The Daily Dose/September 27, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off is enjoying some time off while we work on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow continues with his currency test. Today’s Diary.
The $5 Bill Test (5BT) is still going on…Recall last week I put a taped-together $5 bill in the right drawer in the back of a paperclipped stack of 20 fivers, to see how long it would remain the drawer…Well, it was still there tonite, still the very last one, tho this time in a stack of seven five-dollar bills…Now, recall the bill’s status wasn’t noted yesterday, mainly because yours truly forgot about it, so plainly this field test isn’t as exciting as my seminal work on creamer usage earlier this month, but we’re going to keep with the (5BT) until the end.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1066 – The Norman Invasion of England begins when The Duke of Normandy sets sail from France to invade England. The Duke would land at Pevensey the following day, defeated King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings on October 14 and was crowned William the Conqueror on Christmas Day and reigned until 1087, though his throne was not completely secured until 1072. The disposition of Harold II’s body remains unclear, though it is thought to have been thrown into the English Channel.
In 2000 – The United States defeats Cuba 4-0 in the gold medal baseball game at the Sydney Summer Olympics. Ben Sheets, later of the Milwaukee Brewers, pitched a 3-hit shutout and the team was coached by Tommy Lasorda. It was the third time baseball had been an Olympic medal sport and was the first time Cuba did not win the gold medal. South Korea defeated Japan for the bronze medal.
In 1986 – Lionel Ritchie is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the first of two consecutive weeks with Dancing on the Ceiling. It was the second of three #1 albums for Ritchie and produced five Top 40 hits, including the #1 Say You, Say Me. The album also went to #1 in Norway and on Billboard’s soul album chart and peaked at #2 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s 99th-biggest album of 1986 and its 19th-biggest of 1987.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…an American minority, armed with great wealth, could so subjugate the American political process as to oblige the many to glumly go to war for the benefit of the few.
Gore Vidal
The Golden Age
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The major league for pitching complete games in the most doubleheaders is five, done by Joe McGinnity of the Baltimore Orioles (AL, now the New York Yankees) and the New York Giants (NL) between 1901-03.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Lionel Ritchie’s biggest hot on Billboard’s Hot 100? – Answer next time!
