The Daily Dose/March 29, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things. 

1. Israeli War In Gaza – War still a genocide, of course, with deaths in Gaza now over the 72,000 mark…In exciting development, Yemen now involved and firing missiles into Israel, as first reports of IDF personnel shortages are starting to be heard. 

2. Nicolas Maduro – Former Venezualan leader kidnapped by Trump Administration still in custody in Brooklyn jail on assorted charges…Had court appearance this week, where his request to have charges dismissed were denied…How his lawyers will be paid was also discussed… No trial date has been set, and could be up to a year away. 

3. USA! USA! – The 3-hole staple…Well-entertained and well-fed masses still not completely up in arms over kidnapping of foreign leader, the bombing of school girls, and the general witlessness offered by President Trump, a man of zero moral or intellectual substance…We deserve better, but we are not demanding it right now. 

4. Tariffs – Still being levied, including a general 10% tariff on everything, plus 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum…Tariffs are paid by companies doing importing, costs that are passed on to you and me – we the people…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “strongly suspect” this is another tax on us, with the almost $200 billion raised money taken not being invested, saved, or spent, meaning it money taken directly out of the economy

5. Canada As 51st State – Trump’s gold standard of witlessness, this never got any serious traction, of course, with recent post credited to Trump saying he’s lost interest generally regarded as satire. ght. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

Today’s Diary entry is on the house. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow deals with a shady character. Today’s Diary. 

…tho we’ve already decided not to rent to him…You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to strongly suspect something is fishy here, and no hotel needs that.  

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On This Date
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In 1974 – The US probe Mariner 10 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Mercury. Mariner’s 2,800-plus photos showed a moonlike surface and a thin, unstable atmosphere consisting mostly of helium. Earlier, the probe had flown by Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to visit two planets. It was the final flight of the Mariner program, with Mariners 11 and 12 becoming the Voyager probes. 

In 1941 – The Wisconsin Badgers win the NCAA basketball title, defeating the Washington State Cougars 39-34 in Kansas City. In the East Regional in Madison, Wisconsin defeated Dartmouth and Pittsburgh, while Washington State defeated Creighton and Arkansas in the West Regional tournament in Kansas City. The game remains the only national championship game appearance for both teams. 

In 1964 – The Beatles are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with She Loves You. The song went to #1 in six other countries, including Norway and Great Britain, and was their second of a Hot 100 record 20 #1. The song followed I Want To Hold Your Hand and preceded Can’t Buy Me Love at #1, marking the only time in Hot 100 history an act replaced themselves at #1 twice. A German version was the Beatles’ smallest US hit, peaking at #97. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

He had the courage to defy his enemies because he did not have the intellect to doubt his truth. He was what he had to be to do what he had to do.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. VI: The Reformation
Regards Martin Luther

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Billboard’s #1 song of 1981 was Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes, which spent nine non-consecutive weeks at the top. 

Today’s Stumper
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How many NCAA team national championships has Washington State won? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/March 28, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

HIGHER…STRONGER…GIRLIER: The IOC announced this week that transgender women will not be allowed to compete in future Olympic Games. Prior to this, participation decisions had been made by a sport’s international governing body. 

Dry, Technical Matter: While a deep dive into the specifics of this are, thankfully, beyond the scope of this column, starting with the 2028 Los Angeles Games, all female competitors will be subject to a genetics test, either via saliva, cheek swab, or a blood sample, with those failing the test ineligible to compete. 

Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: Despite our general reputation as iconoclasts here – or maybe because of it – we support this. Biological women are entitled to compete against biological women. Those who say transgender women really should’ve been born women are right. But they weren’t; they were born boys, and this gives them an advantage over those born women. 

Fly In The Ointment: It should be noted that this is not a very big deal at the Olympic level. The last transgender woman to compete at the Olympics was New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard in Tokyo in 2021. She did not medal. 

The Bottom Line: This ruling, of course, does nothing to solve the matter at the national, collegiate, and local levels. The solution to the problem is obvious: have a third gender for competitions, so that trans athletes can compete against similar women. Creating a third gender will cause a lot of people to get their shorts in a knot, though, and, as a practical matter, there may not be enough trans athletes to make this work. But the future always arrives as a minority, and the sooner this happens, the sooner no one will give it a second thought. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has had an OK week in the sack. Today’s Diary. 

…7.0 hours for the day and 44.5 hours for the week, figures regular readers of this crap know are both pretty solid heading into Saturday’s finale.  

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On This Date
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In 1979 – The Three Mile Island nuclear accident begins near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a coolant leak at the Unit 2 reactor. It was followed by several other minor equipment failures, later resulting in a partial meltdown of Unit 2’s core. Despite the partial meltdown, there was not a breach of the reactor’s containment structure, averting a public health crisis and there were no deaths. Unit 1 of the facility closed in 2019. 

In 1891 – Edward Levy of Great Britain wins the first world weightlifting title in London. Levy defeated six other European champions, and this remains his only world title. The competition consisted of presses and repetitions using 56- and 84-pound dumbbells, though research on the competition’s specific judging was inconclusive. Weightlifting was contested at the 1896 and 1904 Summer Olympics, and has been a part of every Olympic program since the 1920 Antwerp Games. 

