The Daily Dose/March 1, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of the week’s nonsense

1. War With Iran – America nothing more than a rogue state now, what with the kidnapping of Venezuela’s president and the murder of Iran’s leader…And both done in illegal wars… The Constitution is very clear on the matter: Congress declares war, but Congress hasn’t done that since 1942, meaning every war the US has fought since then has been illegal. 

2. Epstein Files  – Hillary Clinton brought up a good point while testifying this week: if the Republican-dominated committee is so hell-bent on getting to the bottom of this, why don’t they subpoena President Trump and make him testify under oath? 

3. USA! USA! – The 3-hole staple…A hundred years from now all new people will wonder why America tolerated an ignorant liar like Donald Trump…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” that any other person would’ve been forced from public life because of the meme portraying the Obamas as primates. 

4. Winter Olympics – Forty-six years after fake snow was first used at the Winter Games, the planet is so warm now that over 80% of snow used at Milan Cortina was man-made, which takes enormous amounts of water and energy to make, which bring up sustainability issues for future Games. 

5. Donald Trump Fact Check: – Click here for a fact check of President Trump’s State of the Union address…Courtesy of the AP. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s a thief. Today’s Diary. 

The big news is we were asked for our receipt at the retailer…

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On This Date
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In 1966 – The Soviet Union becomes the first nation to put a man-made object on another planet when Venera 3 crashes onto Venus. The mission had launched on November 16 and required a major course correction in December. Typical of the good/bad history of the Soviet space program, the milestone was tainted by the fact the probe was supposed to parachute to the Venusian surface. 

1848 – Chandler, ridden by Lt. Josey Little, who also owned the horse, wins the Grand National Steeplechase by a half length over The Curate at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool. The race saw three horses fall and die, a record that was equaled the following year and in 1998, and still stands. Little used his proceeds from the race to purchase his captaincy in the British Army. 

In 2003 – Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the fourth and final consecutive week with All I Have. The song also reached #1 in Panama, New Zealand, and Croatia, peaked at #2 in Great Britain, at #4 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop chart, and was their 15th-biggest song of the year. It was the fourth and most recent #1 for Lopez, and remains the only #1 pop song for LL Cool J.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

And yet I knew that what I saw wasn’t as simple and good as it appeared. There was a price to be paid for it all, a general falsity, that could easily be believed, and could be the first step down a dead-end street.
Charles Bukowski
Ham On Rye

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

David Koresh was the leader of the Branch Davidian sect during the Waco Seige. He died of a gunshot wound on the final day of the siege, though it’s not clear if he was killed or committed suicide. 

Today’s Stumper
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When did the British Army abolish the practice of purchasing officer commissions? – Answer next time! 

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The Daily Dose/February 28, 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 is getting stalked. Today’s Diary. 

…because how else would she know/remember what car we drove???…Regular readers of this crap know we have (some) experience in these matters, so the shoe’s on the other foot…Which leads to the question how much information on ol’ Sparrow has she aggregated???

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In 1993 – ATF agents raid the compound of the Branch Davidian church northeast of Waco, Texas, attemtpint to execute various search warrants. Four agents and five sect members were killed in the initial raid, which began a 51-day standoff. The siege ended on April 19 with the death of 76 more sect members, who were suspected of sexual abuse and storing illegal weapons at the compound.  

In 1906- The Ottawa Silver Sevens of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association retain the Stanley Cup with a 12-7 victory in Game 2 over Queen’s University of the Ontario Hockey Association in Ottawa in a best-of-three challenge series. It was the eighth of nine successful defenses for Ottawa, who first won the Cup in 1903. It was the third and final time Queen’s University played for the Cup, and they remain the only college to do so. 

In 1976 – Rhythm Heritage is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Theme From S.W.A.T. It was the first of three chart singles for the group, their first of two Top 40 Hits and remains their only #1. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #11 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 29th-biggest song of the year. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

The Buddha’s sacrifices are not of animals, but of the animal in the self
Gore Vidal
Creation

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Billboard’s #1 album for 1992 was Ropin’ the Wind by Garth Brooks, which spent 18 non-consecutive weeks at #1, nine each in 1991 and 1992. 

Today’s Stumper
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Who was the leader of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/February 27, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

CAPSULE BOOK REVIEW: Of Rats and Men: Oscar Goodman’s Life From Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas, by John L. Smith: Like others, we have a modest interest in the mob, and we’re surprised it took us this long to read this. We’ve had it in our library for a while and, besides, we are also past residents of Sin City,  are more than familiar with Oscar Goodman, and (somewhat) know the author. 

Leading Off: Dry, Technical Matter: Goodman and his wife, Carolyn, moved to Las Vegas from Philadelphia (where his dad was a prosecutor) and, through some determination, work, and the usual luck that attends all attainment, Goodman built a lucrative defense practice known mainly for defending mobsters. He did this work well, getting acquittals when they were there for him and sometimes when they weren’t.

Dry Technical Matter II: Later, Goodman decided to run for Las Vegas mayor. Despite having little knowledge of the issues, he outworked his opponents, found that voters liked him and were ready for a change, won the primary, and then won the general election in a landslide. 

Police, Freeze: We’re basically law and order types here, but we fully support mob lawyers. One, everyone is entitled to a good defense. Two, lawyers need to earn a living, too, and mobsters generally can afford big fees. Three, like him or not, no one ever accused Goodman of being unethical, and apparently, he was always faithful to his wife, who was fond of saying Oscar never missed a soccer game. 

