The Daily Dose/September 19, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading off is in time-out for the moment.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the retailer, Sparrow’s favorite Aisle 5 is gone. Today’s Diary.
…longtime readers of this crap may – or they may not – recall the Bachelor Purchase of the Nite (BPN), which was always some hapless loser living alone buying bachelor stuff like macaroni and cheese and frozen pizzas…Our All-Time Fave (ATF) BPN was that chubby kid with greasy hair buying two packs of Magic The Gathering Cards and our largest box of Junior Mints to accent his (solo) Saturday nite festivities, which probably included stuffing dead bodies under the porch.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1982 – The emoticon – the use of keyboard characters to express an emotion – is used for the first time on a bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh by Peter Fahlman. Fahlman suggested using :- ) and :- ( as markers for what were and were not jokes. Fahlman did not originate the idea, though. It had been suggested by, among others, Readers Digest in the 1960s and some rather dull sorts have argued over whether or not English poet Robert Herrick used one in 1688. Emoticon is short for ‘emotion icon’.
In 1993 – John Carney of the San Diego Chargers establishes a new NFL record for most consecutive field goals in an 18-17 win over the Houston Oilers. Carney had six field goals, giving him 29 straight, and research into whose record he broke was inconclusive. Carney’s streak would end at 29 with a miss on Oct 3 against the Seattle Seahawks and the record is now held by Adam Vinatieri, who kicked 44 straight field goals for the Indianapolis Colts in 2015-16.
In 2020- Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion is at #1 on Billboard’s first-ever Global 200 chart with WAP. The song would spend three non-consecutive weeks at the top and also went to #1 in seven countries, including Greece, Great Britain, and the United States, where it was in its third of four non-consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100. It was the fourth of five Hot 100 #1s for Cardi B and the second and most recent #1 for Megan Thee Stallion. The Global 200 ranks songs based on digital sales and streaming data from over 200 countries and territories.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The American dream is not about money. It is about using your abilities and being the best you can be.
Congressman J.C. Watts
Republican National Convention
8/13/96
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The last now-defunct NFL team to win the league title was the Providence Steam Rollers in 1928.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What act holds the record for most #1 songs on the Billboard Global 200? – Answer next time!
