The Daily Dose/September 15, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around out 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 unable to be of service to a guest. Today’s Diary.
About 0100 a guy wanders up with a technical question: how can he get his gaming device to hook up to the hotel’s WiFi???…Hell, I don’t know, so it should not be the Upset of the Year that I was of some zero help here…I said the device should hook up automatically or at least provide a place to enter the access code and he said it wasn’t and after that I stopped bothering and admitted I knew nothing about this…
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 3 – And they’re off! The race for the most coveted trophy in sports, The Dan Henning trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy – begins.
8. Gotham City (0-2; NY Jets: lost to Carolina 19-14; NY Giants: lost to Denver 27-13 ) – Holy opening week, Batman!!!…With teams not meeting in 2021, Ed Koch Cup – symbolic of Big Apple football ineptitude – could come down to Giants loss in preseason opener…Next Loss: NY Jets: New England; NY Giants: Atlanta
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1935 – Germany’s Nuremberg Laws take effect, stripping Jews of their German citizenship and prohibiting marriage and extramarital relations between Germans and Jews. Emigration was difficult for Jews, whose wealth was taxed at 90% when leaving the country and those that were willing to pay it had trouble finding a country willing to take them. A plan by Germany to resettle Jews in Madagascar failed and Germany began exterminating Jews in 1941.
In 1990 – Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox becomes the first major league player to save 50 games in a season in a 7-4 win over the Boston Red Sox. Thigpen finished the season with 57 saves, a major league record that is now held by Francisco Rodriguez of the Los Angeles Angels, who had 62 saves in 2008. It was, by far, Thigpen’s best season, his previous high for saves being 34, done twice, in 1989 and 1988.
In 1962 – The Four Seasons are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of five consecutive weeks with Sherry. The song also went to #1 in Canada and New Zealand, peaked at 38 in Great Britain and in October spent a week at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. It was the first chart single for the group, their first of three consecutive #1 songs and six overall. The original members of the group were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and lead singer Franki Valli still tours with the group.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Oh, what low joke was Fortuna playing on him now? Arrest, accident, job! Where would this dreadful cycle ever end?
John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The NCAA all-division record for most rushing yards in a game is 465, by Cartel Brooks of Division III Heidelberg, in 2013
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who recorded the first save in major league history? – Answer next time!
