inktober 2016: week one (and a half)
Here’s an Inktober 2016 bonus… Poor Marion! As Norman Bates said, “She might have fooled me, but she didn’t fool my mother.”
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IF: weapon
I was a fan of Pat Benatar and I bought Crimes of Passion when it was released in 1980. Spawning three best-selling singles and several AOR station favorites, Crimes of Passion was the biggest selling album of Benatar’s career. By the time Seven the Hard Way, her seventh album, came out, my musical tastes had moved on …
inktober 2016: week one
“…and He Who Walks Behind The Rows did say, ‘I will send outlanders amongst you: a man and a woman. And these outlanders will be unbelievers and profaners of the holy.’” — Isaac Well, here we go again! Inktober is upon us. While other online artists are attempting the “one drawing per day” challenge, I, …
DCS: herschell gordon lewis
I have a friend named Sherry who is a writer. Although, she has written a novel, she spent a good portion of her career as a marketing copy writer. Once, in an online conversation, she mentioned a book on marketing techniques by Herschell Gordon Lewis. I questioned her about the author. She said he had …
IF: nest
The USDA decided they need a classification above “jumbo.”
DCS: lou pearlman
Lou Pearlman wrote a business plan for a class project and soon put his theory into action. He started a helicopter taxi service in New York City, beginning with a single helicopter. He became interested in blimps and trained with a German businessman. He moved to Orlando, Florida and started an advertising business with blimps, securing …
IF: rain
What a glorious feeling, I’m happy again.
DCS: cilla black
Cilla White took a job as a hat check girl at Liverpool’s Cavern Club in hopes it would advance her chances at being a singer. She eventually got the chance to sing, performing with club regulars Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and other local bands. She also struck up a friendship with a group of guys …
IF: orange
The original Carrot Top.
DCS: phyllis schlafly
A woman who did for women’s rights what matches did for forest fires.