The Daily Dose/February 20, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is time out. It will return after penance is served.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow makes history in the sack. Today’s Diary.
13.0 hours for the day and 41.0 hours for the week and get out your history books because this marks the third consecutive week the Friday Sleep Total (FST) has surpassed the 40-hour mark, the first time this happened since the inception of the Sleep Log…I am not making that up.
———
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 1986 – The first module of the Soviet space station Mir is launched from what is now southern Kazakhstan. Mir would not be completed until 1996 and would be manned for ten years. The crew used Moscow time and covered windows to simulate night, necessary because the spacecraft observed 16 sunrises and sunsets every day. Mir returned to Earth in March 2001, breaking up in the atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean.
In 1996 – John Stockton of the Utah Jazz establishes a new NBA record for most career steals in a 112-98 win over the Boston Celtics. Stockton had two steals, giving him 2,311 for his career, one more than the record established by Maurice Cheeks from 1978-93. Stockton retired in 2003 with 3,265 steals, a record that still stands and Cheeks’ mark is now good for fifth on the all-time list.
In 1988 – Merle Haggard is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star. It was the 95th of 102 country chart singles for Haggard, his 68th of 70 Top 10 hits and his 38th and final #1 country song. Haggard’s first #1 country song was I’m A Lonesome Fugitive in 1966 and his last country chart appearance was 1990’s When It Rains It Pours, which peaked at #60.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Form increases as options decrease…The closer something comes to completion, the harder and more definite it becomes. Our options become fewer, until the full impact of our creation is all that is there.
Deng Ming-Dao
365 Tao
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Lou Christie’s only appearance on Billboard’s soul chart came in 1963 when Two Faces Have I peaked at #11.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which cosmonaut/astronaut holds the record for the most time on the space station Mir? – Answer next time!
Go Gaylon! Visit Gaylon on Facebook here.
