The Daily Dose/February 22, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off continues to run intermittently while we work on a couple of projects. Thank you for understanding.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow notes senility is starting to set in. Today’s Diary.
Hilarity ensued at the left drawer, where ol’ Sparrow not only miscounted but entered incorrect figures on the CDSS…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1994 – CIA agent Aldridge Ames and his wife are arrested on suspicion of espionage at their home in Arlington, Virginia. Ames would plead guilty in April and received a life sentence without the possibility of parole, a sentence being served at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. His wife, as part of the plea deal, received a 5-year sentence for tax evasion and conspiracy. Ames had begun spying in 1985 and had come under suspicion when FBI investigators had discovered his family and in-laws were leading beyond their known means.
In 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors establishes a new NBA record for most free throw attempts in a game in a 139-122 win over the St Louis Hawks. Chamberlain shot 34 free throws – making 19 – to break the record of 31 he had established in December. The record was broken by Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic on January 12, 2012, with 39, a mark Howard, then with the Los Angeles Lakers, would tie in March 2013 and which still stands.
In 1986 – Whitney Houston is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with How Will I Know. It was the second of eleven #1 singles for Houston and her second of seven consecutive #1s, a Hot 100 record that still stands. The song also went to #1 in Iceland and Canada, peaked at #5 in Great Britain and at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s fourth-biggest song of the year. The song was originally offered to Janet Jackson, who declined it.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
No man ever followed his genius till it misled him.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The US has not won any biathlon medals at the Winter Olympics.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who holds the record for most free throws attempted in an NBA career? – Answer next time!
