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March 2, 2026, at home

Should I subscribe to my YouTube channel?

Pie & Stuff

from husband Bill, March 2, 2026, at home

I prefer it with a graham cracker crust, chocolate pudding, and no whipped cream ... with sliced bananas, of course.

from husband Bill, March 2, 2026, at home

I certainly have a lot of that.

from husband Bill, March 2, 2026, at home

Poetry

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel an unrehearsed video about my experiences as a poet. (length: 8 minutes, 10 seconds) 

Poetry (March 1, 2026) 

https://youtu.be/lWafWnIB_J8?si=ItZ63Mo4Jp4SdmQz

March 1, 2026, at home

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, March 1, 2026, at home

I like apple compote from the Julius Meinl gourmet store in Vienna, Austria. (While I have been to that store several times, I have ordered it online.)

from husband Bill, March 1, 2026, at home

I have a necktie with paintings of pigs on it.

The inner voice that encourages you to be lazy is called your "innerer schweinehund" in German, which literally means "inner pig-dog."

from husband Bill, March 1, 2026, at home

I prefer extra crunchy.

from husband Bill, March 1, 2026, at home

Marietta's Birthday

Today (February 28, 2026), we remember my great-aunt Marietta (R.I.P.; my maternal grandfather Giuseppe's sister) on her birthday. Here is a photo of her on her 100th birthday in 2023.

at home

R.I.P. John Wheeler

R.I.P. John Wheeler (June 20, 1930 – February 6, 2026)

February 28, 2026, at home

Skyward

Look at the sky this evening (February 28, 2026). Planets align.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1482938446508060/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, February 28, 2026, at home

Yes, I did have a rare, potentially fatal disease in May 1977, when I was 16 years old: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. I most probably caught it in the backyard of my house in West Islip, Long Island, New York, from either a tick bite or ingesting the feces of an infected tick or even by rubbing my eyes or in my nose with my infected finger.

• 1977 Cases/Trends: While 1977 saw the highest recorded annual total of RMSF cases in the United States at that time (1,153 cases), Long Island specifically was experiencing a significant increase in cases during the mid-1970s (1971–1976 study period).
• 1977 Fatalities: In 1977, the national case-fatality rate for RMSF was 4.9% (42 deaths out of 856 reported cases, based on surveillance reports often finalized a year later).
• Long Island Context: Data from 1971–1976 showed 124 cases in a six-year period on Long Island, with 8 deaths (6.4% case-fatality rate). In March 1977, reports indicated the disease was spreading on Long Island, and fatalities were being reported in the NYC area. 

from husband Bill, February 28, 2026, at home

Not often, but I have enjoyed chocolate soufflé.

from husband Bill, February 28, 2026, at home

When I was a young kid, I would cash in with the "Tooth Fairy." I then started saving my teeth in a small plastic tooth (with cotton) that once contained chewing gum. It was my idea, but I just realized the possibility of my parents agreeing with me so that they could save a few quarters. 😁 I no longer have that plastic tooth, but if I did, I wonder if I could have coaxed my mom into switching my baby teeth for the comparable number of quarters ... or even adjust the amount due to inflation. Maybe the statute of limitations is long gone. ... and I can't really prove that my mom or my dad was actually the Tooth Fairy.

from husband Bill, February 28, 2026, at home

Fendrich Videos

Today is my favorite pop singer's 71st birthday. Here are several links to Rainhard Fendrich music videos. I have been a fan since 1983, when I was 22 years old. He released his first album in 1980, and he is still recording albums and touring.

