Cannoli Incident: 4 years later

Today marks the fourth anniversary of what I am calling "The Almost Tragic Cannoli Incident of June 26, 2022."

When my wife and my mother visited me at my physical rehabilitation facility during the late morning into early afternoon, they brought me a cannolo to cheer me up, which it did. I thanked them both for visiting with me ... and for the cannolo.

After they went home, when I adjusted my bed using the remote control, the box holding the cannolo fell to the floor behind my bed and was beyond my reach. A woman who works there retrieved the box for me. The cannolo was unharmed.

Shortly after that, I sent a text message to my wife, telling her about the falling cannolo. She and my mom felt bad, so my wife purchased two more cannoli (one from her and one from my mom) and left them at the front desk. A woman who works there delivered them to my room. I thank her for bringing them to me.

I then thanked my wife and my mom on the phone. That was certainly quite a nice surprise. I was never a person to ever pass up a cannolo.

Photo:

1. the initial cannolo and me

2. the cannolo box on the floor

3. the other two cannoli

June 26, 2026

Chocolate Pudding & Coconut

from husband Bill, June 26, 2026

One of my favorite snacks is Doritos nacho corn chips dipped in chocolate pudding. When I was in sixth grade (1972-73; age 11 or 12), I first ate it in the cafeteria of Bayview Elementary School (West Islip, Long Island, New York) in an attempt to make two girls disgusted. They didn't care all that much, and I discovered that I really liked it. I have eaten it many times over the years, but not as much in recent years. I did eat it twice in recent days.

from husband Bill, June 26, 2026

I like coconut.

from husband Bill, June 26, 2026

Haircut & Shave

from husband Bill, June 25, 2026

Before and After Photos: haircut & shave, early evening house call, June 25, 2026

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, June 25, 2026

I officially became a Beatles fan during the summer of 1964 after my mom took me and one of the two sisters who lived next door to us to a movie theater to see the Beatles first movie "A Hard Day's Night." I was three years old.

from husband Bill, June 25, 2026

My dad retired at the rank of Commander after 22 years in the U.S. Navy. He spent some time on a ship in the North Atlantic Ocean. During the 1970s, when I was a teenager, I became a seafarer aboard dad's several boats with Dad and his friends as my teachers on the Great South Bay (Long Island, New York), and the Atlantic Ocean. I also had my own small boats. My dad's father who emigrated from Portugal was in the Merchant Marines.

from husband Bill, June 25, 2026

It's six months until Christmas Day. (Leon is Noël spelled backwards.)

from husband Bill, June 25, 2026

I have only eaten catfish once. It was frozen, breaded, packaged, and in the form of nuggets. I got so stomach sick that I never ate catfish again.

from husband Bill, June 25, 2026

That's not my style. I really dislike strawberries, both the taste and the texture.

from husband Bill, June 25, 2026

I ate a few bomb pops when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. 

from husband Bill, June 25, 2026

Global Beatles Day: Video

Global Beatles Day 

from husband Bill, June 25, 2026

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel this short, unrehearsed video in celebration of Global Beatles Day today. (2 minutes, 5 seconds)

Global Beatles Day (June 25, 2026)

https://youtube.com/shorts/HgwwxM7QwEc?is=a7S62GOSPB__Ymtr

Roe Headline In Rehab

From husband Bill: Today (June 25, 2026) is the day after the fourth anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. I created and uploaded my celebration video yesterday onto my YouTube channel and then posted the link on various social media platforms.

Roe v. Wade Celebration Continues After 4 Years (June 24, 2026)

https://youtu.be/XFE1zsevi-A?is=2Tnsu2vPkro4KD_G

Today, I wanted to post the photo (below), taken on the day after the Supreme Court ruling four years ago (June 25, 2022).

At that time, I was in a physical rehabilitation facility following quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery on March 9, 2022 and two related chest surgeries on May 19 and 25, 2022: one surgery to open me to remove sternal plates due to loose screws and to tend to an infection within my chest, and another surgery about a week later to close me. I arrived at rehab on June 3, 2022. Since those three surgeries, I had six more surgeries, up until May 2026: two spine (abscess removed and then titanium metal rods attached); right ankle; artery bypass (vein in my right leg taken out and put within my left leg); amputation of two toes of left foot; and angioplasty of left leg.

So, it was June 25, 2022, when I first was offered a newspaper since I had been at rehab. I am not a fan of The New York Times due to its heavily liberal/politically leftist bias, but that is all she had to offer. Anyway, I accepted the newspaper, mainly because I was and still am extremely happy that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and because I wanted to see the large bold headline printed onto the front page. After all, it really is good news, as well as an important historical event. Unfortunately, someone threw out the paper. I had hoped to save it for posterity.

I was a journalist from September 1982 to April 2017. I have been a staunch Conservative for my entire life and a registered Republican since 1979, but I have always kept my political leanings out of my professional life.

