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The Daily Dose/September 14, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow changes things up in the gym. Today’s Diary.
The big news is we now do all three 10-minute deep breathing sets before heading to the weight room, instead of doing one set, moving some weight, then doing the last two deep breathing sets…
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On This Date
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In 1901 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes president of the United States following the death of William McKinley, who had been shot in Buffalo September 6. Roosevelt was on vacation at the time, and was inaugurated in Buffalo before returning to Washington. Roosevelt would be elected in 1904 and served until 1909 and before being elected vice president had also served as an assistant secretary of the navy and as governor of New York. McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz had been arrested at the scene and would be executed in October.
In 1865 – Andrew Strath of Scotland wins the British Open, beating Willie Park, Sr, by two strokes at the Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. It was the only major win for Strath, and was the third of four runner-up finishes for Park to go along with four titles. Prestwick hosted 24 Opens over the years, including the first eleven and its last one in 1925. The tournament was played in one day, consisting of three 12-hole rounds.
In 1985 – John Parr is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with St Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion). It was Parr’s third chart single, his second and final Top 40 hit and remains his only #1 song. The song also went to #1 in Canada and peaked at #6 in Parr’s native Great Britain. Parr co-wrote the song with David Foster and the song spent 22 weeks on the Hot 100, 14 weeks in the Top 40 and seven weeks in the Top 10.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
He was solitary, but not lonesome.
John Toland
Adolf Hitler
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The US did not have a chief executive under the Articles of Confederation. Congress ran the country. It had a president, but the office had no executive powers.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the first US president to die in office? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/September 13, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Donald Trump – In its second consecutive week at #1 because Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters want to know which Trump Trait (TT) continues to lock in support…Is it the fact he is an ignorant liar, a convicted felon, and an admitted sexual predator???…That he is still a man of zero moral or intellectual substance???…Or maybe it’s something else SB5 pollsters are missing entirely
2. War! War! War! – US vs Iran still illegal, immoral, stupid, and still lacking an exit strategy…Russian/Ukrainian war still has no end in sigbt, while Israel/Hamas war remains a geonocide…All are three (3) of the over 100 wars going on in world right now, as planet might be its most war-torn since World War II,
3. Gaylon For Congress…Vote Early, Vote Often – The 3-hole staple…New Daily Report segment on campaign’s Facebook page harps on familiar themes, with daily accounting of number of consecutive days US has been at war, plus the daily national debt total, which increases by a few billion dollars each day…Local issues take it in shorts, as Gaylon prefers to focus on issues that can destroy our country.
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4. Los Angeles Rams – Recently retired Bottom Ten pollsters reappear for this one, as preseason Super Bowl favorites travel to Australia day before game and get lunch handed to them by 49ers…This is alarming, meaning either Rams were too dumb to realize flying 15 hours the day before playing an NFL game was witless, or they’re not as good as everyone thought.
5. Donald Trump/GOP Fact Check – Click here for all the lies, blather, and falsehoods from the Republican mid-term convention…Courtesy of the AP.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow watches Keenan bandage Robert’s hand. Today’s Diary.
There was a laff when that zany Robert got a hand pinched between two tables…Though Robert was hardly weeping, Dr Keenan immediately brought him to the back office for first aid and Keenan appeared to know what he was doing…
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On This Date
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In 1788 – The Congress of the Confederation of the US sets the date for the first presidential election. The Constitution had been ratified in June, and Congress resolved that states would choose their presidential electors the following January 7, and electors would cast their ballots on February 4. Citizens began voting on December 15, and the new government formed on March 4. The Electoral College unanimously elected George Washington president and he was inaugurated on April 29.
In 1942 – Lennie Merullo of the Chicago Cubs ties the major league record for most errors in an inning in a 12-8 win over the Boston Braves in the second game of a doubleheader. Merullo, playing shortstop, had four errors in the second inning, tying the record that had been done three times previously and has been done three times since. His grandson Matt Merullo played in the major leagues from 1989-95.
In 1975 – Glen Campbell is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Rhinestone Cowboy. The song also went to #1 in Yugoslavia, Ireland, and Canada, peaked at #4 in Great Britian, was in its third and final non-consecutive week at #1 on Billboard’s country chart, and was Billboard’s 2nd-biggest song of the year. It was the first of two #1 pop hits for Cambell and his fourth of five country #1s.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it is probably deserved.
