The Daily Dose/October 10, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for a while.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow checks in a couple from Floriday. Today’s Diary.
It was almost offhandedly how they noted they had done better than most in surviving the hurricane, tho they did have pics of cars almost underwater…Their home and business made it through with moderate tho not extensive damage and they noted they felt guilty going on vacation, but it had been long-planned and felt good when yours truly noted you had to get back to a normal life eventually…(By the by, these weren’t the first hurricane victims I’ve met working hotels…Invariably they were all good-natured about what had happened.)
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On This Date
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In 1846 – English astronomer William Lassell discovers Triton, the first moon of Neptune. Triton is a bit smaller than our moon, is thought to have once been a planet in the Kuiper Belt, and is the only moon in the Solar System that rotates in the opposite direction of its host, known as a retrograde orbit. Neptune itself had been discovered a couple of weeks earlier, though Galileo had observed it in the 17th century and mistook it for a star.
In 1964 – The Summer Olympics open in Tokyo, with 5,151 athletes from 93 nations competing. Judo and volleyball made their Olympic debuts, Joe Frazier won the heavyweight boxing gold medal, and these were the last to use a cinder track for running events. Tokyo was originally awarded the 1940 Summer Games, which were taken away after they invaded China and were later canceled due to World War II. The US won the most gold medals (36) while the Soviet Union won the most overall medals (96).
In 1970 – The Jackson 5 is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Best Selling Soul Singles chart – for the first of six consecutive weeks with I’ll Be There. The song also peaked at #4 in Great Britain, would later spend five consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100, was Billboard’s biggest soul song of the year, and its 7th-biggest pop song of 1970. It was the fourth of six soul #1s for the group and their fourth and final pop #1. A version by Mariah Carey went to #1 on the Hot 100 in 1992.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Change is a constant, but so is identity.
I. F. Stone
The Trial of Socrates
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The first person to hit three home runs in a League Championship Series game was Bob Robertson of the Pittsburgh Pirates in game two of the 1971 National League Championship Series vs San Francisco.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many moons is Neptune known to have now? – Answer next time!
