The Daily Dose/March 10, 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 reports the hotel’s restaurant will soon start offering
…it was plain this news thrilled the AFDM…He was moving his hands as if he were auditioning for Dance Fever, and he all but achieved and maintained a state of arousal.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1861 – The constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted by delegates in Montgomery, Alabama. The constitution was similar to the US version, though slavery was “recognized and protected” and it included line-item veto power for the president. It replaced a provisonal constitution, and the original version is in a rare book library at the University of Georgia. It remained in effect until the Confederacy lost the Civil War in 1865.
In 1918 – The first NHL playoff game is played, a 7-3 win by the Toronto Hockey Club over the Montreal Canadiens in game one of a 2-game total goals championship series at Arena Gardens – latter the Mutual Street Arena – in Toronto. Toronto would win the series 10 goals to 7 two nights later to win the O’Brien Trophy, an award discontinued by the NHL in 1950. Toronto would later defeat the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in five games for the Stanley Cup.
In 1963 – Carl Butler and Pearl are at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the seventh of eleven non-consecutive weeks with Don’t Let Me Cross Over. It was the first of eleven Top 40 country hits for the husband and wife duo, their first of two Top 10 songs, and remains their only #1. Later versions by Jerry Lee Lewis/Linda Gail Lewis and Deborah Allen/Jim Reeves both went Top 10 country. The song also peaked at #88 on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It is hard to define morality, for each age makes its own definition to suit its temper and sins.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. X: Rousseau and Revolution
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Stranger on the Shore by Mr Acker Bilk was Billboard’s #1 song of 1962. It spent one week at the top, plus 21 weeks in the Hot 100 and eleven weeks in the Top 10.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was the length of the term for the Confederate president? – Answer next time!