I have been a Men's Rights Activist since the early 1990s, when I was in my early 30s. Men's Rights includes Father's Rights. 

Roe Overturned: Video

from husband Bill, June 24, 2026

I created and uploaded a video in celebration of the fourth anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. (length: 4 minutes, 31 seconds) ... I continue to celebrate.

Roe v. Wade Celebration Continues After 4 Years (June 24, 2026)

https://youtu.be/XFE1zsevi-A?is=2Tnsu2vPkro4KD_G

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, June 24, 2026 

I do somewhat like pralines, although I am definitely NOT fond of caramel.

from husband Bill, June 24, 2026

I have a dark blue ski jacket that I wore in the 1980s, when I was in my 20s, with various patches from the various ski areas and resorts where I have skied, including many places in Austria, plus many places in Colorado and in many states in the northeastern United States (Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania). After I stopped collecting the patches, I skied in Canada. I grew up on Long Island, New York, but I never skied Bare Mountain there.

from husband Bill, June 24, 2026

My wonderful wife uses parchment paper while creating some of her culinary masterpieces.

from husband Bill, June 24, 2026

There's this.

from husband Bill, June 24, 2026

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, June 23, 2026

I do like Pecan Sandies.

from husband Bill, June 23, 2026

Don't forget to stay hydrated.

from husband Bill, June 23, 2026

I like the color Dusty Rose. I have a Langdon Hall polo shirt in that color.

from husband Bill, June 23, 2026

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, June 22, 2026 

Another word for "kiss" is "buss." Long ago, I saw a billboard at a New Jersey truck stop: "Busses Welcome." Yeah, it made me laugh in a rather nerdy way: "Kisses Welcome." The plural of "bus" is "buses."

from husband Bill, June 22, 2026

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from husband Bill, June 22, 2026

I like éclairs, but never with whipped cream. I prefer them filled with chocolate pudding, but vanilla pudding is good, too.

from husband Bill, June 22, 2026

I prefer onion rings to french fries.

from husband Bill, June 22, 2026

Serious Thoughts

from husband Bill, June 21, 2026

Serious Thoughts on Father's Day 

Children raised in two-parent (mother and father) homes and single-father homes are much more successful than children raised in single-mother homes, statistical analyses have stated. Children raised in single-mother homes are more likely to be criminals, drug addicts, suffer from depression, have higher instances of suicide, etc. Single-father homes and two-parent (mother and father) homes are quite similar. This is all based on sociological studies. Of course, the two-parent home, again with a mother and a father) is best, but the single-father home is about equal.

In the United States, mothers are awarded full custody of the children in at least 92 percent of family-court cases. This is due to anti-male judges and the false notion that mothers are better nurturers than fathers. That "idea" has been proven to be incorrect.

Lawyers are advising fathers to NOT fight to be with their children because the fights are extremely expensive, and the fathers are almost sure to lose.

Fathers are people, too. I would love to see fathers get a little justice. (I am NOT a father.)

80 percent of divorces are initiated by women, 90 percent by university-educated women. 

(I have been a Men's Rights Activist since the early 1990s, when I was in my early 30s. I have been interested in the futile efforts to preserve and expand Men's Rights and Father's Rights for decades somewhat on a practical level, but mostly on an intellectual level.)

Father's Day Video

from husband Bill, June 21, 2026

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel a video in honor of my father and all other fathers on Father's Day. (length: 5 minutes, 16 seconds)

Honoring Fathers on Father's Day (June 21, 2026)

https://youtu.be/jyazUje9bXE?is=Ta4LLdPKBjVDS4iJ

Father's Day Wishes

from husband Bill, June 21, 2026

Happy Father's Day to my father-in-law Bob (R.I.P.). He was not only down to earth but also larger than life. Here I am with Bob and my mother-in-law Lorna (R.I.P.) at our wedding reception on February 4, 2006. Bob, you are sorely missed and forever in our thoughts and within our hearts. Of course, Lorna is also sorely missed.

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from husband Bill, June 21, 2026

Happy Father's Day to my dad (August 30, 1934 - February 14, 1997). I still sorely and immensely miss him. This is a photo of my dad and me in December 1974 at the house of my great-aunt Rose in East Orange, New Jersey. I was 13 years old. My dad died on his mother's birthday -- she passed away on May 22, 1977 -- and the day after the birthday of his sister, with whom I have lost connection.

Dad was cremated. Half of his ashes were interred at Breslau Cemetery in Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York. The other half of his ashes were scattered into the North Atlantic Ocean from a U.S. Navy ship. Dad served 22 years in the Navy and retired at the rank of Commander. He was a few months short of Captain. He served on a ship in the 1950s, transporting DPs (displaced persons or, as he called them, delayed pilgrims) after World War II from Bremerhaven, Germany, to New York City.

My father had a twin brother named Wilbur who died in 1935 at the age of 9 months due to spinal meningitis.