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The Daily Dose/October 2, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
USA! USA!: On Wednesday, the state of Tennessee attempted to execute a convicted murderer named Christa Pike. Now 50, Pike had been convicted and sentenced to death when she was 18.
Fly In The Ointment: Pike, however, survived her execution! Twice! We are not making that up.
Dry, Technical Matter: When the first lethal injection attempt failed, the state tried the second injection site. When this, too, failed, the state threw up its hands and sent her to the hospital, marking one of the few times someone enters a death chamber and is taken out alive. So what happens now?
Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: Provided she survives this, Pike should go free. She served her sentence. Sentenced to death, the state of Tennessee executed Ms Pike’s death warrant. It led her into the death chamber, strapped her to a gurney, found two veins, and twice injected her with the state-mandated dose of the state-mandated drug. She survived. Like any prisoner who has completed their sentence, she should be set free.
The Bottom Line: Not only do we occasionally execute the innocent, but now we can’t even execute the guilty. The condemned have few rights, but one of them is having their death sentence executed efficiently, humanely, and competently. If the state is no longer able to grant this right, this is another reason – along with having executed the innocent – for the death penalty to be abolished.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is forced to adapt at the gym. Today’s Diary.
We were in Room 1…when some broad comes in to teach her 1800 Yapping Yoga class…Crap…So we finish our session and clear out to do weights because Kris is in Room 1 with her Yap-O-Matic class…
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On This Date
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In 1962 – James Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, becomes the first Black to attend the University of Mississippi. The attendant rioting killed two people and injured over 300, including over 150 US Marshals. Meredith, an Air Force veteran, had previously attended Jackson State and graduated from Ole Miss the following year with a political science degree, and he later earned a law degree from Columbia. Now 93, Meredith lives in Jackson, Mississippi.
In 1922 – Rogers Hornsby of the St Louis Cardinals becomes the first player in major league history to finish a season with a .400 batting average and 40 home runs. Hornsby went 3-5 in a 7-1 win over the Chicago Cubs, to finish the season batting .401 with 42 home runs. It was the first of three times Hornsby would hit .400 and remains his only season with 40 home runs. The feat has not been duplicated.
In 1977 – Meco is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band. It was the first of 20 chart singles for Meco, his first of five Top 40 hits, and remains his only Top 10 hit. The song also peaked at #7 in Great Britain, at #6 on Billboard’s Disco chart, at #8 on its Soul chart, and was Billboard’s 71st-biggest song of the year. Meco’s real name was Domenico Monardo, he graduated from the US Military Academy and died at 83 in 2023.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.
James Meredith
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The major league record for the longest postseason winning streak is twelve games, done twice, both by the New York Yankees (1927-32; 1998-99).
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s #1 album of 1977? – Answer next time!
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The Daily Dose/September 30, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
CAPSULE BINGEWATCH REVIEW: The Blacklist, starring James Spader (NBC, 2013-23): You know, for someone who hasn’t owned a TV in going on three decades, we’ve sure seen a lot of shows, mainly during some idle hours at work after the day’s writing is done. The Blacklist was picked based on reels seen around the internet and we really couldn’t wait to dive into, mainly because James Spader, per standard policy, does his work in a very compelling manner.
Dry, Technical Matter: Spader plays Raymond Reddington, an international arch-criminal who turns himself in to the FBI. Hardly a supplicant, he demands immunity and to work only with rookie agent Elizabeth Keen. In exchange, Reddington will provide intel on other international arch-criminals, some the FBI may not even know exist.
Fly In The Ointment: Reddington’s list of criminals is called the Blacklist, and their elimination makes it easier for Reddington to expand his own criminal empire, a trade the FBI is hardly unaware of and willingly makes.
More Dry, Technical Matter: It turns out the current Reddington stole the identity, and though hinted at, neither his true identity nor his relationship with Elizabeth Keen is ever fully explained. The producers and writers, however, go through an awful lot of trouble to get you to conclude that Reddington is actually Keen’s mother who had some fancy pants surgery years ago.
