The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “wrinkles”. Chippewa Indian John Smith, also know as Ga-Be-Nah-Gewn-Wonce (Chippewa Indian for “wrinkle meat”) and commonly called “Old Wrinkle Meat”, lived in the Cass Lake, Minnesota area and is reputed to have died on February 6, 1922 at the age of 137. The exact age of John Smith …
The challenge on sugarfrostedgoodness.com this week is “imagine”. On March 5, 1983, Journey Into Imagination opened in Walt Disney World’s EPCOT Center (as the theme park was known at that time). The ride began with riders boarding their omnimover vehicles that seemed to be floating in the clouds. The clouds would part and riders would …
The challenge word this week on Monday Artday is “war”. Ashton Kutcher on “punk’d“, the missing December 7, 1941 episode: “Dude, we are totally going to set up Admiral Husband Kimmel and Lt. General Walter Short. These two dudes are the two senior military commanders in Hawaii. Our accomplices are President Franklin Roosevelt, the US …
The story of the YFZ (Yearn for Zion) isolated compound in Texas has been front and center in the news for the past few weeks. One of the most intriguing parts of this story is the women of the community. Since the first pictures of the women surfaced, I know I have been fascinated by their …
The challenge word this week on illustrationfriday.com is “primitive”. My mom collected records, a hobby I picked up and, in turn, my son inherited from me. My mom and I shared the same unusual sense of humor, and it was reflected in our similar taste in music. I was introduced to Spike Jones by my …
The challenge this week on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “noir”. I saw “Scream” a few days ago on one of the many movie channels on cable television. I had seen it several times before. It’s not a great movie, but it is funny the way Wes Craven pokes fun at himself and the genre that made him …
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “dinosaur”. J Mascis formed the short-lived hardcore group Deep Wound with Lou Barlow and Scott Helland in the early 1980s. He started out on drums, but moved to guitar when he went on to found Dinosaur Jr. with bassist Barlow and drummer Emmett Jefferson ‘Patrick’ Murphy (aka …
The challenge this week on illustrationfriday.com is “fail”. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas A. Edison
Sugarfrostedgoodness.com‘s challenge word this week is “shy”. Andy Partridge, the founder of eclectic rock group XTC, suffered a nervous breakdown, which manifested itself as uncontrollable stage fright. It was brought on by his wife, Marianne, throwing away his supply of Valium. Andy had become dependent upon the drug after it was prescribed to him as a teenager …
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “Willy Wonka”. “Wangdoodle!” “Hornswoggler!” “Snozzwanger!” “Rotten Vermicious Knid!” “candy ass!”
