Krishna Quotations Video

From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home

I created and uploaded a very short video of random quotations by Lord Krishna. (length: 1 minute, 18 seconds)

Quotations By Lord Krishna (August 22, 2026)

https://youtube.com/shorts/UZq7Y7uWp5c?is=P5uhYd-n-7P8Bzi5

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From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home

I have eaten dim sum, but never bao.

From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home

It looks somewhat good, although it's a bit plain for my taste. I really don't like cake all that much. (I have never eaten this.)

From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home

I tend toward almond milk. I switched from soy milk, mainly because of the high levels of estrogen in soybeans. I have tried hemp milk; it was OK.

From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home

When I was a kid in the 1960s, still with many of my baby teeth in my head, I stopped putting them under my pillow for the Tooth Fairy to leave me money. I kept my subsequent baby teeth in a small, plastic tooth that formerly contained chewing gum. I put a little cotton in the tooth container. I no longer have that container, but I have wondered, if I did, if I could get my mother to give me 25 cents a tooth.

From husband Bill, August 22, 2026, home

This is a day to enjoy the unconditional love of your canine companion.

August 22, 2026, home

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From husband Bill, August 21, 2026, home

I do love spumoni, because it tastes good and (probably) because of my Italian upbringing. Spumoni is ice cream typically with fruits and nuts. It usually has flavors of ice cream to match the Italian flag in colors: pistachio (green), vanilla (white), and strawberry (red). I prefer the chocolate version (which typically replaces vanilla with chocolate). I don't like strawberry anything, but I can tolerate it if it's mixed with something else.

From husband Bill, August 21, 2026, home

I am one of these.

From husband Bill, August 21, 2026, home

I never heard of it, but it sounds interesting. 

August 21, 2026, home

This Was Delicious

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home

My wonderful wife made this for me this evening: flatbread, brie cheese, peaches, and honey, and then blasted in an air fryer.

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From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home

I prefer radio to television. I particularly love the old radio shows from the 1930s and 1940s, especially the Kraft Music Hall, which aired from 1933 to 1949. I have 10 shows on five CDs of "KMH" hosted by Bing Crosby that were broadcast to the troops during World War II. I also like The Bob Hope Show from around that time; I have many of those shows on many CDs.

In the 1970s, when I was a teenager, I had a 23-channel CB radio in my bedroom. The "real" CBers had the 40-channel models who would listen to the truckers. I remember my father attaching the five-foot-long whip antenna onto the chimney of our house. I thought that he was going to fall off of the roof.

My handle (name) was "Algernon," named after the character played by Roy Kinnear in the 1965 Beatles movie "Help!." I was a member of the CB Radio Club at school.

I remember some of the "10-codes." 10-4 is "message received." 10-7 is "leaving the air." 10-20 is "your location." 10-23 is "stand by." 10-36 is "the correct time." My all-time favorite is 10-100: "I need to go to the bathroom." ... and there was the important 10-200: "police needed." Actually, Channel 9 was the emergency channel. We never went there.

My best friend John also had a CB radio in his bedroom. What's funny is that in the evenings, we would call each other on the phone to tell each other we were on our CB radios. We would hang up and then talk to each other on our radios. We could have just continued talking to each other on the phone. Yeah, but it was fun.

In the 1980s and 1990s, I used to listen to radio stations around the world on portable shortwave radios. I was once able to pick up a radio station in Fiji, when I was living on Long Island, New York. (Yeah, I'm a nerd.) The radio waves are shot into the sky and bounce off of the atmosphere to travel around the world. I received better reception on Long Island than I ever did in Florida, where I live now, mainly because of better atmospheric conditions and the massive router in New Brunswick, New Jersey, that boosted the shortwave radio waves. (I forgot the official name of the facility.) I would also listen to the Atomic Clock in Fort Collins, Colorado; digital clocks are now synced to it. These days, I can listen to world radio broadcasts online.

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home

I definitely remember eating a piece of pecan pie with a thick layer of chocolate ganache on top, but it was long ago.

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home

Well, yes, I do like bacon.

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, when my age was around 7 to 10 years old, my friends and I, along with kids across the United States, maybe around the world, would engage in the stupid, dangerous practice of running behind "The Fog Man," the guy spraying the insecticide DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), as he drove around in his pink-and-gray truck in my neighborhood in Babylon, Long Island, New York. While running, I would squeeze my nose together, and keep my mouth and eyes shut for so-called "protection. "Due to harmful effects, DDT use was banned in the United States in 1972 and worldwide in 2004.

Trivia: Only female mosquitoes suck your blood.

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home

They have definitely helped me over the past several years.

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home 

I prefer radio to television. I particularly love the old radio shows from the 1930s and 1940s, especially the Kraft Music Hall, which aired from 1933 to 1949. I have 10 shows on five CDs of "KMH" hosted by Bing Crosby that were broadcast to the troops during World War II. I also like The Bob Hope Show from around that time; I have many of those shows on many CDs. 

