Today Is ...

from husband Bill, July 12, 2026

When I was working, I preferred my professional life to be complex and my personal life to be simplistic. For example, from 1992 to 1996, I was a reporter, writer, editor, and researcher for an international weekly magazine on the financial and technical aspects of the chemical industry based in New York City. When I wasn't working, I would read Jughead Jones comic books to take a break from the complexity of my job and to add a little simplicity to my life.

from husband Bill, July 12, 2026

I like pecan pie. I once ate a piece which had chocolate ganache on top. It was terrific.

from husband Bill, July 12, 2026

My favorite Jell-O flavor is lime.

from husband Bill, July 12, 2026

In recent decades, plastic bags have mostly replaced paper bags. In recent years, the trend toward returning to the use of paper bags has gained speed and continues to do so.

from husband Bill, July 12, 2026

While I don't have different colored eyes, my eyes change color: from dark brown to light brown to hazel to green. Alexander the Great had one brown eye and one blue eye. Many dogs have mismatched eyes. It's called having a "China eye."

from husband Bill, July 12, 2026

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, July 11, 2026

Today (July 11, 2026) is All American Pet Photo Day. Here is one of my favorite pet dogs from the early 1980s, when I was in my early 20s. Actually, he was my dad's dog. He named him Dudley because he thought that his long-haired dachshund looked like actor Dudley Moore. The photo of Dudley (the dog) shows him as a puppy.

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, July 10, 2026

French fries are neither French nor from France. The fry was invented in Belgium. "Frenching" is a method of cutting vegetables.

I eat french fries in the traditional way: dipped in mayonnaise. I sometimes eat fries with tartar sauce, but never with ketchup.

from husband Bill, July 10, 2026

I do like Piña Coladas, but I haven't had one in decades.

from husband Bill, July 10, 2026

I struggle with Diabetes with Peripheral Neuropathy (constant numbness) in both of my feet; Congestive Heart Failure; and Restrictive Lung Disease. I am still unable to walk after many years due to my Neuropathy. 

from husband Bill, July 10, 2026

I have written more than 300 poems since 1986, but I have never written a "cherihew." Many of my poems have been published in national and international poetry anthologies through poetry contests.

"On July 10 each year, National Clerihew Day in the United States celebrates a poem style created by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. His four-line biographical poem offers a brief, though whimsical, approach to poetry." - National Day Calendar

"A clerihew poem must include:

Four lines.

Rhyming couplets of AA/BB.×

A person's name in the first line.

Something said about that person.

Humor because clerihew poems are meant to be a funny poem."

Here's an example of a clerihew:

"Sir Humphry Davy

Abominated gravy.

He lived in the odium

Of having discovered sodium."

from husband Bill, July 10, 2026

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I have written more than 300 poems since 1986, but I have never written a "cherihew." Many of my poems have been published in national and international poetry anthologies through poetry contests.

"On July 10 each year, National Clerihew Day in the United States celebrates a poem style created by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. His four-line biographical poem offers a brief, though whimsical, approach to poetry." - National Day Calendar

"A clerihew poem must include:

Four lines.

"Rhyming couplets of AA/BB.

A person's name in the first line.

Something said about that person.

Humor because clerihew poems are meant to be a funny poem."

Here's an example of a clerihew:

"Sir Humphry Davy

Abominated gravy.

He lived in the odium

Of having discovered sodium."

July 10, 2026

Oreo Video

Taste Test: Oreo cookie (limited edition) video ("short") drops around 7 p.m., today (July 9, 2026).

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from husband Bill, July 9, 2026

I created and uploaded a short taste-test video in regard to a limited-edition Oreo cookie flavor. (length: 1 minute, 56 seconds)

Taste Test: Oreo cookie (limited edition) (July 9, 2026)

https://youtube.com/shorts/xFwRQIBCcqQ?is=zuWyYwT0L7x8uYVT

July 9, 2026

Cookies & Dimples

from husband Bill, July 9, 2026

I am not really a fan of sugar cookies. They are too plain for me.

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, July 8, 2026

Raspberry is my third-favorite fruit after lime (1) and mango (2). I like raspberries coupled with chocolate. (I used to like cape gooseberries. I first tasted them in Austria many years ago, but I don't like them as much as I did.)

from husband Bill, July 8, 2026

Chocolate-covered almonds are OK, but I prefer chocolate-covered cashews.

from husband Bill, July 8, 2026

I occasionally liked freezer pops when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s, but I am not as fond of them these days.

from husband Bill, July 8, 2026

Today is SCUD Day, a day to step away from stressful conflicts, toxic gossip, and overwhelming news feeds and replace them with pure, lighthearted silliness. SCUD is an acronym for Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama. (Also, scud missiles are a series of Soviet-designed, short-range tactical ballistic missiles first developed in the 1950s.)

from husband Bill, July 8, 2026

While I occasionally eat cucumbers, I mostly try to avoid them because they make me burp, and they are thought to lower sperm count. Decades ago, I read a news story about scientists who were trying to create a male contraception pill made from cucumber extract.

from husband Bill, July 8, 2026

2 × 17 Ks

from husband Bill, July 7, 2026

The Yankees are the first team in MLB history to have 17 strikeouts against them in two consecutive games. They lost today 4-6 against the Rays, but they won yesterday 5-1 against the Rays with only three hits (all home runs) and two walks to go along with the 17 Ks.

Ringo's 86th Birthday

Happy 86th Birthday to Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) !!! I attended one of his concerts in 2003 in Boca Raton, Florida, with my future wife. In addition to Ringo, the other musicians were: John Waite (The Babys, Bad English); Colin Hay (Men at Work); Paul Carrack (Ace, Roxy Music, Squeeze, Mike & The Mechanics); Sheila E. (Prince); and Mark Rivera (Billy Joel).

July 7, 2026

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, July 7, 2026

* Fathers, walk with your daughters today, and teach them to respect boys and men.

*My favorite type of macaroni/pasta is bucatini. Also, when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s, I enjoyed my maternal grandmother's pastas with her delicious homemade tomato sauce and my paternal grandmother's "Noodles and Crumbs" (elbow macaroni mixed with breadcrumbs that she fried in butter).

* While I enjoy sundaes, I always pick hot fudge because I really dislike the taste and texture of strawberries.

* I ingest chocolate in various forms almost every day.

from husband Bill, July 7, 2026

Dad's Advice

from husband Bill, July 6, 2026

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel a very short video of advice my dad presented to me many years ago. (length: 46 seconds) ... I am playing one of my improvisations on my digital piano.

Advice From My Father: 1934-1997 (July 6, 2026)

https://youtube.com/shorts/V6TT-Prj0gk?is=A04ARxDHmSUpvU3d