The Daily Dose/July 14, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is back from hiatus, but is not running today. It will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow deals with another hippie. Today’s Diary.
There was another guy who needed a shower checking in this morning…I thought these non-bathers had fled town because their gathering in a forest north here ended days ago…The guys generally need haircuts, too, their hair long and braided, and this guy smelled so bad we went and stole a can of industrial strength deodorizer from Gloria’s office.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1965 & 2015 – Humans begin and end their quest to photograph the planets in the Solar System as Mariner 4 sends the first pictures of Mars back to Earth and New Horizons completes its flyby of Pluto. Both missions were launched by the US, Mariner 4 in 1964 and New Horizons in 2006, and both performed their missions flawlessly. Communications with Mariner 4 were terminated in December 1967 and it remains in heliocentric orbit, while New Horizons is expected to continue its expedition until the late 2030s.
In 1963 – Jacques Anquetil of France becomes the first person to win the Tour de France four times, taking the lead for good after winning the 17th stage and defeating Spain’s Federico Bahamontes by 3 minutes, 35 seconds. The race had begun on June 23 and consisted of 2,571 miles over 21 stages and the following year Anquetil would become the first to win the Tour five times, a total since matched by four others. The 2022 Tour is in progress and will finish in Paris on July 24 after 21 stages and 2,081.5 miles.
In 1968 – Tammy Wynette is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the third and final consecutive week with D-I-V-O-R-C-E. It was the fourth of 17 #1 country songs and the fifth of 30 Top 10 songs for Wynette in a chart career that spanned from 1966 through 1998. The song also went #1 country in Canada and peaked at #63 on the Hot 100, Wynette’s second of twelve pop hits.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat…intangible and indescribable.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The mayor of New York City during the 1977 blackout was Abraham Beame.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many #1 country songs did Tammy Wynette have in Canada? – Answer next time!
