BILL BLOG
Monday September 29, 2025
Monday morning. September is almost gone…already. Warming back up in Nashville with a high of 86 predicted for today. Meanwhile, there are a couple of hurricanes out there, Imelda being the new one that’s threatening to come ashore in Florida.
It is National Coffee Day. I’m doing my part as I’m on my second cup of black right now. The way my Dad taught me to drink it. He caught me sipping some at the table one morning when I was a young teenager, and he told me basically that if I was going to drink it, I had to drink it black. That stuck. Still black coffee, every morning.
THE WEEKEND
Pretty lazy weekend around the Whyte House this weekend. The highlight was watching my Cincinnati Reds get into the playoffs yesterday. They lost their last game of the season to the Brewers, but the New York Mets lost to the Miami Marlins, and that gave the last wild card playoff spot to Cincinnati! So off to LA to play the Dodgers with the first of a three-game series out on the coast starting tomorrow evening.
It’s been a while since the Reds have played any October baseball, so for this baseball fan, it’s pretty exciting. It’s always tough for small-market teams like Cincinnati to get there. The total salary for the team this year was $119 million. The New York Mets team salary was a whopping $319 million. And with that, my new favorite team is the Miami Marlins!
While the Reds were doing this, I was flipping over to the Ryder Cup, hoping the American team could pull off a miracle. And they almost did on the final day of play. But our guys just got waxed by the Europeans on the first two days of the golf matches in New Jersey, and dug too big a hole to crawl out of. I don’t watch a lot of golf on TV anymore, but I never miss the Ryder Cup when that’s being played. Next time will be in Ireland in 2 years.
OCTOBER SCHEDULE
Here’s where I’ll be in October.
October 10-11 in Huntsville, Alabama, with Freedom Sings USA, writing songs with veterans.
October 16-19 in Port St. Joe, Florida, for the Blast On The Bay Songwriters Festival. I’ll be playing in 3 shows there.
October 22-26 in Gulf Shores, Alabama, for MOTM…the big Parrot Head Party. I’ll be co-emcee and will play in 4 shows there.
SONG OF THE DAY
Since I’m going to be on the beach quite a bit next month, here’s a funny beach tune, “Get Off My Beach” that I wrote with Brent Burns, who recorded it on his last album “Lot of Beaches to Go”. I had the idea of an old guy who lives at the beach getting really upset with all the teenagers who hit his favorite beach spot during Spring Break. We turned the old man screaming phrase of “Get off my yard”!!!....into “Get Off My Beach”. Listen, and you’ll hear me and my friend Lang Scott screaming that phrase on the chorus with Brent.
HEALTH NOTES
Health officials are currently probing whether the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that has triggered an aggressive COVID-like response in China is now spreading in New York after a Long Island woman said she tested positive for it.
More good news for coffee drinkers. A new review, just published, claims that there is evidence that drinking coffee regularly can help protect and even restore the health of one’s liver by inhibiting scarring and inflammation.
The Chinese reportedly have invented a “bone glue” that can fix fractures in just 3 minutes with one injection.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
I guess that means that’s no longer part of the motel’s reward program.
DINOSAUR ANYONE?
A New Jersey theme park is closing down, and they are selling their collection of dinosaurs.
You can put that one in your front yard. They’re asking $2,700 for that one. Some are as low as $500. I might buy 2 or 3 and put them out on the lawn so that I can call it “Jurassic Yard”.
SUPER BOWL
Your half-time entertainer this year is this guy.
Bad Bunny. That’s his name. A Puerto Rican “hip-hop” artist, hence the name of “Bad Bunny”…I suppose. He is the most-streamed artist in the world. And he’s won 3 Grammy awards. And no…I’ve never heard one Bad Bunny song.
Gosh, I so need a “hip hop name! I’m going with “Happy Gerbil” for now. What ya think?
BIG ADVENT
Christmas is almost 3 months away, but Advent calendars are seemingly on sale in lots of places. Like this HUGE one.
It’s five feet tall, full of chocolate. You can get it at Costco for just $189.
SPEAKING OF TALL
World’s tallest donkey. A Guinness World Record jackass there. The donkey is 5 feet 5, and there’s a second one in England about the same height. Bring a ladder if you want a ride.
TODAY’S QUOTE
From Isaac Asimov:
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
TODAY
My writing appointment was cancelled for this morning, so I think I’ll pick up the guitar and see if I can’t come up with something on my own today.
Have a great Monday!
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