The Daily Dose/February 16, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
The Sunday Bottom 5 will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s gym membership has expired. Today’s Diary.
…the dumb broad manning the desk said it didn’t come due until March…All right…We thought differently, but she was looking right at the goddamned fucking screen, so the benefit of the doubt was immediately issued.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1862 – Union forces under Brigadier General Ulysses S Grant capture Fort Donelson in northern Tennessee. The victory opened up the Cumberland River for further Union invasions of the South and made Grant a household name in the North. The battle had begun on Feb 11th and saw 2,691 Union and 13,846 Confederate deaths. Confederate troops were commanded by Brigadier General John Floyd, who before the war had served as governor of Virginia and as US Secretary of War.
In 1980 – Eric Heiden of the US wins the 5,000 meter speed skating gold medal at Lake Placid Winter Olympics. Heiden’s time was 7 minutes, 2.29 seconds, an Olympic record and was the second of five speed skating gold medals for Heident in Lake Placid. It was the first time gold medals at all five distances (500, 1,000, 1,500, 3,000, 5,000 meters) had been one at a single Games and Heiden remains the only Olympian to win gold medals at all five distances in a career.
In 1974 – Johnny Rodriguez is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with That’s The Way Love Goes. It was the fourth of 19 Top 10 country hits for Rodriguez and was his third of six #1s. The song was written by Lefty Frizzell, who declined to release it as a single, and in 1984 a version by Merle Haggard went #1 country.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
There is not one of them who, if he chanced to discover the difference between falsehood and truth, would not prefer his own lie to the truth which another had discovered.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. X: Rousseau and Revolution
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Jeffrey Dahmer served in the US Army from January 1979 until March 1981, a time that was during his killing spree. He was honorably discharged.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who is the only man to win three consecutive Olympic 5,000-meter speed skating gold medals? – Answer next time!
