The Daily Dose/November 19, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off continues to enjoy some PTO.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow gets his weekly soak in at the hot springs.
You don’t see many homeless wandering around fancy-pants health clubs – or any health clubs, really – but maybe he’s got some income and chooses to spend some of it on a membership…Or maybe he’s not homeless, maybe he chooses to carry a large bag of possessions with him and look scruffy.
Anyway, he left his boots and his large bag by a door, but he brought his warm shirt – which smelled – and, get this, a gallon jug of milk to the heart spring, resting it all on a ledge…I am not making that up: he brought a jug of milk to the spa…I’d never seen that before and you probably haven’t, either…He’d take a swig from time to time, too…I’ve never seen the need for poolside milk service, but it takes all kinds.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1943 – The Nazis kill everyone at the Janowska concentration camp, located in what is now the western Ukraine. The mass extermination came after Jewish prisoners had revolted against the Nazis and tried to escape, with an estimated 6,000 Jews killed that day and it is estimated between 35,000 and 41,000 people were killed at Janowska during the two years it was operational. The site today has some housing, an industrial area and a penal colony.
In 1983 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 20 points and joins Wilt Chamberlain as the only other NBA player to surpass 30,000 points in a career in a 117-110 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. On April 5, 1984, Abdul-Jabbar would break Chamberlain’s all-time NBA career scoring mark with his 31,420th point and would retire in 1989 with 38,387 points, still the all-time NBA record.
In 1966 – The Supremes are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with you Keep Me Hangin’ On. The song also peaked at #8 in Great Britain and later spent four weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart and was the eighth of twelve #1 songs for the group on the pop chart and their fifth of eight #1 soul songs. A version by Vanilla Fudge peaked at #6 on the Hot 100 the following year and a version by Kim Wilde went to #1 in 1987, making the song the sixth of nine songs that have gone to #1 by separate artists on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they can only come to morning through shadows.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The NHL records for most consecutive shutouts by a goaltender and a team is six, done by Alec Connell of the Ottawa Senators, from January 31, 1928 through February 18, 1928.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What was the first song to go #1 on the Hot 100 by separate acts? – Answer next time!
