After her husband passed away at the age of 31, desperate and destitute Angela Raubal took her three children and sought refuge with her half-brother. Angela became his housekeeper and he allowed her family to move into his home in the Bavarian Alps in Obersalzberg, Germany. Angela’s half-brother took an unnatural affection to Angela’s youngest …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “cultivate”. In the nearly thirty years that I have known my father-in-law, he has told me this joke countless times. Whenever a piece of conversation triggers something in his memory that reminds him that this joke would be an appropriate anecdote, he delivers it as though it was …
Thuy Trang was born in Vietnam around the time Communist forces overtook Saigon. Fearing for his life, Thuy’s father, a soldier in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam fighting against the North Vietnam army, fled to Hong Kong with his family after the Communist victory. The family was interred in a detention camp in …
The challenge word on the Monday Artday illustration blog is “dance”. Phyllis Newcombe, a 22 year-old British girl, spontaneously combusted before a roomful of people while waltzing in a dance hall on August 7, 1938. Another story about dance can be found HERE. Another story about spontaneous combustion can be found HERE.
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “stir”. Poor Thurman Munson. Despite an array of meritorious accomplishments seven-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion, three-time Gold Glove Winner, 1970 Rookie of the Year and 1976 American League Most Valuable Player the popular catcher and captain of the New York Yankees took a lot of …
Let’s get something straight. Men are idiots. They are bumbling awkward misfits who should be eternally grateful that women take enough pity on them to disrupt their own self-fortitude and take them as their husbands. As my 27th wedding anniversary draws near, I am reminded of how my own dear wife ignored all of the …
The current Monday Artday challenge word is “samurai”. John Belushi a more fearsome samurai there never was.
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “swarm”. Sure, there’s the large salary and great benefits, but being the CEO of a honey processing company has its drawbacks.
On Memorial Day 1931, 24 year-old driver Billy Arnold was the defending champion of the Indianapolis 500. Having competed in the annual event two previous times, Billy won the 1930 race after leading all but first two laps, the most ever by a winner. On lap 162 of the 1931 Indianapolis 500, leader Billy Arnold …
The new challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “layer”. Tyler Durden explains the art of making… um… soap : The clear layer is glycerin. You can mix glycerin back in when you make soap. Or You can skim the glycerin off. You can mix the glycerin with nitric acid to make nitroglycerin. You …
