The Daily Dose/August 22, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow offers a guest some options for going to church. Today’s Diary.
I warned Paula it wasn’t like the traditional churches she’s probably accustomed to and that ol’ Sparrow grew up with…For one, there’s no such thing as your Sunday best there; folks wear whatever they want…Plus, the sanctuary has theater seating instead of pews and there was neither altar nor a pulpit, either…She waved this off, saying she didn’t have goin’ to meeting clothes, anyway, and that it would be good to be in a church on a Sunday morning besides.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1978 – Congress sends to the several states a constitutional amendment that would give the District of Columbia three votes for president in the electoral college. The amendment gave no role to the district in a contingent election when a president or vice president is elected by the House or Senate because no one received an Electoral College majority. The amendment was not approved by the required 38 states in the seven-year time limit and was not ratified.
In 1917 – Carson Bigbee of the Pittsburgh Pirates establishes a new major league record for most at-bats in a game in a 6-5, 22-inning loss to the Brooklyn Robins. Bigbee had eleven at-bats in the game and research into whose record he broke was inconclusive. The record still stands, has been tied many times and the nine-inning mark is eight, also done many times. It was the fourth consecutive extra-inning game for the Pirates, which established a new National League record.
In 1964 – The Supremes are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Where Did Our Love Go. It was the second Top 40 hit for the group and their first of five consecutive and twelve overall #1 songs. The song also went to #1 in New Zealand and Canada, peaked at #3 in Great Britain, at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 10th-biggest song of the year. The song was written by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
For Adams, the American Revolution was about opportunity: the opportunity for the people to govern themselves and the opportunity for an individual to achieve whatever his merit could earn.
John Ferling
Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Rollie Fingers broke Hoyt Wilhelm’s career save record with his 245th save in 1980.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What song by the Supremes spent the most weeks at #1? – Answer next time!
