BILL BLOG
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Tuesday morning it is. It’s going up to 86 degrees in Nashville today.
YESTERDAY
I spent part of my Monday getting familiar with our county landfill. We’ve done some trimming and cutting in our yard, and our local trash collectors don’t seem to want to haul it away. Sigh.
So, I made a 45-minute journey to a huge landfill, paid a fee, and then drove a mile and a half at 10 mph on a long, dusty gravel road. My SUV needs three baths now and an industrial-sized Hoover to clean it up again.
I learned to drive on a gravel road in Missouri. Three on the column transmission in an old Ford pickup with a cap on the back that my Dad owned. There were lots of gravel roads to drive on at the time. I’ve decided that asphalt is a pretty good idea after yesterday.
And that’s the trashy story of my journey yesterday.
UP AHEAD
Here’s a peek at where I’ll be from now until the end of June.
This weekend, I’m in the town of Anna, Illinois, for a three-day weekend with Freedom Sings USA, writing songs with veterans.
May 1 & 2 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, for their “Concert on the Square” series.
Monday, May 18, in Marion, Illinois, with songwriter Bill DiLuigi for an “Honor Flight” concert at the airport, where we will be singing patriotic songs to welcome those veterans back home.
May 27 and 28 in Elmhurst, Illinois, with Freedom Sings USA.
June 5 and 6 in Durham, North Carolina, with Freedom Sings USA.
Details on these tour stops and others, are on my website.
SONG OF THE DAY
With the price of gas going up, and maybe staying up until year’s end, at least, it seems like a good time to make my “Dipstick Song” the song for this Tuesday.
HEALTH NOTES
Published reports point out that more and more people are demanding ‘unvaccinated’ blood, while doctors warn of growing health risks.
If you are “allergic to your office,” experts say you may have “building syndrome.” Just thought you should know.
A study claims that AI fails at primary diagnosis more than 80% of the time.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
And there’s the reason HOA's came to be.
DON’T EAT OUT
Finance expert Suze Orman says that retired folks should stop eating out. She claims they are eating themselves into debt. If one stops at a Dunkin’ Donuts in the morning for coffee and a bagel, they may spend $20. That’s $600 a month. And they are running up credit card debt in the process.
And these statistics are eye-opening.
40% of retired Americans rely solely on Social Security income, averaging $1,913 a month.
20% of Americans have no retirement savings at all.
38T of U.S. adults are willing to go into debt for travel experiences, and eating out.
HEADLINE YOU DON’T SEE EVERY DAY
“Upstate New York Man Allegedly Tried to Stab A Family Member While Dressed as a Cow.” (I know…udderly ridiculous isn’t it?)
TOP SONGS EVER
Rolling Stone Magazine listed the “Best 500 Songs All Time.” It’s always interesting to check these kinds of lists. There’s a bunch in the 500 I’ve never heard of, even some in their Top 5 selections. I always keep in mind that if you read 50 different lists like this one, you’d read 50 different choices. Anyway, these are their Top 5 Songs All Time.
5…Nirvana…“Smells Like Teen Spirit.” (Couldn’t sing you a note of it)
4…Bob Dylan…”Like A Rolling Stone.” (Hey, it’s from Rolling Stone Magazine…how could they not choose that Dylan classic.
3…Sam Cooke…”A Change Is Gonna Come.”
2…Public Enemy…”Fight The Power.” (Another one I’ve not listened to…at least knowingly) R rated.
And their choice for “All Time Best”…
1…Aretha Franklin…Respect. (And my favorite rendition is of Aretha singing this classic in this scene from "The Blues Brothers" movie. Click the link to enjoy that.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
From the funny folk again at Babylon Bee. The Pope…as Trump.
The only thing they left out was having a McDonald’s bag on the Oval Office desk.
WEIRD BEDS
I once owned a waterbed. I know what happened to those. I always wanted to put fish into it, making it a large aquarium water-bed. Don’t know why I didn’t do that.
But folks are sleeping on weirder beds. Like this Waffle-Bed.
I’m betting one “pops” out of that bed every morning.
Or this car bed.
Or even this sandwich bed.
I don’t feel the least bit weird about that waterbed I floated in anymore.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
From Tom Wilson.
“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.”
TODAY
I’m back in a writing room with the talented Andrea Pearson today. Looking forward to that.
Have a great Tuesday!
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