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The Daily Dose/September 22, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
USA! USA!: We should be ashamed of our collective selves. For over a year we’ve been sinking suspected drug smugglers on the open seas. Plus, we bombed schoolchildren on the first day we started bombing Iran. These attacks have resulted in the deaths of over 420 innocent people.
Dry, Technical Matter: We should be ashamed of our government for doing it, and we should be ashamed of ourselves for tolerating it. Attacking schoolchildren is a war crime, and the attacks on mariners in the open sea violate international law. While not war crimes, they are extrajudicial killings, which is a fancy way of saying they were executed without the benefit of trial, conviction, and sentencing.
Fly In The Ointment: As we note here from time to time, we are in our seventh decade of both TV and fast food being focal points of American life. We are well-entertained and well-fed, which has made us complacent, and as a whole, we Americans are no longer capable of anything hard or great.
FunFact: We are not even capable of the routine anymore, because for a while now we Americans have shown ourselves incapable of holding our elected leaders accountable. Election after election, we send incumbents back to Washington, and year after year the status quo keeps delivering substandard government. Twice we’ve elected Donald Trump president, an ignorant liar and a man of zero moral or intellectual substance.
The Bottom Line: Because we’ve stopped holding our leaders accountable, we’ve allowed our country to devolve into something the Founding Fathers would not recognize, a country that is the biggest partisan, fractured, and bickering mess we’ve had since the Civil War. We deserve better than a government that kills innocent kids and mariners, so let’s get to work. It starts with you and me – we the people – on Election Day.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow takes some stuff for gas. Today’s Diary.
It worked, too; we’re no longer bloated, we feel like we’ve lost 20 pounds, and we’re no longer cutting the cheese every five minutes…
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In 1693 – The last executions resulting from the Salem Witch Trials are conducted in Massachusetts, with seven women and one man hanged. The trials had begun in February 1692 when girls aged 9-17 accused various women of witchcraft, with more than 200 people accused, 30 found guilty, and 19 executed. Later, some of the accusers admitted their accusations had been fabricated, and the Massachusetts legislature later exonerated all who had been convicted.
In 1988 – Janet Evans wins the 400-meter freestyle gold medal, establishing a new world at the Seoul Summer Olympics. Evans won in 4 minutes, 3.85 seconds, with East Germans Heike Friedrich and Anke Mohring earning silver and bronze medals. Evans also won gold in the 800-meter freestyle and the 400-meter medley, and would also win the 800-meter freestyle at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Evans was the first American woman to win four individual gold medals in swimming.
In 1990 – Wilson Phillips is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Release Me. It was the second of seven Top 40 and Top 10 hits for the group, their second of four Top 10s and their second of three #1s. The song also went to #1 in Colombia and Canada, peaked at #36 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 19th-biggest song of the year. Their self-titled album was at its peak position of #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…for when manners decay the nation decays with them.
Will & Ariel Durant
The Story of Civilization Vol. I: Our Oriental Heritage
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Babe Ruth led the American League in earned run average once, 1.75 in 40 starts in 1916.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What album spent the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 in 1990? – Answer next time!
It’s Sparrow…An average man passing an average life.
Monday, September 21
Better Early Than Never
Even tho the paving that was delaying the drive in at nite is now done during the day, we are still leaving at the old time, so we were in the hotel for a nice session of drinking coffee on the couch and watching Robert work.
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
Writing worth reading. Usually.
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!
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!
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.
Today At The Site
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!
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!
