Working With an Aging Artist:

Since so much time has past since Izzy disappeared, it has been brought to my attention that we might need to create a photo of what Izzy would look like now. I spoke to a bead artist at the mall who said that the FBI has these people trained in the art of “face aging”. (I guess the whole body ages, but I think our best bet to find Izzy has more of a chance to identify his face than his knees or elbows.) Since we don’t have the funds to pay one of these trained artists, I asked him for a few tips that we could use on a budget. He said to gray up the hair (which feels sacrilege, I know), and make the ears and nose a little bigger. He also said I could maybe add some wrinkles, but Izzy was always a stickler for moisturizing, so I don’t know. He also told me that “black don’t crack” but Izzy always said no to drugs, so I don’t think that would be a problem. I’ll post the image when I’m done!

What Can’t Izzy Not Hide:

I’ve been thinking a lot about Izzy lately and what he’s had to do to stay off the radar grid for all these years and all of the ways he can disguise himself from what he’s used to be. He could have a fake moustache or beard, he could have changed his sunglasses, he could (father-son-holy spirit) have changed his hair! I don’t like to think about it, but when you’re on the lam, anything can happen. So, then it hit me. What can’t he change? His spirit, his love of sign-spinning, the way he walks maybe. It’s possible we’ve been looking for all these superficial things, but what we need to do is search for the inner Izzy!

Possible Florida Izzy Sighting:

Greg from Tallahassee, Florida says that he has a friend who knows the exact whereabouts of Izzy. But because his friend lost his job at the tire factory recently because of Covid Restrictions and failing 3 drug tests, his friend wants 5 thousand dollars to release the information. I wasn’t born yesterday, you know, and I smelled myself a scam. So, I asked Greg if this was a scam and he told me that his friend was totally trustworthy and real. Good enough for me. So now I have to figure out how to get 5 G’s so I can send this guy my bank account info. Here’s hoping!

Izzy’s Ex Gets a Book Deal

Unoffical Izzy Rumor has it that Izzy Lyon’s former wife has hired a ghost writer to write a tell-all book about her life with Izzy. Supposably, she has a deal with Kindle to make a paperback by the end of next year and will reveal lots of salacious secrets. It’s more important than ever for us to find Izzy so he can refute these sure to be total lies from this woman who was never good enough for Izzy. Lies!

Spinning South of the Border:

Way down in Fowlerton, Texas some folks are trying to host a Sign-Spinning convention. Carl and Judy Rivera have gotten a tentative go-ahead from the town council to host the convention at the civic center. Due to the smallish population, they have had to combine themselves with two other conventions happening on the same day. The plan is for the Rice Pilaf and Art Fair Conventions will now join sign spinning for the first (of many more hopefully) PilafArtSpinCon. Good luck!

Possible South Dakota Sighting:

A woman named Mindy says she saw a sign spinner outside a car dealership in Rapid City, South Dakota who could have been Izzy. She said spinner was dressed like the Statue of Liberty with the horns covering up the high-top fade. Also, green face paint made it hard to be sure, but she says the spinner was real good. She came back later to video, but they were gone. She asked the manager about the spinner, but he said that it was a teenager, but it could have been what Izzy told him to say to cover his tracks. Mindy says she’ll keep an eye out in case he comes back. Stay tuned!