Tag Archives: Pratt Institute

Soccer World Cup Brazil Pele and Michael Palin

Posted on July 19, 2014 by tucsonmike

As the World Cup is in Brazil, I will translate this into Portuguese.  You will have to live with Google Translator for that and any Portuguese speakers can yell at me later.  🙂   Soccer as it’s called in the … Continue reading →

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Saguaro Romance Writers Meeting April 26th, 2014, Firefighter Tony Cota.

Posted on April 27, 2014 by tucsonmike

This is the blurb from Facebook we had for the meeting.   Chapter Meeting April 26, 2014: DANGEROUS MEN!This month marks our annual “Dangerous Jobs” meeting, where we bring in speakers who experience the sort of adventure we writers like to put … Continue reading →

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Spring Fling, Russian Style.

Posted on April 3, 2014 by tucsonmike

In the United States, students go to warm beaches and party.  (I didn’t I attended City College of New York, a commuter school.  Being the son of Marvin Charton, a professor at Pratt Institute, a college with dorms, I learned … Continue reading →

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Pratt Christmas Party.

Posted on December 6, 2013 by tucsonmike

I was at the Pratt Christmas Party today.  My father, Marvin Charton, taught there for many years and my Mom Barbara Charton is teaching there now.  I’ve met some of the present Science and Mathematics faculty.  The party was held … Continue reading →

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Hockey and the Cold War.

Posted on May 8, 2011 by tucsonmike

One of my neighbors is an older woman from Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood.  She is practically dancing a jig, because the Bruins are advancing in the Stanley Cup Finals.  The first thought that came to my mind was the longtime Bruins … Continue reading →

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My Pratt Institute

Posted on January 16, 2011 by tucsonmike

My father is a long time professor at Pratt (I am no genius so I am not a chemist).  When I was off from school, dad would take me to Pratt.  These were men I grew up around who played … Continue reading →

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Your Cottage Industry for Writing.

Posted on October 19, 2010 by tucsonmike

My dad has spent his career as a Chemistry professor at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.  As he is not at a research facility with students to help, his research was a cottage industry.  One of my jobs as … Continue reading →

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