The Daily Dose/October 20, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for the time being.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow spends no small amount of time on the phone with tech support. Today’s Diary.
I answer it and it’s the gal from [Tech Support] wondering if I’ve got the proper credentials yet…God bless this woman…I do, indeed…I give her the front desk cell number and she calls me on that and we scoot back to the back office server room, log in again under GM Andy’s username and BOOM she is on it and the matter is resolved in a few minutes, only three hours after it first appeared.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1973 – The Sydney Opera House – one of the planet’s more distinctive buildings – opens following ceremonies presided over by Queen Elizabeth II. The facility consists of five indoor venues and one outdoor facility, is 600 feet long and 394 feet wide at its widest point, and is as tall as a 22-story building. Construction had begun in 1958 and the opera house was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
In 1968 – The US women’s 4 x 100 meter relay team wins the gold medal and establishes a new world record at the Mexico City Summer Olympics. Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter, and Wyomia Tyus ran it in 42.88 seconds, to break the record of 43.4 seconds they had established – along with the Dutch – in the semifinals the day before and the record is now 40.82 seconds done by the US in 2012. Cuba and the Soviet Union won the silver and bronze medals
In 1990 – James Ingram is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with I Don’t Have the Heart. It was the eighth and final Top 40 hit for Ingram, his third Top 10 hit, and his second and final #1 song (Baby Come to Me, with Patti Austin, two weeks, 1983). The song also peaked at #53 on Billboard’s soul chart and spent 26 weeks on the Hot 100, including 15 weeks in the Top 40 and seven weeks in the Top 10. Ingram died in 2019 at age 66.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Jackson believed in securing the nation and its people not only from foreign foes but from the disruptive winds of their own passions.
Jon Meachem
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers have 24 National League pennants. They also won the 1889 American Association pennant.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which is the only country besides the US to win multiple Olympic gold medals in the woman’s 4 x 100-meter relay? – Answer next time!
