The Daily Dose/December 26, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience…
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Chef Sparrow works it in the kitchen. Today’s Diary.
My Christmas prime rib was really good…Regular readers of this crap know I have few cooking skills but it’s so easy even ol’ Sparrow has a tuff time messing it up: 450 for 30 minutes then 350 for an hour or so…I seasoned it just right, too, so the the well-done edges, my favorite part, came out just right…I also ate most of the box of deep-fried shrimp I’d bought for the occasion…Of course, I ate too much and had the trots the rest of the day and most of the night but still, it was better than not going thru the effort of a holiday meal.
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life.
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 18: The losing, and the laughs, don’t stop in the race for the most coveted trophy in sports: The Dan Henning Trophy, symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy.
Here are some funny excerpts from this week’s NFL Bottom Ten:
It’s not over yet. But veteran Bottom Ten fan(s) know it would take a lot – like a Bengals victory – to have the shipping label for The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy – changed from Paul Brown Stadium.
B-10 pollsters “pretty sure” current eight (8)-game skid renders opening week tie vs Cardinals moot, but keeping bar tabs open just to be safe…
Redskins faced with toughest of choices this week: lose and secure B-10 medal stand berth, or tank and knock Cowboys out of playoffs…
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On This Date
In 2004 – An earthquake measuring between 9.1-9.3 on the Richter scale strikes in the Indian Ocean, west of Indonesia. The ensuing tsunami killed an estimated 227,000 people and due to a lack of a warning system in the area it caught virtually everyone by surprise. It was felt as far away as South Africa, where high tide registered five feet higher than normal, killing two. It is the third-strongest earthquake in recorded history, one of only five to top 9.0 on the Richter scale and remains one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history.
In 2001 – Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche becomes the first NHL goalie to win 500 games, stopping 31 shots in a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars. The previous season Roy had broken Terry Sawchuck’s record of 445 wins established from 1949-70 and Roy would retire after the 2003 season with 551 wins. The record is now held by Martin Broduer, who won 691 games from 1991-2015.
Editor’s Note: some sources credit Sawchuck with 447 career wins, however the NHL record book credits him with 445.
In 1970 – George Harrison is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of four consecutive weeks with My Sweet Lord. It was the first chart single for Harrison as a solo act, his first of three solo #1 songs and he was the first former Beattle to hit #1 in America. The song also went to #1 in 13 other countries including Spain, Australia and Great Britain. Harrison wrote the song and originally gave it to Billy Preston, whose version peaked at #90 on the Hot 100.
Quotebook
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. – Emerson
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
The last player to lead the NFL in passing yards with fewer than 1,000 yards was Ace Parker of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who passed for 865 yards in 1938. Parker also played shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1937-38.
Today’s Stumper
What were George Harrison’s other #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100? – Answer next time!
