The Daily Dose/October 14, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently while we work on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Geography Master Sparrow establishes his street cred. Today’s Diary.
Now, I am in the upper percentile in geography knowledge so I’d heard of Moldova, but for the life of me couldn’t remember if it was part of the old USSR or if it was part of the old Yugoslavia, evidently confusing it with Montenegro…I admitted this and further confused matters by throwing in some topographical features like “Ural Mountains” and “Black Sea” and she was actually fairly impressed with my knowledge of the area.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1968 – Apollo 7 performs the first live TV broadcast from a US spacecraft, on its third of eleven days in space. During the seven-minute broadcast, the crew of Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and R Walter Cunningham gave a tour of the spacecraft and recited old radio catchphrases and relations between the crew and mission control were so contentious it was the last space flight for all three. The mission, though, was a complete success, allowing Apollo 8 to fly to and orbit the moon in December.
In 1964 – Billy Mills of the United States establishes a new Olympic record in the 10,000 meters at the Tokyo Summer Games. Mills, a graduate of Kansas and a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, used a strong finishing kick in the home stretch to finish in 28 minutes 24.4 seconds and he remains the only American to win an Olympic gold medal in this race. 10,000 meters is about 6.2 miles and this remains Mills’ only medal in a major international meet.
In 1967 – Bobbie Gentry is at #1 on Billboard’s album chart – then known as the Top LPs chart – for the first of two consecutive weeks with Ode To Billy Joe. It was her first chart album and remains her only #1 and yielded one Top 40 hit, the title track which went to #1 on the Hot 100. The album also went to #1 on Billboard’s country album chart and peaked at #5 on its soul album chart. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Album, and contributed to Gentry earring the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.
John Adams
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
NFL kicker Nick Lowery was the first professional athlete to graduate from Dartmouth.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which album won the Grammy Award for Best Album in 1968? – Answer next time!
