The Daily Dose/March 20, 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 plans his wardrobe for this weekend’s convention. Today’s Diary.
We are also bringing our scandalously hot corduroy blazer…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1556 – Thomas Cranmer, until December the archbishop of Canterbury, is burned at the stake in Oxford, England, condemned after being convicted of heresy and treason. Cranmer had been one of the founders of the Church of England during the Reformation but had been denounced by Mary I, a Catholic. Cranmer had recanted his beliefs, which usually would have spared him, but Mary declined and immediately prior to his death, recanted his recantings.
In 1966 – The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros become the first major league teams to play on artificial turf in an exhibition game at the Houston Astrodome. The Astrodome had opened the year before with real grass and a transparent roof that made it difficult to see fly balls. The roof was painted black and the grass died, with Monsanto making and installing the turf. The Astrodome remained the home of the Astros through the 1999 season.
In 2020 – Maren Morris is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then and now known as the Hot Country Songs chart – for the second of 19 consecutive weeks with The Bones. The song also went #1 country in Canada, peaked at #12 on the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s 2nd-biggest country song of the year. It remains her only #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart and was the twelfth of 19 songs to spend at least 19 weeks at #1 on that chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
You can’t have a Plan B because the second it gets hard, you’ll take it.
Taylor Cavanaugh
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The two other Ivy League teams to appear in the Final Four besides Princeton in 1965 were Dartmouth in 1944 and Penn in 1979.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the first archbishop of Canterbury? – Answer next time!
