The Daily Dose/March 31, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return. We’re working on a couple of projects right now.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the veterans service office (VSO), Sparrow deals with a ski bum. Today’s Diary.
…[he] wants to upgrade his hearing loss disability rating because he is needing hearing aids that are more and more powerful…He wanted to come by at 1530, but that’s only 30 minutes before the VSO closes and I told him that and offered anytime Friday but – in finest ski bum fashion – he said Friday “could be a hell of a ski day” and wasn’t particularly interested in clogging it up with a pesky VSO appointment…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1889 – The Eiffel Tower opens in Paris, after two years of construction. The tower was built for the 1889 World’s Fair and is 1,038 feet tall and 410 feet square at its base. The observation deck is at the 906-foot mark and is accessible by either stairs or a lift. It was named after Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower, and replaced the Washington Monument as the world’s tallest building, a title it retained until 1930.
In 1923 – The Ottawa Senators (NHL) win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHA) 1-0 to sweep the series in two games at Denman Arena in Vancouver. It was the tenth of eleven Stanley Cup titles for the original Senators, who formed in 1883 and left the NHL in 1934. Ottawa had defeated the Vancouver Millionaires in the semifinals, and the series was the last time until 2020 a Stanley Cup Finals had been played entirely at a neutral site.
In 1956 – Les Baxter is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – a predecessor to The Hot 100 – for the second of four consecutive weeks with The Poor People of Paris. It was the second and final #1 song on a Billboard pop chart for Baxter and was his seventh and final Top 10 hit. Originally a piano player, Baxter provided music for dozens of films and even provided music for Sea World. The original French version of the song was titled The Ballad of Poor John.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Who can ask more of a man/Than giving all within his span/Giving all, it seems to me/Is not so far from victory
George Moriarty
The Road Ahead of the Road Behind
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Michigan Wolverines have won nine NCAA ice hockey titles, an all-division record.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What structure replaced the Eiffel Tower as the world’s tallest building? – Answer next time!
