Juneteenth: The only day democrats honor a Republican. (06.19.25)
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Favorite McCartney Song
Happy 83rd Birthday (June 18, 2025) to Paul McCartney !!! I attended one of four concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City in mid-December 1989 as part of his "The Paul McCartney World Tour" to promote his album "Flowers in the Dirt." My favorite solo McCartney song is from this album: "Distractions." Here is a link to the official music video.
https://youtu.be/rGiSrVqFPDQ?si=WOvqkxhUGKJVyt5T
Happy Birthday To Paul
Happy 83rd Birthday (June 18, 2025) to Paul McCartney !!! I attended one of four concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City in mid-December 1989 as part of his "The Paul McCartney World Tour" to promote his album "Flowers in the Dirt."
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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.
June 18, 2025
I used to like raw sushi, but these days, I prefer tempura-fried sushi, so the salmon is cooked.
June 18, 2025
Buy something.
June 18, 2025
I am prone to the occasional panic attack, and asthma attacks due to excitement.
June 18, 2025
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
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Being partially of Austrian descent, I do like apple strudel.
June 17, 2025, at homeI will be eating raw carrots and raw cucumbers with hummus today.
UPDATE: also broccoli
June 17, 2025, at home
I am partial to cherries.
June 17, 2025, at home
Yeah, root beer is OK.
June 17, 2025, at home
These guys are paid well.
June 17, 2025, at home
June 17, 2025, at home
I am partial to cherries.
June 17, 2025, at home
Yeah, root beer is OK.
June 17, 2025, at home
These guys are paid well.
June 17, 2025, at home
Monday, June 16, 2025
Cannoli & Fudge
Today is National Cannoli Day !!! 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. The filling sometimes contains chocolate chips or small pieces of dried fruit. I have eaten hundreds of them during my lifetime (so far). (I'm half Italian.)
June 16, 2025, at homeI prefer dark chocolate fudge without nuts.
June 16, 2025, at home
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Happy Father's Day To Bob
Happy Father's Day (June 15, 2025) to my father-in-law Bob (R.I.P.). He was not only down to earth but also larger than life. Here I am with Bob and my mother-in-law Lorna (R.I.P.) at our wedding reception on February 4, 2006. Bob, you are sorely missed and forever in our thoughts and our hearts.
Father's Day Video
I created and uploaded a one-minute-long Happy Father's Day video onto my YouTube channel today (June 15, 2025).
Happy Father's Day (June 15, 2025)
Single Fathers Are Better
Scientific studies have proven that single fathers are better parents than single mothers. With single fathers, the children are less likely to do drugs, be criminals, be promiscuous, have depression, and kill themselves.
June 15, 2025, at homeCanadian Grand Prix
I am watching live coverage of the tenth race of the 2025 Formula 1 racing season on June 15, 2025. The Canadian Grand Prix is being broadcast on ABC TV from a feed from ESPN from a feed from Sky Sports F1. The 70-lap race started at 2 p.m. local time (the same as Eastern Time in the United States).
Below is a diagram of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (capacity: 350,000), also spelled Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, on Notre Dame Island in Montréal, Québec, Canada. 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.
Below is a diagram of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (capacity: 350,000), also spelled Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, on Notre Dame Island in Montréal, Québec, Canada. 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.
Happy Father's Day
Happy Father's Day to my dad (August 30, 1934 - February 14, 1997). I still sorely and immensely miss him. This is a photo of my dad and me in December 1974 at the house of my great-aunt Rose in East Orange, New Jersey. I was 13 years old. My dad died on his mother's birthday -- she passed away on May 22, 1977 -- and the day after the birthday of his sister.
Dad was cremated. Half of his ashes were interred at Breslau Cemetery in Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York. The other half of his ashes were scattered into the North Atlantic Ocean from a U.S. Navy ship.
Dad served 22 years in the Navy and retired at the rank of Commander. He was a few months short of Captain.
He served on a ship in the 1950s, transporting DPs (displaced persons or, as he called them, delayed pilgrims) after World War II from Bremerhaven, Germany, to New York City.
My father had a twin brother named Wilbur who died in 1935 at the age of 9 months due to spinal meningitis.
June 15, 2025, at home
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Celebration Video
I created and uploaded an extremely short video in celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States Army; Flag Day; and President Donald Trump's birthday, all today (June 14, 2025). My wife and I watched the celebratory parade and festivities. (length: 1'01")
Celebration (June 14, 2025)https://youtu.be/M9G8hU1a7AM?si=qKU901cV3DGz-UBF
Happy Birthday Mr. Trump
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MR. DONALD JOHN TRUMP, the best president ever !!!
June 14, 2025, at home
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Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army !!!
June 14, 2025, at homeI like my eggnog in the traditional way: with bourbon (whiskey), specifically Wild Turkey.
June 14, 2025, at home
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.
June 14, 2025, at home
Don't mess with dragonflies. They eat mosquitoes.
June 14, 2025, at home
Kings
Liberals have designated today (June 14, 2025), the scheduled date of our military parade for the 250th birthday of the United States Army, as "No King Day" in protest of President Donald Trump who will also be celebrating Flag Day and his birthday on that date. OK, for one day, we can forget all about Martin Luther King Jr. and Billie Jean King, as well as Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. That sounds good to me. I absolutely refuse to forget about Trump, Alan King, oh, and Don King.
June 14, 2025, at home
Friday, June 13, 2025
Superstitions
Since I was a young kid in the 1960s, whenever I walk between two people, for luck, I say "bread and butter."
When I was a kid in the 1960s, for luck, whenever I passed a telephone pole, I would walk in a circle around it. I don't do that anymore.When I was a young kid in the 1960s, someone called me "odd." So, since then for luck, I must always have an odd number of ice cubes in my beverages.
I was a journalist from 1982 to 2017, so no whistling in the newsroom. It's bad luck.
(Note: For us Italians, 13 is a lucky number.)
I'm Italian, so, for luck, we put a few coins under the floor mat in the back seat behind the driver's seat of a friend's or family member's new car. Also, one of my Italian aunts said that green cars are bad luck.
June 13, 2025, at home
(Note: For us Italians, 13 is a lucky number.)
I'm Italian, so, for luck, we put a few coins under the floor mat in the back seat behind the driver's seat of a friend's or family member's new car. Also, one of my Italian aunts said that green cars are bad luck.
June 13, 2025, at home
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