The Daily Dose/March 28, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
HIGHER…STRONGER…GIRLIER: The IOC announced this week that transgender women will not be allowed to compete in future Olympic Games. Prior to this, participation decisions had been made by a sport’s international governing body.
Dry, Technical Matter: While a deep dive into the specifics of this are, thankfully, beyond the scope of this column, starting with the 2028 Los Angeles Games, all female competitors will be subject to a genetics test, either via saliva, cheek swab, or a blood sample, with those failing the test ineligible to compete.
Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: Despite our general reputation as iconoclasts here – or maybe because of it – we support this. Biological women are entitled to compete against biological women. Those who say transgender women really should’ve been born women are right. But they weren’t; they were born boys, and this gives them an advantage over those born women.
Fly In The Ointment: It should be noted that this is not a very big deal at the Olympic level. The last transgender woman to compete at the Olympics was New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard in Tokyo in 2021. She did not medal.
The Bottom Line: This ruling, of course, does nothing to solve the matter at the national, collegiate, and local levels. The solution to the problem is obvious: have a third gender for competitions, so that trans athletes can compete against similar women. Creating a third gender will cause a lot of people to get their shorts in a knot, though, and, as a practical matter, there may not be enough trans athletes to make this work. But the future always arrives as a minority, and the sooner this happens, the sooner no one will give it a second thought.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has had an OK week in the sack. Today’s Diary.
…7.0 hours for the day and 44.5 hours for the week, figures regular readers of this crap know are both pretty solid heading into Saturday’s finale.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1979 – The Three Mile Island nuclear accident begins near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a coolant leak at the Unit 2 reactor. It was followed by several other minor equipment failures, later resulting in a partial meltdown of Unit 2’s core. Despite the partial meltdown, there was not a breach of the reactor’s containment structure, averting a public health crisis and there were no deaths. Unit 1 of the facility closed in 2019.
In 1891 – Edward Levy of Great Britain wins the first world weightlifting title in London. Levy defeated six other European champions, and this remains his only world title. The competition consisted of presses and repetitions using 56- and 84-pound dumbbells, though research on the competition’s specific judging was inconclusive. Weightlifting was contested at the 1896 and 1904 Summer Olympics, and has been a part of every Olympic program since the 1920 Antwerp Games.
In 1981 – REO Speedwagon is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the sixth of 15 non-consecutive weeks with Hi Infidelity. It was the group’s seventh chart album, their first of three Top 10s, and remains their only #1. The album also peaked at #6 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s #1 album of 1981 and its 39th-biggest of 1982. The album produced four chart singles, including the #1 Keep On Loving You.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Ignorance is not bliss, it is unconsciousness and slavery.
John Dewey
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Elvis Presley had 19 #1 songs in Canada, between the CHUM radio and RPM charts.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s #1 song of 1981? – Answer next time!
