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Curiously I tried out ChatGPT and asked this question: “Tell me a story about a teddy bear.” The results are quite interesting. The AI-generated story is entirely believable and works well as a simple children's story. Once the AI-generated artwork algorithms improve, I could create an entire children's book instantly... 🤔 Once upon a time, there was a beautiful and [...]

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This is from an article I found twenty years ago: September 9 is National Teddy Bear Day. The soft, huggable, adorable-looking stuffed animals have been children's friends for a hundred years.  Tradition says that when Theodore Roosevelt was President, he received a new type of toy as a gift - a play bear. From then on, the new-fangled toy was [...]

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I just finished watching the G.I Joe: Resolute mini-series that aired on Cartoon Network last year. As someone who grew up in the 80's with the animated series and corresponding toy line, I was amazed that they geared this particular incarnation to my generation, far better than the recent live action movie. It was really fun to see the characters [...]

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I just finished watching the Robotech series on Hulu. It was the first time that I had seen the show in its entirety in over 20 years. My cousin got me into this show when we were kids and I even had all the toys for it at the time. But, seeing Robotech now, like many of my childhood shows, [...]

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My parents have been buying Gateway PCs since the dawn of the late '80s, back before Gateway dumped the "2000" from their title. Our first truly good PC was a Gateway 2000 386DX/33 tower. That baby was cutting edge (at the time) and it was built like a tank. It could handle games like Wing Commander II without breaking a [...]

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I currently not working on any large-scale projects, but I am working on a lot of short character animations. I'm also trying to get more into Blender as well since that is what I hope to create for my next major project. This is a short list of things that I would like to do: More animated movies with the [...]

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Black Tuesday indeed.  I hope they get the guy that masterminded it, and he knows who he is!  If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you need to stop hanging around "Ted's Pitiful Homepage" and check out MSNBC or CNN or just turn on the television.

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You can find the complete list of Metallica's albums, songs and videos here.  Some out-of-print albums can be found on eBay, while the rest should be available on Amazon. Metal Massacre (6/14/1982) Hit the Lights No Life Till Leather (7/6/1982) ** Motorbreath The Mechanix Jump In The Fire Seek & Destroy Phantom Lord Metal Militia Hit the Lights Kill 'em All (7/12/1983) Hit the Lights [...]