The Daily Dose/June 29, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return. Probably.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest from the hotel. Today’s Diary.
The big news – and it’s pretty big – is that blinds are back on the window at the front desk!!!…I am not making that up…
Bonus Content – Bottom Ten Training Camp
The Bottom Ten/2019 NCAA Week 6 – The Bottom Ten resumes in less than two months and to get you limbered up for the 2022 season your Bottom Ten pollsters have a funny, random entry from 2019 for you with their compliments. Enjoy.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1995 – The Sampoong department store in Seoul collapses, killing 502 people and injuring over 900. Cracks had begun appearing in ceilings in April and despite cracks appearing and increasing in size during the day, and the fifth floor beginning to sink, the building was not evacuated and the collapse started about 5:52 pm. An investigation showed substandard materials and construction techniques had been used and the building’s owner Lee Joon was later convicted of criminal negligence and died shortly after being released from prison after serving seven-and-a-half years of a ten-year term.
In 1958 – Brazil wins the World Cup, defeating Sweden 5-2 in Solna, Sweden. It was the first of five World Cup titles for Brazil and remains Sweden’s only appearance in the championship game. Pele scored two goals for Brazil, the first of a then-record twelve World Cup goals in four World Cups, a mark later broken by Gerd Muller (14) of West Germany and now held by Miroslav Klose of Germany (16). Sweden remains the only host country to lose a World Cup final.
In 1963 – Kyu Sakamoto is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with Sukiyaki. It was the first of two chart singles for Sakamoto and remains his only Top 40 hit. The song went to #1 in five other countries, including Norway and Japan, peaked at #6 in Great Britain, was Billboard’s tenth-biggest song of the year, and a version by A Taste of Honey peaked at #3 on the Hot 100 in 1981. Sukiyaki is not the Japanese title of the song and is not mentioned in the lyrics and is, in fact, a Japanese beef dish, chosen as a catchy phrase to appeal to English speakers.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It is only by not living for your own ends
That you can go beyond valuing life.
Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching, #75
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Panama Canal opened to commercial traffic on April 15, 1914.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What country has been to the World Cup finals the most times without winning? – Answer next time!
