The Daily Dose/March 14, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

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Notes from around the human experience.

OH BOY, WATCH OUT: Long-time readers of this crap know we are always looking for an excuse to write the Sports Records That Will Never Be Broken Column. We have an excuse today, because this week Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat scored 83 points in a game against the Washington Wizards. It was the second-most points ever scored in an NBA game, topping Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game in 2006 and falling shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point effort in 1962.

Here We Go: Which begs the question: is Chamberlain’s game a record that will never be broken? Hell, we don’t know, but we think it can be, our theory being if someone did something once, someone can do it again. This doesn’t mean it will be, merely that we think it can be broken.

Stop Us If You’ve Heard This Before: The one Chamberlain record that will not be broken is his 55-rebound performance in 1960. Good gravy, that it happened once is incredible because that is one rebound every minute and seven more besides. Heck, the most rebounds anyone has had this century is 31, by Kevin Love in 2010. 

Standard Disclaimer: Records set in an era when games were played differently are not eligible for this list. Nobody will ever win 511 major league games or lose 315 games like Cy Young did because pitchers don’t throw that much anymore. 

Dry, Technical Matter: For our money, the other records we think will never be broken are Ted Williams .485 career on-base percentage, Johnny Vander Meer’s consecutive no-hitters, and the 70-68 fifth set by John Isner and Nicholas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010. Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career and seasonal assists records are safe, too. 

The Bottom Line: Go ahead, have at it, agree or disagree to your heart’s content. Cal Ripken Jr.’s consecutive games played streak is always trotted out in these discussions, but someone motivated enough could do it again, especially with modern nutrition and training methods keeping players in better and better shape. And it should be noted that rule changes mean the Isner/Mahut record will never be broken, as the rules now make it impossible.

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The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow deals with a demented gentleman. Today’s Diary. 

As noted, we’ve dealt with dementia, and he could’ve ended up rattling off a take-out order…It could’ve been anything…

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In  1757 – British Royal Navy Admiral John Byng is executed on board the HMS Monarch. Byng had been condemned for failing to relieve British troops at the Battle of Minorca, having elected to take his fleet to Gibraltar for repair instead. After King George II refused clemency, Byng was taken to the quarterdeck of the Monarch, allowed to kneel on a pillow, and dropped his handkerchief when he was ready to die. Byng had served in the Royal Navy since 1718, when he was 14. 

In 1960- Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors establishes a new NBA record for most points in a playoff game in a 132-112 win over the Syracuse Nationals. Chamberlain had 53 points, breaking the record of 51 points established by Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics in 1953. Chamberlain broke this record with 56 points in 1962, and the record is now 63 points by Michael Jordan in 1986. The win gave the Warriors the series win in three games. They would lose the Eastern Division finals to Boston in six games. 

In 2009 – Flo Rida featuring Kesha is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third of six consecutive weeks with Right Round. The song also went to #1 in seven other countries, including Bulgaria and Great Britain, at #63 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and was Billboard’s 6th-biggest song of the year. It was the first of three #1 songs for Flo Rida and was the first of four #1s for Kesha.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Where was all this infinitesimal matter before it was set in motion by mind?/Everywhere./No real answer./Perhaps no real question.
Gore Vidal
Creation

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Galusha Grow was the Speaker of the House in 1862. A Republican, he served from 1861-63. 

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The Daily Dose/March 12, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

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Notes from around the human experience.

Leading Off will return.

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The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow runs into an unhappy guest. Today’s Diary. 

She said she was staying for three nites, her tone indicating those nites could be more comfortably spent in a gulag…

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In 1781, English astronomer William Herschel is credited with the discovery of the planet Uranus, when he became the first person to identify it as something other than a star. Herschel originally classified it as a comet, though the scientific community was soon unanimous it was a planet. It was the first planet discovered with a telescope and marked the first expansion of the known boundaries of the Solar System since the discovery of Saturn in ancient times. 

In 1908 – The Montreal Wanderers (Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association) win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Winnipeg Maple Leafs (Manitoba Professional Hockey League) 9-3 to win the two-game total goal series 20-8. It was the second of three challenge defenses of the season for the Wanderers, who also won the Cup in 1906-07 and in 1910. The Wanderers were charter members of the NHL, but left after four games when their arena burned down. 

In 1966 – Buck Owens is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the fourth of seven consecutive weeks with Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line. It was the 17th of 42 Top 10 country hits for Owens, his ninth of a then-record 14 consecutive #1,s and 19th overall. The song also peaked at #57 on the Hot 100. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

I want only to live as I do, as a student/Studying to what end?/To know myself. What else?
Gore Vidal
Julian

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The active NBA player with the most points in a season is James Harden, who scored 2,818 points in the 2018-19 season for the Houston Rockets, good for eighth on the all-time list. 

