Today Is ...

From husband Bill, Oct. 15, 2026

This is definitely a day for me.

From husband Bill, Oct. 15, 2026

I like cheese curds, especially in poutine. Our nearby Culver's offers breaded cheese curds on their menu. (I first enjoyed cheese curds in Missouri in the mid- to late 1980s, when I was studying for my master's degree in journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.)

From husband Bill, Oct. 15, 2026

On October 15, 1951, the first episode of "I Love Lucy" aired on television in the United States.

From husband Bill, Oct. 15, 2026

Healthy Beverage

From husband Bill, Oct. 14, 2026

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel yet another beverage review: Ginger Honey Crystals with Turmeric. (length: 5 minutes, 12 seconds)

Healthy Beverage: Ginger-Turmeric-Honey (Oct. 14, 2026)

https://youtu.be/ZDaoWorVso0?is=rV_pbx2bWcCEWl6d

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From husband Bill, Oct. 14, 2026

It is definitely a day for me. To my fellow baldies: It's time to celebrate, my follically challenged chums !!! ... or is it follicly ???

From husband Bill, Oct. 14, 2026

Today (October 14, 2026) is National Dessert Day.

What is your favorite dessert and your least favorite dessert?

MY FAVORITE DESSERT is an Austrian cake called "Mohr im Hemd," which is made with chocolate, almonds, and red wine. Translated from German, it means "black man wearing a shirt" because that's what it looks like on the plate. (See online photo below.)

MY LEAST FAVORITE DESSERT is "Strawberry Shortcake." It's absolutely horrible. I dislike strawberries. I dislike yellow pound cake. I dislike whipped cream.

From husband Bill, Oct. 14, 2026

I always use real sugar in moderation and avoid all artificial sweeteners.

For about 14 months from mid-1996 to late 1997, I covered commodities trading, specifically the futures and options trading of "Softs" (coffee, sugar, cocoa, cotton, and orange juice) in the New York City bureau of Futures World News, a wire service that was broadcast via satellite to our special computer terminals in companies and homes in 93 countries. I covered those five markets at the same time in real time, writing 13 to 16 news stories every day, plus one weekly feature story. I occasionally covered whole milk futures and options, but nothing much ever happened. I mean, three trades in a day was huge for that market. Also, every three weeks, I covered the weekly money supply meetings at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Trivia: Most of the sugar in the world comes from sugar beets, not sugar cane, with Russia as the largest grower of sugar beets.

From husband Bill, Oct. 14, 2026

I have fewer curves these days, considering my weight is lower.

From husband Bill, Oct. 14, 2026

I had two bullies in junior high school. Slightly before we graduated from high school in 1979, both of them apologized. 

From husband Bill, Oct. 14, 2026

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, Oct. 13, 2026

The U.S. Navy was founded in 1775. My father retired at the rank of Commander after serving for twenty-two (22) years in the U.S. Navy, both on active duty and in the reserves. My mother worked for the U.S. Navy as a civilian.

from husband Bill, Oct. 13, 2026

When I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s, my mom made a version of Yorkshire Pudding but without the gravy. They are called Popovers, and we ate them with lots of butter. My wife, who is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has made Yorkshire Pudding for me.

from husband Bill, Oct. 13, 2026

Canadian Thanksgiving

from husband Bill, Oct. 12, 2026

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Day !!! My wonderful wife is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so we observe both Thanksgivings. Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday of October every year.

from husband Bill, Oct. 12, 2026

Happy Columbus Day

from husband Bill, Oct. 12, 2026

Happy Columbus Day !!! (I'm half Italian.) Columbus Day is technically October 12, but it is officially celebrated on the second Monday of October every year. So, this year, it's the same date.

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from husband Bill, Oct. 12, 2026

The oldest book that I own is "The Art of Thinking" by T. Sharper Knowlson. It was printed in 1899. I posted a photo of this book in the comment section below.

from husband Bill, Oct. 12, 2026

Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Ramazzotti

from husband Bill, Oct. 11, 2026

I just remembered. Two days and 10 years ago, on October 9, 2016, my wife, her sister, and I attended a fantastic concert -- Italian pop singer Eros Ramazzotti -- at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. 

I am a huge fan. He is absolutely my favorite Italian singer. I have been a fan of Ramazzotti since the early 1990s, when I purchased one of his CDs at the annual festival (feast) of my Italian grandmother's church on Long Island, New York.

I have many of his CDs and one of his DVDs. He releases all of his CDs in Italian and Spanish. Being half Italian, I only have his Italian CDs. At my request, the DJ played this Ramazzotti song -- "Fuoco Nel Fuoco" (link below) -- at our wedding reception in February 2006.

Also, I had the good fortune of attending his concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on October 9, 2016, with my wife and her sister. I was surprised that he sang every song in Italian, except for half a song in Spanish.

I really love this song and its music video from the year 2000. The title translates from Italian to English as "Fire Within a Fire." This is my favorite Ramazzotti song. (He writes all of his songs, too, and has recorded duets with such singers as Cher, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Alicia Keys, Andrea Bocelli, Ricky Martin, Luciano Pararotti, ... .) 

https://youtu.be/Gr7VfbUKYCo

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Oct. 11, 2026

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from husband Bill, Oct. 10, 2026

I rode on the back of a motorcycle once when I was a teenager in the 1970s.

from husband Bill, Oct. 10, 2026

Why is yarn sold in skeins, but then at home, we convert them to spheres?

from husband Bill, Oct. 10, 2026

I used to play chess long ago. One of my favorite book when I was an early teen in the early 1970s was a book of chess moves by chess champ Bobby Fischer.

from husband Bill, Oct. 10, 2026

I like frosting, but not cake. Long ago, I used to eat frozen frosting straight out of the container with a spoon.

from husband Bill, Oct. 10, 2026

I like frosting, but not cake.

from husband Bill, Oct. 10, 2026