The Daily Dose/April 14, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around The Human Experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets some amenities for a guest. Today’s Diary.
Right as yours truly is putting the finishing touches on Morning Coffee Service (MCS), this older, sort of scruffy looking lady enters the lobby and takes great strides not to get within ten feet of me…She announced a taxi is coming by to pick her up but she could use a toothbrush and toothpaste, which explained why she was keeping her distance because she was also covering her mouth as if her breath was notoriously noxious and could be smelled at distance…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln dies at a private residence in Washington, DC after having been shot the night before at Ford’s Theater. Lincoln was succeeded by Vice President Andrew Johnson who, taking over in a time Lincoln himself would’ve found challenging, would eventually be impeached by the House of Representatives, acquitted by a single vote in his Senate trial, and was not nominated for reelection. Johnson had also been targeted for assassination, but his assigned killer had chosen to get drunk instead.
In 1968 – The Houston Astros and New York Mets establish a new major league record for the longest shutout in a 24-inning, 1-0 Houston win. The winning run was scored when a groundball went through the legs of shortstop Al Weiss and the teams broke the record of 21 innings established the year before by the San Francisco Giants and the Cincinnati Reds. The game took 6 hours and 6 minutes to complete and each team had 79 at-bats, eleven hits, one error, and left 16 runners on base.
In 1967 – Frank and Nancy Sinatra are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of four consecutive weeks with Somethin’ Stupid. It was the ninth and final #1 song on a Billboard pop chart for Frank and was the second and final #1 song for Nancy. The song went to #1 in seven other countries, including Norway and Great Britain, was Billboard’s seventh-biggest song of the year, and remains the only father/daughter #1 song on a Billboard pop chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
If you are acquainted with the principle, what do you care for a myriad of instances and applications?
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Major Robert Anderson commanded Union troops during the Battle of Fort Sumter and Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard commanded Confederate troops.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Frank Sinatra’s first #1 song on a Billboard pop chart? – Answer next time!
