The Daily Dose/March 20, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

 THERE HE GOES A-READIN’ AGAIN: As sometimes happens, the headline caught our eye: 

Bettman: Time Will Tell If Russia In 2028 World Cup

Translated, this means NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said he wasn’t sure if Russia would compete in the 2028 World Cup of Hockey, which is put on by the NHL and scheduled for February 2028 in both Canada and Czechia. 

Dry, Technical Matter: Russian athletic teams have faced a variety of sanctions since their invasion of Ukraine, including at the recent Winter Olympics, where they competed under an independent athlete banner. 

Fly In The Ointment: If Russia is sanctioned and not allowed to compete or host international athletic events, then how come the US is being allowed to host – along with Canada and Mexico – the World Cup later this year? It’s a valid question: our war with Iran is as useless, tragic, and illegal as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is (or Israel’s genocide in Gaza is, for that matter). Why should the US get off scott-free here? 

Duh: Because a lot of money is at stake, that’s why. Because moving games would cause logistical headaches some would not want to tolerate. Because, as we’ve done since time immemorial, we humans will do what’s in our best interest: it is in a lot of people’s interest to see the World Cup go off as scheduled, the bombing of schoolgirls be damned. 

The Bottom Line: Russian athletes can’t compete under their country’s flag, but the US can invade Iran and bomb schoolgirls and still host the World Cup this year. This makes no sense. If the sports world is serious about sanctioning countries who start useless and immoral wars, the US will have the World Cup taken away from them. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow, talking about a baby, gets off a pretty good line. Today’s Diary. 

– “Any early signs of genius yet???”
Allie, who’s sitting on the other side of Molly, laffs, the type of laff that had she been drinking something would’ve resulted in a mess.
– “That’s a pretty good line Sparrow…No, tho…No early signs of genius.”

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On This Date
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In 2003 – The invasion of Iraq begins, with US, British, Polish, and Australian forces entering Iraq from Kuwait. The force met little resistance, with the capital of Baghdad taken on April 9. Though the purpose of the war was to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, none were ever found. The war was declared over on May 1, and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was captured on December 13 and executed in December 2006. 

In 1968 – Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers becomes the first center in NBA history to lead the league in assists in a 137-119 win over the Baltimore Bullets. Chamberlain had twelve assists to finish the year with 702. Chamberlain also led the NBA in minutes played (3,836), field goal percentage (59.5%), free throws attempted (932), and rebounds (1,952). 

In 1976 – Tom T Hall is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet). It was the 16th of 21 Top 10 country hits for Hall and his seventh and final #1. The song also went #2 country in Canada and was Billboard’s 13th-biggest country song of the year. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
Abigail Adams

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Municipal Arena in Kansas City has hosted the most NCAA Division I national championship games with seven. 

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The Daily Dose/March 18, 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 gets a date. Today’s Diary. 

…we start chatting, the sort of mindless prattle a boy and girl have when both are expecting a date invite to be issued.

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On This Date
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In 1990 – An art gallery in Boston has twelve valuable paintings stolen. Two thieves disguised as police officers entered the museum, tied the guards up, and took 81 minutes to complete their theft. The paintings were initially valued at $200 million, a figure that has since been raised considerably. Though the Boston Mafia was investigated at length, the case remains unsolved, with no arrests made and no paintings recovered. It remains the largest art theft in US history. 

In 1953 – The Indiana Hoosiers win the NCAA basketball title, defeating the Kansas Jayhawks 69-68 at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. It was the second of five national titles for the Hoosiers, and the second of an NCAA-record six second-place finishes for Kansas, to go along with four championships. Washington defeated LSU 88-69 in the third-place game. 

In 1972 – Neil Young is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Heart of Gold. It was the first of two Top 40 hits for Young, who had previously charted with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, and remains his only Top 10 hit. The song also went to #1 in his native Canada, peaked at #10 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 17th-biggest song of the year. The song features backing vocals by Linda Ronstadt and Jame Taylor. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

…I cannot submit myself to the dictate of any man, however high he stands, or however good he may be.
Morris West
The Shoes of the Fisherman

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The American Revolution officially ended on May 12, 1784, when representatives of the US and Great Britain exchanged ratified Treaties of Paris in Paris. The treaty had been signed on September 3, 1783.  

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What facility has hosted the most NCAA men’s national championship games? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/March 17, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

3…2…1…Don’t Blast Off: We are on record here as saying that our country is a shell of its former self. Our favorite example of this is our space program, because the only country to put humans on the moon can no longer even send anyone into orbit. 

Dry, Technical Matter: Now, we’re certainly efforting. The Artemis project is designed to send us back to the moon, but it is years behind schedule, and future launch dates for Artemis II’s manned mission can now cynically be regarded as dates when the project’s next delays will be announced. 

Sigh: Our space program could’ve been so great, but plot our progress after Apollo on a graph, and you’ve got a perpendicular line. Regular readers of this crap know we are of the feeling we could’ve had people on Mars in the 1980s if we wanted to. But we didn’t want to, and good luck to everyone over 50 seeing it in their lifetime. 

