The Daily Dose/March 14, 2025
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 gets a shoulder massage. Today’s Diary.
Hell, it wasn’t soreness; it was pain…We pointed this out to the gal and she yelped with delite, noting this was a “trigger point” that would help muscle recovery…Based on the pain we were feeling, we were skeptical, but what do we know?
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1967 – The body of former US President John F Kennedy is moved to its permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Kennedy originally was to be buried in his native Massachusetts, but a suggestion Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to bury him at Arlington was approved by Mrs Kennedy. The Kennedy family offered to pay the entire cost, but the government only asked that they pay for the cost of the grave, about $200,000, about $1.7 million in today’s money.
In 1971 – Ken Rosewall of Australia wins the Australian Open with a 6-1, 7-5, 6-3 win over Arthur Ashe. It was the third of four Australian Open titles for Rosewall and seventh of twelve Grand Slam titles and was the third and final Australian Open runner-up finish for Ashe, to go with one title. Rosewall did not lose a set during the tournament, the first time that had happened at a major tournament in the Open Era.
In 1964 – The Beatles are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the seventh and final consecutive week with I Want To Hold Your Hand. It was the first of a Hot 100 record 20 #1 songs for the group and it went to #1 in nine other countries, including West Germany, Norway, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s #1 song of the year. The song was replaced at #1 by She Loves You, which was replaced by Can’t Buy Me Love, which remains the only time in Hot 100 history an act replaced itself at #1 twice.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
If we save ourselves, we save at the same time all the nations which surround us. If we perish, we shall cause all of them to perish with us.
Alexis De Tocqueville
Democracy In America
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Four songs spent at least six weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982: Centerfield by the J Geils Band, I Love Rock & Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (seven weeks), Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder (seven weeks), and Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many times in the Open Era has a player won a major without losing a set? – Answer next time!
