The Daily Dose/September 19, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience

GAYLON FOR CONGRESS…VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN: One issue that rears its head every two years is term limits. Many people believe they are a cure for our nation’s problems, but we don’t. There should be no barrier between the people and the candidate they want. 

Dry, Technical Matter: Several states have term limits on governors and legislators, and their governments are still partisan, bickering messes. Federally, only the president of the United States is subject to term limits: two full terms, which was enacted after the country collectively soiled itself after FDR was elected to four terms.

Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: The very best form of term limits are our regular elections. Every two years the entire US House and roughly one-third of the US Senate are elected, and every four years we elect a president.

USA! USA!: Friends, if we don’t like our government, we only have to look in the mirror: we elected everyone there. We can’t blame incumbents, lobbyists, or the media because none of them fills out our ballot; we do, and we keep electing partisan, fractured, and bickering messes, so that’s what we keep getting. Every two years we dutifully ship back to Washington the same people who got us in this mess in the first place.

The Bottom Line: You and me – we the people – are the very best form of term limits. The country we want starts with you, and it starts with me, and it starts November 3. We deserve better than the government we have now and it is time we started demanding it at the ballot box. Because if not now, when? If not us, who? And if not here in Colorado’s 2nd District, where?

Editor’s Note: Gaylon is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for Congress from Colorado’s 2nd District. Visit his campaign site here. 

Today At The Site
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The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a scratch on the top of his head. Today’s Diary.

Dylan strongly suspected it was a cat scratch, but we can’t recall Bandit near the top of our head, and we really cannot think of how we got it…

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On This Date
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In 1982 – The emoticon is used for the first time on a bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh by Scott Fahlman. Fahlman suggested using :- ) and :- ( as markers for what were and were not jokes. Fahlman did not originate the idea, though. Some rather dull sorts have long debated whether colons/semicolons and parentheses used by poet Robert Herrick in 1688 and Abraham Lincoln in 1862 were emoticons, standard punctuation for the times, or typos. 

In 2017 – Major League Baseball establishes a new record for most home runs in a season. Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals hit MLB’s 5,694th home run of the year, breaking the record established in 2000. Baseball’s 30 teams combined to hit 6,105 home runs that year, and the record is now 6,776, done in 2019. 

In 1981 – Diana Ross and Lionel Richie are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the sixth of nine consecutive weeks with Endless Love. It was the fifth and final #1 song for Ross and the first of five #1s for Richie. The song is also in its fifth of seven consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, peaked at #7 in Great Britain, was Billboard’s second biggest song of the year, its 3rd-biggest of the decade, and ranked 18th on Billboard’s 60th Anniversary Hot 100 in 2018. In 1994, a version of the song by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 and at #7 on Billboard’s soul chart.   

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

…{for} my greatest skill has been to want but little.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Judy Garland had 16 hits on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – a predecessor to the Hot 100 – from 1940-55, including six Top 10s.  

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

What is major league record for most triples in a season by all teams? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/September 18, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience

PLAY BALL: Baseball’s regular season has nine days left, and as we write this, only eight teams have been eliminated from the playoffs. Of the teams still in the hunt – at least theoretically –  nine are below .500, meaning they have lost more games than they’ve won.

Fly In The Ointment: This is wrong. Too many bad teams are staying in the playoff race for far too long, nowadays. The Kansas City Royals, 18 games under .500, were only eliminated from the playoffs this week when they should’ve been eliminated by Memorial Day. This means the playoffs, which feature twelve teams – three division champions and three wild card teams – are too big. 

Dry, Technical Matter: With 30 teams, two leagues, and three divisions in each league, division champions and one wild card team in each league are enough playoff teams. This would see the playoffs start with the Division Series, and get rid of those infernal best-of-three series that also give the two best teams in each league momentum-depleting five days off. 

The Bottom Line: What we’d like to see is the big leagues expand to 32 teams and into eight four-team divisions, with only the division champions qualifying for the playoffs. This would give old-timers the satisfaction of only having champions make the playoffs, while TV networks and MLB bean counters get three series. And why not make the Division Series best-of-seven instead of the current best-of-five?

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow holds a counseling session. Today’s Diary.

We told her that we’re all human and that no one in this department is an image on a stained glass window, which she didn’t find comforting at all…

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On This Date
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In 2009 – The soap opera The Guiding Light airs for the final time, after 72 years. The show premiered on NBC radio in 1937, later moved to CBS Radio before going to CBS Television in 1952. A total of 18,262 episodes aired, and The Guiding Light remains the longest-running American soap opera. The title referred to the office light that was on in a character’s study, showing when it was a good time to come and discuss a problem. 

