Born Harriet Shapiro on July 9, 1927 in Boston, Susan Cabot grew up shuffled between 8 foster homes. She developed an interest in acting and singing performing evenings at Manhattans Village Barn. A film career seemed destined when the nightclub singer appeared in the 1947 film Kiss of Death with Colleen Gray and Victor …
The Monday Artday challenge this week is “change”. “Even a man who is pure at heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.” This quote has been listed in some sources as an authentic Gypsy or Eastern European folk saying. Screenwriter Curt …
The challenge at illustrationfriday.com this week is “leap”. faster than a speeding bullet more powerful than a locomotive and able to blah blah blah…
The weekly challenge word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “mechanical”. It’s always tough finding a spot at the bar at the Piston My Brake Shoes Pub.
Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer, best known as a Bollywood playback singer. A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs on soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras. Her career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has …
The challenge this week at Monday Artday is “underground”. Vance Palmer was born September 16, 1893. In the early twentieth century, hundreds of boys like Vance worked as “door boys” or “nippers” in coal mines. Door boys were never over fourteen years of age and sometimes as young as ten. The work of the door …
The illustrationfriday.com challenge this week is “multiple”. One of the most famous and interesting medical anomalies is the world’s only conjoined triplets, Chang and Eng and Archie Bunker. Conjoined twins are a rare phenomenon. It is estimated to occur from 1 in 50,000 births to 1 in 200,000 births. However, there is only one case …
The sugarfrostedgoodness.com weekly challenge is “bad idea”. Not a good idea!
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “getting ready”. …for Opening Day! I have mentioned before. I love baseball. I love watching baseball. I love going to baseball games. There are some things I don’t like about baseball (namely Brett Myers), but overall, I love it. I have been a Phillies season ticket holder …
The challenge this week on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “fire“. Edward Slovik was arrested and served jail time for several incidents of petty theft, breaking and entering and disturbing the peace, between 1937 and 1939. Slovik was classified as unfit for duty in the U.S. military because of his criminal record. He met Antoinette Wisniewski while working …
