The Daily Dose/March 4, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off called in sick. It will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow doesn’t give the cabin its usual Thursday cleaning. Today’s Diary.
The cabin didn’t even get even a Level I cleaning today, much less the Level II cleaning it needed last Thursday and desperately needs now…There were only a couple of dishes to wash and the catbox was cleaned but that was it…Too bad, too, because things starting to crunch when you walk in certain areas.
———
Click here for complimentary chapters of all of Gaylon’s books.
It’s easy reading on any device.
Columns, books, shopping lists, click here to get in on the laughs.
4Ever & Ever ($8.99) and monthly ($2.99) plans available.
———
On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1946 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill uses the phrase “Iron Curtain” in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Churchill was speaking about political affairs in Europe after World War II, specifically the separation between countries under Soviet influence and those not. Churchill is often credited with coining the term, however it had earlier been used by the Nazis in reference to the Soviet Union.
In 1969 – Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins establishes a new NHL record for most assists in a season in a 2-2 tie with the Detroit Red Wings. Esposito had two assists, giving him 63 on the season, breaking the record of 62 set by Stan Mikita of the Chicago Blackhawks in 1966-67. Esposito finished the season with 77 assists, a mark that has been topped many times and the single-season assist record is now 163, done by Wayne Gretzky in 1985-86.
In 1966 – Barry Sadler, a staff sergeant in the United States Army, is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of five consecutive weeks with Ballad of the Green Berets. It was the first chart single for Sadler and only a #28 hit later in the year prevented him from being an ultimate one-hit wonder, an act whose only chart single went to #1. The song also went to #1 in South Africa, peaked at #24 in Great Britain, at #2 on Billboard’s country chart and was Billboard’s #1 song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Fortune had betrayed him for the moment, and the world had turned against him. Victory was slipping from his grasp even as he stretched out his hand to seize it. But his arm was long.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Wayne Gretzky had 137 points in his first NHL season in 1979-80. However, he had spent the previous season in the World Hockey Association and was not considered a rookie.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
For how many years did Winston Churchill serve as British prime minister? – Answer next time!
Go Gaylon! Visit Gaylon on Facebook here.
