The Daily Dose/March 23, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.

1. Donald Trump – The nonsense continues, with America continuing to tolerate government off the top of the president’s head…From closing federal departments created by Congress and which can only be shuttered by them to threatening impeachment of judges who dare rule against him, Trump has taken Constitution and stuffed it in his back pocket. 

2. Columbia University – Noted US university latest entity to cave in and comply with petty and vindictive demands of US dictator…Now, we don’t feel the government should be involved in private education, but First Amendment fans should be looking over their shoulders if they weren’t already. 

3. People’s Republic of Amerika – The 3-hole staple…A hundred years from now all new people – including Americans, if there are any left – will not wonder why Trump did what he did because Trump is a man of zero moral or intellectual substance and is governing as such…No, they will wonder why America tolerated it, why ignorance and lies were ever elected in the first place. 

4. 2026 Midterms – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” next year’s elections will happen, but the way Trump is laying waste to the Constitution, they’re not certain they will and, let’s be honest, neither are you. 

5. Donald Trump Fact Check: – Click here for a list of lies from Trump’s speech at the Justice Department this week.   

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest fashion news. Today’s Diary, 

The big news is we wore a new tie to the hotel tonite…

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In 1965 – Gemini 3 – America’s first two-man space flight – is launched from Cape Kenndy in Florida. The flight was commanded by Gus Grissom and piloted by John Young, his first of seven orbital launches, including one from the moon, an American record. It was the final spaceflight controlled from Cape Kennedy before such functions were transferred to the new Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Previously, the Soviets had launched both 2- and 3-man spaceflights. 

In 2009 – Japan wins the second World Baseball Classic, defeating South Korea 5-3 in ten innings in Los Angeles. It was the second of three WBC titles for Japan, and remains the only 2nd-place finish for South Korea. South Korea had tied the score with a run in the bottom of the ninth, with Ichiro Suzuki getting the go-ahead RBI in the tenth. The next WBC is next year, with the final round scheduled for Miami. 

In 1957 – Tab Hunter is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – one of several predecessors to the Hot 100 –  for the fourth and final consecutive week with Young Love. It was the second of seven chart singles for Hunter and remains his only Top 10 song. The song also peaked at #1 in Great Britain and at #9 on Billboard’s soul best sellers chart. Versions by Sonny James and the Crew Cuts also charts that year,  by Leslie Gore (1966) and Donny Osmond (1973) also hit the Hot 100. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

If, in the future, we find ourselves with a lot of fourth-rate citizens, we have only ourselves to blame.
Louis L’Amour
Education of a Wandering Man

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Earth, Wind, & Fire had nine Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. 

Today’s Stumper
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The Daily Dose/March 21, 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 late for work. Today’s Diary. 

Sigh…We can count the number of times we’ve been late on both hands in 40 years of working…

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In 1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, a tax on the American colonies. The Act called for many printed items to have a revenue stamp showing the tax had been paid and led to the phrase “no taxation without representation”. The tax was repealed the following year, but colonial resistance set the tone for further resistance to the British, which led to the American Revolution. 

In 1958 – The Kentucky Wildcats win the NCAA basketball championship with an 84-72 victory over Seattle in Louisville. It was the fourth of eight titles for the Wildcats and remains the only national championship game appearance for Seattle. Seattle’s Elgin Baylor was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player…Temple defeated Kansas State in the 3rd-place game. 

In 1975 – Earth, Wind, & Fire is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Soul Singles chart – for the first of two consecutive weeks with Shining Star. It was the third of 18 Top 10 soul songs for the group and their first of eight soul #1s. In May, the song spent a week at #1 on the Hot 100 and was Billboard’s 7th-biggest song of the year.  

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

There’s no need to struggle against yourself.
Deng Ming-Dao 

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The Minneapolis Lakers won the 1953 NBA title, defeating the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals four games to one. 

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How many Top 10 hits has Earth, Wind, & Fire had on the Hot 100? – Answer next time! 

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The Daily Dose/March 21, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

HUT, HUT, HIKE: It happens every year about this time, the NFL starts considering farting around with it’s rule book. NFL teams have proposed five changes, with our favorite involving  a suggestion by the Philadelphia Eagles to change the NFL’s regular season overtime rule so it is identical to the one used in the playoffs. 

Dry, Technical Matter: Oh screw it, we’re no more interested than the specifics of current NFL overtime rules than you are right now. Go look them up if you are. The bottom line with Philadelphia’s proposal is that regular season games can still end in a tie. 

Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: This is wrong. Any change to the NFL’s overtime policy that allows for games to continue to end in a tie is merely pawing at air. Tie games are so 19th century and the fact one of the planet’s premier sports leagues still allows it is silly. Every game must have a winner. Fans, teams, and sponsors are all entitled to have every game played to a decision. 

Oh, Jesus H/Here We Go: The NFL began regular season overtime in 1974. Before that, ties were fairly common, with only three seasons from 1920 through 1973 having zero ties and five seasons having at least ten ties. 

The Bottom Line: We understand that professional football player is a brutal way to make a living, but we’re entitled to a winner in every game. Let’s be honest, though, nothing is  going to change until the betting partners the NFL has crawled into bed with start losing money on tie games. Then something will be done. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow changes razor blade brands. Today’s Diary. 

We were at the retailer and were going thru self-checkout with a pack of those orange Gillette Quintipio blades we’ve been using for years…Our buddy Ed is patrolling self-checkout this morning and starts touting the benefits of Harry’s blades…

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In 1963 – Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closes after 29 years due to structural problems and the expense of keeping prisoners there. Over the years, 34 inmates in 14 attempts tried to escape. None are known to have made it to the mainland, with five listed as “missing and presumed drowned”. It cost about three times as much to keep a prisoner at Alcatraz than at another federal prison. 

