The Daily Dose/March 15, 2024
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 forks over for a professional resume. Today’s Diary.
Well, we got the first draft of The New Sparrow Resume (TNSR) back today, and good gravy, [she] made me look like Shakespeare…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1820 – Maine is admitted as the 23rd state of the Union. Long an English colony, Maine had been part of Massachusetts since 1691, when it was organized as York County. The British had attempted to lay claim to portions of the area for years, and Maine’s status wasn’t completely solidified until after the Revolution. It was admitted as part of the Missouri Compromise as a free state, which later admitted Missouri as a slave state.
In 1985 – Larry Holmes retains the IBF heavyweight title with 10th-round TKO of David Bey at the Riviera in Las Vegas. It was the 19th defense of the title Holmes had first won in 1978 when he won the WBC title in 1978, a he vacated in 1983 after a dispute over a mandatory defense. Holmes had been issued the inaugural IBF title in 1983, holding it until losing to Michael Spinks in 1985. It was the only title fight for Bey, who died at age 60 in 2017.
In 2014 – Pharrell Williams is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of ten consecutive weeks with Happy. It was the second of 17 Top 40 hits for Williams and his first of four #1s. The song also went to #1 in 23 other countries, including Russia, Norway, and Great Britain, was in its fourth of twelve consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, was its #1 pop and soul song of the year, and it’s 21sts-biggest pop song of the decade.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.
Morris West
The Clowns of God
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Elvis Presley’s first #1 song on a Billboard country chart was I Forgot To Remember To Forget, which went to #1 on the Best Sellers in Stores chart in February 1956. It later went to #1 on the Most Played In Juke Boxes country chart and did not chart on a Billboard pop chart.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who did Larry Holmes fight in his last professional bout? – Answer next time!