Russell Lynes
American editor and author
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The two biggest country songs of 1960 were He’ll Have To Go by Jim Reeves and Please Help Me I’m Falling by Hank Locklin, both of which spent 14 weeks at #1.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the chief executive of the US under the Articles of Confederation? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/September 12, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow sees a couple of chicks at the gym. Today’s Diary.
We all but had the gym all to ourselves tonite…Mystery Girl – who looks as if she’s about to drop her kid any minute now – was there, and so was Melissa – without her dufus husband…
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On This Date
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In 1940 – A munitions powder plant in Roxbury, New Jersey, explodes, killing 52 people and injuring over 200. The Hercules Powder Plant exploded at 1:30 PM, with 15 buildings destroyed and 25 tons of explosives burned. The cause of the explosion remains unknown, with History unable to decide whether it was an accident or sabotage. Hercules was shut down in 2008 after being sold.
In 1965 – Margaret Court wins the US Open tennis tournament, defeating Billie Jean King 8-6, 7-5, at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York City. It was the second of five US Open titles for Court and the twelfth of 24 major titles, and was the first of two runner-up finishes for King, to go along with four titles. Court also won the mixed doubles title with Fred Stolle, her 33rd of 64 overall Grand Slam titles, the all-time record.
In 1960 – Cowboy Copas is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot C&W Sides chart – for the fourth of twelve consecutive weeks with Alabam. It was his eighth of nine Top 10 country hits for Copas and remains his only #1. The song also peaked at #63 on the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s 3rd-biggest country song of the year. It was the fourth of five #1 country songs that year, the second-lowest total ever on a major Billboard singles chart, with the record being four #1s on the 1954 Billboard country chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Marriage, the last refuge of men unable to fend for themselves.
Garrison Keillor
Leaving Home
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Monaco has appeared in 34 total Olympics – 22 summer, 12 winter – without winning a medal, the most of any country. The IOC no longer recognizes a bronze medal for architecture won at the 1924 Paris Games.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What were the two biggest country songs of 1960? – Answer next time!
The Daily Dose/September 11, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
USA! USA!: Today is the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The details are well known and really don’t need to be reviewed, except to note the voicemails left by passengers who realized they were dying soon remain one of the most poignant episodes in our collective American experience.
Dry, Technical Matter: Like you probably did, we read the report of the 9/11 Commission, and while we hardly recall every detail, we do remember this conclusion:
American intelligence and accumulated enough information to know the attack would happen, but not all of this information had made its way to one centralized location: we didn’t know what we knew.
Fly In The Ointment: America’s long history of butting in in the Middle East didn’t help, either. Back then, we had been at war continuously since December 1989 – something that is still true today – and it is not unreasonable to believe that had America been a peaceful nation instead of a warmongering nation, the Twin Towers would still be standing today.
More Fly In The Ointment: American civil liberties have declined considerably after 9/11, too, as our government now has, among other things, broad powers to conduct surveillance and act without warrants. Suspects in the attacks have been held for 20 years without a trial, and America has long engaged in torture. America is no longer a bastion liberty, but merely one of the bad guys now.
Gaylon For Congress…Vote Early, Vote Often: The time has come for America to give other nations the benefit of conducting their affairs without US interference, and for the planet to see the world produced by an America at peace.
The Bottom Line: This was all preventable: the attacks, the deaths, the surveillance state we now live in, a 20-year, inconclusive war in Afghanistan, all of it, because there was no reason for anybody to attack an America at peace on September 11, 2001. But we are not a peaceful nation and, frankly, we never have been. Of our 250 years of independence, we have, by our count, been in some kind of war somewhere for 206 of them, including six right now.
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for Congress from Colorado’s 2nd District. Visit his campaign site here.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow reports on a firing at the hospital. Today’s Diary.
Alisha had some of the details on the firing but, maddeningly, not all of them…
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On This Date
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In 1792 – The Hope Diamond – then in the possession of France and known as the French Bleu – is stolen along with some other crown jewels in Paris. The diamond promptly disappeared for 20 years and was recut before reappearing in London in 1812. It was purchased by the Hope family and was sold several times after that before being donated to the Smithsonian Institute in 1958. It is worth an estimated $250 to $350 million.
