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!”
The challenge on illustrationfriday.com this week is “save”. Pass from the left wing. Skates down ice. It’s a breakaway. Slap shot on goal….. JESUS SAVES!
When I was a kid in the 1960s, every summer usually included one or two trips to Atlantic City. My parents, my older brother and I would pile into the car and take, what seemed to be, the eleven-hour drive from northeast Philadelphia to the southern New Jersey seaside resort (Of course, as an adult, …
Willie Stargell was unquestionably the guiding force behind the success of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the late ’70s. He played his entire career — 21 seasons — with The Pirates. He was the league MVP at age 39. Besides being the team’s best player, he kept the clubhouse loose. He even instituted the equivalent of …
