The Daily Dose/November 14, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off is taking some PTO and will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: The cat wouldn’t let Sparrow sleep.
Boy, the cat was whining left and right for her canned yummies this morning…She knows she gets fed as soon as I wake up on Thursday and Friday mornings – well, after Daddy’s used the can and coffee’s started, of course – and usually she’s really good about letting me sleep, the meowing not starting until I’ve actually gotten out of bed.
Not today…I don’t if it’s the extra darkness or what, but she was on the bed meowing before I had even started stirring…Usually, she’ll just hop up and sit on my back until I get up, but it went on for a good hour or so…One time I told her no and then executed one of my patented rollovers and she trotted out of the bedroom and was quiet for a while and I drifted off to sleep but then I made the mistake of moving slightly and then BOOM there she was, thinking I was getting up and yapping left and right again.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1952 – The first regular record chart in Great Britain is published by New Musical Express magazine with Here In My Heart by Al Martino the first #1 song. Over the years, Elvis has the most #1 songs in Great Britain with 21, while Paul McCartney has the most appearances at #1, 25, counting his time with the Beatles, Wings and as a solo act. The biggest song in British chart history is I Believe by Frankie Laine, which spent 18 weeks at #1 in 1953. The official British chart is now published by the Official Charts Company.
In 1993 – Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins establishes a new NFL record for most regular-season and playoff wins in a 19-14 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. It was Shula’s 325 career win, eclipsing the record established by George Halas of the Decatur Staleys/Chicago Staleys/Chicago Bears in four separate stints from 1920-67. Shula retired after the 1995 season with 347 career wins, a record that still stands. Shula also holds the record for most regular-season wins with 328.
In 2020 – Lauren Daigle is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Singles chart for the 110th non-consecutive week with You Say, tying the record for most weeks at #1 on any Billboard chart. Daigle tied the record set by Wendy Carlos – then known as Walter Carlos – who spent 110 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Classical Album chart from 1969-72 with Switched-On Bach. You Say first hit #1 on the Christian chart in July 2018 and in March 2019 peaked at #30 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Hay had long known it was good politics never to try to have the last word in a dispute; now he had begun to see the wisdom of not trying to have the first word, either.
Gore Vidal
Empire
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The NHL team record for the fastest two goals at the start of a game by a team is 24 seconds, done by the Edmonton Oilers on March 28, 1982 in a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What NFL head coach holds the record for the most ties? – Answer next time!