In 1960 – The Summer Olympics in Rome come to a close, with the Soviet Union winning the most overall medals (103) and gold medals (43). The Games saw South Africa compete for the last time until 1992, a Finnish shooter drop off the medal stand after hitting a bullseye on the wrong target, and Iraq won its only Olympic medal, a bronze in weightlifting. Rome had originally been awarded the 1908 Games, but declined them after Mount Vesuvius exploded, and they remain the only Summer Games Italy has hosted.
In 2010 – Eminem featuring Rihanna is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the seventh and final consecutive week with Love the Way You Lie. It was the fourth of five #1 songs for Eminem and the seventh of 14 #1s for Rhianna. The song went to #1 in 27 other countries, including Israel and Norway, peaked at #2 in Great Britain, at #7 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and was Billboard’s 7th-biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Lincoln appealed to reason, historical fact, and the sense of justice that he believed a constituent of human nature. The power of persuasive language, he hoped, could motivate America to become the agent of its own liberation.
Fred Kaplan
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s #1 song of 1977 was You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone, which spent ten weeks at #1.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which country has appeared in the most combined Olympics without winning a medal? – Answer next time!
It’s Sparrow…An average man passing an average life.
Thursday, September 10
Back At GHSD
Johnnie is fired!!!
I am not making that up, and it’s OK that I’m not…Johnnie tended to do the job his way regardless of whatever General Hospital Security Department (GHSD) policy had to say on the matter, and the ax had been sharpening for a while…For example, he did not like to do reports for routine things, like escorts…A detailed report isn’t required for walking someone to the birth ward, but you’re supposed to enter it in the program on the device we carry…Most of us are pretty good about it, but Johnnie never bothered.
The Daily Dose/September 10, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
USA! USA! You know, it’s not really a surprise President Trump, speaking at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, said he would send every American $5,000 if Republicans retained control of the House and Senate following November’s midterm elections. Donald Trump is an ignorant liar, a man of zero moral or intellectual substance, and as a convicted felon, he is certainly not above some bribery.
Fly In The Ointment: No, the surprise is we are tolerating it. A hundred years from now, all new people – including Americans, if there are any left – will look back on this era of American politics and marvel that we tolerated Trump’s blather at all.
Dry, Technical Matter: America, however, is in the seventh decade of TV and fast food being focal points of our American life. We are well entertained and well fed, with full bellies and empty minds, so when the media legitimized his blather, we were open to it.
Gaylon For Congress…Vote Early, Vote Often: We deserve better than this. We deserve better than a witless blatherskite renaming gulfs and lakes, starting a pointless war with Iran, and bribing voters with $5,000 checks. We deserve better than the Republicans who continue to enable this and the Democrats who are doing nothing about it.
The Bottom Line: The midterms are less than two months away, and the choice could not be clearer: we can retain the status quo, or we can demand better, because we deserve better than what we have now: ignorance, perpetual war, and $40 trillion of debt. All three elements will eventually destroy our country. We deserve better than this, too. It is time to start demanding better of our government and, ultimately, ourselves.
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for Congress from Colorado’s 2nd District. Visit his campaign site here.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow chronicles his night off. Today’s Diary.
We enjoyed a scotch, too, but there was a conundrum there: there was too much for one shot, but not enuff for two…In finest Sparrow tradition, we stood there in the kitchen staring at the bottle crossly with our hands on our hips…
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On This Date
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In 1776 – Captain Nathan Hale of the Continental Army’s 19th Regiment volunteers for spy duty for General George Washington. The American Army is in New York City and Washington needs information on British troop locations and movements. Hale proves useful but is captured on September 21 and hanged the following day. His body was never found, and there is no evidence he ever said he regretted only having one life to give for his country.
In 1932 – Johnny Frederick of the Brooklyn Dodgers establishes a new major league record for most pinch-hit home runs in a season in a 6-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Frederick’s 8th-inning home run was his sixth pinch-hit home run of the year, research into whose record he broke was inconclusive, and the record is now seven, done twice, by Dave Hansen of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2000 and Craig Wilson of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2001.
In 1977 – The Emotions are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the fourth of five non-consecutive weeks with Best of My Love. The song also peaked at #4 in Great Britain, spent four weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was its 3rd-biggest song of the year. It was the second of three Top 40 hits for the group, their first of two Top 10s, and remains their only #1 hit. The song also won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Clem Daniels of the Dallas Texans and the Oakland Raiders was the AFL’s all-time leading rusher, with 5,138 yards.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s #1 song of 1977? – Answer next time!
