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The Daily Dose/August 30, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway – With death of Harald V and ascension of Haakon VIII, Princess Ingrid – 22, cute, single, and heir to a throne – could be perfect match for Gaylon, who is starting to wonder who is going to wipe his ass in old age.
2. War, War, War – War with Iran now entering seventh month remains as illegal, immoral, and stupid as ever…You and me – we the people – deserve better than wars not declared by Congress and the bombing of schoolgirls, but we must demand it at the ballot box this November.
3. Gaylon For Congress…Vote Early, Vote Often – The 3-hole staple…See #1…A 60-year-old freshman US congressman would make a wonderful consort for the crown princess.
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for the US House from Colorado’s 2nd District. Click here to contribute to the campaign.
4. Northwestern State – After 42-37 loss to NAIA Louisiana Christian this week, Demons become answer to trivia question “Who will be first NCAA Division I team who offers scholarships to lose to small-college NAIA team???…Bottom Ten pollsters “pretty sure” they picked a bad time to retire as strong finishing kick sees Northwestern State blow 27-24 halftime lead.
5. Donald Trump Fact Check – The 5-hole staple…Click here for Donald Trump’s lies concerning our trade relationship with Canada…Courtesy of AP.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Nothing gets by Sparrow. Today’s Diary.
Power was out at the gym when we got there…You could tell from the parking lot because the lites were out…
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On This Date
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In 70 AD – The Roman Army, led by future emperor Titus, ends the siege against the Jews in Jerusalem after destroying the Second Temple, also known as Herod’s Temple. The siege began in April, after unrest followed the collapse of a provisional Roman government. According to the historian Josephus, the siege resulted in murder, famine, and cannibalism among the Jews, with over one million Jews dying.
In 1991 – Mike Powell establishes a new world long jump record at the World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo. Powell jumped 29 feet, 4.25 inches to beat the record of 29 feet, 2.25 inches established by Bob Beamon of the US at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, and Powell’s mark still stands while Beamon’s mark remains the Olympic record. Of the eleven men who have held the world long jump record since 1901, seven have been American.
In 1941 – Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra is at #1 on Billboard’s National Best Selling Retail Records chart – Billboard’s first national record chart – for the first of four consecutive weeks with Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verde). It was the eleventh of 42 Top 10 hits for Dorsey and his fourth of five #1s. Vocals were sung by Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell, and earlier in the year the flip side of the record, Maria Elena, with Eberly singing, had spent two weeks at #1.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I made practice runs to skid row to get ready for my future.
Charles Bukowski
Ham On Rye
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Elvis had six #1 songs on Billboard’s soul chart.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who held the world long jump record before Bob Beamon? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/August 29, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
HUT, HUT, HIKE: College football begins in earnest today, and this season may be the wackiest one yet as some players who were on NFL rosters this training camp are trying to suit up for college teams this season. We are not making that up.
Dry, Technical Matter: The players are ones who, had they not left for the pros, would have otherwise been eligible to give it the old college try this season. The four major conferences this week passed rules against these kids playing but – hold on to your hats – state judges in Texas and Louisiana have issued restraining orders against the SEC’s rule.
Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: We say let them back in. College football players are paid a lot of money now, some outright by their schools, some through NIL collectives and some in other ways. True, they’re not paid in an employer/employee context, but they receive money and are professionals in spirit. We don’t see a reason why those who gave the NFL shot and didn’t make it shouldn’t be allowed to come back.
Fly In The Ointment: College sports are in a bind, of course, a bind of their own making. Every element – players, coaches, schools, conferences, networks – are in it for one reason: to strafe everyone for every last possible dollar. There is no longer a common interest and friends, this has never been a blueprint for success in anything whatsoever.
The Bottom Line: It is not practical to keep holding on to a romanticized version of college sports that never existed in the first place. And never means not once, because the very first college sporting event – the 1852 Harvard/Yale regatta – was held to promote both rail travel and a New Hampshire resort and featured ringers on each side. It’s been downhill ever since. Professional athletes will be taking the field this Saturday, and those who gave the NFL a shot and missed should, too.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow talks with an old Navy vet. Today’s Diary.
He had been a hospital corpsman ages ago…and we said we were on an old diesel submarine, and he said he probably could not have handled that duty, and we said we would’ve been useless in a foxhole, and we all had our place in the service…
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On This Date
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In 1756 – The Seven Years’ War begins in Europe, with Prussia’s Frederick the Great invading Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire. The primary warring states would be Prussia and Great Britain against France and, among others, Austria, though the war was also fought in Africa and North America and ended in 1763 with, among other things, France surrendering its American possessions to Britain and Spain.
