The Daily Dose/May 19, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return. Promise.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the gym, Sparrow tries the rowing machine. Today’s Diary.
Let me tell you something, Satan invented this on the Seventh Day while The Big Guy rested…It’s deceptively simple – you hop on and row – but the ten minutes I was allotted before heading in to soak felt like an hour…Still tho, I stuck with it, getting 1,500 meters in – about the point where a serious rower is just getting limbered up – and felt pretty good afterward.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1758 – Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is kidnapped by Lenape Indians from the family home in southern Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War. Campbell would not be released until October 1764 as part of a general release of whites by the Lenape – also known as Delaware Indians – some of whom chose to return to their Indian families. She married in 1770 and had seven children, though research into the date of her death was inconclusive.
In 1989 – Nancy Lopez of the United States wins the LPGA Championship at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Center in Mason, Ohio, a bit north of Cincinnati. Lopez shot a final round 66 to finish 14-under par, three strokes better than Ayako Okamoto of Japan. It was the third and final LPGA title for Lopez, which remain her only major titles. Lopez was the LPGA Rookie of the Year in 1978 and had been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1987.
In 2005 – Jo Dee Messina is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then and now known as the Hot Country Songs chart – for the second and final consecutive week with My Give a Damn’s Busted. It was the twelfth and final Top 10 hit for Messina and her sixth and final #1 song. The song also went #1 country in Canada, peaked at #63 on the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s 14th-biggest country song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
When the seedling appears, it carried with it the complete pattern for its growth…It completely embodies its destiny…The growth and character of the plant – and its very life – are all present at the moment of emerging.
Deng Ming-Dao
365 Tao
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s #1 song of 1978 was Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb, which spent seven weeks at #1.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which female golfer has won the most major titles? – Answer next time!
