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The Daily Dose/April 10, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
ELECT THE CLOWN, WATCH THE CIRCUS: Nothing Donald Trump says or does is a surprise. His recent diatribes have been shocking. They’ve been embarrassing. They’ve been dangerous. But they’re not surprising.
Stop Us If You’ve Heard This Before: Donald Trump is a selfish, ignorant liar, a man of zero moral or intellectual substance. He acts accordingly, and we are being governed accordingly. His behavior now is disturbing, and he is even less fit now to be president than at any time previously, which is saying a lot, because his witlessness disqualifies him from the presidency.
Dry, Technical Matter: We’ve been through this before. Back when Nixon was lying his way through Watergate, even his staunchest supporters in Congress could see he could no longer govern effectively. Eventually, he lost so much support that he was obliged to resign.
USA! USA! President Trump, of course, has no such problems because Congress – and the media, too – continue to appease and enable him. Nobody has ever been willing to call a spade a spade where Donald Trump is concerned: no one dares to say he is an ignorant, witless liar, and his supporters bend over backward to appease him. Since Day 1, they have allowed Trump to bully and overpower his way to what he wants, regardless of a policy’s merit.
The Bottom Line: The time has come for Donald Trump to end his presidency. There are a variety of options, none of which are likely to happen immediately. He will not resign. The vice president and Cabinet will not invoke the 25th Amendment, which allows for the president to be declared disabled. The House will not impeach him. The only hope is electing a House and Senate amenable to impeachment and removal on Election Day.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is back in the gym. Today’s Diary.
…we got our first forms in in a couple of days…Recall Tuesday nite we couldn’t be bothered to do anything more strenuous than go out for pizza, and Wednesday was tai chi, and it was great to get back to three sets of forms and weights.
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On This Date
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In 1912 – The RMS Titanic gets underway from Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage en route to New York City. The ship carried a crew of approximately 885, and 1,317 people had booked passage, though the exact figure isn’t known due to cancellations and those who left the ship at early stops. The Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sunk on April 14, with a figure of 1,500 deaths accepted by most sources.
In 1896 – Thomas Burke of the US wins the Olympic 100-meter gold medal at the Athens Summer Games. Burke won in 12.0 seconds, defeating Fritz Hofmann of Germany by .2 seconds. Earlier in the Games, Burke had won the 400 meters, and he remains the only person to win gold in each event at any Olympics, much less the same one.
In 1993 – Snow is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the fifth of seven consecutive weeks with Informer. The song went to #1 in 13 other countries – including Finland and Norway – peaked at #2 in Great Britain, at #10 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and was their 10th-biggest song of the year. It was the first of three Top 40 hits for Snow, and remains his only Top 10 hit. The song is based on Snow being charged with two counts of attempted murder. He would later be acquitted of lesser charges.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
A cosmos without known cause or fate is an intellectual prison; we long to believe that the great drama has a just author and a noble end.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol VI: The Reformation
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The first ancient Olympic Games are traditionally dated 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. It consisted of a single, 192-meter foot race.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Where was the Titanic built? – Answer next time!
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The Daily Dose/April 7, 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 toes the line. Today’s Diary.
Of course, he wants to be let into the pool area for a soak…Those keeping score at home, of course, know the answer to this: NOOOOOOOO; there is no after-hours hot tub access on Sparrow’s watch…
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On This Date
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Editor’s Note: Due to time constraints, these entries have run before.
In 1449 – Felix V renounces his claim to the papacy, ending his reign as antipope and acknowledging the primacy of Pope Nicholas V. Felix, also known as Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy, had been elected by the Council of Florence in 1439 during the papacy of Pope Eugene IV due to a dispute that is, thankfully, beyond the scope of this feature. Felix V remains the last of the antipopes, a phenomenon that had first surfaced with Natalius late in the second century.
In 1896 – Robert Garrett of the United States wins the shot put at the first modern Olympiad, the Athens Summer Olympics. Garrett threw the shot 36 feet, 9.7 inches to beat a field that included two Americans, two Greeks, two Germans and one Dane. The day before Garrett had won the discus, becoming the first of two men two win both events at the game Games. (Bob Hauser, US, Paris, 1924.) Garrett also won silver medals in the high jump and long jump and in 1900 at Paris took bronze medals in the shot put and standing triple jump.
In 1990 – Taylor Dayne is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Love Will Lead You Back. It was the sixth of seven Top 10 hits for Dayne – all consecutive – her sixth of nine Top 40 hits and remains her only #1 song. The song also peaked at #2 in Canada, at #69 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 28th-biggest song of the year. Dayne’s last appearance on a Billboard chart came in 2011 when Floor on Fire peaked at #7 on the dance chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The secret of happiness is action, the exercise of energy in a way suited to a man’s nature and circumstances.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol II: The Story of Greece
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The US presidential nominees in the 1844 election were James K Polk (Democrat) and Henry Clay (Whig).
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
When and where were the first ancient Olympic Games? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/April 6, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
PLAY BALL: The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system, which allows teams to challenge a ball-or-strike call by the home plate umpire, debuted in Major League Baseball this season. It’s as unforgiving as it is precise, with calls sometimes overturned by millimeters or fractions of inches.
FunFact: Some think this reflects poorly on umpires. It’s not a good look, obviously, but it’s useful to remember the ABS system has a strike zone that is different than the strike zone listed in the rule book, which is what umpires have been calling for years.
