Year: 2002

The weather in chicago this year has been pretty flat. Warm winter, cool spring. Is it the stability of being in a palendromic year.

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…

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.

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.

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,…

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…

* Red Gummi Bear drawing* Tootsie Roll drawing* Red lollipop drawingcheck it out at: https://www.spudart.org/ebay. Spread the word!

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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.

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…

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…

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…

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

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.

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…

I finally updated the code for my comments. Drop your comments like bombs pleez.

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…

Why is it that when I wear my socks to bed, I always have dreams? Are the socks keeping the dreams from escaping out of my toes?

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.…

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…

Here is a bunch of research on the currently available watchcameras. I’m opting for the cheaper $40 WQV1.

FI’m choosing letters that sound when you say it.WWB, WWD, WWG, WWR. WWB: World Wrestling BadguysWWD: World Wrestling DummiesWWG: World Wrestling GoonsWWW: World Wrestling Weirdos And of course, they could go with WWW. Would that cause any confusion?

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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.”…

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

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…

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√Ö Camera for $129.95 at Logitech’s site. Yahoo…

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.

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…

Lance Rutter Discusses Experience Design. On commarts site.Lance Rutter’s book recommendations at Aiga ChicagoThere’s also a couple posts my Lance on the AIGAExperienceDesign email group. It looks like an interesting email group.

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…