The Daily Dose/May 19, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return. Promise.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has some technology news from the hotel. Today’s Diary.
(Also, ol’ Sparrow strongly suspects there will be a credit card processor on the back office computer again…Recall the old one went away under circumstances that were never satisfactorily explained…This will make it possible to enter credit cards on reservations made in the back office, which will increase the Sparrow Convenience Factor (SCF) the one or two times a month he takes a reservation in the back office.)
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1743 – What today is known as the Celsius temperature scale comes into being when French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin inverts the then in use Centigrade scale, which at the time had water boiling at 0° and freezing at 100°. Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius had invented the centigrade scale the year before, though the scale wasn’t named after him until 1948. The Celsius and Fahrenheit scales intersect at minus-40°.
In 1973 – Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, wins the Preakness Stakes with a 2 1/2-length win over Sham at Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore. There was some controversy about the winning. The official time was 1:55, but two Racing Form timers both had it at 1:53⅖, an issue that was not resolved until 2012 when the faster time was acknowledged by the race track. Secretariat would claim the Triple Crown three weeks later with a 31-length win in the Belmont Stakes.
In 1962 – The Shirelles are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with Soldier Boy. It was the seventh of twelve Top 40 hits for the group and was their second and final #1 song. The song also peaked at #3 on Billboard’s soul chart, at #23 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s tenth-biggest song of the year. A version by Donna Fargo peaked at #71 on Billboard’s country chart in 1991.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Would he spend the rest of his life here…watching hope slip away along with the years, until there was nothing left to live for and time had finally run out?
Alex Haley
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The NHL record for most goals scored in a Stanley Cup Finals game is five, by Newsy Lalonde of the Montreal Canadiens in game three of the 1919 Final vs the Ottawa Senators.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What area holds the record for most consecutive days over 100° Fahrenheit? – Answer next time!
