From husband Bill, January 22, 2026, at home
I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel a congratulatory video for my terrific mother on her 89th birthday today. (length: 1 minute; 2 seconds)January 22, 2026, at home
Happy 89th Birthday to my terrific mom !!! All the best and all our love, Debbie and Bill. We love you.
From husband Bill, January 22, 2026, at home
Today would have been the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I have been pro-life for my entire life, so I celebrated when Roe was overturned after almost 50 years on June 24, 2022. I have celebrated on that date every year since then, and I will continue my new tradition for years to come. I am extremely happy to be living in a post-Roe country that was partially thanks to President Donald J. Trump, who was able to secure three constutionalist justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. I didn't quite understand why I recently had the urge to watch many videos on YouTube so that I could laugh at all of those liberal women who were and are still angered by the decision. I guess that I must have subconsciously remembered its anniversary.
From husband Bill, January 22, 2026, at home
I like Frank's RedHot cayenne sauce, but for heat, I prefer dried red pepper flakes on my Italian food, and, of course, Indian and Thai curries, which also get their heat from cayenne peppers. I also like the green jalapeño version of Tabasco sauce, which is milder than the regular red Tabasco sauce which is made with Tabasco peppers.
My wonderful wife topped pieces of flatbread with pizza toppings: mine with pepperoni and hers with peppers and onions.
January 21, 2026, at home
In the late 1940s, maybe early 1950s, when my dad was a kid, he had a pet squirrel named Jake. Jake lived outside, but would come into his house in Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York, to visit. One day, Jake never came back.
My dad (1934-1997) told me that Jake would sit on his shoulder and watch television with him. I am now questioning whether that is temporally possible, unless his parents had an early version of a TV. Yeah, he must have been in his later teens because he graduated from high school in 1951 at age 17, and then attended the Wharton business school at the University of Pennsylvania.
January 21, 2026, at home
January 20, 2026, at home
An Iguana Visited Me (Jan. 20, 2026)January 20, 2026, at home
Sixty-two (62) years ago today (January 20, 1964), The Beatles released their first American-version studio album on Capitol Records: "Meet The Beatles!." I have listened to it many times since its release.
According to Wikipedia: "Meet the Beatles!" is a studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, released as their second album in the United States. It was the group's first American album to be issued by Capitol Records on 20 January 1964 in both mono and stereo formats. It topped the popular album chart on 15 February 1964 and remained at number one for eleven weeks before being replaced by "The Beatles' Second Album."
The "Meet The Beatles!" cover featured Robert Freeman's iconic portrait of The Beatles used in the United Kingdom for With the Beatles, with a blue tint added to the original stark black-and-white photograph.
"Introducing ... The Beatles" is the first studio album released by the English rock band the Beatles in the United States. Originally scheduled for a July 1963 release, the LP came out on 10 January 1964, on Vee-Jay Records, ten days before Capitol's "Meet the Beatles!."
Of course, living in the United States, I was initially familiar with the U.S. releases, as I was growing up in the 1960s. When I grew up, I discovered that the British releases were far superior.
January 20, 2026, at home
So, I hear a thud. I look out of my bedroom window to see a relatively large iguana attempting to enter. I know that it couldn't, but it was still an unnerving event, with it scratching on the window and staring at me. Sorry, I know you are cold, but you can't come in. I don't want to close the blinds, but I may have to close them. The thing continues to stare at me with the hope that I have some compassion and let it inside to get warm. Come on. It's 71 degrees here and now. It was cooler earlier, but it's not bad now. Well, maybe it's just relaxing.
During cooler temperatures here in southeastern Florida, iguanas fall from high in the trees onto your head, so be careful out there.
From husband Bill, January 20, 2026, at home
I like many cheeses, including Provolone, Mozzarella, Ricotta, Gorgonzola, Blue, Brie, and Emmental (Swiss), but (I think) my favorite cheese is Leyden from The Netherlands, which is similar to Gouda but harder and contains whole cumin seeds and whole caraway seeds.
UPDATE: I forgot Romano and Parmesan.
