The Daily Dose/September 18, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our 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 is a slave to fashion. Today’s Diary.
That new quarter-zip pullover – from the Sparrow Fall Collection – made its debut today at the VSO and I gotta tell you, it was perfect for a cool but not cold morning…The XL fits great, altho proof that ol’ Sparrow will whine about anything can be found in the fact he is whining about it being a tad longer than the Sparrow ideal (SI) but, on the other hand, why argue with the retailer’s fashion designers???…Maybe a tad longer length is a thing now…It was a bit warm, tho, on the walk to get the watch battery replaced, but it was in the mid-70s by then and you can’t whine about that, even tho I would like to…The brick color goes really good with my khaki work pants, too.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1851 – The first edition of The New York Times – then the New-York Daily Times – is published. The first edition cost one cent and featured local news, news from Europe, shipping news and a hard-hitting item about the appearance of bloomers around town. Today the New York Times has won a record 132 Pulitzer Prizes and has the third-largest circulation in the country behind USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.
In 1996 – Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox ties the major league record for most strikeouts in a 9-inning game in a 4-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Clemens struck out 20 batters to tie the mark he had established in 1986 and the mark still stands and has been equaled three times. The extra-inning record is 21 by Tom Cheney in a 16-inning game in 1962.
In 1976 – Peter Frampton is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the seventh of ten non-consecutive weeks with Frampton Comes Alive. It was Frampton’s fifth of 14 chart albums and remains his only #1. The album yielded three Top 40 singles, went to #1 in Canada, Australia and Portugal, peaked at #6 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s biggest album of the year and its 14th biggest of 1977. The album was recorded over several concerts in the summer and fall of 1975.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruit cannot be plucked by them.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Polo Grounds hosted NFL championship games in 1934, 1936, 1938, 1944 and 1946.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Peter Frampton’s biggest hit on the Hot 100? – Answer next time!
