Category Archives: 2018
The Daily Dose – November 12, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… ELECTION DAY…VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN: We live in a small town. It has a pretty good diner, a bar, a small grocery store and no stop lights. Usual small town stuff. And we also … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – Veterans Day, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… TEN HUT!: You know, honestly, we cannot remember Veterans Day being the big deal it is today while growing up. And we come from a family of many veterans. 9/11 changed that, of course, … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – November 8, 2017
The Daily Dose By Gaylon Kent America’s Funniest Guy Notes from around the Human Experience… UH, YEAH, THIS IS BREAKING NEWS: Last week the United States carried out two airstrikes in Somalia in an effort to kill senior ISIS leaders. … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – November 7, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… ANCHORS AWEIGH: Last week the Navy released its reports on collisions involving the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John McCain. Both suffered catastrophic collisions this past summer, the Fitzgerald off the southern coast of … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – November 6, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… OUR COUNTRY IS DYING: Usually after the latest mass shooting we trot out our suitably witless remark about cutting and pasting the previous mass shooting column, changing only the location and the number of … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – November 4, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… WHO HAD NINE MONTHS IN THE POOL?: In fairness to President Trump – President Trump! – none of the three people indicted in the Mueller investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 presidential … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – November 1, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… CAN’T WE JUST CUT AND PASTE THE LAST COLUMN?: Mass killings in this country long ago stopped being news in the context of actually being out of the ordinary. The root of the word … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 31, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… OH, I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE, HOORAY!: The headline about a Mississippi school district deciding to return the landmark book To Kill A Mockingbird to its eighth-grade curriculum caught our eye, but it … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 30, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’: You know, there was a time when winning ensured some job security for managers and coaches. Not anymore. Joe Girardi manages the New York Yankees to within a … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 29, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… HELP WANTED: We don’t usually talk about personal amusements here at your Daily Dose but today we are going to chat a little bit about sports officiating. For several years the number of people … Continue reading