The challenge word this week on both Monday Artday and sugar frosted goodness is “olympics”. There are things I don’t like. I don’t like being manipulated and told what to like. The media in the United States has been manipulating and telling us what to like for years. The influence of the US media combined …
The current challenge word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “mischief”. In Northeast Philadelphia where I grew up, as in most places thoughout the United States, the night before Hallowe’en was recognized as “Mischief Night”. In the 1960s, the time in which I grew up, the so-called mischief was usually of the “prank” variety and, for the most part, …
The Monday Artday challenge word this week is “summer”. I love summer. I was born in the summer. I wait all winter for summer to come. I dislike the snow and the cold weather. Summer has always meant warm weather and vacations. Elsewhere on my blog, I have talked about going to pre-casino Atlantic City when …
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “foggy”. Let me start off by stating that although this story ultimately ends with THIS, it is not the same type of celebrity story found elsewhere on this blog. Mel Tormé was most famous for his beautifully mellow voice, but he accomplished so much in his career. He …
In 1982, I was in my second year of art school. When I began my first year at The Hussian School of Art, Jimmy Carter was president and he was very generous with government money for education (if you can call “art school” education). When Ronald “There’s a Commie under my bed” Reagan became president, …
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, …
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 word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com for this week is “santa“, of course. First of all, as you may have figured by now, I do not celebrate Christmas. When I was a kid, we didn’t decorate for Christmas either. No lights. No tree. We weren’t Christian. And we didn’t feel bad or slighted in the least. …
The challenge word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com this week is “winter wonderland“. I hate snow. No wait, let me reconsider. I REALLY hate snow. As far as I can see, snow serves no purpose. It isn’t good for crops. It kills crops. It is dangerous for driving. Earlier this year, a snowstorm closed a large section of …
It’s almost Halloween 2007, so I guess I am obliged to post a Halloween (or “Hallowe‘en“, for you sticklers) entry. Several years ago, when I worked for a different company than I work for now, we had a Marketing Department Pumpkin Carving Contest. I really wanted to participate (you know, the whole “company morale” thing), …
