IF: noise
“Hey! Stop making all that noise, you goddamn neighbor kids!”
Archive of entries posted by joshpincusiscrying
IF: jagged
Wyatt was proud of his smile.
IF: passion
Passion is no ordinary word.
IF: toy
In the pre-hand held electronic device days, before Nintendo DS and iPads, toys didn’t take batteries. Board games, like Mousetrap, Hands Down and Mystery Date (for girls) were powered by a roll of the dice or a flip of a card. When we played politically-incorrect games like Cowboys and Indians, we used die-cast cap pistols …
IF: nefarious
This nefarious crew made Batman’s life a living hell, but at least they gave him something to do.
from my sketchbook: donna douglas
Granny: Elly May done popped the buttons off her shirt again. Jed: Elly May carries herself proud with her shoulders throwed back. Granny: It ain’t her shoulders that have been poppin’ these buttons. — The Beverly Hillbillies Doris Smith, a pretty Southern tomboy, was voted Miss Baton Rouge in her home state of Louisiana. The …
IF: invention
Thomas Edison is a beloved figure in the history of science, technology and invention. But, boy, what a jerk. In 1882, Nikola Tesla emigrated to the United States to work for Edison. An innovative electrical engineer in his native Serbia, he was hired to redesign Edison’s inefficient motor. At the time, Tesla was paid a salary …
from my sketchbook: miroslava
Barely a teenager, Miroslava Šternová fled her native Czechoslovakia with her adoptive parents as the country was on the verge of war in 1930. The family headed to North America and settled in Mexico. Young Miroslava entered and won a beauty contest and briefly visited Los Angeles to try her hand at acting. Her exotic …
IF: home
Elisa Lam last called home on January 31, 2013. Then, she disappeared. Soon, some guests in the Cecil Hotel began to complain about low water pressure. The front desk of the Los Angeles Skid Row hotel received additional calls about black water when faucets or showers were turned on. After nearly three weeks (coinciding with Elisa Lam’s disappearance), a …
IF: sea
It was Thanksgiving weekend 1981. Natalie Wood and her husband, actor Robert Wagner had asked fellow actor Christopher Walken, Natalie’s co-star in her current film Brainstorm, to join them aboard their yacht the Splendour. They would sail to Catalina Island, dine at Doug’s Harbor Reef, the only restaurant in Isthmus Cove on the northern end …