I engage in four social media: Facebook; YouTube (I have a YouTube channel, and I watch YouTube videos every day); Truth Social (Donald Trump's version of Facebook); and Nextdoor (a hyper-local version of Facebook).
June 30, 2025, at homeMonday, June 30, 2025
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Trump Victory
GOOD NEWS !!! MAGA !!! 👍🇺🇲
"Trump, lawmakers react after 'big, beautiful bill' clears Senate hurdle"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-lawmakers-react-after-big-beautiful-bill-clears-senate-hurdle
June 29, 2025, at home
Austrian Grand Prix
Below is a diagram of the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria (capacity: 105,000). Each circuit (track) around the world has a different configuration, therefore a different dynamic, regarding turns and elevation fluctuations.
This season's 24-race schedule is as follows: Australia, China, Japan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Miami (U.S.), Italy, Monaco, Spain, Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Belgium, Hungary, The Netherlands, Italy (different circuit), Azerbaijan, Singapore, Austin (U.S.), Mexico, Brazil, Las Vegas (U.S.), Qatar, and Abu Dhabi.
Before each race, there are two or three days of practice/qualifying. The races run every week or every other week from March into December, with a month-long summer break.
In Formula 1 racing, there are 20 (male) drivers, with ZERO drivers from the United States.
There are 10 teams (with two drivers on each team), so not only do drivers compete against their rivals, but they also compete against their teammates. There are two championships: one for the drivers and one for the constructor teams.
The 10 constructors are Alpine, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Haas, Kick Sauber, McClaren, Mercedes, Racing Bulls, Red Bull Racing, and Williams.
This season, as with last season, there are three races in the United States. In fairly recent years, there were no drivers from the United States and no races in the United States.
Formula 1 racing is the only sport that I actively follow. I have been a fan for decades. I watched my first F1 race decades ago on television at the home of one of my many Austrian cousins while on vacation in Austria.
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Today Is ...
Friday, June 27, 2025
Boys Beat Women In Soccer
U15 (meaning Under 15 years old), a soccer team comprised of boys 14 years old and younger, beat the Women's Nation Soccer Team of Switzerland 7-1.
"U15 Boys Dominate Women's National Soccer Team"
June 27, 2025, at home
Today Is ...
Bromelain, an enzyme in pineapple concentrated in the core, not only helps to digest proteins but also is an anti-inflammatory and an analgesic, especially effective in the sinuses and other soft tissues like the lungs. I used to chew on bromelain tablets in an effort to reduce inflammation in my sinuses. I finally had to resort to sinus surgery several years ago to remove eight polyps after oral and topical prescription steroids did nothing to alleviate my medical issue. All eight of my sinuses were also cleaned and expanded. I still occasionally use a corticosteroid nasal spray to prevent polyp recurrence.
June 27, 2025, at homeTo be honest, I think that I may have a mild version of PTSD that seems to be fading. Between March 2022 and April 2024, I had six surgeries: 1 heart, 2 chest, 2 spine, and 1 right ankle. Between the severe pain and the chaos of residing in two hospitals and a physical rehabilitation facility, I was just so majorly frustrated, and physically and mentally tired for so long. While I am still dealing with health issues (Diabetes with Peripheral Neuropathy in both of my feet; Congestive Heart Failure; and Restrictive Lung Disease), I am actually doing much better than I was.
June 27, 2025, at home
I typically enjoy ice cream cake on my birthday.
June 27, 2025, at home
I ate leftover Orange Tofu for lunch today.
June 27, 2025, at home
I prefer yellow onions, sautéed. I do not like shallots.
June 27, 2025, at home
Thursday, June 26, 2025
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 like it. I have eaten it many times over the years.
June 26, 2025, at homeI like coconut.
June 26, 2025, at home
When I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s, I would occasionally eat bomb pops.
June 26, 2025, at home
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Day After Roe Overturned
June: Men's Health Month
June is Men's Health Awareness Month. This includes men's physical, mental, and emotional health.
June 25, 2025, at homeToday Is ...