In 1972 – Jim Barr of the San Francisco Giants establishes a new major league record for most consecutive batters retired in a 3-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals. Barr retired the first 20 batters he faced, giving him 41 total consecutive batters retired after retiring the final 21 consecutive Pittsburgh Pirates he faced on Aug 23. Research into whose record he broke was inconclusive, and Yusmeiro Petit of the Giants now holds the record, with 46 in 2014. Barr’s streak was broken by Bernie Carbo’s seventh-inning double.
In 1960 – Elvis Presley is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third of five consecutive weeks with It’s Now or Never. It was the 14th of 17 #1 songs by Elvis and the song also went to #1 in twelve other countries, including South Africa, Norway, and Great Britain. It peaked at #7 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was their 7th-biggest pop song of the year. The record sold over 20 million copies, and remains Elvis’ biggest-selling single. In 1981, a version by John Schneider went #14 pop and #4 country in the US.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Always you have to contend with the stupidity of men…Halve your lecture, and put a psalm at the beginning and a prayer at the end of it and read it from a pulpit, and they will pronounce it good without thinking.
Henry David Thoreau
Diary entry, 2/13/1860
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The longest filibuster in US Senate history is 25 hours and 5 minutes by Corey Hart in 2025.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many #1 songs did Elvis have on Billboard’s soul chart? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/August 27, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
HUT, HUT, HIKE: Recently Jed York, the owner of the San Francisco 49ers football team, got caught up in a sting operation and was arrested for solicitation in a rural Ohio trailer park. He texted someone he thought was a vendor willing and able to provide some Sunday morning nookie, and they agreed on a $160 fee.
Fly In The Ointment: Unfortunately, he was not talking with a professional sex vendor, but with the local constables. Our first thought was “the guy’s rich, and he’s paying $160 for a trailer park hookup”?
Quote That Sucker: Well, as someone smarter than us once said sex, like hunger, is an appetite, and you don’t always eat the finest restaurants. Sometimes you slum, and happily, too.
My Partner’s Bill Gannon…My Name’s Friday: Our second thought was, “why is this still a crime”?…Good gravy, an old fart wants a piece, and he finds someone to sell it to him. So what? Where’s the crime here? A better question is: who’s the victim here? Because you cannot have a crime without a victim. Is the woman receiving money she probably really needs the victim, or is the man paying her the victim?
FunFact: Besides, we all pay for it, don’t we guys? The only question is whether it’s a direct cash grant or whether we buy them dinner first.
The Bottom Line: Morality laws don’t do anyone any good, and it is time to repeal them. If paying for sex or legal weed isn’t to your taste, that’s all right, they’re not to my taste, either, but just because something is legal does not make it mandatory. What consenting adults want to do behind closed doors is their lookout, and nobody else’s. Jed York’s actions this past Sunday should never have made news.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s not sure if he needs to standy with a constable. Today’s Diary.
Security 101 dictates it’s not completely bad to have an officer present in this situation, and it’s one of those deals where we would rather be told we don’t have to do something than be told we should’ve done something…
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On This Date
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In 1957 – South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond begins a speech to the United States Senate at 8:54 pm against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The address turned into a 24 hour, 18 minute filibuster, which Thurmond stopped the following night due to doctors concerns about his kidneys. It was then the longest filibuster in US Senate history, and is now the second. Despite Thurmond’s opposition, the bill later passed the Senate by a 60-15 margin and was signed into law by President Eisenhower on September 9.
In 2004 – Argentina and the United States win basketball gold medals at the Athens Summer Olympics. Argentina defeated Italy 84-69 for the men’s gold medal while the US defeated Australia 74-63 for the women’s gold medal. It remains the only men’s basketball gold medal for Argentina and was the fifth of ten gold medals for the US women’s team.
In 1976 – KC and the Sunshine Band is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Soul Singles chart – for the only week with (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty. It was the third of four #1 soul singles for the group and their third of seven soul Top 10 hits. The song also went #1 pop in Canada and later would spend a week at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100. It was Billboard’s fourth-biggest soul song of the year and its 26th biggest overall.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
But fate, it seems, is unavoidable rather than unexpected.
Plutarch
Roman Lives
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The major league record for most runs in a game by one team is 36, by the Chicago Colts – now the Cubs – who defeated the Louisville Colonels 36-7 on June 29, 1897.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who now has the longest filibuster in US Senate history? – Answer next time!
As noted on Wednesday, The Daily Dose is enjoying a couple of days off.
Click here to read today’s entry in The Diary of a Nobody.
Cheers,
Yo Homie(s),
The Daily Dose will return. We have some projects that need our attention and, of course, it will return.
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It’s Sparrow…An average man passing an average life.
Monday, August 24
Here We Go
What a pleasant nite it was at the hotel…Occupancy was nice and low – about a third – so few bothered me, and we got most everything done that we wanted to…It’s why you keep jobs like this, frankly: easy work and not a whole hell of a lot of it, with lots of time for projects.
