The Daily Dose/March 3, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return. We are working on a couple of projects right now.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow watches a hockey game. Today’s Diary.
Or tried to give us a clap; it’s kind of tuff when you’re dressed like a hockey goalie…We’ll take it, tho…It was very nice of him.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1931 – Congress adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics had been written by Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the War of 1812 and the melody was from an old English drinking song. Prior to this, various songs were used as national anthems, including Hail, Columbia, My Country Tis of Thee, and America the Beautiful, which itself had been considered as the permanent anthem.
In 1981 – The Edmonton Oilers and the New York Islanders tie the NHL record for most goals in a tie game in an 8-8 game played in New York. The teams tied the record established by the Montreal Maroons and the New York Americans on February 18, 1936 and the mark was tied on six other occasions before the NHL adopted the shoot-out rule in 2005 which ended tie games.
In 1973 – Roberta Flack is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of five non-consecutive weeks with Killing Me Softly With His Song. The song also went to #1 in Australia and Canada, peaked at #6 in Great Britain, at #2 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s third-biggest song of the year. The song won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Female Vocal Performance and was the second of three #1s for Flack.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Who can ask more of a man/Than giving all within his span/Giving all, it seems to me/Is not so far from victory
George Moriarty
The Road Ahead of the Road Behind
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The highest winning score in PGA history is 290, six over par, by Paul Lawrie at the 1999 British Open.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Roberta Flack won two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year. What song earned her the other award? – Answer next time!
