The Daily Dose/September 17, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around out human experience.
Leading Off will return. We are working on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow spends some at Doc’s ranch. Today’s Diary.
(Doc took some pics of yours truly at work here, however, because I spent most of the photoshoot giving Doc the finger – and the fact yours truly is the most unphotogenic person on the planet – Doc ended up deleting all of them rather than find out if yours truly would make good on his threats to stuff his goddamned head in the grate.)
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1859 – San Francisco eccentric Joshua Norton declares himself Emperor of the United States in a letter delivered to the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin. His acts during his 31-year reign included abolishing Congress and a rather forward-looking demand to form a league of nations. His proclamations were routinely ignored, however, his government was recognized by Hawaiian King Kamehameha V though Queen Victoria of Britain ignored his proposals of marriage. Norton died, almost penniless, in 1880.
Editor’s Note: the below item actually happened on Sept 18.
In 1963 – The Polo Grounds in New York City hosts its final major league baseball game when the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the New York Mets 5-1. The stadium opened in 1911 hosting both the New York Giants and New York Yankees and hosted 4,490 regular-season major league games. The New York Jets would play their final game there in December and the stadium also hosted nine Army/Navy football games. The site is now a public housing project and both the Mets and Jets moved into Shea Stadium the following year.
In 1966 – Wilson Pickett is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart – for the only week with Land of 1000 Dances. It was the eighth of 49 soul hits for Pickett and his third of five #1 songs on the soul chart. The song also peaked at #22 in Great Britain and at #6 on the Hot 100, Pickett’s biggest pop hit. In 1981, a version by Ted Nugent peaked at #47 on Billboard’s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.
Martin Luther
Imperial Diet, Worms, Germany
4/18/1521
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Bing Crosby’s last appearance on a Billboard chart was last year when seven songs appeared on the Holiday 100 chart. The biggest was White Christmas, which peaked at #13.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many NFL championship games did the Polo Grounds host? – Answer next time!
