The Daily Dose/February 23, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

USA! USA!: At the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the US won two hockey gold medals, with both the men and the women beating Canada 2-1 in overtime in the gold medal game. This should teach Canada a thing or two about turning down the idea of becoming our 51st state.

USA! USA! II: The women’s win wasn’t really a surprise, with the surprise really being it took overtime to beat the pesky Canadians. The US had won seven straight against Canada, including a decisive 5-0 win in the preliminary round. It was the third gold medal for the US women, and the two countries have met in seven of the eight gold medal games. 

USA! USA! III: The men’s win was a surprise, as Canada had a hell of a team. But the US had the best goalie on the planet, Connor Hellebuyck, with his brilliant, almost impossible, stick save keeping the Canadians from winning in regulation. 

Dry, Technical Matter: It was the third men’s gold medal for the US and their first won on foreign ice (1960 – Squaw Valley, California; 1980 – Lake Placid, New York). It was the fifth silver medal for Canada, to complement nine golds. 

Rubbing It In: Not only did Canada go oh-for-two in Milan, but a Canadian team hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1993. Since then, two teams from Florida and one from Las Vegas, of all places, have won it. 

The Bottom Line: Look, Canada, we like you. You’re a good neighbor, and you’re being more tolerant than we deserve for all the crap we’re foisting on you and the rest of the world right now. But hockey’s our national game and has been since our big silver medal finish – something Canadians can relate to – at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games. Had you accepted our 51st state invitation with some alacrity, there’s a good chance some of your players could’ve made our team, and they would be wearing gold medals now.  

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest on the hotel’s key situation. Today’s Diary. 

…the new key safe – which cost three grand we looked it up – [is] mostly unused, doing about the same job as if we just threw all keys in a pile at the end of the day.

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On This Date
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In 1903 – The US leases 45 square miles of Guantanamo Bay in southeastern Cuba, for an annual rent of $2,000 in gold coin. The US unilaterally adjusted the rent in 1934, and now pays Cuba $4,085 annually, checks Cuba has only cashed once since the 1959 revolution. It is the only US base in a socialist country and remains the oldest US base in a foreign country. The lease can only be ended by bilateral consent or a full US military withdrawal. 

In 2014 – Canada wins the Olympic ice hockey gold medal, defeating Sweden 3-0 in the gold medal game at Sochi, Russia. It was the ninth and most recent gold medal for the Canadians, and the third and most recent silver medal for Sweden, to go along with two gold medals. Finland defeated the US 5-0 for the bronze medal.

In 1991 – Whitney Houston is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with All The Man That I Need. The song also went to #1 in Canada and Cuba, peaked at #`3 in Great Britain, at #1 n Billboard’s soul chart, and was their 16th biggest song of the year. It was the 12th of 22 Top 10 songs for Houston and her ninth of eleven #1s. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

But he understood too that widespread misery also sprang from a privileged aristocracy that crushed the peasantry’s opportunity for self-betterment, and from the church, the vehicle used by kings and noblemen to bind the citizenry in the shackles of ignorance, superstition and subservience.
John Ferling
Adams vs Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The countries/territories with the shortest phone numbers are Tokelau and Niue, both Polynesian islands, which have 4-digit phone numbers. 

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

Which is the only country besides Canada and the US to play in the women’s hockey Olympic gold medal game? – Answer next time! 

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The Daily Dose/February 21, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

STOP US IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE: Hardly for the first time, a president of the United States is threatening military action against a country without a Congressional declaration of war. This time, it is President Trump saber rattling with Iran. 

USA! USA! Trump being Trump – a man of no moral or intellectual substance – he is being very vague as to exactly what he wants and why. At least with some presidents – like George W Bush = they’ve been very clear as what they wanted and why. This didn’t make their wars any more legal. They were illegal because they were not declared by Congress. 

Write This Down: The US Constitution is very clear on the matter, with Article I, Section 8, Clause II stating: 

Congress shall have the power…To declare War. 