In the 1970s, when I was a teenager, I had a 23-channel CB radio in my bedroom. The "real" CBers had the 40-channel models who would listen to the truckers. I remember my father attaching the five-foot-long whip antenna onto the chimney of our house. I thought that he was going to fall off of the roof. 

My handle (name) was "Algernon," named after the character played by Roy Kinnear in the 1965 Beatles movie "Help!." I was a member of the CB Radio Club at school. 

I remember some of the "10-codes." 10-4 is "message received." 10-7 is "leaving the air." 10-20 is "your location." 10-23 is "stand by." 10-36 is "the correct time." My all-time favorite is 10-100: "I need to go to the bathroom." ... and there was the important 10-200: "police needed." Actually, Channel 9 was the emergency channel. We never went there. 

My best friend John also had a CB radio in his bedroom. What's funny is that in the evenings, we would call each other on the phone to tell each other we were on our CB radios. We would hang up and then talk to each other on our radios. We could have just continued talking to each other on the phone. Yeah, but it was fun. 

In the 1980s and 1990s, I used to listen to radio stations around the world on portable shortwave radios. I was once able to pick up a radio station in Fiji, when I was living on Long Island, New York. (Yeah, I'm a nerd.) The radio waves are shot into the sky and bounce off of the atmosphere to travel around the world. I received better reception on Long Island than I ever did in Florida, where I live now, mainly because of better atmospheric conditions and the massive router in New Brunswick, New Jersey, that boosted the shortwave radio waves. (I forgot the official name of the facility.) I would also listen to the Atomic Clock in Fort Collins, Colorado; digital clocks are now synced to it. These days, I can listen to world radio broadcasts online. 

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home 

I definitely remember eating a piece of pecan pie with a thick layer of chocolate ganache on top, but it was long ago. 

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home 

Well, yes, I do like bacon. 

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home 

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, when my age was in single digits, my friends and I, along with kids across the United States, maybe around the world, would engage in the stupid, dangerous practice of running behind "The Fog Man," the guy spraying the insecticide DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), as he drove around in his pink-and-gray truck in my neighborhood in Babylon, Long Island, New York. While running, I would squeeze my nose together, and keep my mouth and eyes shut for so-called "protection." Due to harmful effects, DDT use was banned in the United States in 1972 (age 11) and worldwide in 2004. 

Trivia: Only female mosquitoes suck your blood. 

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home 

They have definitely helped me over the past several years. 

From husband Bill, August 20, 2026, home 

I like the occasional IPA, but I'm not sure if I ever imbibed the hazy version.

August 20, 2026, home

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From husband Bill, August 19, 2026, home

I love Carvel's chocolate soft-serve ice cream in a bowl with chocolate jimmies (sprinkles). I never liked ice cream cones.

From husband Bill, August 19, 2026, home 

I prefer mashed potatoes, especially with a little crumbled blue cheese mixed in. I like french fries in the traditional way: dipped in mayonnaise. I sometimes use tartar sauce.

August 19, 2026, home

Doctors Appointments

From husband Bill, August 17, 2026, home

pulmonologist appointment, 11:15 a.m. ET

From husband Bill, August 18, 2026, home

appointment with general physician, 1 p.m. ET, follow-up exam regarding my time in hospital (August 4-11, 2026) with severe pneumonia (with complications)

From husband Bill, August 19, 2926, home 

another follow-up appointment, today, 2:30 p.m. ET: 1st part, ultrasound of left leg; 2nd part, analysis of ultrasound with vascular surgeon; In November 2025, I had artery-bypass surgery: Surgeons removed a three-foot-long main vein in my right leg and inserted it into my left leg to bypass a blocked main artery. I had 96 metal staples inserted in my legs: right leg, 70, from my ankle to my hip; upper left thigh, 16; lower left calf, 10. (This diagram shows a right leg; mine was done in my left leg.)

R.I.P. Frank Beard

R.I.P. Frank Beard, age 77

August 18, 2026, home

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From husband Bill, August 18, 2026, home

I like ice cream cake, specifically Carvel. I'm not sure that I have ever eaten an ice cream pie.

From husband Bill, August 18, 2026, home

I love looking through mail order catalogs, especially food catalogs, like Harry & David and Swiss Colony. The Harriet Carter catalog is one of my favorites; it basically contains stuff for the household; health items; and holiday decorations. We may still receive it.

I absolutely LOVE the Archie McPhee catalog of novelties, funny gifts, and funny toys.

https://mcphee.com/

From husband Bill, August 18, 2026, home

I like Italian reds, mainly Chiantis, and Austrian (not Australian) whites.

From husband Bill, August 18, 2026, home

I really don't like fajitas. I need some kind of sauce on my Mexican food, preferably mole. I love Chicken Mole, which is chicken smothered in a spicy chocolate sauce.

August 18, 2026, home