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The Daily Dose/October 9, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON HERE?: Christa Pike, the condemned killer who survived Tennessee’s two attempts to execute her, woke up this week. Her attorney said her first question – logically enough, under the circumstances – was “Where am I?”
Dry, Technical Matter: She has gone from being on a ventilator, to waking up and wondering what the hell was going on, to walking and eating on her own.
Fly In The Ointment: Unknown is her long-term prognosis or whether Tennessee will try to kill her again. Her attorney wants her sentence commuted, but we maintain she has served her sentence.
Consider This: Tennessee twice injected her with state-approved dosages of state-approved drugs, and Ms. Pike survived. It’s hardly her fault Tennessee screwed it up, and Ms Pike should be released as soon as she is healthy enough to live on her own.
The Bottom Line: We’re not pro-murder here, though we are anti-death penalty because we have executed innocent people. And the condemned have few rights, but one of them is being dead when they are wheeled out of the death chamber and not ambulanced out to the hospital. If we are no longer able to do this, it is another reason for the death penalty to be abolished.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is having a good week in the sack. Today’s Diary.
7.0 hours for the day and 38.0 hours for the week, both good tho hardly spectacular figures…
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On This Date
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In 2007 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at a then all-time high of 14,164 points. The subprime housing bubble collapsed soon after, triggering the Great Recession. The Dow would close as low as 6,469.95 on March 6, 2009 and would not reach its pre-recession high unti March 5, 2013. The Dow debuted in 1884 with eleven stocks, most of which became the Dow Transportation Average, and it hit its current all-time high on August 5 at 54,349.12.
In 2022 – Max Verstappen of the Netherlands wins the F1 world driver championship after winning the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, defeating Sergio Perez of Mexico by 27 seconds. It was Verstappen’s second of four consecutive world championships, making him the sixth driver to win at least four consecutive titles. Verstappen’s father, Jos, was a former F1 driver who made 106 starts with two podiums between 1994-2003.
In 1971 – Rod Stewart is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of five consecutive weeks with Maggie May. It was Stewart’s first of 34 Top 40 hits and his first of three #1s. The song also went to #1 in Canada, Australia, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 2nd-biggest song of the year. The flip side, Reason To Believe, peaked at #68 on the Hot 100 and also went to #1 in Great Britain.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Older voters who had lived through the Depression and two world wars fretted that America had somehow lost its grit and will to sacrifice.
Evan Thomas
Ike’s Bluff
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The phrase “Shot heard round the world” originated in a 1837 poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson called Concord Hymn.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who is the only F1 driver to win five consecutive world championships? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/October 3, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has zero town spirit. Today’s Diary.
We had the gym almost to ourselves tonite, and it turned out our small town high school had a home football game, so only a couple of us utterly lacking in small town pride were working out…
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On This Date
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In 1990 – East and West Germany reunite and become the Federal Republic of Germany when East Germany ceases to exist. Germany officially became separate countries in 1949, four years after the Soviet Union occupied East Germany after World War II. East and West Berlin also merged into one city, and once again became Germany’s capital in 1999, after a nine-year transition.
In 1951 – The New York Giants win the National League pennant, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4 in the third game of their playoff series. Bobby Thomson’s 3-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning at the Polo Grounds – known to History as the Shot Heard ‘Round the World” – gave the Giants the win. The Giants would lose the World Series to the New York Yankees in six games.
Today – Ella Langley is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record 24th non-consecutive week with Choosin’ Texas. The mark broke the record of 22 weeks by Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You, which set the mark in six separate chart runs, itself an all-time Hot 100 record. The song is also in its 42nd non-consecutive week at #1 on Billboard’s country chart, is now the 3rd-biggest country song ever, and the biggest ever by a female solo act. It is her first #1 song on either chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Writers don’t make good husbands. They reserve their Eros for their art.
Saul Bellow (married four times)
Ravelstein
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s #1 album of 1977 was Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, which spent 31 non-consecutive weeks at #1.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Where did the phrase “Shot heard ‘round the world” originate? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/October 2, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
USA! USA!: On Wednesday, the state of Tennessee attempted to execute a convicted murderer named Christa Pike. Now 50, Pike had been convicted and sentenced to death when she was 18.
Fly In The Ointment: Pike, however, survived her execution! Twice! We are not making that up.
Dry, Technical Matter: When the first lethal injection attempt failed, the state tried the second injection site. When this, too, failed, the state threw up its hands and sent her to the hospital, marking one of the few times someone enters a death chamber and is taken out alive. So what happens now?
Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: Provided she survives this, Pike should go free. She served her sentence. Sentenced to death, the state of Tennessee executed Ms Pike’s death warrant. It led her into the death chamber, strapped her to a gurney, found two veins, and twice injected her with the state-mandated dose of the state-mandated drug. She survived. Like any prisoner who has completed their sentence, she should be set free.
The Bottom Line: Not only do we occasionally execute the innocent, but now we can’t even execute the guilty. The condemned have few rights, but one of them is having their death sentence executed efficiently, humanely, and competently. If the state is no longer able to grant this right, this is another reason – along with having executed the innocent – for the death penalty to be abolished.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is forced to adapt at the gym. Today’s Diary.
We were in Room 1…when some broad comes in to teach her 1800 Yapping Yoga class…Crap…So we finish our session and clear out to do weights because Kris is in Room 1 with her Yap-O-Matic class…
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On This Date
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In 1962 – James Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, becomes the first Black to attend the University of Mississippi. The attendant rioting killed two people and injured over 300, including over 150 US Marshals. Meredith, an Air Force veteran, had previously attended Jackson State and graduated from Ole Miss the following year with a political science degree, and he later earned a law degree from Columbia. Now 93, Meredith lives in Jackson, Mississippi.
In 1922 – Rogers Hornsby of the St Louis Cardinals becomes the first player in major league history to finish a season with a .400 batting average and 40 home runs. Hornsby went 3-5 in a 7-1 win over the Chicago Cubs, to finish the season batting .401 with 42 home runs. It was the first of three times Hornsby would hit .400 and remains his only season with 40 home runs. The feat has not been duplicated.
In 1977 – Meco is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band. It was the first of 20 chart singles for Meco, his first of five Top 40 hits, and remains his only Top 10 hit. The song also peaked at #7 in Great Britain, at #6 on Billboard’s Disco chart, at #8 on its Soul chart, and was Billboard’s 71st-biggest song of the year. Meco’s real name was Domenico Monardo, he graduated from the US Military Academy and died at 83 in 2023.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.
James Meredith
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The major league record for the longest postseason winning streak is twelve games, done twice, both by the New York Yankees (1927-32; 1998-99).
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s #1 album of 1977? – Answer next time!
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