The Daily Dose/October 9, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes From Around Our Human Experience
WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON HERE?: Christa Pike, the condemned killer who survived Tennessee’s two attempts to execute her, woke up this week. Her attorney said her first question – logically enough, under the circumstances – was “Where am I?”
Dry, Technical Matter: She has gone from being on a ventilator, to waking up and wondering what the hell was going on, to walking and eating on her own.
Fly In The Ointment: Unknown is her long-term prognosis or whether Tennessee will try to kill her again. Her attorney wants her sentence commuted, but we maintain she has served her sentence.
Consider This: Tennessee twice injected her with state-approved dosages of state-approved drugs, and Ms. Pike survived. It’s hardly her fault Tennessee screwed it up, and Ms Pike should be released as soon as she is healthy enough to live on her own.
The Bottom Line: We’re not pro-murder here, though we are anti-death penalty because we have executed innocent people. And the condemned have few rights, but one of them is being dead when they are wheeled out of the death chamber and not ambulanced out to the hospital. If we are no longer able to do this, it is another reason for the death penalty to be abolished.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is having a good week in the sack. Today’s Diary.
7.0 hours for the day and 38.0 hours for the week, both good tho hardly spectacular figures…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 2007 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at a then all-time high of 14,164 points. The subprime housing bubble collapsed soon after, triggering the Great Recession. The Dow would close as low as 6,469.95 on March 6, 2009 and would not reach its pre-recession high unti March 5, 2013. The Dow debuted in 1884 with eleven stocks, most of which became the Dow Transportation Average, and it hit its current all-time high on August 5 at 54,349.12.
In 2022 – Max Verstappen of the Netherlands wins the F1 world driver championship after winning the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, defeating Sergio Perez of Mexico by 27 seconds. It was Verstappen’s second of four consecutive world championships, making him the sixth driver to win at least four consecutive titles. Verstappen’s father, Jos, was a former F1 driver who made 106 starts with two podiums between 1994-2003.
In 1971 – Rod Stewart is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of five consecutive weeks with Maggie May. It was Stewart’s first of 34 Top 40 hits and his first of three #1s. The song also went to #1 in Canada, Australia, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 2nd-biggest song of the year. The flip side, Reason To Believe, peaked at #68 on the Hot 100 and also went to #1 in Great Britain.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Older voters who had lived through the Depression and two world wars fretted that America had somehow lost its grit and will to sacrifice.
Evan Thomas
Ike’s Bluff
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The phrase “Shot heard round the world” originated in a 1837 poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson called Concord Hymn.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who is the only F1 driver to win five consecutive world championships? – Answer next time!
