The Daily Dose/October 13, 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 – It’s a fairly busy day for Sparrow, though he does take time to have lunch. Today’s Diary.
Lunch was with Malea and Amanda from the Building Department…We went to a Mexican place owned by the hotel’s restaurant group that Amanda said had a satisfactory cleanliness rating, her main, perhaps sole, criteria for picking a restaurant…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
Due to time constraints, today’s On This Date items have run previously. Regrets are issued.
In 2010 – Thirty-three coal miners – known to History as Los 33 – are rescued from a coal mine in northern Chile. Los 33 had spent 69 days trapped 2,300 feet underground and had made two days of emergency rations last 17 days, right up until they were discovered, eventually being rescued via a capsule being lowered through a tunnel bored for the purpose. The miners were generally in good health, though each had lost an average of 18 pounds. In 2013, the investigation into the disaster ended without any charges being filed. The ordeal had begun on August 5.
In 1903 – The Boston Americans – now the Red Sox – defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 at home to win the first World Series 5 games to 3. The Americans got the only runs they needed on a two-run single by Hobe Ferriss in the fourth inning and Bill Dinneen pitched his second shutout of the series, a record that is now held by Christy Matthewson, who pitched three shutouts in 1905. The first three games of the series were played in Boston, the next four in Pittsburgh, and a ninth game, if needed, would have also been played in Boston.
In 1984 – Stevie Wonder is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with I Just Called to Say I Love You. The song went to #1 in 16 other countries including Great Britain, Spain, and Denmark, and also went to #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. It was Billboard’s 25th biggest song of the year, the 73rd biggest of the decade, and ranked 370th on Billboard’s 60th-anniversary chart last year. The song was Wonder’s 40th Top 40 hit and his eighth of ten #1 songs. It was from the soundtrack to the movie The Women in Red.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Jackson carried a vision…of the United States and its people as an extension of his own clan in which he was alternately father and son.
Jon Meachem
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s #1 song of 1985 was Careless Whisper Wham! Featuring George Michael.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many World Series did Bill Dinneen participate in during his career? – Answer next time!
