The Daily Dose/May 17, 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 makes hotcakes. Today’s Diaray.
We are still avoiding processed sugar…so we went with what has to be the lowest wrung on the Syrup Scale (SC): the retailer’s house brand sugar-free crap.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1987 – The USS Stark, – a guided missile frigate – is attacked in the Persian Gulf when an Iraqi fighter jet fired two missiles into her. The aircraft ignored warnings from the Stark to identify itself and fired missiles from 22 and 15 miles away. The attack killed 37 sailors and injured 21. Iraq apologized and claimed the pilot thought the Stark was an Iranian freighter. The Stark was repaired in Bahrain before returning to the US.
In 1998 – Se Ri Pak of South Korea wins the LPGA Championship at the DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware, shooting a final-round 68 to defeat Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney by three strokes. It as the first of three LPGA Championship wins for Pak and her first of five major victories. Pak retired after the 2015 season with 25 LPGA tour wins and was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007.
In 1969 – The Broadway cast album from the musical Hair is at #1 on Billboard’s album chart – then known as the Top LPs chart – for the fourth of 13 consecutive weeks. Though the album did not produce any chart singles, a medley of two songs from the album, Aquarius and Let The Sun Shine In by the 5th Dimension, was in its 6th and final week at #1 on the Hot 100. The album also went to #2 in Australia, and it remains the last Broadway cast album to go to #1 on the Billboard album chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…rational studies had to fight for soil and air in a jungle of superstition, intolerance, and fear.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. VI: The Reformation
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Boston Beaneater/Braves played at South End Grounds III through the 1914 season. Braves Field opened in 1915, and in both seasons they played home games at Fenway Park.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which golfer has won the most LPGA Championship titles? – Answer next time!
