can you believe there are more words with the letter "x" than the letter "j"? Check out this letter frequency list.

ohmigosh, do not buy Yoo-hoo if you want chocolate milk. It's like water with chocolate powder. I even tried adding five of those half-n-half mini-moo's to give some creme texture, but it's still awful.

A person standing in front of you on an elevator who is getting off at the same floor as you. But then when the door opens they signal the sweeping hand motion to indicate for you to get off first. While this is nice, I find it minorly annoying. Now I have to rush out of the elevator, because this person is standing right there waiting.

It's like when there's only one car at stop sign and they indicate for you to cross. But then you have to hurry, because the car is waiting. I'd much rather just have that car go and for me to take my time across the street.

Maybe I just have no elevator manners.

Apple should give out a wheel of cheese for every cheese grater powermac g5 sold.

"...so I walk like I'm on a mission
cuz that's the way I groove."

I find that when I walk fast, I get more done in the day. Not cuz i'm saving time, but it sets the pace for the day. (no pun intended)

A very interesting email by "Too Sharp" Tom of the 14th floor pencil sharpening club:

I'd be interested in knowing how long you will use a pencil, that is how short you will let it get, before you replace it with a new pencil.

Remember the kids in school that would use their pencil to the very end? Others would get a new pencil halfway through.

Does the abscence of an eraser on the pencil prompt you to go for a new pencil? Some people never used the eraser on the pencil and used a separate one. Others would wear-down the eraser and then put one of those replacement erasers on the end.

The questions are:
1. How short will you let your pencil get before you replace it?
1a. Has this parameter changed throughout your life?
2. Does the depletion of your eraser cause you to replace the pencil?
2a. Why or Why Not? Has this parameter changed throughout your life?

I'm considering getting a new chicago cubs cap.
Option A is from hometeams.com.
Option B is from lids.com.
Which baseball hat is more cool?

Everyone has an "energy ball", read about yours here.
(the link here has been fixed)

my website is six years old today!

The next few days I will be adding some roughed-out concepts to the thoughts section of spudart.org. Today's thought is: good art is like a maze.

Posting longer thoughts has been inspired by denise's diary. Mac people, the links on that page don't work for us, look at the code for the links.

Does your storage serve to make you prepared or sentimental?

kara: its not maaawnday its moooooonday
matt: pull-down-your-pants-while-driving-and-moon-someone-day?
kara: yup exactly

from IM conversation with kara.

What would take longer to chill in a refrigerator:
* unopened soda pop
* opened soda pop (but with the bottle cap twisted back on, and none drank)

I would think the opened soda would chill faster, because alot of the carbonation has been released. Those air bubbles would slow down the cooling process. (air takes longer than water to cool).

Whaddya think?

Here's a quickie little illustration I did for baseball's new "King of Cork."
http://www.spudart.org/chicagocubs/sammy

I say good for Sammy. It makes baseball more interesting. Coaches stealing signs, pitchers doctoring up balls, players corkin bats. Say, we need a good spitball pitcher in the majors now-a-days.

Matt: "at the top of the tribune tower yelling down at people"
Kara: "on top of the world, looking down"
Matt: "because we live on a globe, wherever you are, you are on top of the world."

from IM conversation with kara.

A typical day for Thomas Jefferson started early, because, in his own words, "Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun." He told of a fifty-year period in which the sun had never caught him in bed.

Here's a theory. People who get up late and rush in the morning every day get into a pattern where they generally deal with deadlines at the last minute. (like me). But those how get up early and have more time in the morning are able to start their day in a more leisurely manner and are able to continue that pattern throughout the day and achieve their deadlines better.

Rushing around every day as the very first thing you do must have some impact on the rest of your day.

The coca-cola company has released a new soda pop drink called Tropical Sprite Remix. It's a clear liquid reminiscent of Crystal Clear Pepsi and has a berry taste that is much better than Pepsi Blue. On the bottle it says "Sprite with Tropical Flavors" It tastes really good.