i'm going as a fly or maybe a spider. I got these foam tubes from home depot that I'm using as legs. And got strainers for eyes. I need a black shirt to attach the tubes too. (the tubes are flexible foam, about the diameter of a toilet paper roll, and about 4 feet long) Right now they are attached to foam core and i'm gonna cut holes in a shirt, and put the foam core inside the shirt and poke out the tubes. I might have to trim down the lenght of the legs. They are quite long. They are angled at a 45 degree angle upward from my body, so they project out and then hang down. oh! i could like, buy little gloves for the ends.

But, spiders are much more better than a fly. Nobody likes flies. They are annoying. And spiders are more halloween. But i got these strainers which make perfect eyes, and they just look like a fly.

* I got like, a hundred plastic flies, so i can hand them out or put them places, like i'm a breeding fly.
* And if i stand by a wall, i could be a "fly on the wall."
* I could stick my finger in someone's beer, and say, "there's a fly in your beer."
* I imagine alot of people saying, "schoo fly!"
* And i could use the yo-yo squishy balls. Very fly like.
Any more fly ideas?

the universal answer...
"good guess! thanks!"

it can apply to anything.

The America 24/7 project that I participated in May is now publishing the national book (which I did not get in). I thought they were going for more straight-on human shots, but based on their state examples, it's pretty even:
* 48% directly feature a person
* 26% has a teeny-tiny person, or someone in silouette
* 30% has no person

btw, the cover sucks!

Remember the phrase, "Gimme some skin"?
And instead of slapping five, you'd slide your hands across.

(conversation with Dave the dog)

There are no websites that feature rubber band art. What a shame. I shall soon have to correct this oversight of the internet.

If you have any rubberband art, you can send them or photos of the art to this address. Or email.

I'm organizing my bookmarks in explorer, and I've found that I got 2,173 bookmarks. How ridiculous is that?

To find out how many bookmarks you have, export them into a text file, and then do a word search for like, "href". My twin brother has 4,120. He says he uses 3,000 of them daily.

How many bookmarks do you have?

79 people have signed my Bring White Castle to Downtown Chicago Petition. With great comments such as:
"That would be a great treat to have White Castle's in downtown Chicago. Maybe even in the building that looks like a White Castle on top!"
~Jean Scott, Chicago

Sign the petition now and let's get a White Castle in downtown.

It would be cool if away messages on instant messengers could be logged onto a blog. Some people always have a different message up and it would become like an archive of what you do.

Can you imagine being the badminton world champion? I bet you would have to really kick some a55.

I heard that someone is doing a virtual 2003 World Series of the Boston Red Sox vs. the Chicago Cubs online. Where is it?

With this illustration of a dunkin donuts cup on a dunkin donuts cup, which was designed first... the cup or the logo?

(inspired by maroon shirt wearin Dave)

After the heart-breaking loss of the Chicago Cubs, it was time to take down the huge night window sign on the Tribune Tower, home of the Cubs owners. As the Tribune engineers removed the half-inch thick gatorboards, they discovered that many of the windows had cracked due to the black boards warping in the warm sun. (black absorbs heat, and the boards were on the south side of the building where it gets the most sun)

Half way through removing the boards, the engineers came to the 14th floor at the top of the "U" in "GO CUBS" where they discovered the 23rd broken window.

One could imagine that as soon as Steve Bartman interfered with the foul ball two days ago, a few windows in Tribune Tower cracked at the same time. Alex Gonzalez bobbling the ball, a few more windows shattered. Just as the Cubs broke apart, Cubs fans hearts burst, and Tribune Tower broke out cries of pain.

The Cubs are going to clinch the pennant at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. I'm going to the ballpark during the game, and hang outside left field. (not inside the park, but outside.)

i was thinking of anything wacky that I could wear to the game. Like the Ivy-man, or the neon-light man.

Some ideas I had were to dress up as:
* Wrigley Field marquee
* Wrigley Field Scoreboard (with face painted to look like the clock)
* Wrigley Field bricks

but then it hit me... A FREAKIN BIG SAMMY SOSA HEAD.
And my face could poke outside his hat, with my face painted blue with a red C.

