever scheduled for the US was a 2-0 forfeit win over Spain who, due their ongoing civil war, was unable to attend.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How long is the average reign of a pope? – Answer next time!