Get Your Official Daily Dose Rating Scale Here: 1 – The very best; 2 – Very good; 3 – Good; 4 – OK; 5 – A steaming pile. 

Final Rating: 2: John L. Smith, a longtime columnist with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, did his work very well here: the research was as enormous as it was extensive, and he presents people – good, bad, or otherise – in a manner that allows you draw your own conclusions about them. Fans of Vegas, or the mob, will like this. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets a patient watch started at the hospital. Today’s Diary. 

Good form here is for swing shift to take care of it…but Alisha was off on patrol and Travis was waiting for a vital Domino’s delivery, so in good spirits we went and got it started…

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In 1864 – The Andersonville prisoner of war camp opens with the arrival of the first Union prisoners. Eventually, the prison would become an overcrowded cesspool, with inadequate food, water, and sanitation. Conditions were so brutal that the prison’s commanding officer, Captain Henry Wirz, was later convicted of war crimes and executed in November 1865. Andersonville is about 130 miles south of Atlanta.

In 1988 – Bonnie Blair of the US wins the 500-meter speed skating gold medal at the Calgary Winter Games. Blair’s time of 39.10 seconds was a new world record, finishing ahead of Christa Rothenberger and Karin Kania of East Germany, and Blair also won the bronze medal in the 1,000 meters. It was the first of five Olympic gold medals for Blair, who also won the 500- and 1,000-meter events in 1992 and 1996. Blair would break the world record twice more, and the mark is now 36.09 seconds by Femke Kok of the Netherlands in 2025. 

In 1982 – The J. Geils Band is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the fourth and final consecutive week with Freeze Frame. The album also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #11 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 5th-biggest album of the year. It produced three Top 40 hits: Angel In Blue (#40), Freeze Frame (#4), and Centerfold, which was in its sixth and final week at #1 on the Hot 100. It remains the group’s only #1 album. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

More likely, he had died as he had lived – without ever learning who he really was.
Alex Haley
Roots

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Tom Landry lost three Super Bowls as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. 

Today’s Stumper
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What was Billboard’s biggest album of 1982? – Answer next time! 

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The Daily Dose/February 26, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

USA! USA!: The surprise in President Trump’s State of the Union address isn’t that it contained distortions, misstatements, and outright falsehoods. That is par for the Trump course, lies are his stock-in-trade, and no one is surprised at them. You elect someone of zero moral or intellectual substance and this is what you get. 

The More Things Don’t Change…No, what is a surprise is that you and me – we the people – continue to tolerate it. More than ten years after he first announced for the Republican nomination and started foisting his blather and nonsense on us, he is still dishing it out. Ignorance has now been legitimized. Anyone, from the president of the United States on down, can now spew whatever they want with impunity. 

…The More They Don’t Change: No one ever told Trump no, you’re too ignorant to be president. The media didn’t. Instead of dismissing him – like a media paced by Walter Cronkite and, among others, Woodward and Bernstein would have – they cooed over him, treated his witless blather as legitimate news, and escorted him directly to the primaries, the nomination, and the White House. We voters chose to appease him and Congress does everything but wipe for him. 

Dry, Technical Matter: History will wonder why. Why was an ignorant liar even given the time of day, much less taken seriously? Why are we allowing Trump to blather, bully, and overpower his way to idiocies like tariffs, kidnapping foreign leaders, and letting federal troops shoot American citizens in US cities? Why do we continue to lower ourselves to his standard of ignorance? 

The Bottom Line: We deserve better than this. We deserve better than a blatherskite who is on record as believing  the moon is part of Mars and that the American Revolution was won when the Continental Army secured British airports. But we are not getting better because America, collectively, is now as ignorant as its president, and we are getting the government we deserve. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets some reading in. Today’s Diary. 

You can’t really underestimate the importance of eliminating distractions to good reading session…No phone means no mindless stops to scroll thru those reels which produce little benefit, tho this doesn’t stop us from doing so at other times…

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In 1993 – A truck bomb explodes beneath the north tower of the World Trade Center. The bombers used a 1,300-pound fertilizer-based device that was designed to collapse the north tower into the south tower. The bomb was lit by four 20-foot fuses and resulted in six deaths and over one thousand injuries. Six people were eventually convicted and sentenced to 240 years in prison.

In 1989 – Tom Landry is fired as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys after 29 seasons. Landry was hired as the first Cowboys’ head coach in 1960, and his 29 consecutive seasons with one team and 20 consecutive winning seasons remain NFL records. Landry finished with a career record of 270-178-6, two Super Bowl titles, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He was replaced by Jimmy Johnson. 

In 1972 – Al Green is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Best Selling Soul Singles chart – for the eighth of nine consecutive weeks with Let’s Stay Together. It was the first of six #1 soul songs for Green, remains his only #1 on the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s #1 soul song of the year and its 11th-biggest pop hit. A version by Tina Turner went #26 pop and #3 soul in 1984.  

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Men are unfathomable, aren’t they? / I agreed. Actually, I have found men quite fathomable. They look entirely to their own interest.
Gore Vidal
Creation 

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Leon Spinks and Larry Holmes are the fighters who defeated Muhammed Ali for the world heavyweight boxing title. 

Today’s Stumper
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How many Super Bowls did Tom Landry lose a head coach? – Answer next time!

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