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The Daily Dose/March 10, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

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Notes from around the human experience.

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow catches Robert talking to himself. Today’s Diary. 

…it was tuff to tell if he was still talking to me, or himself, or maybe he was using speakerphone on his cell, but it turned out he was talking to himself.

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In 1629 – Charles I of England, in the fourth year of his reign, dissolves his third Parliament. Charles and Parliament had been feuding since the death of the 1st Duke of Buckingham the year before, and Charles, citing the divine right of kings and royal prerogative, ruled as an absolute monarch until 1640, when he summoned a new Parliament to raise money for a war with Scotland. Charles was executed in 1649. 

In 1961 – Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors becomes the first player to score 3,000 points in an NBA season in a 120-103 loss to the Detroit Pistons. Chamberlain had 32 points in the loss, extending his single-season record. Chamberlain would break the record the next season, and his 4,029 points in 1961-62 remains the NBA record. 

In 1984 – Rockwell is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Black Singles chart – for the second of five consecutive weeks with Somebody’s Watching Me. The song also peaked at #2 on the Hot 100, went #6 pop in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 12th-biggest soul song of the year. It was the first of four soul hits for Rockwell and remains his only #1 song. Rockwell’s real name is Kennedy Gordy, the son of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch life from the sidelines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day’s work an achievement for an eternity.
Gabriel Heatter

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Billboard’s #1 song of 1959 was The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton, which spent six weeks at the top. 

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The Daily Dose/March 9, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

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Notes from around the human experience.

UP, UP, AND AWAY: An item in Sunday’s popular On This Date feature talked about the anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. It disappeared less than three hours into its flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No one knows why. Some wreckage later washed up on India and other Indian Ocean islands, but no one knows why it disappeared. 

Cue Dramatic Music: It remains one of aviation’s most perplexing mysteries, right up there with the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. As usual, there are a variety of theories, including a murder/suicide by the pilot whose marriage was breaking up and who, hilariously, had a personal and professional calendar that was blank after March 8. Hijacking and terrorist theories are out there, too, though there do not appear to be too many that concern mechanical failure or fire. 

Flight Log: The flight took off at 12:42 am on March 8, and the last voice transmission was received 38 minutes later. The last radar contact, well off its intended route, was at 2:22 am, though satellite data shows the aircraft operational as late as 8:18 am. All 239 people on board died. Recovery efforts are still ongoing, with an American company looking, though they do not receive their $80 million fee unless they deliver the aircraft. 

Dry, Technical Matter: Amelia Earhart was an American pilot who disappeared trying to become the first woman to circumnavigate the planet, along with Fred Noonan. The leading theory is they ran out of fuel in the south Pacific, but neither their plane nor their bodies were ever found.  

The Bottom Line: Life’s funny. You play by the rules and try to build a good life for yourself, and then BOOM, some pilot gets their shorts in a knot (this is our favorite theory), and the next thing anyone knows, you’re going down with him. Ms. Earhart and Mr. Noonan were different: they were explorers, and explorers have been dying since someone first wondered what was over those mountains. Both, however, are examples of how the world is built: while most of us die in old age, not everyone does, and good luck picking out those who will. Enjoy today, and we hope you’re here to read tomorrow’s column

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow sees a lot of pretty girls in bathing suits. Today’s Diary. 

 …and we are such professionals we didn’t leave the indoor pool until they had all safely evacuated the indoor pool area.

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Editor’s Note: due to time constraints, today’s items have run before. 

In 1842 – Six years before the California Gold Rush, gold is discovered in California, by Francisco Lopez, at Ranch San Francisco, a bit north of Los Angeles. The discovery – the first documented in California – produced a relatively minor gold rush, with an estimated 2,000 people converging on the area, and word of the discovery does not appear to have left Mexican territory.

In 1985 – Fat Lever of the Denver Nuggets establishes a new NBA record for most steals in a quarter in a 126-116 win over the Indiana Pacers. Lever had eight steals in the third quarter, breaking the record of seven established by Quinn Buckner of the Milwaukee Bucks on Nov 27, 1976, and Lever’s record still stands.  

In 1959- Frankie Avalon is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of five consecutive weeks with Venus. The song also went to #1 in Belgium, peaked at #16 in Great Britain, at #10 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s fourth biggest song of the year. It was the fourth of 13 Top 40 hits for Avalon, his third of seven Top 10 hits, and his first of two #1s (Why, one week, 1959). Avalon’s given name was Francis Thomas Avallone. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

There are not many things finer in our murderous species than this noble curiosity, this restless and reckless passion to understand.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol I: Our Oriental Heritage

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Baltimore Bullets in the 1971 NBA Finals, four games to none. 

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What was Billboard’s #1 song of 1959? – Answer next time!

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