In 1981 – REO Speedwagon is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the sixth of 15 non-consecutive weeks with Hi Infidelity. It was the group’s seventh chart album, their first of three Top 10s, and remains their only #1. The album also peaked at #6 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s #1 album of 1981 and its 39th-biggest of 1982. The album produced four chart singles, including the #1 Keep On Loving You. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Ignorance is not bliss, it is unconsciousness and slavery.
John Dewey

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Elvis Presley had 19 #1 songs in Canada, between the CHUM radio and RPM charts. 

Today’s Stumper
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What was Billboard’s #1 song of 1981? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/March 27, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

FABULOUS: After a month, we have decided to send ground troops to Iran. To what end? This war already made no sense: Iran was in no way, shape, or form an imminent threat to us. After a month of aerial bombardment, they are even less of a threat

Dry, Technical Matter: Members of the 82nd Airborne are already in route or will be soon enough. The plan is for them to conduct specific missions and not general ground combat, but war being war and Trump being Trump, there is no reason to take that seriously. 

Stop Us If You’ve Heard This Before: This war is as illegal as it is immoral. It was not declared by Congress – just like every other war we’ve fought since World War II – as mandated in the Constitution, and for the love of all that is sacred, we bombed schoolgirls, something we should be condemned for every hour on the hour by every thinking person on this planet. 

Elect The Clown, Watch The Circus: We elected this. We knew Donald Trump was an ignorant liar, a man of no moral or intellectual substance, and twice we’ve elected him president. We deserve everything we’re getting. We’ve settled for idiocy when we deserve leadership. Everyone in this country has something to answer for: the administration that bombed schoolgirls, and we, the people who elected it. 

The Bottom Line: There is no way this ends well. America has a long history of long, drawn-out wars in the region, and those were wars that actually had some semblance of a plan, something sorely lacking in our war with Iran. America has been at war for 208 of her 249 years of independence, and no nation has survived perpetual war. America will not be the first.  

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow makes some travel plans. Today’s Diary. 

The big news is we are all set for the Minor Party’s convention in the big city.next month…And we will be spending a nite at the 5-star resort, too…I am not making either of those things up…

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On This Date
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In 1977 – Two aircraft collide on a foggy runway at an airport in the Canary Islands, off the coast of northwest Africa. A KLM Boeing 747 had begun its takeoff run when it collided with the starboard side of a Pan Am Boeing 747 that was on the runway. 583 people died, and only 61 survived. An investigation showed the KLM aircraft was under the impression it had permission to take off, and after some initial resistance, KLM acknowledged its crew was responsible for the crash. It remains the deadliest accident in aviation history. 

In 1945 – The Oklahoma State Cowboys win the NCAA basketball championship, defeating the New York University Violets 49-45 at Madison Square Garden. It was the first of two titles for the Cowboys and was the first of three runner-up finishes for the Violets, the last two in Division III. The tournament featured eight teams, and a third-place game wasn’t played. NYU disbanded its team in 1971, and returned as a Division III team in 1983. 

In 1961 – Elvis Presley is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Surrender. The song also went to #1 in four other countries – including Italy and Great Britain – and was Billboard’s 51st-biggest song of the year. It was the 15th of 17 #1 songs for Presley, a mark now good for third on the all-time Hot 100 list, behind Mariah Carey (19) and the Beatles (20).

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

It is not the first steps but the last ones that are most difficult.
Jean-Francois Steiner
Treblinka

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The Pac-12 and the ACC each have won 15 NCAA men’s basketball titles, the most of any conference.   

Today’s Stumper
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How many #1 songs did Elvis have in Canada? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/March 26, 2026
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 tolerates a yapper at tai chi class. Today’s Diary. 

Our own theory when receiving any kind of expert instruction is to keep our mouth shut, and this is even more so with tai chi because the focus is on quiet and spirituality…This includes butting in with questions because our experience is our question will, invariably, be answered…

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On This Date
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In 1997 – San Diego County Sheriff’s Department deputies find 39 dead bodies, all mass suicide victims, at a home in northern San Diego County. The dead were members of a cult known as Heaven’s Gate and died in three groups between March 22 and 26. The deaths were designed to coincide with the closest point of approach of the Hale-Bopp comet, which was believed to have a spacecraft following it which would transport their souls to heaven. Their website is still active, though it does not appear to have been updated since before the suicides. 

In 1979 – The Michigan State Spartans defeat the Indiana State Sycamores 75-64 to win the NCAA Division I basketball title at the Special Events Center at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. It was the first of two NCAA titles for the Spartans (2000) and remains the only title game appearance for the Sycamores. It was the last Final Four played on an on-campus arena, the only one to feature 40 teams, the first where three officials were used, and with 40 million viewers remains the most-watched college basketball game ever. 

In 1977 – Daryl Hall and John Oates area at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Rich Girl. It was the fourth of 34 Top 40 hits for the group, their third of 16 Top 10 songs, and their first of six #1 songs. The song also peaked at #64 on Billboard’s soul chart and was their 23rd-biggest song of the year. The song was written by Hall, who based it on a man his girlfriend knew. The gender was later changed because “rich girl” sounded better than “rich guy”. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Love is a perpetual act of selfless devotion.
Jim Bishop

The Day Christ Died

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The highest speed a New York City subway achieves is 55 mph.   

Today’s Stumper
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What conference has won the most NCAA Division I men’s basketball titles? – Answer next time!

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Valued Reader(s), your Daily Dose is enjoying a day off. It will return.

As penance, today’s Diary of a Nobody entry is on the house.

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