The Daily Dose/October 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 fields yet another phone call reporting a bear. Today’s Diary.
A guy did call to report he was tracking a bear in our parking lot, sounding like he wanted to lead an expedition to kill it…
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 8 – The race for the more or less coveted ESPNCup is heating up.
#21 Tigers first ranked team to visit UMess since #9 Worcester Tech in 1893.
LA restaurant advertising free wings for every Bruin win starting to realize they are not really getting a whole hell of a lot of value for their money.
Air Force hampered in 2024 by preseason Defense Secretary ruling requiring cadets going into Space Force to wear self-contained space suits while on field, leading to several violations of seldom-enforced NCAA rule about having both feet on ground at snap.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 2003 – China sends its first astronaut into space, as Yang Liwei is sent into orbit aboard Shenzou 5. Liwei would spend 21 hours in space and orbited the earth 14 times, making China the third country behind the Soviet Union/Russia and the US to send humans into space. China has sent explorers into space six times since the most recent a 91-day mission this past summer. This would be Liwei’s only space voyage and he later retired as a major general in the Chinese army.
In 1988 – The Oklahoma Sooners establish a new NCAA major division record for most rushing yards in a game in a 70-24 win over Kansas State. The Sooners rushed for 768 yards to break the record of 758 yards they had established in a 1980 win against Colorado. The record still stands and the all-division NCAA mark is 789 by Davidson of the FCS in 2018.
In 1966 – The Four Tops are #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Reach Out I’ll Be There. It was the seventh of 24 top 40 hits for the group, their third of six top Ten 10 hits, and their second and final #1 song. The song also went to #1 in Great Britain, would later spend two weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 4th-biggest song of the year. Versions by Diana Ross and Gloria Gaynor would hit the charts in 1971 and 1975 respectively.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I have said to myself a thousand times that I should be happy if I were but as ignorant as my old neighbor; and yet it is a happiness which I do not desire.
Voltaire
The Good Brahmin
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Ben Hogan won five PGA match-play titles. This also established the record for most overall PGA Championships won, a mark later tied by Jack Nicklaus.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many #1 songs did the Four Tops have in Great Britain? – Answer next time!
