The Daily Dose/February 19, 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 indulges in his weekly binge drinking. Today’s Diary.
We take our whiskey over a small amount of ice, too, because it “opens it up”…We guess…We don’t really know…We only have the word of a bartender at a fancy-pants Sin City bar, who was in the mood to give me a scotch tutorial years ago…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1847 – The first rescuers reach the Donner Party at Fremont Pass (now Donner Pass) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains northwest of Lake Tahoe. The party had left Missouri the previous March and in the fall, had found themselves trapped by an early snowfall. Though legend has it the group held lotteries to see who died to feed the others, evidence suggests cannibalism didn’t start until people died naturally. Of the 90 people who started out, 48 survived.
In 1984 – The Soviet Union wins the Olympic ice hockey gold medal, defeating Czechoslovakia 2-0 in the final game of the final round in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The Soviets went 8-0 in the tournament for their sixth of seven gold medals and this was the fourth and final silver medal for Czechoslovakia. Sweden took the bronze medal, and the US defeated Poland 7-4 in the 7th-place game.
In 1983 – Patti Austin and James Ingram are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Baby Come To Me. The song was first released in 1982, peaking at #73, but was re-released after being featured on the US soap opera General Hospital. It remains the only Top 40 hit for Austin and was the first of two #1 songs for Ingram. The song also peaked at #11 in Great Britain, at #9 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was their 9th-biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
If you do not sacrifice for what you want, then what you want will be the sacrifice.
Fr. Mark Beard
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The NHL record for most points in a game by a player is ten, by Darryl Sittler of Toronto, who had six goals and four assists on February 7, 1976.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was James Ingram’s other #1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100? – Answer next time!
