The Daily Dose/March 21, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow deals with a caller trying to work him for a lower rate. Today’s Diary.
I apologize and advise that while I cannot offer that rate, I can offer $225 if he signs up for the rewards club at check-in and Miller could tell when the tablets were coming down from Mount Sinai because he offered no resistance to this rather gracious offer.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1871 – Welsh/American writer and explorer Henry Morton Stanley embarks on a journey to find Scottish explorer David Livingstone, who was on a mission in central Africa and had not been heard from in six years. Stanley would eventually find Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika in what is now Tanzania and the line “Dr. Livingstone, I presume” appears to be a later embellishment by Stanley, as neither man mentioned it in contemporary accounts.
In 1964 – The UCLA Bruins win the NCAA major division – then known as the University Division – basketball title with a 98-83 victory over the Duke Blue Devils in Kansas City. It was the first of eleven NCAA basketball titles for the Bruins, ten of them coached by John Wooden, who was then in his 16th season as head coach. The Bruins would win nine more national titles through 1975 and this was the first title game appearance for Duke, who would win the first of their five championships in 1991.
In 1987 – Club Nouveau is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Lean On Me. It was the first of two Top 40 hits for the group and remains their only #1 song. The song also went to #1 in Canada and New Zealand, peaked at #3 in Great Britain, at #2 on Billboard’s soul chart, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B song. In 1972 a version by Bill Withers went to #1 on Billboard’s pop and soul charts, making Lean On Me one of nine songs to go to #1 on the Hot 100 by different artists.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I balanced sometimes between principle and inclination…So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.
Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
John Stockton led the NBA in assists nine times, all with the Utah Jazz from 1984 and 2003, more than anybody else.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Between 1964 and 1975, who were the only two schools besides UCLA to win NCAA basketball titles? – Answer next time!
