BILL BLOG
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
And, it’s Tuesday, with a high of 79 today in Music City. Pleasant.
And it’s Prime Day as well, or as I like to call it, “Does anyone need any boxes day?”
YESTERDAY
First day back at the songwriting table in almost two weeks after fighting off a cold. It felt good to create a new, fun song with my friend Katrina Burgoyne at my publishing company Billy Blue.
Katrina has been busy recording new music, playing shows, and being a wife, and a Mom to a young little boy she calls “Poppi.”
And she brought a saucy idea to the table that was fun putting together. Here’s another one to put on her fun pile of songs that you just might hear someday.
SONG OF THE DAY
Since I wrote with Australian Katrina Burgoyne today, here’s a song about her life right now that we wrote together, titled “Living the American Dream” as our song of the day.
HEALTH NOTES
There’s some good coming from AI. Boston Children’s Hospital research shows that AI tools were able to diagnose 18 children with previously undiagnosed diseases.
3 recent studies claim that Keto may help with depression and diabetes.
Take it for what it’s worth, but research suggests that the older you get, the more weed you should smoke. (Keep in mind that if you do, you won’t be able to resist saying “Dude!” A lot.)
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Uh…literally.
PREACHIN’
In Mississippi, a pastor just set a Guinness World Record by preaching for 96 hours! He preached all the way from Genesis to Revelation. Wow.
I grew up in a small Baptist Church in Missouri. Sunday, Sunday night, Wednesday night. If the church lights were on? Mom and Dad had my brothers and sisters and me sitting on a hard wooden pew.
And being young, I remember thinking even back then that Brother Tyler’s sermons lasted 96 hours, or so it seems. And he got nothing from Guinness…and I got a sore butt.
FUNNY LINE
Comedian and late-night host Jon Stewart asks this question about what’s going on with the reflecting pool in Washington.
“Did they replace the water with Mountain Dew?”
HOT
That would be most of Europe right now. I was talking to my daughter in Germany yesterday, who was talking about the temperature being up around 100. I reminded her that she’s getting ready to move to southern Arizona, where it was 108 yesterday.
And she reminded me that Europe doesn’t do AC well. Good point, and it’s true.
France, in particular, is sweltering with temperatures so high that officials are reminding folks to hydrate and avoid drinking alcohol. Which is hard for a country full of folks who order wine every time they sit down to eat. So yeah, in Paris they’re jumping into the water.
SPEAKING OF WATER
With the heat, the waterparks are busy. AI listed these waterparks as America’s best.
Universal Volcano Bay in Florida.
Schlitterbahn in Texas.
Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon.
Noah’s Ark in Wisconsin.
And Splashin’ Safari in Indiana.
PRIME DAY
The Huffington Post listed some of the best Prime Day bargains as bath mats, Dawn dish wash spray, and even a Ninja Slushi Machine.
And then there’s this advice from the young.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
From Barbara Streisand:
“Life is too short. Start with dessert." (Can I get an amen?)
TODAY
I’m doing a little online consulting about songwriting today with someone who signed up for a session through my friend Brent Baxter’s songwriting service “Songwriting Pro.” The client sent me a couple of songs to look at that we’ll be talking about today, in hopes that I have some kind of advice they can use positively.
Have a great Tuesday!
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