I love breakfast. Growing up, breakfast at my house was usually a bowl of sugared cereal at the kitchen table or on a metal tray-table in front of the TV on Saturday mornings. The heavy marketing of cereal was at its peak in the 1960s. Cool prizes were packed inside boxes to entice children. Popular …
The new word to inspire on Inspire Me Thursday is “fuse”. If you were not a moviegoer before 1948 or at least a film buff, you most likely don’t remember Edgar Kennedy. A former professional boxer, Edgar started his active film career in 1911. He was one of the original Keystone Cops. He worked with …
The word of inspiration on Inspire Me Thursday is “elephant”. The first thing I thought of was a joke that I, unfortunately, couldn’t use. My second thought was the classic line by Grouch Marx (as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding in the 1930 classic Animal Crackers ): “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How …
You know the song “Ho ho the mistletoe/Hung where you can see/Somebody waits for you/Kiss her once for me”. Aside from a creepy vision of Burl Ives asking you to plant a wet one on your wife on his behalf, these lyrics bring to mind the question “why do people kiss under the mistletoe?” …
The word of inspiration at Inspire Me Thursday.com is “dress”. “Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of sins.” Mae West
The word for inspiration on Inspire Me Thursday this week is “table”. As a kid, I was never a fan of The Beverly Hillbillies. I am a big fan of the Andy Griffith Show and I liked Green Acres. Petticoat Junction was okay, if not only for the Bradley girls. But, The Beverly Hillbillies never …
Last week, I resigned as a member of the weekly illustration blog, sugarfrostedgoodness.com. I had been a contributor and member since May 2007. The duration of my membership was not without its controversy (and I am all about the controversy!) In recent months, however, I have not been pleased with the direction in which the …
