The Daily Dose/March 15, 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 hotel., Sparrow works a drug call. Today’s Diary.
I then open the orange container, just for funsies to see if their are drugs in it, and BOOM, there were drugs in it: some white rock, black rock, and a very small baggie with a white powder in it…Well, you don’t have to be a DEA agent to strongly suspect these substances are consistent with narcotics use…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 44 BC – Roman dictator Julius Caesar, head of the Roman Republic, is assassinated, stabbed to death in the Theater of Pompey in Rome. After an initial glancing blow by a senator named Casca, others joined in and History reports Caesar was stabbed 23 times. The assassins fled after doing their work and Caesar was eventually removed by three slaves and later cremated. The date is known as the Ides of March, a date set aside in Rome for religious observations and the settling of debts.
In 1869 – The National Association of Base Ball Players authorizes the Cincinnati Red Stockings to become the first professional baseball team in the US. The Red Stockings would sign ten players through November, would play their first game in May and would go 57-0 on the year. The team folded in 1870 and did not play in the National Association (1871-75), though a Cincinnati team was a charter member of the National League in 1876. The current Cincinnati Reds formed in the American Association in 1881 and joined the National League in 1890.
In 1975 – The Doobie Brothers are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Black Water. It was the sixth of 16 Top 40 hits for the group, their second of five Top 10 songs, and was their first of two #1s (What a Fool Believes, one week, 1979). The song also peaked at #11 in Canada and was Billboard’s 15th-biggest song of the year. The Doobie Brothers’ last appearance on a Billboard singles chart was in 2011 when A Brighter Day peaked at #18 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…never think that you are not good enough yourself…My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.
Anthony Trollope
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Two presidents of the United States are buried at Arlington National Cemetery: John F Kennedy and William Howard Taft.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Black Water by the Doobie Brothers was originally released as the B side to what hit? – Answer next time!
