5/30/2002
letter to Taco Bell
What is the name of the Chihuahua that was featured in your commericials a couple years ago? He was such a barkingly fun dog. I've been sniffing out high and low trying to find this elusive fact. I'm dog-gone desparate to know his name. Please let me know, otherwise, I will have to call him Chico the Chihuahua. Better yet... Charlie the Chihuahua. Hmm, maybe Chavo the Chihuahua. Okay let's make a list...
* Chico the Chihuahua
* Charlie the Chihuahua
* Chavo the Chihuahua
* Chainsaw Cage Chihuahua
* Crushing Cyrus 'The Virus' Chihuahua
Which one do you think?
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5/29/2002
2002 weather
The weather in chicago this year has been pretty flat. Warm winter, cool spring. Is it the stability of being in a palendromic year.
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5/28/2002
geese or pigeons
Goose poop is bigger.
Pigeon poop is nastier.
Geese are mean jerks.
Pigeons are brainless idiots.
Geese flock in burbs.
Pigeons flock in cities.
Geese are least kinda pretty.
Pigeons are rats with wings.
It's fun to watch geese, because they make silly sounds.
It's fun to watch pigeons, because they are stupid.
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5/27/2002
All-nighters and eating: part two
Here's another trick about pulling all-nighters and eating. Instead of eating dinner at 6:00, eat it more around 9:00pm. That way the energy from your dinner will carry you through the night.
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5/26/2002
All-nighters and eating
When pulling an all-nighter, it's critical to eat in the morning/afternoon afterwards. Even though your body may be tired, and you're not really hungry. Not eating after staying up all night not only adds onto your tiredness, but multiplies it.
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5/25/2002
Sleeping on the bus
Sitting sideways on the bus makes it much harder to sleep than if you sat facing forwards. When the bus makes. When sitting sideways on the bus, the constant stop-and-go makes your entire body move. But when sitting facing forwards, your back is stablized against the back of the seat, making it easier to sleep.
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5/24/2002
Candy art theory
Thoughts on the candy art that I have on sale at ebay right now:
I believe the strongest types of art communicates to all levels of people, both intellectuals and the joe off the street. Take this candy series, it's fun, yet it also functions on a metaphorical level in its enlargement of confectionary goods to an iconic form. The loose rendering shows marks of the process contrasting the clean perfect processes that candy undergoes.
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5/23/2002
I've got artwork on ebay
* Red Gummi Bear drawing
* Tootsie Roll drawing
* Red lollipop drawing
check it out at: http://www.spudart.org/ebay. Spread the word!
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5/22/2002
kill comics 10 years and older
Comic strips should exist only as long as TV shows. TV shows are lucky to last 10 years, because they get old after awhile. The same goes for comic strips. Espicially since you have an episode every single day.
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5/21/2002
fun with postage stamps
I really like these orange stamps. I think everytime I mail something with it, I'm gonna write an orange joke on it.
Why did the orange stop rolling down the hill?
It ran out of juice.
I made a compliation of orange jokes on my site.
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5/20/2002
symmetry
Ever notice how symmetrical the backs of U.S. coins are?
* Penny: Lincoln memorial is very symmetrial
* Nickel: Monticello's building is very symmetrical
* Dime: Torch flanked by an olive branch and oak branch is pretty symmetrical
* Quarter: The eagle is very symmeterical, despite it's head being turned one way
* Dollar: Unsymmetrical eagle
I was pleased to see the Sacagawea dollar coin feature an unsymmetrical soaring eagle. That eagle nicely fits the round shape of the coin.
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5/19/2002
maybe there's hope
I suppose I like the final line to the X-Files' last ever episode. It's nice to end on Mulder's optimism. But were the X-Files just pulling out the ol' 2012 end of the world thing too easy? Seinfeld's last episode ended with a court case recapping the group's hijinks. I suppose it's alright that the X-Files did a similar thing (if not a bit hokey).
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5/18/2002
57°
I love 57 degrees. It's the perfect weather.
• You can wear a jacket
• You don't have to wear a jacket
• It's cool
• Crisp
• Don't sweat
• Have the windows open
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5/17/2002
All colors brain
If you were to draw a human brain, what color would you make it? It can be any color. Gray, Red, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Green.
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5/16/2002
The number 8
It looks like an infinity symbol. A friend of mine, Noel, said it was standing up. I like how that personfies an infinity symbol--like it's a person. Where does the infinity symbol work? Noel said a toll booth, because it stands up all day long.
To further expound upon the standing infinity symbol's significance:
* Toll booths are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Eternally open.
* Illinois will always have toll booths. Yes, it's a sad world in Illinois.
* On a trip a car will go through the toll booth in one direction, then when coming home, they will come back through the other way... very much like how the infinity symbol operates.
* Sometimes toll booths are on an exit ramp that curves alot... like the shamrock interchanges that are in the shapes of infinity symbols.
* An idiosyncratic reason: The highway to my girlfriends is called Route 88.
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5/15/2002
Comments re-enabled
I finally updated the code for my comments. Drop your comments like bombs pleez.
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chocolate vs. vanilla
A recent email I sent to the "vanilla queen" at vanilla.com
What, is there some sort of vanilla brigade out there wanting to fully eliminate any traces of chocolate dominance from the planet? Face it you vanilla villians, Chocolate has you flat out beat in edible products. Yeah, you may have your stronghold on other frilly products such as air fresheners and candles. And you may have had Vanilla Ice as a spokesperson. But chocolate has you beat hands down in food-like products. Note how i sad "food-like", because is a chocolate bar really "food"? No it is not, it is pure heaven. Yes that's right, the gates of heaven are made of pure milk chocolate.