In 1966 – Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts establishes a new NFL record for most touchdown passes in a career in a 38-23 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Unitas had four touchdown passes, finishing with 214 career touchdowns, breaking the record of 212 established by Y.A. Tittle from 1948-64. Unitas retired in 1973 with 290 touchdown passes, his mark was broken in 1975 by Fran Tarkenton, and the record is now 649, by Tom Brady from 2000-22. 

In 1961 – Judy Garland is at #1 on Billboard’s Top LPs mono and stereo charts with Judy at Carnegie Hall. The album was #1 on the mono chart for the second of 13 consecutive weeks and at the top of the stereo chart for the first of nine consecutive weeks. The album also peaked at #1 in Great Britain and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It was the second of four Top 10 albums for Garland, and remains her only #1. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Young man, why wilt though haste so fast? Thy vessel sails the open sea, and the harbor to wh0ich I am steering thee is still far off.
Ovid

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The major league record for most career double plays by a fielder is 2,004, by first baseman Mickey Vernon, from 1939-60.  

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

How many hits did Judy Garland have on Billboard’s pop charts? – Answer next time!  

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The Daily Dose/September 15, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience

QUOTE THAT SUCKER: One of the oldest quotes comes from the 1st-century BC, originally credited to a Jewish leader and scholar named Hillel the Elder. 

If not us, who? If not now, when? 

Gaylon For Congress…Vote Early, Vote Often: This is true for this year’s midterms. Our government is not serving us well. From the idiocy of Donald Trump to the Republicans who enable him, to the Democrats standing by, scratching their navels and merely taking it all in, to a media that refuses to call a spade a spade and has legitimized all of it. 

Dry, Technical Matter: We deserve better than this. We deserve better than perpetual war. We have been at war every day for over 36 years, and there is no end in sight. No nation has survived perpetual war, and America will not be the first. We deserve better than $40 trillion of debt, too. We deserve an economy anchored in low taxes and free markets, not high taxes and tariffs. 

FunFact: We deserve to only fight wars that have been declared by Congress, as mandated in the Constitution, a provision that could not be more violated if prizes were issued for non-compliance.  

The Bottom Line: Over the years, running for office, we’ve said that America has until this half-century is out to get our act together, but Donald Trump has sped up that timeline. We cannot continue with ignorance, perpetual and mindless wars, and $40 trillion of debt with impunity. Eventually we will collapse. Our time is now and it is up to us because you and me – we the people – are the only change on this ballot. 

Editor’s Note: Gaylon is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for Congress from Colorado’s 2nd District. Visit his campaign site here. 

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Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets talked up by a guy. Today’s Diary.

We’re not gay, goddammit, and we’ve never understood what gay men see in us…

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On This Date
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In 1862 – Confederate forces under generals Stonewall Jackson and A.P. Hill defeat a Union garrison at the Battle of Harper’s Ferry (Maryland). The victory resulted in the capture of over 12,000 Union troops, the largest Union surrender of the Civil War and the largest US surrender until the fall of Bataan in World War II. The momentum was short-lived, as General Lee was forced to evacuate Maryland two days later after the Battle of Antietem.

In 1995 – Ozzie Smith of the St Louis Cardinals establishes a new major league record for most career double plays by a shortstop in a 7-6 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Smith’s 6th-inning double play gave him 1,554 for his career, breaking the record established by Luis Aparicio between 1956-73. Smith retired the following year with 1,590 double plays, and the record for shortstops is now 1,734 by Omar Vizquel between 1989-2012. 

In 1973 – Helen Reddy is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Delta Dawn. It was the second of six Top 10 hits for Reddy and her second and final #1 song. The song also went to #1 in Canada, Reddy’s native Australia, and New Zealand, and was Billboard’s 14th-biggest song of the year. In 1972, a version by Tanya Tucker went #6 country. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

I will get ready, and then, perhaps, my time will come.
John Wooden

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The first US president to die in office was William Henry Harrison, who died after 31 days in office in 1841. 

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

Who holds the all-time record for most double plays by a fielder at any position? – Answer next time!  

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The Daily Dose/September 14, 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 changes things up in the gym. Today’s Diary. 

