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Red, Green & Blue

CuTRis Installs Java

Control Data 140 Computer

"Airborne & Space Vehicle Digital Computer", manufactured by Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1962. http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10335143

Prince Rogers Nelson

June 7, 1958 - April 21, 2016

Do Not Prop Door Open

Como Zoo

Como Zoo

Treasures of a Child

I told my wife that sometime soon it would be good if our preschool-age son had a cabinet to store his treasures. It would be exclusively his to put whatever he wanted in it. So she came home from IKEA with a cabinet and once it was assembled, he chose his Thomas Mini Trains, his Dr. Seuss clock, Chapstick, four books (Animal Alphabet, Little Pea, Little Hoot, Little Oink), some Legos, two die cast Thomas trains, the Disney airplane "Dusty," and a toy truck. I think his choices are outstanding!

United Airlines Incident is a Wake Up Call

Because of the nature of the service and the security measures involved, airlines have long been able to treat their customers poorly, get away with it and still turn a profit. When United Airlines CEO, Oscar Munoz praised his staff for "removing a belligerent passenger," the view from his "ivory tower" apparently didn't afford him the realization that public opinion would overwhelmingly be against him. In fact, this is why most companies hire a public relations/communications person—to do the speaking for them. In my own work history, I had occasion (years ago) to write for a division director because in spite of his advanced degree, he wrote only slightly better than my preschool-age son. So after the airlines caused the problem by overbooking the flight (which is standard operating procedure for airlines in the U.S.A.), a man who clearly didn't want to miss his flight was forcibly removed and bloodied in the process. It is accepted by authorities, ...

Kung Fu

I managed to catch a couple of episodes of one of my favorite TV shows . It was a Decades Kung Fu Weekend !

Lego Batman

We took our preschool age son to see Lego Batman yesterday and it was very funny. If you love Batman and/or Legos, you will like this movie.

CuTRis Talks About His New Prince Book

CuTRis Talks About His New Prince Book UnAssociated Press April 6, 2017 CuTRis' new tell-all book about not knowing Prince, is now the number one seller worldwide! In his book, "Here in Minnesota: My Life Not Knowing Prince," CuTRis candidly tells about living 35 miles away from Prince and never having met him. "I'm not sure that most people can relate to someone like me who doesn't know a lot of celebrities—including Prince—even though we only lived 35 miles away from each other," said CuTRis during a recent TMZ interview. If that is true, it only lends even more credibility to CuTRis' new book.

CuTRis Gives a Guy a Pepsi - Everyone is Mad

CuTRis Gives a Guy a Pepsi - Everyone is Mad UnAssociated Press April 6, 2017 CuTRis is in the news again; and this time it is for the biggest scandal yet! Video gone viral shows that he has given a guy a Pepsi! Apparently CuTRis for whatever reason, was walking down the street carrying two cans of Pepsi . He saw a guy who looked thirsty and he gave him one. Cell phone video of the horrific incident soon went viral and civil rights groups, politicians, protesters and whiners of all kinds are calling for CuTRis' resignation from humanity . When reporters asked CuTRis about his miserable deed, he allegedly began handing out Pepsi's from a case he bought at a local convenience store! CuTRis then disappeared before police arrived.

When Spock was Attacked by Pancakes

I love the original Star Trek , but due to the age of the shows, the " special effects " are not always realistic—by today's standards. That makes it OK for watching with my preschool age son, because the "scary" things are usually just funny. Our favorite "funny" episode might be, Annihilate! Me and my son laugh about it because Spock was attacked by a pancake ! You can watch it HERE ; but there may be a "warning" that it might not be suitable for younger viewers (who may have fears of being attacked by flying breakfast food)! "I'm a doctor not a short order cook! Nurse! I need a spatula!"