The Daily Dose/April 11, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
LEADING OFF: DRY, TECHNICAL MATTER: One of the downsides to the Internet Era is that news is available 24 hours. This means information outlets must produce stuff around the clock. This leads some outlets – especially sports outlets – to stretch credulity with those witless mock drafts and way-too-early rankings for next season. There was a time when crap like this existed only in the minds of the most hard-core, thousand-yard-stare sports fans – and it still is – but now they have outlets.
Extra, Extra, Read All About It: : As sometimes happens, the headline caught our eye. It merely reinforced the above point:
2025 NFL schedule release rumor:
NFL is targeting one of these three dates in May to unveil schedule
CBSSports.com
Oh, The Humanity: Good gravy, the actual NFL schedule release is tedious enough, mainly because there are no surprises, as the NFL’s scheduling formula is such that who a team is playing is known well in advance. The only question is when and, sometimes, where. And, actually, this is interesting enough. Not as interesting as the NFL and its partners try to make it out to be, but it’s good big-picture stuff for a sports fan to know.
F*ck It, Just F*ck It: Now, drivel on the dates the NFL is considering releasing the schedule on is considered news. We’ve saved you the work and read the story for you. It’s bad – even by internet standards – filled with obvious observations and banal quotes.
The Bottom Line: It’s a minefield out there, so be careful: fantasy sports news, breakdown segments, pics showing reactions instead of people actually doing things, sports outlets are just another segment trying to dumb us down. Be strong, and don’t let them. Don’t read stupid articles like we’ve mentioned here, and you’ll have a head start on those who do.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s back, with the longest Diary entry ever. Today’s Diary.
There are bones in my hunter’s stew!!!…I am not making that up…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1970 – Apollo 13 is launched by the United States, scheduled to be the third lunar landing. Two days later, however, an oxygen tank in the service module exploded, with the crew of Commander Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise obliged to transfer to the lunar module, where they orbited the moon and returned to Earth on April 17. Lovell is one of three men to fly to the moon twice, and the only one who didn’t walk on it.
In 1924 – The first NCAA Swimming Championships begin at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Six swim races and one diving competition were held, with Northwestern winning the unofficial team title with four victories, with Navy, Williams, and Rutgers also winning individual titles. Official team championships were first awarded in 1937, with Texas having won the most with 16. The first NCAA championships were in track & field in 1921.
In 2009 – Darius Rucker is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Songs chart – for the third and final consecutive week with It Won’t Be Like This For Long. It was the second of twelve Top 10 country hits for Rucker and second of seven #1s. The song also went #1 country in Canada, peaked at #36 in the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s 4th-biggest country song of the year. Previously, Rucker had had Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 with Hootie & the Blowfish.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…all this riot of unmoored minds seemed to have left the world devoid of meaning, the soul empty of imagination and hope.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol X: From Rousseau to Revolution
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The Venus de Milo is 6 feet, 7 inches high.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who are the other two men to fly to the moon twice? – Answer next time!
