History With Hilary - March 19

On March 19, 1947, actress Glenn Close was born.

One of her most memorable roles was in Fatal Attraction, in which she played a *slightly* obsessive lover of Michael Douglas. He got more than he bargained for with this one night stand!

The term "bunny boiler" came from this film. It refers to a former lover, usually a woman, who stalks the man who spurned her.

Be careful out there!

History With Hilary - March 16

On March 16, 1850, "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published.

Thanks to Rick (silav) for branding me with this scarlet letter...

History With Hilary - March 2

On March 2, 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel was born. You probably know him as Dr. Suess! In honor of Dr. Suess, March 2 is also National Read Across America Day!

This grafitti is (was?) at 5 Pointz, Long Island City, Queens, NY. I went there on a photo walk with my friend Lee Semel.

History With Hilary - March 1

March 1, 2010 marks the 60th anniversary of Silly Putty's debut!

It was an accident... In 1943, James Wright (a Scottish engineer for General Electric) combined boric acid and silicone in an attempt to make synthetic rubber. When marketing consultant Peter Hodgson saw it, he purchased the idea and packaged 1 ounce clumps of it in plastic eggs.

A writer for The New Yorker bought some in a bookstore and wrote a short article about it. Within three days Hodgson received 125,000 orders for Silly Putty!

In 2001, Silly Putty was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.

I bought a couple newspapers today thinking I'd use the Silly Putty on one of the images from a March 1 news story. Unfortunately, most of the interesting photos seemed to be in color and the Silly Putty didn't pick it up very well.

SO! I drew my self-portrait today in pencil, picked it up with Silly Putty and asked Rick to hold it for a test shot. I took some photos of myself holding the putty, but decided I liked the test shot best. And...well, it's still a self-portrait, right?I drew myself AND took the photo! OH! AND you can see me in the reflection in Rick's ring. Sweet. :D

Go get some Silly Putty. It's fun! And cheap!