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Jan 2nd - Welcoming 2026

January 3, 2026
Welcome foolish mortals...to 2026.  Hopefully this year has started out better for you than it has for me.  Already been a rough patch but we will endure and overcome.

This new year will see the BBP work feverishly on a few things.  Health, profession and this site.  Going to really put some effort into it this year and clean it up, make it a bit easier to navigate and add some more things.  This is, Afterall, the 15th year for the site.

Hope all are well and here's to a prosperous new year.

Until next time...

BBP out!!!

Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Dec 31st - Goodbye 2025

December 31, 2025
Welcome foolish mortals to the end of 2025.  This will be the final blog for the year and hope that the new year is better and good to us all.

I have to say, it's been rough this year, with all the changes that have happened but we managed to survive.  

We saw chaos brought into the country with the delusional person elected who instantly brought the country down...but this isn't about politics so let's get off them.

The BBP bought a house in the middle of the year and has been enjoying the bene...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Dec 1st - Here we go!!!

December 2, 2025
Welcome foolish mortals...to December.  I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving and Black Friday too.  

Here we are now, into the last month of the year and it's all fun and holidays.  I'm in my house for my first Christmas and looking forward to doing some decorating, if the dog and cat will allow me to.  We shall see.  I've already caught one of them in the tree.

Gonna be a busy month for us.  Have lots of things going on with work and life in general and also the holidays.  Gotta hit t...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

November 1st - Welcome to November

November 2, 2025
Greetings, foolish mortals. Well Halloween is over and we are now in the throes of the holiday season. While I’m sad that the Halloween season is over I’m excited for the Christmas season. October went by way too fast and I realized I only made one update, so hopefully I’ll be able to do a few more this month. 

Got a lot of things to do lots of things to plan and lots of things to accomplish before the end of the year. Looking forward to spending the holidays in my new house and enjoying...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Oct 1st - Welcome to October and Happy Birthday!!!

October 1, 2025
Welcome foolish mortals...to October.  We are officially in the haunting month of the year.  Believe it or not, I have yet to hit one haunt this season.  Just been a rough portion of the year with costs and everything else adding up.  Looking to try to visit a few soon.  Maybe not the big ones as I'm not a fan of those crowds but there are plenty of smaller ones.

Today is also the 54th birthday of Walt Disney World.  I have visited it probably well over 1000 times.  I've been an annual pass ho...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

September 30th - A day for rememberence

October 1, 2025
35 long years ago yet the memories are like yesterday. It’s been a year since I posted this and I swear it never gets easier. I’ve dreamt about Bill many times and in one he told me to release myself from my feelings of loss, guilt and many other emotions.
So what I’m going to do is mention a few funny and maybe not so funny memories I have. Maybe this is what my therapists meant. 

I remember we were having an AW picnic over near the carrier pier and Bill went in the port-a-let and a few...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Sep 2nd - One door closes but the world opens

September 10, 2025
Greetings foolish mortals.  Another momentous day in the world of the BBP was September 2nd, 2010.  This was the day where my technologically challenged boss decided the bank I was the IT Manager at, would be better off without my department as he was outsourcing us.  Needless to say, we were walked out of the operations center with no fanfare or any thanks.  We went and had a few drinks and the next day found out we were getting a pathetic severance package and that was it.  This was in the ...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Sep 8th - A Special day

September 10, 2025
Greetings foolish mortals.  I know it's a day late but I was super busy yesterday so I am updating the site tonight.

September 8th is a special day for the BBP.  It saw us join the United States Navy as a young, naive 18 year old kid who was leaving home for the first time.  Getting at the recruiter at 0500 on Monday morning and going to the Tampa MEPs station where we were sworn in as a member of the Navy to uphold and protect the constitution of the United States of America.  It is an oath I...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

Sep 1st - Welcome to September

September 2, 2025
Greetings foolish mortals and welcome to September.  Well, the birthday month is over and we are back home after nearly a week in SoCal.

August was a great month, as always, and now we're looking at the best time of year.  The Halloween events have started here at Universal Orlando.  Also starting at Epcot, is the Food and Wine Festival.  While I missed the opening days and nights of these events, I will be visiting both.

Just a quick update so until next time...

BBP out!!!
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

August 12th - Happy Birthday!!!

August 12, 2025
Greetings foolish mortals and Happy Birthday to the BBP!!!  Another year around the sun is complete and a new journey begins.  As a famous quote once said:

To live is the greatest adventure!!!

To all who wished me a happy birthday, thank you.  It's been a good day.

Until next time...

BBP out!!!
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 
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