Year: 2002

Thursday, Friday November 7-8, 2002 Like 99 seattle riots, 2000 DC protests, 2001 Genoa where one died. Now it’s chicago’s turn in 2002 for the trans-atlantic business dialogue. It will be at the Sheraton Tower at: 301 East North Water…

Metra trains should have one car designated for entertainment.* TV with movies or tv shows playing* Live entertainment* Board games, play a game of monopoly with a stranger* Discussion groups with certain themes* Vacation picture sharing* Book club Any other…

On premeire shopping strip in downtown Chicago, Michigan Avenue, they are installing new containers in front of the Hotel Inter Continental. Here’s some ideas on what they will hold:* Flowers / plants* Swimming pool in summer, ice rink in winter*…

The Anaheim Angels have the rally monkey / thundersticks.Atlanta Braves have the stupid chopThe Minnesota Twins have the homer hanky.The Chicago Cubs should have… Paper Towels. You can swing them in the air like stick. But then you could also…

I think they should cover Wacker Drive’s surface in gold. I was just looking out the window at wacker drive, and noticed that they are going with concrete instead of asphalt. I heard that concrete lasts much longer than asphalt.…

Yahoo’s news story. I like lime green and gray. Do I like this logo?

I’ve found that when I tell someone that I’m a twin, I get some typical questions: Are you identical? How far apart were you born? Can you feel your twin’s pain? What’s it like being a twin? I came up…

Today at lunch, there was an elderly fellow dressed in a clean sport jacket and khaki pants who was rummaging through the McDonalds trash cans outside. My first thoughts were that he was homeless searching for food. But then I…

I went to the 25th Chicago Marathon this weekend and held up a sign. The sign had two sides to it, so I could turn it around to change my message (quite brilliant if you ask me). One side said…

What’s the grossest cooking thing you do?Here’s two of mine: Put 3 overeasy eggs between two untoasted pieces of bread, and put bar-be-que sauce on them! When I run out of milk, you can put water on your Coco Puffs.…

Cook County elections officials hope a new voter education campaign featuring a pair of cartoon characters √£ “Chad” and “Dimples” √£ will help local polling places avert the kind of chaos that occurred in parts of Florida after the last…

A new page I just made. Check out the current books that I’m reading.https://www.spudart.org/books/current

I'll use masking tape to route all the cars to the suburbs, leaving the city car-free.

spudart (12:41 PM): cuz dogsup is like for hot dogs, not hamburgers

Why do we say “I flunked a test”? Where does flunk come from? I think saying, “I dunked a test” sounds much better. Then you can say “I slam dunked that test!” Or if you really did bad, you can…

JCPenney is selling this set. Conversation about this at plastic.com.

I got a few neat shots of the people waiting in line to get into Wrigley Field on August 29, 2002. It reminded me of some shots that I took from the Tribune Tower of the immigrant line waiting for…

AOL instant messenger limits its users to only 885 characters per post. So if you try sending an instant message with 886, it won’t let you. I wonder why 885? It doesn’t sound like a handy programming number. 1000 or…

The boats are leaving lake michigan. Here they just passed the Michigan Ave bridge heading west.

Stay tuned the next few days for an exciting giveaway right here on the spudart blog.

Pepsi’s newest promotion “Play Cool Million Cash Caps” seems like a big joke. You have to collect 11 caps each with a letter to spell out “COOL MILLION”. Yeah, what are the freakin chances of this? Right now, I’ve got…

While purchasing the new Sobe Mr. Green drink at Walgreens, I commented to Lisa about how I liked the dinosaur on the label. The Walgreens cashier corrected me and said, “it’s a lizard. NOT a dinosaur.” So I replied, “it…

“Dictionary-making is a mechanical, unnatural metalinguistic activity” For more mumbo-jumbo on dictionaries, check out my honors thesis from college in 1997.

A co-worker of mine, Dave Rothkopf, is in a band called “Down the Line” playing acoustic rock and soul. They are very good and tasty. In fact their newest album is called “Welcome to Flavortown”. It sure is yummy. Not…

I want to make a tshirt that says dictionary on it. The front of the shirt would resemble the cover of a dictionary, as would the back. Then the long sleeve would be the spine. If you got a bunch…

Here’s the quote that convinced me to get my sofa from IKEA: A good sofa is one you can’t resist. It beckons when you pass, inviting you to actually enjoy your own living room between dinner parties… Don’t buy a…

I bought a new tape measure / keychain a week ago. It has already come in handy! But while sitting at a bar last week, I really wanted a pair of scissors. Imagine the fun cutting up cardboard coasters while…

Walking down michigan ave in chicago today during lunch i came across a man dressed in a full-length pencil costume handing our Wrigley’s Spearmint gum. Pencil Man! What do pencils have to do with gum? Tom Saaristo of TOM TOOL…

Outside my apartment there are these old-fashioned doors from the ol’ ice-refrigerator days. I am currently researching what would be some good flowers to put in a cedar container in this space. (Figure: autumn, chicago, container, no direct sun). I’ll…

I am looking for some Subway coupons online. Know where I can get some?

i’m looking for an ibook. I don’t want to get the old “women’s purse/toilet cover ibook.” I want the new all white durable ones. I’m hoping to get one under $1000. Probably refurbished. * Do you think refurbished ibooks are…