The Daily Dose/March 12, 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 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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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
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.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who now holds the Billboard country chart record for most consecutive #1 songs? – Answer next time!