I officially became a Beatles fan during the summer of 1964 after my mom took me to a movie theater to see the Beatles first movie "A Hard Day's Night." I was three years old.
June 25, 2025, at homeMy 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 and the Atlantic Ocean. I also had my own small boats. My dad's father who emigrated from Portugal was in the Merchant Marines.
June 25, 2025, at home
It's six months until Christmas Day. (Leon is Noël spelled backwards.)
June 25, 2025, at home
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.
June 25, 2025, at home
That's not my style. I really dislike strawberries, both the taste and the texture.
June 25, 2025, at home
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
3rd Anniversary: Roe Gone
I created and uploaded a very short video celebrating the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I noticed a post about it on Facebook during the mid-evening today (June 24, 2025) and decided to let you know of my quiet celebration. (length: 56 seconds)
3rd Anniversary: Overturning Roe v. Wade (June 24, 2025)https://youtube.com/shorts/da0VN1qqODM?si=5S8JzqdLrTw_cYSa
Roe Is Still Dead
Happy Third Anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade !!! I am celebrating !!!
Many thanks go to the five Supreme Court Justices who voted to overturn: from left, Brett Cavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Samuel Alito. Many thanks also go to President Donald J. Trump who nominated Gorsuch, Cavanaugh, and Coney Barrett, making this much-needed ruling possible.June 24, 2025, at home
Short Message To Liberals
I created and uploaded a short message to liberals onto my YouTube channel. (length: 1'31")
Short Message To Liberals (June 24, 2025)
https://youtube.com/shorts/ti0q57wbmxo?si=PrkwTwyOQN5ubriP
June 24, 2025, at home
Patches & Pralines
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, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). 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.
June 24, 2025, at homeI do somewhat like pralines, although I am definitely NOT fond of caramel.
June 24, 2025, at home
R.I.P. Bobby Sherman
R.I.P. Bobby Sherman (July 22, 1943 – June 24, 2025) ... When I was a very young kid in the 1960s, my parents introduced me to pop music by buying me two Bobby Sherman vinyl records. I also had a Sherman cassette tape.
(Actually, my mom had already officially introduced me to The Beatles music when we attended their movie "A Hard Day's Night" in 1964, when I was three years old.)Then later, my Aunt Doris got me a Humble Pie cassette for my 13th birthday in 1974, as suggested to her by the guy at the music store. That expanded my musical interests.
Monday, June 23, 2025
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Selfie Day Yesterday
Oops. I missed National Selfie Day yesterday (June 21, 2025). You know that I can't go without posting a recent selfie. Here's a photo that I took of myself on January 24, 2025, that I used as my Facebook profile photo and as the main photo on my personal blog. It was the day when I received my MAGA hat in the mail. I ordered it shortly after Donald J. Trump's presidential inauguration on January 20, 2025. I have been a political supporter of Trump since 2015. Make America Great Again !!! I purchased my VOTE MALE T-shirt (with a huge logo on the back) in the early 1990s, when I was in my early 30s. That's when I officially became a Men's Rights Activist, making attempts at preserving and expanding men's rights. Back then, I was even a card-carrying, dues-paying member of the National Organization for Men. I never directly protested, but I tried to promote this worthy cause. I still promote it on Facebook, this post as an example, and to a lesser degree on Truth Social and on my YouTube channel. VOTE MALE simply means to vote for men and women who support Men's Rights and Father's Rights. That typically tends to be male, Republican legislators, hence my support of President Trump.
June 22, 2025, at homeToday Is ...
I like éclairs, but never with whipped cream. I prefer them filled with chocolate pudding, but vanilla pudding is good, too.
June 22, 2025, at homeI prefer onion rings to french fries.
June 22, 2025, at home
MTV Starts in 1981
On August 1, 1981, MTV began broadcasting. The first video on MTV was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles. https://youtu....
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May 2, 2024, short video: my intravenous antibiotic at home for osteomyelitis in my right ankle https://youtube.com/shorts/u4IjH_ujOKw?si=10...
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August 25, 2024, at home I am watching live coverage of the fifteenth race of the 2024 Formula 1 racing season. The Dutch Grand Prix is bein...