In 1985 Mackenzie Alexis was born.  My college friend Dan K. gave her a Teddy bear.  

I used it in a painting I did.

36 years later, Mackenzie is in the process of moving.  The old Teddy is with us until the move is complete.  Here it is a couple days ago.

A real Toy Story story. 

Dan, by the way was my Pledge Son in the fraternity we were in, and roommates my last year.  He is from Buffalo, New York and is in my fantasy baseball league.  Kube went on after IWC to obtain his Ph.D. in chemistry and worked for a Kansas City firm that, if my memory serves, made the Mucinex line of cold medicines.  

He retired a couple years ago in Oregon.  We are both lifelong Met's fans.