The Daily Dose/July 28, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s at his car about to head to the gym when he hears a raised voice nearby. Today’s Diary.
Call us ‘fraidy cats if you want, but our own working hypothesis is raised voices at 0130 must be treated with caution and respect…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1854 – The US Navy commissions its last all-sail warship, the USS Constellation, in Norfolk, Virginia. The ship’s first period of service was short, until 1871, and spent mainly in the Mediterranean and Africa. The ship was decommissioned and recommissioned several times over the years, was decommissioned for good in 1955, and is now a museum ship in Baltimore. She was the second of five ships with the name with the latest, a frigate, expected to begin service in 2025.
In 1933 – The NFL announces that it will split into two five-team divisions for the coming season, with New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh in the Eastern Division and the Chicago Bears, Portsmouth (Ohio), Green Bay, Cincinnati, and Chicago Cardinals in the Western Division. The change was spurred, in part, by the success of the 1932 playoff game to break a season-ending tie for first place. The Bears would beat the New York Giants 23-21 in the first NFL Championship Game in December and today the NFL has eight divisions in two conferences.
In 1979 – Donna Summer is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third of five consecutive weeks with Bad Girls. It was the sixth of 14 Top 10 hits for Summer and her third of four #1s. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #14 in Great Britain, went to #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 2nd-biggest song of the year. The song was from the album of the same name, which was in its fifth of six non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s album chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Lost in the cacophony of Oprah and O.J. are those classical values that once made a Saturday afternoon track meet so appealing. Of running for the love of competition, of throwing a javelin for applause and an olive wreath. Of sweating for hours on a lonesome track at dusk for the chance of maybe one day hearing the anthem. Of honor and glory and the spirit of victory, not the spoils.
Mark Zeigler
The San Diego Union-Tribune
6.20.95
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The first country the US established diplomatic relations with was France, in 1778, and the most recent was South Sudan in 2011.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Of the ten teams in the NFL in 1933, how many are still in the league in the same city? – Answer next time!
