The Daily Dose/August 12, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for the time being.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Moses, a trucker whose rig is acting up, stops by to use the phone. Today’s Diary.
He’s back in a few minutes by himself tho, to report that his coworker has seen the light and to hell with it, they’re heading back up the pass come what may…Moses accepted my offer of coffee from Sparrow’s personal stash, said and meant thank you and BOOM, just like that Moses was gone…Before heading out the door tho, he turned and waved and left us with this quote which – with typical Moses wisdom – is true of life itself:
“Truckin’ ain’t always beautiful…”
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1985 – Japan Airlines flight 123 – service from Tokyo to Osaka – crashes in mountains about a half-hour west of Tokyo. All 15 crew members and 505 of the 509 passengers died. The cause of the crash was due to cabin depressurization twelve minutes into the flight with the cause cited as a faulty repair on a rear bulkhead some years earlier. The incident remains the single deadliest airplane crash in History.
In 1974 – Nolan Ryan of the California Angels ties the major league record for most strikeouts in a nine-inning game in a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Ryan struck out 19 batters to tie the mark that had been done four times previously, most recently by Tom Seaver in 1970. The record is now 20, done four times and the extra-inning record is 21, done once. Ryan also tied Luis Tiant’s American League mark for most strikeouts in consecutive appearances with 32.
In 1967 – Stevie Wonder is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart – for the third of four non-consecutive weeks with I Was Made to Love Her. It was the fourth of a then-record 20 #1 soul hits for Wonder – a mark shared with Aretha Franklin and now held by Drake – and his tenth of 49 Top 10 soul hits. The song also peaked at #2 on the Hot 100, at #5 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s 14th biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
His life was an unforgivable indictment of theirs; they wished he would sin a little, if only out of a decent respect for the habits of mankind.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. III: Caesar and Christ
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Donna Summer had one #1 song in Great Britain, I Feel Love, which spent four weeks at the top in 1977.
Today’s Stumper
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How many times did Nolan Ryan strike out ten or more batters in a game? – Answer next time!
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