The following is a transcript of a recently discovered recording of a conversation from the command module of Apollo 11 on July 19, 1969. Michael Collins: Well, here we are, heading to the moon. Man, this is cool! Neil Armstrong: It sure is, Mike. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin: Hey, Mike…. um, you missed the meeting we …
I was eight years old in 1969. I wore cool green and blue plaid bell-bottom pants. I watched The Brady Bunch on Friday nights. I watched The Banana Splits on Saturday mornings. I went to third grade at Watson T. Comly Elementary School. I remember being worried that my older brother might have to go to …
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One more in a series of illustrations based on movie quotes, the current challenge on Monday Artday. “Drainage! Drainage, you boy. Drained dry. I’m so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that’s a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw …
The Monday Artday current challenge is “movie quote”. A lot of my illustrations are based on movie quotes. Here is another… “You know… for kids.” Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) in The Hudsucker Proxy
The inspirational word on Inspire Me Thursday is “silver”. Long before Bob Denver, Fred Gwynne and Barry Williams were typecast in an acting role, there was Clayton Moore. Moore’s big break came in 1949, when George Trendle spotted him in “Ghost of Zorro”. As producer of the radio show and creator of “The Lone Ranger” …
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “instinct”. This technologically advanced mysterious predator hunts, not by instinct, but by GPS.
The challenge on Monday Artday is “movie quote”. If you are a regular reader of my blog, then you know that a lot of my illustrations are based on movie quotes. I love movies, so I had a difficult time deciding which one to illustrate. “Everything… every single thing that took place in that courtroom, …
This week’s challenge word on Illustration Friday is “celebrate”. Wake Nicodemus! by Henry Clay Work Nicodemus, the slave, was of African birth, And was bought for a bagful of gold, He was reckon’d as part of the salt of the earth, But he died years ago very old. ‘Twas his last sad request, so we …
This week’s word of inspiration on the Inspire Me Thursday illustration blog is “lace”. “Hell-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bay-BEE!” Long before speaking those famous words, Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr. was a disk jockey on Texas radio’s KTRM, where he hosted the “Dishwashers’ Serenade” show from 11 AM to 12:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Richardson changed to late afternoons and …
The challenge on Monday Artday is “greek myth”. Eris is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. The goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite had been invited along with the rest of Olympus to the forced wedding of Peleus and Thetis, who would become the parents of Achilles, but Eris had been snubbed because of her …
