Remembering Yertle The Turtle and The Sneetches on Holocaust Memorial Day

Many people know that the Yertle the Turtle was a parody on Hitler and the Nazis, but do you realize that the Sneetches, while primarily a commentary on segregation, might also have been a Nazi parody (although a bit more loosely)?  And if that is true, extrapolate what the star-belly-on-off-machine represented… gives me chills.

Yertle The Turtle

Sneetches

Star Belly On Off Machine

 
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Got a Galaxy Note? Here’s a Useful Charging Tip

 

Galaxy Note (1st generation)I just purchased a Galaxy Note (last year's model) as a refurb from AT&T.  If you aren't dead-set on having the latest, cutting edge Samsung "Phablet" technology from the Galaxy Note II, grab one of these original Notes.  AT&T was selling them for just $29 on Black Friday (with 2 year contract), and they've been cropping up at $49 since. I've also seen them for Sprint at Costco for $49 new.  It's still a fantastic phone for someone that wants a massive, beautiful screen.

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Temporarily Disable Caller ID on Your Cell Phone Calls

 

It's probably happened to you: you make a phone call from your cell phone to someone, and now they keep calling you back on your cell phone because they saw your caller ID number.  This can be really annoying if it's a company you do business with, because now their accounts receivable has your direct number.

You may already know that from a landline, you can dial *67 plus the phone number you are calling to temporarily disasble your caller ID (for that call only).  But did you know this will also work from your cell phone?

In order to make this work on your cell phone, you have to dial the entire sequence as one string.  It's actuallty the same way you'd do it from a landline, but it just didn't seem obvious, at least to me. 

Here is a screenshot from my iPhone as an example:

So next time you make a call and don't want your cell phone number to be visible, hit dial *67!

 

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Boy Scout Troop 2 Working at Hunter Tree Farm

I think I'm suffering from a little too much exposure to the elements Hunters tree farm yesterday.  Need to find an aspirin :)  

My son Aaron and I are working 9-5 for the next 3 Sundays for Troop 2 fundraising.  We're shaking and wrapping trees with the troop.  It's a good workout.  It's the Troop's main fundraiser for the year.

If you need a Chirstmas tree, please stop out at Hunter Tree Farm and support the Troop.

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