The Daily Dose/November 14, 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 does a welfare check. Today’s Diary.
We ring the room but there’s no answer, so Mr F and I head up to 227 and on the off chance Billy S is armed and looking to kill, ol’ Sparrow bravely stands off to the side while knocking and opening the door, letting Mr F enter to see what the deal was…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1952 – The first regular record chart in Great Britain is published by New Musical Express magazine with Here In My Heart by Al Martino the first #1 song. Over the years, Elvis has the most #1 songs in Great Britain with 21, while Paul McCartney has the most appearances at #1, 25, counting his time with the Beatles, Wings, and as a solo act. The biggest song in British chart history is I Believe by Frankie Laine, which spent 18 weeks at #1 in 1953. The official British chart is now published by the Official Charts Company.
In 1993 – Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins establishes a new NFL record for most regular-season and playoff wins in a 19-14 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. It was Shula’s 325 career win, eclipsing the record established by George Halas of the Decatur Staleys/Chicago Staleys/Chicago Bears in four separate stints from 1920-67. Shula retired after the 1995 season with 347 career wins, a record that still stands. Shula also holds the record for most regular-season wins with 328.
In 2020 – Lauren Daigle is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Singles chart for the 110th of 132 non-consecutive weeks You Say, tying the record for most weeks at #1 on any Billboard chart. Daigle tied the record set by Wendy Carlos – then known as Walter Carlos – who spent 110 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Classical Album chart from 1969-72 with Switched-On Bach. You Say first hit #1 on the Christian chart in July 2018 and in March 2019 peaked at #30 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
These were, he now assured himself…adventures on the journey of the Fool, guided by intuition and governed by a morality that was not to everybody’s taste.
Robertson Davies
The Lyre of Orpheus
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The NHL record for most minutes in a career by a goaltender is 74,438 – the equivlelent of about 51 days – by Martin Brodeur, from 1991-2015.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which NFL head coach who is in the Top 10 in career wins has the most career losses? – Answer next time!
