The Daily Dose/March 17, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
3…2…1…Don’t Blast Off: We are on record here as saying that our country is a shell of its former self. Our favorite example of this is our space program, because the only country to put humans on the moon can no longer even send anyone into orbit.
Dry, Technical Matter: Now, we’re certainly efforting. The Artemis project is designed to send us back to the moon, but it is years behind schedule, and future launch dates for Artemis II’s manned mission can now cynically be regarded as dates when the project’s next delays will be announced.
Sigh: Our space program could’ve been so great, but plot our progress after Apollo on a graph, and you’ve got a perpendicular line. Regular readers of this crap know we are of the feeling we could’ve had people on Mars in the 1980s if we wanted to. But we didn’t want to, and good luck to everyone over 50 seeing it in their lifetime.
Fly In The Ointment: The Aretmis delays aren’t really a surprise because we are a different country now than we were in the Apollo era. We are a country where three-quarters of us (including us, frankly) are overweight, and we are watching multiple hours of TV a day, a figure that do not include the scrolling that is now a mainstay of American life.
Write This Down: Friends, if you don’t think that has something to do with it, you are high, legally in more and more states. Long ago, America stopped dreaming and started settling, a full belly being more content than adventurous.
The Bottom Line: The world needs an America that is innovating and pushing boundaries and setting the pace for a world that accomplishes things. Instead, we’ve devolved into a country that has long been a partisan, fractured, and bickering mess and has seen fit to twice elect as president a man of no moral or intellectual substance. We are paying the price for it. We’d be surprised if we have humans back on the moon before this decade is out.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow takes a walk. Today’s Diary.
It was cool, but hardly cold, and there wasn’t even a lite breeze, either, wonderful elements for a walk…We did two miles, too: one mile total to and from the high school and four laps around the track once we were there…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1776 – The Siege of Boston in the American Revolution ends when British troops sail out of Boston Harbor. The seige had begun in April 1775 after the Battles of Lexington and Concord when Massachusetts militias blocked further land access. Though the British outnumbered the Americans, they continually lacked food, fuel, and other supplies and retreated to Nova Scotia. Some communities in the area celebrate today as Evacuation Day.
In 1893 – What would become the Stanley Cup is awarded for the first time, when the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup is awarded to the Montreal Hockey Club for winning the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada championship. It was the first of four Stanley Cup titles for Montreal. The Cup was donated by Frederick Stanley, the governor-general of Canada, and would later be known as the Stanley Cup.
In 1962 – Sheb Wooley is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot C&W Sides chart – for the only week with That’s My Pa. It was the first of eight Top 40 country hits for Wooley and remains his only #1, and in 1958, Wooley spent six weeks at #1 on the Billboard pop chart with The Purple People Eater. Wooley later starred in TV and movie westerns and was the voice behind the common TV and movie effect known as the Wilhelm Scream.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Augustus succeeded Julius Caesar as leader of the Roman Empire.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
When did the American Revolution officially end? – Answer next time!
