The Daily Dose/March 26, 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 is obliged to work at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
We even were obliged to take two reservations from guests who had nothing effing better to do at zero-dark-thirty than make effing travel plans…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1945 – The Battle of Iwo Jima comes to an end with American forces taking the island from the Japanese. The battle had begun on February 19 and resulted in over 6,000 US deaths and over 22,000 Japanese deaths and produced 27 Medal of Honor recipients, 14 of which were awarded posthumously. The famous photograph of Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi was taken on Feb 23.
In 1915 – The Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) win the Stanley Cup with a 12-3 win over the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey Association (NHA) in Game 3, sweeping their best-of-five series. It was the first Stanley Cup win by a team from the West Coast and remains the only Stanley Cup win for a team from Vancouver.
In 1994 – Ace of Base is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third of six non-consecutive weeks with The Sign. It was the second of seven Top 40 hits for the group, their second of four Top 10s, and remains their only #1 song. The song also went to #1 in seven other countries, including Zimbabwe and Denmark, peaked at #2 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s #1 song of the year and their 11th-biggest of the decade.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
You must live your life for something more important than your life alone. One who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life’s mountaintop experiences.
Richard Nixon
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Don’t Be Cruel by Bobby Brown was Billboard’s #1 album of 1989. It spent six non-consecutive weeks at #1 and also spent eleven weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul album chart.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which other PCHA team won the Stanley Cup? – Answer next time!
