What I found posted on the King Manor, fifth floor bulletin board

I wonder how much time and effort goes into making all of these bulletins.

New Year’s Eve 2025 pizza party

Here is an events calendar for the North Pointe Resource Center / Rainbow Center.

This is my first plate of pizza and a drink.

This is my second plate of pizza and a drink.

Does Star Trek have isekai episodes?

What is an isekai story?   Isekai is going to another world (Gate) or time travel (Inuyasha).  Most Star Trek episodes are not isekai.  But, to satisfy my curiosity, I checked the original series for any isekai episodes.

“The Naked Time” To save the Enterprise, Scott makes a full-power restart of the warp engines, propelling the Enterprise at impossible speed away from the dying planet into a Space-Time warp sending the ship back 71 hours in time.

“Tomorrow Is Yesterday” The Enterprise time travels back to 1969.

“The Alternative Factor” where there is a version of Lazarus from Kirk’s universe and an insane version of Lazarus from an alternate dimension.

“The City on the Edge of Forever”, where high on drugs, Dr. McCoy becomes unbalanced and disappears through the Guardian of Forever, a newly discovered time portal on a remote planet.

“Mirror, Mirror”, is an episode where a transporter mishap slips Captain Kirk and his companions into a parallel universe, where the Enterprise serves a barbaric Empire instead of the Federation.

“Assignment: Earth”, The Enterprise time travels back to 1968.

“The Tholian Web” is an episode where the Defiant vanishes and goes back in time into the Mirror universe.

“All Our Yesterdays”.  This is another time travel episode.

Wow!  I had no idea that there are so many isekai episodes in Star Trek.

The last day of Bentleyville 2025

Because of the low clouds, the conclusion fireworks display was hard to see.

Despite the low clouds, it was much fun to see the clouds backlit with colorful lights like that.

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss

I found blue and red fish at Bentleyville 2025

I hope that future Bentleyville displays are of how people from different cultures celebrate Christmas.  For example, could we have displays of Finnish Christmas traditions, such as ice lanterns, sheafs (1), and Yule goats?

 

(1)  In Finland, the tradition of placing wheat sheafs outdoors for birds during the Christmas season is a cherished practice. This custom, which dates back to the pagan era, symbolizes giving food to the birds during the cold winter months. The sheafs are placed in the landscape, reflecting the natural elements of the Finnish winter, and serve as a reminder of the community's connection to nature and the environment.

We're not here to start no trouble. We're just here to do the Bentleyville Shuffle.

I found the most important characters of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” an entertaining (TV special) in the Bentleyville Gift Shop.

Gnomes for the Holidays!

I found nice-looking red lights reflected in the water of the asphalt pathway.

I got my Craft Vodka Cocktail Black Raspberry

I got my tasty Raspberry bread.

Harbor Drive is closed to Bentleyville 2025

People should NOT drive on a closed drive!

Can drivers not see or read the barricades that say “Road Closed”?

Where did these drivers learn how to drive, by playing Grand Theft Auto 6?

The more I watched these traffic violations, the more I could not believe what I was watching.

Are traffic signs just suggestions for some drivers?

“Daddy, what does that sign say?”

“Son, it says that I can drive into the oncoming traffic lane and then back to the correct lane.  I can save a few seconds, instead of using the exit ramp that is 1331.31 feet east from this here bridge intersection.”

I wonder where the Duluth Police officers were when hundreds of traffic violations were happening.

Bentleyville Christmas reflections

Do you like the reflection of the Christmas lights that are moving on my hot chocolate?

Do you like the reflection of the Christmas lights that are not moving on my hot chocolate?

My fifth time at Bentleyville 2025, continued

I saw only a few of Santa’s reindeer.  I wonder what happened to the reindeer that had heads and necks that moved up and down, or from side to side.

I love those reflections on the water.

I love these singing, gingerbread people.

My fifth time at Bentleyville 2025

I like this colorful, Christmas display.

Could the Bentleyville staff be cashing in on the movie, Wicked: For Good?

That is one beautiful American flag.  For a Christmas tour, there are many displays about American Patriotism.

My fourth time at Bentleyville 2025, Continued

This is the entrance that I use to enter Bentleyville.

The day I visited Bentleyville, I saw that not many toys were given to the Salvation Army.

I found this stylized map of Minnesota and Duluth to be impressive.

My fourth time at Bentleyville 2025

This is my hot chocolate and cookie.

This is my roasted marshmallows.

This is the Aerial Lift Bridge, looking east from Bentleyville.

Why water & a lightning bolt don’t mix well in a D&D game

In a D&D game that I didn’t play in, but heard about in my University of Minnesota, Duluth gaming club; another party, played by students, was wading through a wide, yet shallow river.  They left their horses, supply wagon, and their hireling teamster behind them on dry land.  The party’s leader (fighter) saw a group of bandits charging at them from the opposite riverbank.  He told their party members to use their ranged attacks.  The clueless wizard, instead of using fireball or magic missile, cast a lightning bolt.

The lightning bolt killed all the low level and low hit point bandits.  But, the lightning bolt also spread across the river, killing half of the party members, and dropping the survivors for most of their health points.  The players who had their characters die because of “friendly fire” dislike the player who played the clueless wizard.

I found a green snow sled on the south side of Superior Street

This sled was beside the now abandoned Superior Street, Duluth Transit Authority bus station.  I wonder why this sled is here.  I wonder why this sled is filled with so many dissimilar objects.  I wonder who is going to clean up this junk.

Fourth floor King Manor water fountain is also a trash can

Who can’t find a trash can, or have the energy to bring their trash back their apartment.

Closed or Open this Friday

I found this sign on the North Pointe Resource Center that says “Closed” on Friday.

Yet, on the bulletin board in the same room as this poster I found another poster that says “Open” on Friday.

This confusing mistake on the December 2025 calendar makes it hard to know if the North Pointe Resource Center is closed or open.

Headless in Duluth

I see another pigeon has become a meal for the hawks.

I saw Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar:  Fire and Ash hit me in the feels so hard that I shed a few tears!  This movie has the strongest emotional impact in the Avatar franchise, so far.

This is the good food that I ate at the Holly Jolly Appetizer Party!

I am happy that HRA staff is now putting on more, seasonal holiday’s events.

I found new posters in King Manor and the North Pointe Resource Center / Rainbow Center

I plan to attend this North Pointe Resource Center community event.

I plan to attend this January 2026 HRA Meet and Greet for Dee.  I hope Dee does not think ill of this railroad fan guy.

I bought Craft Vodka Cocktail Black Raspberry

Next week, I’ll be eating Craft Vodka Cocktail Black Raspberry bread.

This is my bread made with Banana Pudding, Slam Zees ™

I wish my loyal readers could taste my Banana Pudding bread.

 

Somehow, 2025 seems like both the shortest and longest year I have ever experienced.

Mickey’s Mom’s Fudge

Mickey who makes his excellent fudge lives in King Manor.  Mickey gave me a sample of his fudge for free.  I hope he can sell his fudge on the future Northern Lights Express passenger train.

What I found posted on the King Manor, fifth floor bulletin board

I see that there are more scheduled events in the fourth floor community room.  But, there is no progress in having any apartment resident club events.

My free meal at the First Presbyterian Church

This is my second post about the First Presbyterian Church.