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The City of Toys - Toy Fair 2012

2/12/2012

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I'm off to Toy Fair 2012!!   It the fair, with, well, toys... hundreds and thousands of them!! More when I get back...

If you're in the mood for some Toy Fair but can't get to New York for the show, watch the movie Toyland, making sporadic appearances on the Documentary Channel every few weeks...The movie, directed by Ken Sons, has won several awards both this year and end of last year....great stuff!

http://www.theplaymakers.com/FILMS/ABOUT.html



Update:  With the Weather Channel hyping a big snow storm heading across the northeast with projected major delays to all NY airports on the day my flight was to arrive, I made a tough choice and canceled my trip to NY and the Toy Fair.  I already had a tight trip planned and I figured it would be a mess trying to get into the city that first night.  Looking at the snow totals, it looks like the weather didn't pan out anything close to the Weather Channel's %$@*&%$ predictions and flights weren't delayed at all...

so I lose out....;(


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Steve Appleton - Rest in Peace

2/6/2012

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This past Friday morning, on a bright and sunny day here, the community of Boise (and all of Idaho) lost a great business leader, innovator and entrepreneur.  Micron CEO Steve Appleton passed away in a plane crash at the Boise airport, while piloting his experimental aircraft.

Steve was very passionate and equally competitive in all his work and personal activities.  He climbed the corporate ladder with light speed, becoming Micron CEO at age 34. Outside of work, he excelled at each and every sport he thrust himself into.  He said in an interview to a local reporter in 2004 that if he passed away (today), he'd be happy because he felt he had already lived his life to the fullest. 

He leaves behind a big hole in his family, survived by his wife Dalynn and four children.  He leaves behind a big hole in the business community here, but somehow I think he will become just as much a legacy in death, as he was in life.  For those who know this area, anyone want to put on the ballot a name change from Table Rock to Appleton Rock?
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