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5/14/2002
my socks make me dream
why is it that when i wear my socks to bed, the I always have dreams? Are the socks keeping the dreams from escaping out my toes?
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5/13/2002
the negative chip caray
Chip Caray, tv announcer for the Chicago Cubs since 1998, has been growing more and more irratiable as the baseball season goes on. Why?
Is it the Cubs awful play this season? No, I don't think that's the main reason.
The real reason is that most Cubs fans don't like Chip. Chip knows this so he is trying to emulate fan-favorite Cubs radio announcer Ron Santo. Santo lets all his comments loose on WGN radio. Both good and bad. Sometimes good ol' Ron will curse out the Cubs if they do something dumb. Chip sees this, so I think he is trying to copy this part of Santo's announcing.
But what Chip doesn't realize is that Ron Santo is a true blue Cubs fan. He played with the Cubs for 23 years. He loves the Cubs. Makes me wonder if Chip loves the Cubs.
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5/12/2002
rechargeable batteries
Using rechargeable batteries gives me a special kind of joy. What is it exactly? The feeling of empowerment? Or maybe it's the feeling of immortality.
Batteries used to be such a sad thing. When you purchase them, you know they are only available for a certain period of time. Then when you are done with them, they are totally useless. Makes me wonder if there is a website about what you can do with used batteries. Every person who gives me a funny link to a website will win a free button from me. (a real live button you can pin on yourself).
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5/11/2002
watchcam
Here is a bunch of research on the currently available watchcameras. I'm opting for the cheaper $40 WQV1.
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5/10/2002
Alternative names for the WWF
I'm choosing letters that sound when you say it.
WWB, WWD, WWG, WWR.
WWB: World Wrestling Badguys
WWD: World Wrestling Dummies
WWG: World Wrestling Goons
WWW: World Wrestling Weirdos
And of course, they could go with WWW. Would that cause any confusion?
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5/9/2002
wrestling is fake
We all know that WWF (now WWE) wrestling is fake, but I never knew it was publicly announced...
"WWF founder Vince McMahon admitted in 1989 that WWF wrestling bouts were scripted, in part to avoid a tax on sporting events." Reuters
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5/8/2002
Pepsi Blue
I just made a new webpage dedicated to Pepsi Blue, the new berry-flavored drink that will be released soon. It's got links to articles, pictures, tidbits, and even a fan club! Check it out now: Pepsi Blue
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5/7/2002
wwf is now wwe
The World Wrestling Federation will now be known as World Wrestling Entertainment. This sounds really dumb to me for a number of reasons.
#1) Federation made it sound much cooler, more tough than the generic entertainment
#2) Say "WWF" out loud and "WWE" out loud. The "F" at the end provides a much stronger finish. Having "E" at the end just sounds wimpy. When you say "F" you use more of your lungs resulting in a deeper sound than the higher-pitched "E" from the top of the throat.
#3) The Wrestlers can no longer talk about "The Federation" which sounded cool. What are they gonna say "The Entertainment"?
#4) All the years i've grown up with the WWF, and now it's something else.
News Stories: Yahoo, MSN, internet news, Reuters
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5/6/2002
credit card sized camera
It's literally the size of a credit card, and with its integrated brushed aluminum case is about half an inch thick at it thickest point and weighs just 1.8 ounces. Logitech Pocket Digital™ Camera for $129.95 at Logitech's site. Yahoo news story
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small buttons
When I ship out my ebay auctions to the winner, I also want to include a small spudart.org button. I did some research on printing little buttons (1.25"). Here's what I found out.
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5/5/2002
why we like nature
While riding on the 2nd floor of the train coming back home to chicago from aurora today, I looked out the window to see a creek glistening in the sun, then we zoomed by a small forest with trees and leaves on the ground. I realized why nature is beautiful. There's rhythm to make us comfortable. There's variety to keep our interest.
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5/4/2002
more links on lance rutter
Lance Rutter Discusses Experience Design. On commarts site.
Lance Rutter's book recommendations at Aiga Chicago
There's also a couple posts my Lance on the AIGAExperienceDesign email group. It looks like an interesting email group.
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5/3/2002
power of the word
Yesterday, I went to a small talk at Tanagram Studio in Chicago. The owner of the studio, Lance Rutter opened with an interesting story his realization of the power of words. He was in college and became deathly ill after eating some fast food at a local Mexican restaurant, a burrito with everything on it. He was puking and puking. So he was taken to the hospital where this doctor was diagnosing him. But then the doctor asked him what he ate, and Lance replied, "A Gutbuster." At that moment the doctor was no longer a doctor, he became a joe-schmo off the street. The doctor said that he'll be fine, he just ate some bad food. Two days later, Lance had to have his appendix removed. There he realized what the power of the word has. So alot of the stuff that they do, they equally emphasize the visual and the word.
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5/2/2002
critique my photo
I made my first posting on photosig.com a site where you critique photos. The stuff on there is very high quality professional stuff. Check out my photo and leave a comment. The title of the photo is "Living on the edge"
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5/1/2002
extreme mini-croquet
It looks like the Squirearchy will be published as the creators of extreme mini-croquet in the next issue of the National Croquet Calendar. Take a sneak peek at what i submitted: article #1 and article #2. This photo might make it in too.
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