"Der Himmel würfelt leider nicht"  (1991) ... This is my favorite Fendrich song.

https://youtu.be/qOjp8DglkUM?si=vdwpsKWOV_uoedhn

"Es Lebe der Sport" (1982) ... This is the first song by Fendrich that I heard (in 1983).

https://youtu.be/7mF-h-wvhQI?si=k9u83TL-pJus4AsK

"I Am From Austria" (1989) ... This is Austria's unofficial national album.

https://youtu.be/Xi_8DB7zsD4?si=uPH5GShw9ujDf7xE

"Soy Tu Vida (...weil ich dein Leben bin)" (2004) ... duet with Carmen Jaime

https://youtu.be/CFoL1IqUJ5U?si=aIarVgWyw_H5MZQ0

"Angelina" (1993)

https://youtu.be/mCTNhvrTIRg?si=2i3LaicEjwsCJlLE

"Der Mensch ist wie er ist" (2010)

https://youtu.be/4mHF_q0VohU?si=gOMAY2Lb1_8VeaCl

"Schwarzoderweiss" (2016)

https://youtu.be/zIXuVth76AA?si=OmCaTzyUbkruLkoD

65th Birthday Video

February 27, 2026, at home

I indulged myself by creating and uploading onto my YouTube channel this relatively short video to commemorate my 65th birthday on February 26, 2026. (4 minutes, 49 seconds) ... My mother, my wife, and I celebrated at my mom's nearby home. I created this video because I really wish my friends and my family members could have all been here with us to celebrate, and this is a way for them to share in the festivities.

My 65th Birthday (Feb. 26, 2026)

https://youtu.be/EoOeXpK8KDg?si=Bnyee6SBRoAIz1gi

R.I.P. Neil Sedaka

February 27, 2026, at home 

R.I.P. Neil Sedaka (March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026)

"Bad Blood," his duet with Elton John, is my favorite Sedaka song. I like the line: "The bitch is in her smile."

https://youtu.be/zXpLlpJ5Qnc?si=Urndw5lKnGM3iaAx

He co-wrote "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille. Toni Tennille sings "Sedaka's back" in the song.

https://youtu.be/_QNEf9oGw8o?si=dyF1pCEIfJm27UaS

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, February 27, 2026, at home

I am perpetually retro, well, anachronistic.

from husband Bill, February 27, 2026, at home

I somewhat like Kahlúa. I used to drink White Russians.

from husband Bill, February 27, 2026, at home

The polar bear population is thriving, so: no worries about them.

from husband Bill, February 27, 2026, at home

One word: YUCK !!! I dislike strawberries: the taste, the texture, the everything. My least favorite dessert is Strawberry Shortcake: I don't like strawberries, yellow pound cake, and whipped cream.

from husband Bill, February 27, 2026, at home

Anosmia is the loss of the sense of smell. I had a school teacher many years ago who lost his sense of smell following a car accident. I sort of had something somewhat related. I had nasal/sinus surgery several years ago to remove eight polyps, and to clean out and expand all eight of my sinuses. I guess it's not that I couldn't smell, but more like I couldn't breathe through my nose. A month or two after my surgery, I was able to smell again.

from husband Bill, February 27, 2026, at home

I never became interested in Pokémon.

Thanks For Wishes

February 27, 2026, at home

Thank you for all of your well wishes yesterday on my birthday. 🎉🎂🎁

65th

 February 26, 2026, at home

YEAH !!! I am officially 65 years old !!!

I was born at 9:08 a.m., Eastern Time, at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, Long Island, New York, on February 26, 1961. In the 1960s and 1970s (and later), the windows of the hospital were much lighter.

I was happy to be age 64 because of The Beatles song "When I'm 64." It was good while it lasted.

When I was a kid at school in the 1960s and 1970s, I would jump up and say "YEAH !!!" at exactly 9:08 a.m. on my birthday in whatever classroom I was in, invariably interrupting my teachers.

I share my birthday with my cousin Jackie, also Victor Hugo, Tony Randall, William Frawley, Jackie Gleason, Johnny Cash, and Antoine "Fats" Domino. I am quite happy that my birthday is sandwiched between the birthdays of my dear friend Bryan, whom I have known for 65 years, and George Harrison, both on February 25, and my favorite pop singer, Rainhard Fendrich (from Austria), on February 27.