BILL BLOG
Thursday November 13, 2025
And a good Thursday morning to you from Nashville. I actually woke up in my own bed this morning! Sunshine, with a 66 degree high in Nashville today, and we’re going back up to near 80 this weekend. The cold snap has taken a hike.
YESTERDAY
I said goodbye to the ocean and headed home with songwriters Steve Dean and Bill DiLuigi in tow. But not before taking in one more beautiful sunrise outside our condo in Perdido Key, Florida.
Hard to leave behind. I’ll be back, any time I get the chance.
THE DRIVE
It was a very long drive home. Nashville traffic? Is for real. The normal 7 hours turned into 9 as I was trying to take Bill and Steve back to their cars, which they had parked NORTH of Nashville. That meant going in, around, and through Nashville, which was backed up at every turn. We followed WAZE through several alternative routes, and I saw parts of Nashville I’d never seen before. Geez Louise.
No wonder Elon Musk is starting to bore a tunnel in Nashville. I’m thankful that the publishing company I write for, which I travel to a LOT, I not located on Music Row, or anywhere downtown, so I get to avoid that mess.
But I finally made it to the house, got to hug my wife, have a home-cooked meal, and went to bed early. And life has returned to semi-normal for a while.
SONG OF THE DAY
I think I’ll choose an appropriate song titled “The Sand Is Getting Heavy In My Shoes” that I wrote with Brent Burns, a song he recorded that’s all about how hard it is to go back north, once you’ve spent some time on the coast in warmer weather with beach views. Time goes too fast when you’re on the beach.
HEALTH NOTES
Eli Lilly says a new pill for obesity is showing promise—something for those not fond of taking injections with Ozempic and similar products.
Nashville just reported its first case of measles since 2005.
The Portuguese are developing an AI Lamp that they say will be able to identify epileptic seizures and send alerts to caregivers.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Someone is serious about that first cup.
NO DRIVER
Starting next year, those Waymo driverless taxi cars will be turned loose on the freeway in 3 cities. San Francisco, Phoenix, and LA. With more to come. Gosh, if one of those tailgates your car or cuts you off…there will be nobody to hear you honk your horn, or see you flip the bird. I don’t think they thought about that.
GAS PRICES
Experts are warning that gas prices could rise to $8 a gallon or more in California. Wow. That’s the bad news. The good news is, my “Dipstick Song” is going to rise in popularity…again.
STAND UP IN A TOWEL
At a recent New York Comedy Festival, they had comics do their routines in a sauna. True.
Gimmicky, and it created a little buzz. Somehow, though, I don’t see myself in the sauna with my guitar, sweating over a few songs. And I’m pretty sure there is zero demand for me to do that.
HOA
Man, HOAs do have some odd rules in some places.
In one community, it is forbidden for homeowners to wear camo clothing outdoors. (Next thing you know, they won’t let you put a tree stand in the back yard.)
Another won’t allow you to dry your clothes outdoors. No clothes line? What is the world coming to!
A NOISY WORLD RECORD
347 bagpipers gathered together and played an AC/DC song, breaking a Guinness World Record for that kind of thing.
Amazing. What a RACKET. I didn’t even know 347 bagpipes existed in the world.
TRIVIA
Did you know that Glen Campbell could play bagpipes? Take a LOOK.
TODAY’S QUOTE
From Bill Murray:
Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.”
TODAY
After being on the road for a long stretch, there’s an open day in front of me to unpack and catch up on stuff. Now if I just had THIS view outside my Nashville window while I’m doing that…
Have a great Monday!
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