We’re In For Some Dry, Technical Matter, Aren’t We?: The rulebook strike zone is the area over the plate from the batter’s knees to a midpoint between his belt and his shoulders when the batter is preparing to swing at a pitch. It is a strike if any part of the ball passes through any part of the strike zone.
Please Pass The Dry, Technical Matter: The ABS zone is measured as a percentage of the batter’s height: the lower end is 27% of a batter’s height, and the upper boundary is 53.5% of a batter’s height. More importantly, the pitch isn’t measured until it passes the middle of the plate, which is 8.5 inches from home plate’s front edge. This is completely whack if you ask us, because the entire front half of the plate is eliminated from ABS strike zone.
The Bottom Line: We humans are adaptable creatures and, soon enough, everyone will adjust to the ABS zone. Especially umpires, who certainly do not like being overturned, sometimes multiple times a game/inning. Probably well before the All-Star break, after they’ve gotten a few plates under their belts, they will know what ABS does and does not consider a strike and will adjust their lives accordingly. Then we can all move on to whining about other things.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow counts an awful lot of coins. Today’s Diary.
…why there was such an influx of change may never be known, becasue Sparrow Investigations certainly won’t be looking into it.
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On This Date
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In 1841 – President John Tyler – who had assumed office two days earlier when President William Henry Harrison died – take the presidential oath in a Washington, D.C. hotel room. Tyler had thought this redundant because he had taken the oath as vice president, but he wanted to remove all doubt about whether he was president or acting president. Tyler immediately annoyed his Cabinet and then the Whig Party and would not be nominated for a full term in 1844.
In 1987 – Sugar Ray Leonard wins the WBC world middleweight title with a split decision victory over Marvelous Marvin Hagler at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Both fighters earned 115-113 scores, while Leonard won the fight with a 118-110 win on the third scorecard, a score that was largely derided. Hagler retained his IBF middleweight title when the IBF declined to sanction the bout, while the WBO stripped Hagler of their title because he did not fight the mandatory challenger. Leonard was also the WBA and WBC welterweight champion.
In 1991 – Gloria Estefan is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Coming Out of the Dark. It was the third of eleven Top 10 hits for Estefan and her third and final #1, figures which include hits with the Miami Sound Machine. The song also went #1 in Canada, peaked at #25 in Great Britain, at #60 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and was Billboard’s 34th-biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Not, of course, that she knew everything, but what woman was ever stopped by a want of information?
John LeCarre
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The longest suspension bridge in the US is the Verrezzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, at 4,260 feet.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who were the nominees for president in the 1844 US presidential election? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/April 5, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. War With Iran – Still illegal – it was not declared by Congress – and still immoral – we bombed school girls for Pete’s sake – it remains as useless a loss of life as mankind has produced…History will record every death on both sides a slaughter.
2. Epstein Files – Still there, though war with Iran is doing a tidy job of pushing it to the back burner…For now…President Trump is still mentioned tens of thousands of times, and he has yet to publicly acknowledge that he has not molested children, though he has acknowledged that he grabs women by the pussy.
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 ignorance and war – that do not directly threaten it…Yet…It will soon enough, though, because ignorance is the standard in America now and ignorance can only flourish for so long before taking a permanent toll.
4. Artemis II – Voyage going pretty well so far, no small feat for a country that hadn’t sent anyone past low Earth orbit in over half a century…Pesky problem toilet fixed by token woman on crew, after token Black, token Canadian, and token white were unable to effect repair.
5. ABS – Automated ball/strike calling system making big league debut this season after a few years on the farm, though its strike zone – based on a player’s height and if ball crosses center of home plate – is different from the strike zone mentioned in rulebook…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “strongly suspect” everyone will adapt to the ABS strike zone soon enough, with challenges ultimately being no more newsworthy than an infield fly.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
It is Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary of a Nobody.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is back at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
It was big news in triplicate tonite at the hotel: the #1 and #4 keys are back in the key safe, the Easter decorations are up, and Romeo’s been fired…I am not making any of those things up…
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On This Date
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In 1998 – The longest suspension bridge in the world opens in Japan. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is 6,532 feet long and connects the cities of Kobe and Iwaya in south-central Japan. Construction began in 1988, and today the toll is roughly equivalent to $14. It was surpassed as the world’s longest suspension bridge in 2022 by a bridge in Turkey 6,637 feet long that connects the European and Asian portions of the country.
In 2010 – The Duke Blue Devils win the NCAA men’s basketball championship with a 61-59 victory over the Butler Bulldogs in Indianapolis. It was the fourth of five national championships for the Blue Devils and was the first of two consecutive national runner-up finishes for Butler. It remains the last of six meetings in the national championship game between two private schools and was the first since Villanova defeated Georgetown in 1985.
In 1980 – The Brothers Johnson are at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Soul Singles chart – for the first of two consecutive weeks with Stomp! It was the fourth and final Top 10 soul hit for the group and their third and final #1. The song also went #1 pop in New Zealand, #6 pop in Great Britain, peaked at #7 on the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s 15th-biggest soul song of the year. The song was produced by Quincy Jones.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
You must live your life for something more important than your life alone. One who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life’s mountaintop experiences.
Richard Nixon
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Jefferson Airplane’s first Top 40 hit was Somebody To Love, which peaked at #5 in 1967.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What is the longest suspension bridge in the US? – Answer next time!
It’s Red Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Saturday, April 4
Holy Crap
It was big news in triplicate tonite at the hotel: the #1 and #4 keys are back in the key safe, the Easter decorations are up, and Romeo’s been fired…I am not making any of those things up.
