The Daily Dose/April 18, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off continues in time out.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow goes out to brunch. Today’s Diary.
I’ll tell you what, tho yours truly is currently a heathen for whom Easter means nothing, I’d support monthly Easters if it means a prime rib brunch…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1506 – Construction on St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City – then part of Rome in the Papal States – begins. Construction was completed in 1626 and was financed, in part, by the sale of indulgences (reductions in punishment) which directly led to objection by Martin Luther and indirectly to the Protestant Reformation. It remains the largest church in the world by interior measure and replaced Old St Peter’s Basilica, which had been constructed in 333 AD and torn down in 1505.
In 1942 – The Toronto Maple Leafs become the first major North American sports team to erase a 3-games-to-0 deficit and win a best-of-seven series, winning the Stanley Cup with a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. It was the fourth of 14 Stanley Cup titles for Toronto and the second of 13 losses in the finals for Detroit. The feat has been accomplished three other times in the NHL, once in major league baseball, and three times in the NBA.
In 2009 – The Black Eyed Peas are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of twelve consecutive weeks with Boom Boom Pow, their first of three #1 songs. The song went to #1 in eight other countries, including Israel and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s biggest song of the year. The group replaced themselves at #1 with I Gotta Feeling, which spent 14 weeks at the top, with 26 weeks establishing a record for most consecutive weeks at #1 by one act, a record that still stands.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The good is rare, that’s all, and not easy for most of us to live with.
Gore Vidal
Washington, D.C.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Prior to her solo career, Janis Joplin was a member of the group Big Brother and the Holding Company, whose album Cheap Thrills spent eight non-consecutive weeks at #1 in 1968.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
When did Vatican City become an independent country? – Answer next time!