Fly In The Ointment: The Aretmis delays aren’t really a surprise because we are a different country now than we were in the Apollo era. We are a country where three-quarters of us (including us, frankly) are overweight, and we are watching multiple hours of TV a day, a figure that do not include the scrolling that is now a mainstay of American life.

Write This Down: Friends, if you don’t think that has something to do with it, you are high, legally in more and more states. Long ago, America stopped dreaming and started settling, a full belly being more content than adventurous. 

The Bottom Line: The world needs an America that is innovating and pushing boundaries and setting the pace for a world that accomplishes things. Instead, we’ve devolved into a country that has long been a partisan, fractured, and bickering mess and has seen fit to twice elect as president a man of no moral or intellectual substance. We are paying the price for it. We’d be surprised if we have humans back on the moon before this decade is out.  

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow takes a walk. Today’s Diary. 

It was cool, but hardly cold, and there wasn’t even a lite breeze, either, wonderful elements for a walk…We did two miles, too: one mile total to and from the high school and four laps around the track once we were there…

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On This Date
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In 1776 – The Siege of Boston in the American Revolution ends when British troops sail out of Boston Harbor. The seige had begun in April 1775 after the Battles of Lexington and Concord when Massachusetts militias blocked further land access. Though the British outnumbered the Americans, they continually lacked food, fuel, and other supplies and retreated to Nova Scotia. Some communities in the area celebrate today as Evacuation Day. 

In 1893 – What would become the Stanley Cup is awarded for the first time, when the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup is awarded to the Montreal Hockey Club for winning the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada championship. It was the first of four Stanley Cup titles for Montreal. The Cup was donated by Frederick Stanley, the governor-general of Canada, and would later be known as the Stanley Cup. 

In 1962 – Sheb Wooley is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot C&W Sides chart – for the only week with That’s My Pa. It was the first of eight Top 40 country hits for Wooley and remains his only #1, and in 1958, Wooley spent six weeks at #1 on the Billboard pop chart with The Purple People Eater. Wooley later starred in TV and movie westerns and was the voice behind the common TV and movie effect known as the Wilhelm Scream. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

…he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Augustus succeeded Julius Caesar as leader of the Roman Empire. 

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

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things. 

1. War With Iran – America is dead…It’s all over…The country that won World War II is bombing schoolgirls now…Without an imminent threat and with no strategic or tactical advantage to be gained, it’s a genocide now, the only goal to kill as many Iranians as possible…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “strongly suspect” both our country and our planet deserve better than this. 

2. Artemis II – US breathless as NASA sets April 1 as the newest date for manned mission to orbit moon to be delayed in project that hasn’t flown since 2022…Project was first scheduled to launch in 2019, and most recent delays were for the same hydrogen leak, which shows either negligence, incompetence or, as likely as not, both at NASA 

3. USA! USA! – The 3-hole staple…Seven decades into TV and fast food being focal points of American life, we are well-fed and well-entertained and not too much interested in fussin’ over things – like lies, ignorance and war – that do not directly threaten it…Yet…It will, though, soon enough, because ignorance is the standard in America now. 

4. World Cup – Like the upcoming, inevitable Artemis II delays, Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” upcoming soccer tournament facing, at minimum, significant upheaval in both participating teams and locations, and, at worst, postponement or, our favorite, outright cancellation…Could become temporary 3-hole staple if enough participating countries end up at war with each other.  

5. Donald Trump Fact Check: – Click here for the latest lies…Courtesy of the AP. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets to use his Spanglish. Today’s Diary. 

So we dive in on the check-in process and then some tall, skinny f*ck who’s whiter than me comes by and starts throwing out Spanish like he’s the Frito Bandito and shit…

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On This Date
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Editor’s Note: due to time constraints, these entries ran a few years ago.

In 44 BC – Roman dictator Julius Caesar, head of the Roman Republic, is assassinated, stabbed to death in the Theater of Pompey in Rome. After an initial glancing blow by a senator named Casca, others joined in, and History reports Caesar was stabbed 23 times. The assassins fled after doing their work, and Caesar was eventually removed by three slaves and later cremated. The date is known as the Ides of March, a day in Rome set aside for religious observances and the settlement of debts. 

In 1869 – The National Association of Base Ball Players authorizes the Cincinnati Red Stockings to become the first professional baseball team in the US. The Red Stockings would sign ten players through November, play their first game in May, and go 57-0 on the year. The team folded in 1870 and did not play in the National Association (1871-75), though a Cincinnati team was a charter member of the National League in 1876. The current Cincinnati Reds formed in the American Association in 1881 and joined the National League in 1890. 

In 1975 – The Doobie Brothers are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Black Water. It was the sixth of 16 Top 40 hits for the group, their second of five Top 10 songs, and was their first of two #1s (What a Fool Believes, one week, 1979). The song also peaked at #11 in Canada and was Billboard’s 15th-biggest song of the year. The Doobie Brothers’ last appearance on a Billboard singles chart was in 2011 when A Brighter Day peaked at #18 on the Adult Contemporary chart. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

I felt that there could be no turning back and that I was engaging in an adventure the meaning of which I thoroughly understood.
Capt. Joshua Slocum
Sailing Alone Around The World

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The British Royal Navy was established in 1546 by King Henry VIII.  

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