The Daily Dose/October 23, 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 has some shocking Coke order news. Today’s Diary.
As a practical matter, of course, the FDS is still working the three nites we’re not and he’s not here to do the CO, so it’s appropriate to have someone else do it…Still, tho, we had some zero clue Keenan was on the fast track here…My goodness, he’s only been here a few months and already he’s the Relief Coke Order Guy (RCOG)…
Editor’s Note: the Week 9 NFL Bottom Ten will move on Thursday.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 4004 BC – This is the date of creation according to a chronology published by Irish archbishop James Ussher in 1650. Ussher used a variety of sources to come up with this date, and his chronology is, more or less, in line with dates offered by others who attempted to fix the date of creation. According to Ussher, time had actually begun at 6 pm the night before with “…the entrance of night”. Influential at the time, Ussher’s chronology began to fall into disrepute in the 19th century.
In 1964 – Joe Frazier of the US wins the heavyweight boxing gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, defeating Hans Huber of the United German Team on points. It was the only Olympic appearance for Frazier, who would later turn pro and was the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1970-73. This would be the last time a united German team would participate in the Olympics until the 1992 Albertville Winter Games.
In 1982 – Tainted Love by Soft Cell establishes a new Billboard Hot 100 record for most weeks on the chart. The song is at #97, its 41st week on the chart, breaking the record established by I Go Crazy by Paul Davis the year before. The song would spend 43 weeks on the chart before dropping off, and the record is now 91 weeks by Heat Waves by Glass Animals, from January 2021 and October 2022.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
She had a way of leading you, of showing you how to be a male.
Saul Bellow
Ravelstein
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The first song to spend at least ten weeks at #1 on a Billboard pop chart was I’ll Never Smile Again by Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers, which spent twelve weeks at #1 on the National Best Selling Retail Records chart in 1940. It was the first #1 song on a Billboard chart.
The most recent song to do it is A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey, currently in its 14th non-consecutive week at #1 on the Hot 100.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many Americans have won the heavyweight boxing gold medal at the Olympics? – Answer next time!