Dry, Technical Matter: It doesn’t say to pass a resolution authorizing the expenditure of funds or the sending of troops abroad. It doesn’t provide for a president to rustle up a coalition of like-minded nations to invade another country, and it certainly doesn’t provide for passing off the matter to the UN or NATO…Congress, and no one else, has the power to declare war. 

FunFact: Congress hasn’t declared war since World War II, on June 5, 1942, when we declared war against dreaded Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Every other war America has fought since then – from Korea to our six current conflicts – have been or are illegal because they were not declared by Congress. 

The Bottom Line: America cannot continue to ignore the Constitution with impunity. Eventually, we will collapse. Now, if a majority of the members of the US House and Senate think we should be at war with someone, well, OK, that’s the Constitution at work. Having presidents declare war on their own is not. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow chats with David. Today’s Diary. 

He added that Sarah has a boyfriend, which we noted gives them something in common because David has a girlfriend, tho they do not appear to be Couple of the Year candidates, tho we are begininning to strongly suspect David is the type who isn’t really happy unless he’s whining about his woman…

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On This Date
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In 1878 – The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut by the District Telephone Company. The directory consisted of a single piece of cardboard and listed 50 subscribers – only twelve of which were residences – and, interestingly, did not include numbers because people then picked up their phone and had an operator connect them. The first yellow pages appeared in 1886 in Chicago. 

In 1973 – The Chicago Blackhawks extend their NHL-record streak of consecutive games not being shut out in a 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. It was the 228th consecutive and final game with a goal for the Blackhawks, and the streak would end with a 2-0 loss to Pittsburgh on Feb 24. The mark broke the record of 134 consecutive games established by the Ottawa Senators from 1917-23, and the record was broken in 1983 by the Quebec Nordiques with 230, and is now held by the Calgary Flames, with 264, from 1981-85. 

In 1975 – The Average White Band is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Pick Up the Pieces. It was the first of five Top 40 hits for the group, their first of two Top 10s, and remains their only #1 song. The song also peaked at #6 in Great Britain, at #5 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 21st-biggest song of the year. It was the sixth of twelve consecutive #1 songs in 1975 that spent only one week at the top, a Hot 100 calendar-year record that still stands. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

It was hard to believe he had evolved through the natural process of conception, birth and growing up.
McKinley Kantor
Andersonville

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The most recent amendment to the US Constitution is the 27th, ratified in 1992, which limits Congressional pay raises until after the next US House election. It had been sent to the several states in 1789.  

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

What country has the shortest phone numbers? – Answer next time! 

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

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow indulges in his weekly binge drinking. Today’s Diary. 

We take our whiskey over a small amount of ice, too, because it “opens it up”…We guess…We don’t really know…We only have the word of a bartender at a fancy-pants Sin City bar, who was in the mood to give me a scotch tutorial years ago…

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On This Date
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In 1847 – The first rescuers reach the Donner Party at Fremont Pass (now Donner Pass) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains northwest of Lake Tahoe. The party had left Missouri the previous March and in the fall, had found themselves trapped by an early snowfall. Though legend has it the group held lotteries to see who died to feed the others, evidence suggests cannibalism didn’t start until people died naturally. Of the 90 people who started out, 48 survived.  

In 1984 – The Soviet Union wins the Olympic ice hockey gold medal, defeating Czechoslovakia 2-0 in the final game of the final round in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The Soviets went 8-0 in the tournament for their sixth of seven gold medals and this was the fourth and final silver medal for Czechoslovakia. Sweden took the bronze medal, and the US defeated Poland 7-4 in the 7th-place game. 

In 1983 – Patti Austin and James Ingram are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Baby Come To Me. The song was first released in 1982, peaking at #73, but was re-released after being featured on the US soap opera General Hospital. It remains the only Top 40 hit for Austin and was the first of two #1 songs for Ingram. The song also peaked at #11 in Great Britain, at #9 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was their 9th-biggest song of the year. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

If you do not sacrifice for what you want, then what you want will be the sacrifice.
Fr. Mark Beard

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The NHL record for most points in a game by a player is ten, by Darryl Sittler of Toronto, who had six goals and four assists on February 7, 1976.

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

What was James Ingram’s other #1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100? – Answer next time! 

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