The big news is we now do all three 10-minute deep breathing sets before heading to the weight room, instead of doing one set, moving some weight, then doing the last two deep breathing sets…

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On This Date
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In 1901 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes president of the United States following the death of William McKinley, who had been shot in Buffalo September 6. Roosevelt was on vacation at the time, and was inaugurated in Buffalo before returning to Washington. Roosevelt would be elected in 1904 and served until 1909 and before being elected vice president had also served as an assistant secretary of the navy and as governor of New York. McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz had been arrested at the scene and would be executed in October. 

In 1865 – Andrew Strath of Scotland wins the British Open, beating Willie Park, Sr, by two strokes at the Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. It was the only major win for Strath, and was the third of four runner-up finishes for Park to go along with four titles. Prestwick hosted 24 Opens over the years, including the first eleven and its last one in 1925. The tournament was played in one day, consisting of three 12-hole rounds. 

In 1985 – John Parr is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with St Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion). It was Parr’s third chart single, his second and final Top 40 hit and remains his only #1 song. The song also went to #1 in Canada and peaked at #6 in Parr’s native Great Britain. Parr co-wrote the song with David Foster and the song spent 22 weeks on the Hot 100, 14 weeks in the Top 40 and seven weeks in the Top 10.  

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

He was solitary, but not lonesome.
John Toland
Adolf Hitler

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The US did not have a chief executive under the Articles of Confederation. Congress ran the country. It had a president, but the office had no executive powers. 

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

Who was the first US president to die in office? – Answer next time!  

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The Daily Dose/September 13, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things. 

1. Donald Trump – In its second consecutive week at #1 because Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters want to know which Trump Trait (TT) continues to lock in support…Is it the fact he is an ignorant liar, a convicted felon, and an admitted sexual predator???…That he is still a man of zero moral or intellectual substance???…Or maybe it’s something else SB5 pollsters are missing entirely 

2. War! War! War! – US vs Iran still illegal, immoral, stupid, and still lacking an exit strategy…Russian/Ukrainian war still has no end in sigbt, while Israel/Hamas war remains a geonocide…All are three (3) of the over 100 wars going on in world right now, as planet might be its most war-torn since World War II,

3. Gaylon For Congress…Vote Early, Vote Often – The 3-hole staple…New Daily Report segment on campaign’s Facebook page harps on familiar themes, with daily accounting of number of consecutive days US has been at war, plus the daily national debt total, which increases by a few billion dollars each day…Local issues take it in shorts, as Gaylon prefers to focus on issues that can destroy our country. 

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. Los Angeles Rams – Recently retired Bottom Ten pollsters reappear for this one, as preseason Super Bowl favorites travel to Australia day before game and get lunch handed to them by 49ers…This is alarming, meaning either Rams were too dumb to realize flying 15 hours the day before playing an NFL game was witless, or they’re not as good as everyone thought. 

5. Donald Trump/GOP Fact Check – Click here for all the lies, blather, and falsehoods from the Republican mid-term convention…Courtesy of the AP. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow watches Keenan bandage Robert’s hand. Today’s Diary.

There was a laff when that zany Robert got a hand pinched between two tables…Though Robert was hardly weeping, Dr Keenan immediately brought him to the back office for first aid and Keenan appeared to know what he was doing…

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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it. 

In 1788 – The Congress of the Confederation of the US sets the date for the first presidential election. The Constitution had been ratified in June, and Congress resolved that states would choose their presidential electors the following January 7, and electors would cast their ballots on February 4. Citizens began voting on December 15, and the new government formed on March 4. The Electoral College unanimously elected George Washington president and he was inaugurated on April 29. 

In 1942 – Lennie Merullo of the Chicago Cubs ties the major league record for most errors in an inning in a 12-8 win over the Boston Braves in the second game of a doubleheader. Merullo, playing shortstop, had four errors in the second inning, tying the record that had been done three times previously and has been done three times since. His grandson Matt Merullo played in the major leagues from 1989-95.

In 1975 – Glen Campbell is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Rhinestone Cowboy. The song also went to #1 in Yugoslavia, Ireland, and Canada, peaked at #4 in Great Britian, was in its third and final non-consecutive week at #1 on Billboard’s country chart, and was Billboard’s 2nd-biggest song of the year. It was the first of two #1 pop hits for Cambell and his fourth of five country #1s.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it is probably deserved.
Russell Lynes
American editor and author

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The two biggest country songs of 1960 were He’ll Have To Go by Jim Reeves and Please Help Me I’m Falling by Hank Locklin, both of which spent 14 weeks at #1. 

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

Who was the chief executive of the US under the Articles of Confederation? – Answer next time!  

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