The Daily Dose/January 26, 2025
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 tolerates some blabbing at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
Boy, Madam Blab was in rare form tonite…She blabbed so much she made the Gabby Chat Vortex (GCV) – itself a credible standard for measuring yappiness – seem like a mausoleum…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1967 – What would later be called Apollo 1 catches fire and kills all three astronauts during a cabin fire during a launch test at Cape Kennedy, Florida. Killed were commander Gus Grissom, plus pilots Roger Chaffee and Ed White. The cause of the fire was an electrical malfunction that rapidly spread due to combustible materials and high-pressure pure oxygen in the cabin. The mission had been scheduled to lift off on Feb 21, and manned Apollo missions were grounded until October the following year.
In 1991 – The New York Giants win Super Bowl XXV, defeating the Buffalo Bills 20-19 in Tampa. It was the second of four Super Bowl titles for the Giants and their sixth of eight NFL titles. For the Bills, it was the first of four consecutive Super Bowl losses, an NFL record that still stands. It remains the only Super Bowl decided by one point and was the first of two Super Bowls with zero turnovers (SB XXXIV, St. Louis/Tennessee).
In 1962 – Joey Dee & the Starlighters are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Peppermint Twist. It was the first of five Top 40 hits for the group, their first of two Top 10s, and remains their only #1 song. The song also peaked at #33 in Great Britain, at #38 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 25th-biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The cat does not negotiate with the mouse.
Robert K Massie
Peter the Great
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Italy has hosted the Olympics three times: Winter Games in 1956 and 2006, and the Summer Games in 1960. They will host the Winter Games again in 2026.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who are the only space explorers to die in space? – Answer next time!
