Today Is ...

from husband Bill, June 20, 2026

At university in the early 1980s in my early 20s, I ate/drank more than my share of my favorite ice cream soda: chocolate ice cream in orange soda.

from husband Bill, June 20, 2026

I prefer black-and-white milkshakes (vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup).

from husband Bill, June 20, 2026

kindred spirits: unattractive, but loyal

from husband Bill, June 20, 2026

I consider myself to be a nerd, not a geek. I would hike, if I could walk.

from husband Bill, June 20, 2026

Wear BLUE Day

from husband Bill, June 19, 2026

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel this short video in celebration of "Wear BLUE Day," which falls on the Friday before Father's Day. (length: 2 minutes,  4 seconds) ... By wearing blue, you show that you support the men in your life to lead a healthy lifestyle and that you care about their well-being.

Also, June is National Men's Health Awareness Month.

(I know that I am a bit tardy with this video. I wasn't even sure if I was actually going to create it. So, this video is for an informational purpose rather than a participatory purpose due to its lateness.)

Wear BLUE Day for Men's Health (June 19, 2026)

https://youtube.com/shorts/CtyD1oaKA-w?is=P-XIuOIrKMBM6QLd

Humor & Tragedy

from husband Bill, June 19, 2026

I just saw this cartoon on Facebook and found it to be a provocative combination of humor and tragedy. Hence, I shared it.

Truth About Juneteenth

from husband Bill, June 19, 2026

Men's Health & More

from husband Bill, June 19, 2026

Men's health is the focus of Wear BLUE Day on the Friday before Father's Day. By wearing blue, you are saying you support the men in your life to lead a healthy lifestyle, and you care about their well-being.

Also, June is National Men's Health Month.

1 in 6 men will have prostate cancer in his lifetime compared to 1 in 8 women who will have breast cancer in her lifetime. Yes, prostate cancer is more deadly than breast cancer. Federal funding for breast cancer research is 600 percent HIGHER than federal funding for prostate cancer research. That's SIX TIMES HIGHER.

from husband Bill, June 19, 2026

This is my normal, default speed: slow. As a journalist from 1982 to 2017, I have had thousands of frantic deadlines, when I had to work at full speed. With one of my gigs, I was writing 13 to 16 financial articles EVERY DAY for a wire service, 13 of which had strict deadlines.

So, after my workdays were completed in all my gigs, I made it a point to physically and mentally overly slow myself, so I would relax my mind, and purposely and drastically slow my gait.

Now, that I have been dealing with major medical issues, I have no choice but to be slow until I completely recover. Actually, I am still unable to walk without support, following nine surgeries between March 2022 and May 2026: 1 heart, 2 chest, 2 spine, 1 right ankle, 1 both legs, 1 left foot, and 1 left leg.

from husband Bill, June 19, 2026

I have a 24-hour analog watch that I don't wear. I think that it needs a battery replacement.

from husband Bill, June 19, 2026

I don't drink martinis, but if I did, I would prefer gin to vodka.

from husband Bill, June 19, 2026

I like Garfield's snarkiness.

from husband Bill, June 19, 2026

Happy Birthday to Paul

from husband Bill, June 18, 2026

Happy Birthday to James Paul McCartney (June 18, 1942, Liverpool, England) ... photo from 1968

"Distractions" from his 1989 album "Flowers in the Dirt" is my favorite McCartney song. I attended a McCartney concert in December 1989 at Madison Square Garden in New York City to promote this album.

https://youtu.be/rGiSrVqFPDQ?is=eyFUZocQALSWyk6X

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, June 18, 2026

I have done a lot of saltwater fishing as a teenager in the 1970s in the canal several yards from my home in West Islip, south-central Long Island, New York, and on my boat and my dad's boat in the nearby Great South Bay and in the Atlantic Ocean. I have fished for flounder, fluke, bluefish, snapper (baby bluefish), bunker, sea trout (weakfish), codfish, mackerel, and shark.

from husband Bill, June 18, 2026

I used to like raw sushi, but these days, I prefer tempura-fried sushi, so the salmon is cooked.

from husband Bill, June 18, 2026

Go somewhere.

from husband Bill, June 18, 2026

Buy something.

from husband Bill, June 18, 2026

I am prone to the occasional panic attack, and asthma attacks due to excitement, but I have been a lifelong fatalist and will continue to be a fatalist. I sometimes slip into nihilism.

from husband Bill, June 18, 2026

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, June 17, 2026

Being partially of Austrian descent, I do like apple strudel.

from husband Bill, June 17, 2026

I am partial to green peas, Brussels sprouts, and asparagus. I do NOT like zucchini. I also dislike raw tomatoes, but they are technically fruits (berries).

from husband Bill, June 17, 2026

I am partial to cherries. I would love that with a large scoop or two of chocolate ice cream. 

from husband Bill, June 17, 2026

Yeah, root beer is OK.

from husband Bill, June 17, 2026

These guys are paid well.

from husband Bill, June 17, 2026

Cannoli & Fudge

from husband Bill, June 16, 2026

Cannoli (singular: cannolo) are my favorite Italian dessert and one of my favorite all-time desserts. They are Sicilian pastries consisting of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling containing ricotta cheese and sugar. The filling sometimes contains chocolate chips or small pieces of dried fruit. I have eaten hundreds of them during my lifetime (so far). I am half Italian.

from husband Bill, June 16, 2026

I prefer dark chocolate fudge without nuts.

from husband Bill, June 16, 2026