The Daily Dose/October 28, 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 while we work on a project. It will return. Promise.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow deals with a guy who’s crackers. Today’s Diary.
It was about midnight and this nitwit rings the bell like he’s alerting ships at sea and I go out and there’s a tall mid-20ish guy in a t-shirt and towel around his waist that he’s fidgeting with in a manner that personally made me uncomfortable…Somewhat wary of the answer, I ask how I can be of service…
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1420 – The Forbidden Palace in Beijing is completed and is declared the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty lasted until the middle of the 17th-century and the palace housed 24 Chinese emperors until 1912 and the complex consists of 980 buildings, 8,886 rooms and draws an average of 14 million visitors annually. Valued at $70 billion, it is reckoned to be the most valuable piece of real estate in the world. Construction began in 1406 and required over one million laborers.
In 1934 – The Pittsburgh Pirates – now the Steelers – and the Brooklyn Dodgers establish a new NFL record for fewest penalties in a game in 21-3 Dodgers’ victory. The team combined for zero penalties, to break the record of one done several times. The record has been matched three times since, the last time in a 1940 game between the Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles.
In 1978 – Nick Gilder is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Hot Child in the City. The song was in its 21st week on the Hot 100, a record for the longest climb to #1 that would be broken in 1982 by Chariots of Fire by Vangelis, which took 22 weeks to reach #1 and the mark is now held by Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You, which took 35 weeks to reach #1 in nine separate chart runs between 2000 and 2019. The song also went to #1 in Canada and remains Gilder’s only Top 40 hit.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Herb Alpert’s biggest hit on Billboard’s soul chart was Diamonds with Lisa Keith and Janet Jackson, which spent two weeks at #1 in 1987. The song also peaked at #5 on the Hot 100.
Today’s Stumper
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What is the Hot 100 record for the most weeks to reach #1 in a single chart run? – Answer next time!