Here is an illustration I did last night.

To get the colors on the foam core, i'm thinking of painting them on with acrylic.

I'll also make a big word bubble to attach to his face. And when people ask to take their picture with me, I'll ask them what they want Sammy to say. And they could write it out on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper and attach it to the bubble. I would collect these sheets, and the whole collection would kinda be like a work of art.

Questions:
1) Does my illustration look like Sammy Sosa? (here's the link again)
2) Do you think these size is good, or should I try to go bigger?
3) Is acrylic on foam core a good idea? Or should I use a different media?
4) Should I make a back for this too? (either another diecut shape with the back of sammy's head. Or maybe just a sheet hanging over my back to cover my body up.)

The Tribune Tower is putting up one of those big window night signs for the Chicago Cubs being in the National League Playoffs. The Tribune Company owns the Cubs, so it's about time that they finally do this. I work on the 14th floor of the Tribune Tower, and today at 11:30am, they came around to install the window blockers.

They are doing this high class. It's just not window shades being pulled. These are full hard-core foam core boards called gatorboard. They are about a half-inch thick, and are exactly custom cut to fit our windows, even down the little notches. They said the cost of this is to the tune of $5000. Special lights are being set up too. As one of the installers said, "Nothing is left to chance." (I wish the games were that way too)

I even got to help them install the boards. The first lighting of the windows will occur tonight. And it should look awesome, given the Tribune Tower's location by the plaza, river, and Michigan Avenue.

I did have to sacrifice the three foot by three foot Cubs logo I had in the window. But it's for the sake of the larger good, and i'm happy to take it down for a super huge Cubs sign.

Here's a photo gallery of them installing the boards. And the official map the installers used to design and setup the windows. It will say, "GO CUBS." I sit right inside the "U". (The people on my floor put the "U" in "Cubs").

hey, with this new $20 bill, all of the old bills will no longer be valid by this saturday. You can just send them to me and i'll take care of disposing of them.

I simply cannot believe that the following phrases do not exist on the internet:
* bouncy ball catapult
* bouncing ball catapult
* bouncy ball gun
* bouncing ball gun
* bouncy ball shooter
* bouncing ball shooter

my new phrase, i want to take a "rock star nap"

The person who got the least number of votes in the California Recall is: Todd Richard Lewis with 171 votes. I would think there would be someone with like only 25 votes. but 171, that's not too bad. Lewis appeared in 2001 movie Bumfights and recently released his own film, The Bum Hunter. You can email him at: thehunter@bumhunts.com

I want to create tickets for whenever people complain about how cold it is outside. It's Chicago, people. Deal with it.
* They would look very official
* Yet they would also be very humorous (so not to offend people at work)
* It would say something about how you live in chicago, deal with it.
* I would record the current weather conditions on each ticket
What should the fine be?

Today at the historic Tribune Tower in Chicago, the security man accidentally broke the revolving door. It's rather ironic that the guy responsible for keeping the building secure broke open the entrance to the building.

(reported by ladies man dave)

Eric Zorn compiled a list of all the crazy headlines for yesterday's Cubs win with pitcher Kerry Wood. I added some more to create this combined list:

"It's All Wood" (Chicago Tribune)
"Too much Wood" (Chicago Tribune)
"Braves go to Woodshed" (Chicago Tribune)
"Knock on Wood" (foxsports.com)
"Cubs Kerry away a victory," (Chicago Sun-Times)
"Taking Braves to Woodshed," (Chicago Tribune)
"Kerry on indeed," (Southtown)
"Kerry's on and Cubs are well off," (Peoria Journal-Star)
"No Knock on Wood," (D-H)
"Wood chops down Braves" (Toronto Star)
"Braves Can't Knock Wood," (USA Today)
"Cubs get good Wood," (Arizona Republic)
"Locked-in Wood cracks Braves armor," (Chicago Tribune)
"Wood `n' Plenty," (Chicago Sun-Times)