The Daily Dose/March 14, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is in time-out for the moment.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has relieved Q the past couple of nights at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
Q, however, couldn’t care less about taking care of me, so ol’ Sparrow is now obliged to make his own coffee and fetch his own ice water, a situation that might not mirror what’s going on in Ukraine right now, but nonetheless is certainly not good for personal morale…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1967 – The permanent gravesite of President John F Kennedy opens at Arlington National Cemetery. Design of the permanent site had been completed in November 1964 and construction on the three acres set aside began the following year. Original plans had called for Kennedy to be buried in his native Massachusetts, next to the Kennedy’s infant son that had died in August 1963, but a suggestion to bury Kennedy at Arlington was approved by Jaqueline Kennedy. Gas for the eternal flame is provided without charge by a local utility.
In 1971 – Ken Rosewall of Australia wins the Australian Open, defeating defending champion Arthur Ashe of the US 6-1, 7-5, 6-3, at White City Stadium in Sydney. It was the third of four Australian Open titles for Rosewall and his tenth of 13 Grand Slam singles titles. Rosewall did not lose a set in the tournament, the first to do so at a Grand Slam in the Open era, and the tournament was the 17th and final Australian Open held in Sydney.
In 1992 – Mr Big is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with To Be With You. It was the first chart single for the group, their first of three Top 40 hits, and remains their only #1 song. The song went to #1 in eleven other countries including Canada and Norway, peaked at #3 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 12th-biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
But the stars shone out as if such things had never been, the blushing fruit trees poured their fragrance on the evening air, and the scene was calmly sweet and quiet as if Man had never marred the glorious beauties of Earth by deeds of cruelty and wrong.
Q K Philander Doesticks, aka Mortimer Thomson.
What Became of Slaves on a Georgia Plantation
March 1859
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Floyd Patterson won the middleweight boxing gold medal at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many presidents of the United States are buried at Arlington National Cemetery? – Answer next time!
