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Today (August 28, 2025) is International Read Comic In Public Day. Yes, I have read comics in public, mostly in the cars of the New York City subways and in the trains of the Long Island Rail Road in the mid-1990s.

My favorite comic book character is Jughead Jones (Forsythe Pendleton Jones III), but I didn't start reading his comic books until the mid-1990s, when I was in my mid-30s. At that time, I was working in New York City as a reporter, writer, editor, and researcher for an international weekly magazine on the financial and technical aspects of the chemical industry.

My brain was immersed in complex information every day, so I decided that I needed something simplistic to read during my non-working hours. I remembered that I liked Jughead in the 1960s and 1970s (newspaper comics, TV cartoons), so I started picking up the Jughead Jones Digests every month at the supermarket to take my mind off of chemicals.

I have been a fan of Jughead since I was a kid in the 1960s. I enjoyed the comic strips, which I still do, and The Archies Show cartoon TV series that aired for one season in 1968, when I was seven years old.

I am a huge fan of Jughead Jones, mainly because we are very much alike: He's lazy, awkward, clumsy, and a free spirit, plus he likes to eat, especially hamburgers, and is not popular with the ladies.

I still have those digests from the 1990s.

August 28, 2025, at home

I prefer red wine to white wine. I like Italian red wines, especially a nice fruity Chianti, and Austrian (not Australian) dry white wines.

Hint: If you need to stay awake for partying, drink white wine. If you want to relax and fall asleep/pass out, drink red wine.

August 28, 2025, at home

I like cherry turnovers. I am sure that I would love them with chocolate ice cream.

August 28, 2025, at home

I do have one (pre-knotted) bow tie: dark purple with somewhat of a paisley pattern.

August 28, 2025, at home