Get Your Official Daily Dose Rating Scale Right Here: 1 – The very best the medium can offer. 2 – Very Good; 3 – Good; 4 – OK; 5 – A Steaming Pile
Final Rating: 2: If you lack imagination, like we sometimes do, some storylines might tend to stretch credulity, but the show is so well acted by everyone that credulity can easily be dismissed. The Blacklist probably went a season or two too long; Agent Keen dies at the end of Season 8, and if it had ended then, I don’t think anybody would’ve complained. But Reddington, Dembe, Harold Cooper, Ressler, and everyone else all do their work very well.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Today’s Diary entry is on the house.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a first at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
…we’ve been knocking around hotel front desks for going on 40 years – since right after we got out of the Navy – and you’d think there would come a time when there would be nothing new to see.
Wrong-o.
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On This Date
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In 1915 – Ground-to-air artillery is used to shoot down an enemy aircraft for the first time in the opening days of the Serbian Campaign of 1915 in World War I. Royal Serbian Army soldier Radoje Ljutovac shot down an Austro-Hungarian plane with a field cannon that had been captured in 1912. Ljutovac was immediately promoted to corporal and later to sergeant, survived the war, and returned home to a career as a merchant. The Central Powers, including Germany and Bulgaria, defeated Serbia in November.
In 1916 – The New York Giants end the longest winning streak in major league history in an 8-3 loss to the Boston Braves in the second game of a doubleheader. It was the first loss after 26 consecutive victories, which had broken the record of 21 consecutive wins established by the Chicago White Stockings – now the Cubs – in 1880. The streak included a tie, and the Giants finished in fourth place in the National League, seven games behind the Brooklyn Robins. The Giants had been 14 games back at the start of the streak.
In 1989 – The Judds are at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Let Me Tell You About Love. It was the 17th of 24 Top 40 country hits for the duo, their 16th of 20 Top 10 hits, and their 14th and final #1 song. The song also went #1 country in Canada and was Billboard’s 8th-biggest country song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Real freedom is possessed by those who are not anxious to be rich.
Will & Ariel Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol X: Rousseau and Revolution
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Floyd Patterson defeated Archie Moore for the vacant world heavyweight boxing title in 1956.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which team holds the record for the longest major league postseason winning streak? – Answer next time!
Editor’s Note: Today’s Diary entry is with Sparrow’s compliments.
It’s Sparrow…An average man passing an average life.
Tuesday, September 29
Get Out Your History Books
It’s been a Jekyll and Hyde sort of week at the hotel: a sold-out weekend followed by two slow nites where occupancy was barely over 50%…Nobody bothered us too much tho, and combined with two easy nites at the hospital, this has been about as easy a week of labor as someone who spends 60 hours on the clock can have.
The Daily Dose/September 25, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
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Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow avoids a disaster. Today’s Diary.
It’s not really that big a deal because the gym has industrial-strength cans that prior experience confirms can, rather easily, handle the technical aspects of the Sparrow Constitutional…
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On This Date
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In 1978 – PSA Flight 182 – service from Sacramento to San Diego via Los Angeles – collides with a Cessna aircraft above San Diego, killing 144 people, including seven on the ground. The collision occurred above the North Park section of San Diego after the Cessna turned off its assigned course and was below and in front of the PSA flight instead of behind it. The collision occurred at about 2,600 feet and was the deadliest US crash until American Airlines Flight 191 killed 272 the following year.
In 1962 – Sonny Liston wins the world heavyweight boxing title, defeating champion Floyd Patterson with a first-round knockout at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Liston would retain the title with another first-round knockout of Liston the following year, before losing it to Cassius Clay – now Muhammad Ali – in 1964. Patterson fought until 1972, losing title fights to Ali and Jimmy Ellis.
In 1961 – Bobby Vee is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of three consecutive weeks with Take Good Care of My Baby. It was the fourth of 14 Top 40 hits for Vee, his third of six Top 10s, and remains his only #1 song. The song also went to #1 in Canada, New Zealand, and Great Britain and was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. A version by Bobby Vinton peaked at #33 in 1968.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Why should a man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?
Francis Bacon
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em spent 21 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, the most of any album.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who did Floyd Patterson beat for the world heavyweight boxing title? – Answer next time!
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