From husband Bill, January 20, 2026, at home
Today is National Disk Jockey Day. Dan Ingram (September 7, 1934 – June 24, 2018) was and still is my favorite disc jockey on "WABC Musicradio 77" (770 AM) which broadcast from New York City when I was growing up on Long Island, New York, in the 1960s and 1970s.
The station began broadcasting Top 40 hits on December 7, 1960, less than three months before I was born, and switched to a news-and-talk format on May 10, 1982. Around that time, Ingram, and many of the other WABC DJs, went to WCBS (101.1 FM), which was an oldies music station in New York City, to which I also listened. Ingram retired in 2013 and passed in 2018 at the age of 83.
Ingram and the other DJs on WABC, including Harry Harrison, Bruce Morrow ("Cousin Brucie"), Ron Lundy (another favorite of mine), and Johnny Donovan, provided the soundtrack to my early life, especially during those many hot summers on the beach at Robert Moses State Park, either Field 4 or Field 5.
Here is a link to part of Ingram's broadcast on July 4, 1968, when I was seven years old.
https://youtu.be/7_DKAK77Lno?si=ukdFY5OhnncW26kz
Around that time, as many kids did, I would record my favorite songs off of the radio tuned to WABC in my room with my portable cassette tape recorder by holding the microphone close but not too close to the radio speaker.
From husband Bill, January 20, 2026, at home
I like buttercrunch, but I prefer it covered with chocolate.
The Dadaistic Piano (with Improv): (Jan. 19, 2026)
https://youtu.be/pKT81ahPRkw?si=UPe77LaZWRQZ8eCs
I created and uploaded a video onto my YouTube channel: "Bill Santos: Piano & More." (length: 3'38") ... I used a section of one of my piano improvisations that I recorded as a video on December 24, 2022, as the backing track for this new video.
I like to sit at my digital piano and just start playing whatever is in my head at that time. I make it up as I go along. This is my method with all of my piano improvisational videos.
I have been interested in Dadaism for many decades, and I have considered myself to be a Dadaist since about the same time, expressed personally and artistically in the form of my prose, my poetry, my music, both composing and my method of playing, and, if I can get myself started and motivated, my painting.
Dadaism is an artistic movement that started in the early 1900s. As per a Google search (to be accurate), Dadaism is "an anti-art movement born from World War I's (1914-1918) horrors, rejecting logic, reason, and societal norms through absurdity, chance, and irrationality to protest the war and challenge traditional art, using mediums like collage, performance, and nonsensical poetry to shock and provoke, laying groundwork for future movements like Surrealism." It started in Zürich and traveled to major cities around the world, including New York, Paris, Berlin, Cologne, and Hannover.
January 19, 2026, at home
Many thanks go to my wonderful wife for cooking for me one of my favorite dinners: boiled (yes, boiled) pork chops (with gravy). She also air-fried brussels sprouts; and pan-fried sliced potatoes in a pan with olive oil.
My paternal grandmother, whose parents were from Austria and Switzerland, often made boiled pork chops when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. My father's sister has often made it, too.
January 19, 2026, at home
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican and would have definitely been a strong Trump supporter. Trump is following MLK Jr.'s philosophy by ending DEI hiring, which is ending the practice of hiring blacks based on the color of their skin rather than their actual ability. Women also benefit from a similar concept of being hired instead of men based on gender rather than ability.
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." - MLK Jr.
I took delivery yesterday of my most recent online order from Amazon: two bottles of pineapple-flavored, liquid magnesium glycinate; 24 emesis bags; two jars of Brioschi (Italian, lemon-flavored digestive aid); and sugar-free candy.
January 19, 2026, at home
January 19, 2026, at home
PHOTO: Me, physical rehabilitation at home, January 16, 2026
I like to eat Quark (the cheese), although I haven't eaten it in several years, and I have never put it on my face. Many years ago, I used Quark (the publishing computer program) at work. I sort of like the character Quark from Star Trek. And, I have never seen a Quark (subatomic particle).
January 19, 2026, at home
