The Daily Dose/October 4, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for the time being.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow scares Amy. Today’s Diary.
It was beautiful…She yelped and jumped back a bit and grabbed her heart and used the name of the Son of Man in a manner inconsistent with praise, which was fine payback for scaring me over the years.
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 6 – The race for the ESPNCup rolls on.
B-10 pollsters “pretty sure” Finlandia northernmost school to hold Continental Cup – issued to team with longest all-division losing streak in NATO – since Arctic Tech in 1943…
Navy hampered by pregame Navy secretary ruling requiring team – to better prepare for rigors of sea duty – to travel to game in lifeboats via Intercoastal Waterway rather than on chartered aircraft
Team announced plans for new stadium this week, with B-10 staffers already inquiring about Bottom Ten Field naming rights.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1582 – The Julian calendar is in use for the final day in Catholic countries, as the Gregorian calendar takes effect the following day, with Oct 4 followed by Oct 15. The calendar The calendar had been promulgated by Pope Gregory XIII to correct the fact the Julian calendar was too short by about one day per century and the religious calendar was falling out of step with the seasons. Protestant countries began adopting it in 1652 and Great Britain and her colonies, including what would become the United States, adopted the calendar in 1752. Due to a variety of factors, including the precession of the axis and the slowing rotation of the earth, the Gregorian calendar is still off by about 27 seconds every year.
In 1873 – The Toronto Argonauts, now in the Canadian Football League (CFL), are formed as a rugby/football team by the Argonaut Rowing Company as a way to keep fit after rowing season. The Argonauts would defeat Hamilton by an unknown score in their first game on Oct 18 and over the decades the Argonauts have won a record 17 Grey Cups, most recently in 2017. They remain the oldest professional sports team in North America still using the same name.
In 1975 – David Bowie is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two non-consecutive weeks with Fame. It was the third of 14 Top 40 hits for Bowie, his first of six Top 10 songs, and was his first of two #1s (Let’s Dance; one week, 1983) The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #17 in Great Britain, at #21 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 7th-biggest song of the year. Bowie wrote the song with longtime band member Carlos Alomar and John Lennon.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The difference between success and failure in this life is mostly hard work, so you must constantly work to try and improve yourself.
Lewis “Chesty” Puller
United States Marine
Letter to daughter
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Jim Reeves’ biggest hit on the Hot 100 was He’ll Have to Go, which spent three weeks at #2 in 1960. It was kept out of the top spot by Percy Faith’s Theme From a Summer Place.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What song broke up Fame’s stretch at #1? – Answer next time!