In 1953 – Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics establishes a new NBA playoff record for most free throws made in a 111-105, four-overtime win over the Syracuse Nationals in the second and final game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Cousy made 30 free throws, a record that still stands. The mark is the all-time NBA record, too, more than the 28 free throws made in a regular season game by Wilt Chamberlain and Adrian Dantley.

In 1964 – Tommy Tucker is at #1 on the Cash Box Top 100 Soul Singles chart – one of several chroniclers of American R&B music over the years – for the second of three non-consecutive weeks with Hi-Heel Sneakers. It was the first of two chart singles for Tucker and remains his only soul hit. The song also went #23 pop in Great Britain and peaked at #11 on the Hot 100, whose soul chart was not being published at the time. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

I chuckled above my sorrows when I found out in all the haphazard my judgment or my good genius had faithfully stood by me.
Joshua Slocum
Sailing Alone Around the World 

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

There wasn’t a trivia question last time, silly. 

Today’s Stumper
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Which team won the NBA title in 1953? – Answer next time! 

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The Daily Dose/March 20, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

LIVE FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF AMERIKA: The dictatorship of President Donald Trump – no one, except for some malcontent judges, is saying no to him, not Congress, not the media, and not us – continues. He is doing what he wants when he wants, regardless of its merit or legality. 

Fly In The Ointment: We are being governed off the top of his head. And that’s bad because Trump believes, among other things, that the moon is part of Mars and that the securing of British airports won the Revolution. Plus his current-term blather that Canada should be the 51st state and we should take the canal back from Panama. 

Let’s Get Out Our Constitutions, Shall We?: Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, US, 1 each, is very clear on the matter, stating that a president shall: 

…take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed. 

Dry, Technical Matter: President Trump has violated this duty since day one. Instead of executing the laws passed by Congress, he is trampling over them. He is ignoring the courts. He is faithfully ignoring our laws, and you do not have to be a Founding Father to know these are impeachable offenses.   

Dr Kevorkian, 2026 Midterms On Line 2: But what were we expecting? Trump is a man whose calling card is ignorance and bluster. He is a man of no intellectual substance. His ignorance and ego are both so  some might be starting to wonder if he’ll attempt to cancel the 2026 midterms. 

The Bottom Line: None of this should be a surprise. Donald Trump is an ignorant blatherskite. And this isn’t a bulletin, either: we’ve known that since he first declared in 2015, and his first term left him with two impeachments and blood on his hands for an incompetent COVID response. We elected him anyway. We deserve everything we get. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets to work. Today’s Diary. 

The big news – and it is HUGE – is the first Level I cleaning in the memory of man was accomplished today…

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In 1616 – English statesman and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh is released from imprisonment in the Tower of London after 13 years of captivity. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth in March 1603, Raleigh was not in favor with her successor James I and was tried and convicted of treason in a plot against James. Raleigh was executed in 1618 after his death sentence was reinstated following a failed expedition to South America. 

In 1984 – Butch Carter of the Indiana Pacers sets a new NBA record for most points in an overtime period in a 123-121 win over the Boston Celtics. Carter had 14 points, research into whose record he broke was inconclusive, and the record has been tied four times since. Carter finished the game with 28 points and scored all but one of Indiana’s overtime points. 

In 2010-  Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Break Your Heart.  It was the first of three top 40 hits for Cruz and remains his only #1 song, and was the third and most recent #1 for Ludacris. The song also went to #1 in Switzerland, Canada, and Great Britain and was Billboard’s 10th-biggest song of the year.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Citizens no longer listened to good advice, for the belly has no ears.
Cato 

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The first bank in the US – the Bank of North America – opened in 1782 in Philadelphia. 

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The Daily Dose/March 19, 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 serves the second president of the United States. Today’s Diary. 

– I have a reservation…Adams, John
Ol’ Sparrow didn’t miss a beat…We were typically gracious, sounding as if we’ve been in presidential service for ages. 
– Mr President…Good morning and welcome. 

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In 1831 – The first documented bank robbery in the US occurs at City Bank on Wall Street in New York City. Two burglars stole $245,000 – over $50 million in today’s money – using copied keys and were later caught and sentenced to five years in prison. City Bank had been founded in 1812 and is now known as Citibank. Among other things, over the centuries, the bank financed bonds for the War of 1812 and helped finance the Panama Canal. The site is now a luxury apartment building. 

In 1955 – The San Francisco Dons win the NCAA basketball championship, defeating the La Salle Explorers 77-63 in Kansas City. It was the first of two consecutive NCAA titles for the Dons and remains the only runner-up finish for the Explorers, who had won the 1954 national championship. Bradley (7-19) and Oklahoma City (9-17) became the first two teams to make the tournament with losing records. 

In 1966 – US Army Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third of five consecutive weeks with Ballad of the Green Berets. The song also went to #1 in South Africa, at #24 in Great Britain, at #2 on Billboard’s country chart, and was Billboard’s 10th-biggest song of the year. The song was from the album Ballads of the Green Berets, which was in its second of five consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s album chart. It was the first of two Top 40 hits for Sadler and remains his only Top 10 hit.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Citizens no longer listened to good advice, for the belly has no ears.
Cato 

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The NHL defenseman not named Bobby Orr or Paul Coffey with the most points in a season is Al McInnis with 103 in 1990-91. It ranks eleventh on the all-time list. 

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