Year: 2002

I loved having snow in april. And on april fool’s day! It was like an April’s Fools joke on us. Actually, I think it was cotton falling from the sky. THAT would be a real April Fools joke.

Today was the baseball draft for my brother’s and my fantasy baseball league.

They are raising the Illinois Tolls from $0.40 to $0.75 ! My brother came up with an idea to put stickers on quarters protesting this ridiculous raise. Here’s our favorite slogan… “Free Roads Forever”

My brother, sister and I are getting my dad a digital frame for his birthday. It’s a 5″x7″ LCD screen in a picture frame that he can hang up. It plugs into the phone outlet, so we can download pictures…

The new Groundhog Croquet strip is up now!

I have the urge for good ol’ greasy spoons Zorbas today. Zorbas is a restaurant in Normal, IL with cheap eats for breakfast.

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Quark 5 Multiuser license agreement Peter Anton spotted this interesting tidbit in the Quark 5 Multiuser license agreement: “End User acknowledges that QLA UTILIZES A SECURED COMMUNICATIONS LINK BETWEEN END USE AND QUARK, VIA THE INTERNET or technology which may…

I lost my croquet Bloodmatch championship belt to the Punisher at Punishment today. SUMMARY OF PUNISHMENT 2002 Five hungry contenders fought for the universal belt in the first match of the day for Punishment 2002. After the first match Erik…

tomorrow is the first big croquet event of 2002! Punishment at Kreten Kourt. Check it out our club at: https://www.spudart.org/chicagocroquet.

actually wouldn’t it be fun to be able to get the list of people who have checked out the same book as you? That way you can contact them and talk about it! idea! idea! I’m gonna put a little…

sI would love to see a list of books that I’ve taken out at the library for my entire life. I’ve gone to mostly chicago public libraries. So you’d think they would have a database with all those records. Wow,…

Getting that neat book at the library gave me an idea to post a list of all the neat books that I find at the library. That way, you can go there and take them out! Update 2020 I have…

Were the stormtroopers in Star Wars human or robots? I think they are humans.

“Dialogues in Public Art”. It’s a book that i’ve been wanting to get from my amazon wishlist. But now I can read it and get a preview! yeah! rock on! Anyone want to get one and read it at the…

We have lower case and upper case letters. Why not lower and upper case numbers? John Weistroffer pointed this out to me while we were discussing why upper and lower letters exist. Then we figured that the numbers before the…

I miss the snow. It’s fun to take pictures in the snow.

Another note on the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago: they recently installed new floors this winter on the second floor. I’m not sure what material they are made out of, but it’s kind of a plastic rubbery material. When…

I went to Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art today. It’s only free on Tuesdays. Today being Thursday, you’re supposed to pay. When you pay, you get a little metal button to wear. It’s not a pin, but a clip-on button,…

I’m considering getting a new PDA (like one of them PalmPilot doo-dahs). I had one a couple years ago, but it’s been busted for a couple years now. Check out what I’m looking at.

Today i got kicked out of the Amoco Building in Chicago. I wasn’t really inside the building when i got kicked out. I was standing right next to it taking pictures. The Amoco Building (or AON Center as it’s now…

Another reason why the Tribune Company is superior over the Sun-Times. (both are competing newspapers in Chicago). This afternoon I got some Subway for lunch and walked over by the Sun-Times building to eat, because it was close by. Upon…

I was trying to get AOL instant messenger to add new smileys, but it didn’t work. Here’s the instructions.

I did a bunch of portfolio reviews today with a bunch of design students. One thing i found was that students with experience in film did an excellent job of explaning things in their portfolio.

Today i spilled some tartar sauce from my filet o fish sandwich on my shirt. It made me wonder if tv newsmen ever spill stuff on their shirts during commercial break. If so, would they have an extra one handy…

I forgot to add one of the most crucial elements to my campaign. One of the most controversial topics. The issue that will set me apart from the competition. The issue that will get brought up at every one single…

My campaign would include:* Bringing a white castle downtown* Building more croquet courts* Instituting 2-hour lunches, and 2-month vacation minimums* Making Macintosh the official computer platform* Eliminating the stupid wrigley bleacher expansion plans* Metra Station at Addison* Little Debbies on…

My current mousepad at work is all dirty and grungy. Time for a new one. If you have a cool mousepad that you aren’t using, please send it to: Tribune Media ServicesMatt Maldre435 N. Michigan AveSuite 1400Chicago, IL 60611 If…

I was laying in bed looking at the same old photos in my frames. I thought it would be nice to have pictures that can swap in and out digitally. The retail prices for those digital frames are still like…

I am Mr. Do.I am sedentary by nature, enjoying passive entertainment, eating when the mood takes me, and playing with my food. I try to avoid conflict, but when I’m angered, I can be a devil – if you force…

Just finished up my review of sawmill, a program that analyzes raw log files from my website. I would definetely recommend this program. It’s so extremely versatile and customizable. You can even set it up to block out spiders and…