The Daily Dose/April 13, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around The Human Experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow reports he may not be able to get the first lawn mowing of the season in on Thursday. Today’s Diary.
The snow is scheduled to continue thru Wednesday and perhaps even into Thursday and even if it’s sunny Thusday it will still be cold and the lawn will still be soaked…Under these circumstances, which include ol’ Sparrow’s natural inclination to put things off, Lawn Care Thursday might well be delayed a week.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1861 – In the Civil War, Union Army troops surrender Fort Sumter, off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, to Confederate forces. The Confederate bombardment had begun the previous day and while the fort was defended by 60 guns, there were insufficient men to fire them, and they lacked fuses for cannonballs, so only metal shot could be fired. South Carolina had seceded from the Union in December and had since been demanding the Union vacate the fort.
In 1914 – The Federal League plays its first game, a 3-2 win by the Baltimore Terrapins over the Buffalo Blues. It was the first major league game played in Baltimore since 1902, after which the American League Orioles moved to New York and became the Yankees and was the first major league appearance by a Buffalo team since the Bisons left the National League after the 1885 season. The Federal League folded after the 1915 season and remains the last major league to play a game outside of the National and American leagues.
In 1985 – USA For Africa is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of four consecutive weeks with We Are the World. The song went to #1 in many other countries, including Norway and Great Britain, peaked at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, at #76 on Billboard’s country chart, and was Billboard’s 20th-biggest song of the year. A rather dull argument can be had debating whether or not the group is entitled to ultimate one-hit-wonder status as an act whose only chart single goes to #1. Yes, their only chart single went to #1; no, because this was their only recording and everyone involved had chart careers of their own.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
A proverb is no proverb to you until your life has illustrated it.
John Keats
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Astrodome hosted one NCAA Final Four, in 1971.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who were the Union and Confederate commanders during the Battle of Fort Sumter? – Answer next time!
