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From husband Bill, February 21, 2026, at home

Every two weeks for one day, my religion (Gaudiya Vaishnavism) forbids me from eating beans and grains. It's called Ekadashi. My religion also always forbids me from ingesting meat, fish, eggs, onions, garlic, mushrooms, red lentils, and chocolate, as well as coffee, caffeinated sodas, and alcoholic beverages. (I am not even close to being strict with these tenets.)

From husband Bill, February 21, 2026, at home

I particularly like chocolate-chip pancakes, but blueberry pancakes are OK, too.

From husband Bill, February 21, 2026, at home

I enjoy the occasional sticky bun.

From husband Bill, February 21, 2026, at home

I don't particularly like boiled peanuts.

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From husband Bill, February 20, 2026, at home

I love a big piece of cherry pie with a large scoop of chocolate ice cream, which is how I enjoy other fruit pies: apple, peach, blueberry.

From husband Bill, February 20, 2026, at home

I never eat french fries with ketchup. I prefer the traditional way: with mayonnaise. I sometime eat fries with tartar sauce.

From husband Bill, February 20, 2026, at home

I really don't like muffins. I like English muffins, but that's a different category. (I also like crumpets fried in butter.)

From husband Bill, February 20, 2026, at home

From March 2022 to November 2025, I endured eight surgeries. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my wonderful wife and my terrific mother for being my caregivers during these recent years, as well as the many doctors, nurses, attendants, occupational therapists, and physical therapists ... and Dina.

From husband Bill, February 20, 2026, at home

I like to feel comfy, but it is extremely elusive these days due to recent medical issues.

Favorite Ice Cream: Kid

February 19, 2026, at home

My favorite flavor of ice cream when I was a young kid in the 1960s was Howard Johnson's mint chocolate chip. I would invariably order a bowl after eating their chicken croquettes with cream sauce.

3 Childhood Dreams: AI

From husband Bill, February 18, 2026, at home

This is probably the most personal video that I have ever created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel. Here are three 9-second-long AI (artificial intelligence) video renditions that I created of memorable (nighttime) dreams that I had when I was around 8-years-old in 1969, give or take a year or two. (length: 54 seconds)

It's very strange for me to watch my childhood dreams as actual videos, especially because these videos are extremely accurate.

(Of course, I was a kid in my original dreams. I depicted myself as an adult in my video recreations.)

3 Childhood Dreams: AI (Feb. 18, 2026)

https://youtube.com/shorts/-xX5vPsjLC8?si=VIluKW7yC3rTb3KH

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From husband Bill, February 18, 2026, at home

My favorite wines are: Italian reds, especially chiantis, and Austrian (NOT Australian) whites. (I don't really drink alcoholic beverages anymore due to medical issues, not that I ever did much.)

From husband Bill, February 18, 2026, at home

I remember eating this a few times throughout my life.

From husband Bill, February 18, 2026, at home

"A" and "B" batteries are no longer available in the United States, but are available in limited quantities in certain parts of the world. "B" batteries are still being used in Europe, but they may be discontinued soon. I remember using "A" and "B" batteries for my toys when I was a young kid in the 1960s.

Banana Bread

February 18, 2026, at home

This early morning, my wonderful wife made banana bread with chocolate chips and topped with walnuts.

Fastnacht

From and posted by husband Bill, at home

Today (February 17, 2026) is Fastnacht (Shrove Tuesday; Mardi Gras), the last day of the Fasching (Karneval) season. On February 23, 1982, when I was a three days away from my 21st birthday, I celebrated this holiday at a gathering of more than 100 people while on a vacation of skiing in the Austrian Alps and visiting many of my Austrian cousins in the westernmost province of Vorarlberg, Austria.

That's me in the yellow, pink, and white clown suit. The woman to my right, wearing the red hat, is my dear friend Cathy from upstate New York, who was visiting along with me. The man in the red-and-white striped shirt and short pants on the left is my Austrian cousin Guntram. The woman dressed in black next to him is his wife, Lisa. The woman in the white wig on the right is Guntram's sister Ulrike. The other people are friends of the family that I met for the first time that night.

Incidentally, that night, I danced the polka for the first time.

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From husband Bill, February 17, 2026, at home

I do like my wife's sautéed cabbage, either red/purple or green. I also like the pickled red/purple cabbage in the jar. Of course, coleslaw is a favorite of mine.

From husband Bill, February 17, 2026, at home

One of the many reasons why I have been a lifelong Republican, and more recently a MAGA Republican, is because of the compassionate nature of Republicans and the Republican Party.

Regulations Cut 👍

From husband Bill, February 16, 2026, at home

"Trump Axes Start-Stop, Obama-Era EPA Rules in Massive Deregulation Effort"

Finally and luckily, it happened. I have been hoping and waiting patiently for Trump to institute major environmental deregulation(s). No worries. So-called "Climate Change" is a natural phenomenon unaffected by the actions of humans.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a70332543/trump-administration-ends-obama-era-epa-rules/

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From husband Bill, February 16, 2026, at home

OK, where is my favor?

From husband Bill, February 16, 2026, at home

One of my favorite candies is chocolate-covered marzipan (sugared almond paste). I use almond milk for health shakes.

From husband Bill, February 16, 2026, at home

My favorite presidents are Trump, then Reagan, then Nixon. Actually, one could make the argument that 9th president William Henry Harrison is the best president, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841.

When my age was in single digits, I dreamed that it was my job to shake hands with four "people": Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, and John Quincy Adams, the 6th president of the United States. I liked Adams because he was bald. These four were on a rotating platform standing inside upright, open coffins. (I must have watched a horror movie slightly before that dream.)

In the 1970s, when I was a teenager, I attended a Republican rally. The speakers were Gerald Ford (president) and Joe Garagiola (baseball player; TV personality).

Stuffed Peppers

February 15, 2026, at home

Many thanks go to my wonderful wife for making for me bell peppers stuffed with, well, stuffing, you know, like, the stuff in a Thanksgiving turkey, as per my request. My maternal grandmother sometimes made it when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. She made it with one block of bread stuffing within each pepper. I don't know how she did it. I just know that I loved it. I still do. My wife typically makes stuffed peppers with sautéed ground beef and Israeli couscous.