crazy holidays
Been busy over the holidays, barely even in front of a computer at all. Fun daily posts will be start up again on January 2, 2005. Thanks for visiting!
Been busy over the holidays, barely even in front of a computer at all. Fun daily posts will be start up again on January 2, 2005. Thanks for visiting!
It’s a weird sensation to wear old shoes that you haven’t worn in awhile. With each step you become aware of how worn out the soles are. And you think, “Wow, this is how i used to walk two years ago. How did i manage to walk like THIS?”
2∆í predicted for the high on Christmas Eve to be chicago’s 2nd coldest Christmas Eve ever. -11∆í in 1983 was the coldest. 5∆í in 1972 is the 2nd coldest. (from Tom Skilling) What do you think the high will actually be? The winner will receive a free gift bought from the dollar store (shipping included!). …
how cold will it get in chicago on christmas eve 2004? Read More »
I rediscovered the automatic bookmarklet that makes it a lot easier to add links to the link section on spudart.org. So you’ll be seeing much more links in the future
The movie Shrek brought out lime green. Normally lime green would have died a long time ago, but thanks to the sequel of Shrek, lime green stayed on the radar. Movies with sequels that have the main character in a bold color will make a color last longer. Don’t underestimate the power of children’s taste …
Leatrice’s Lessons: Part 4 of 4: Color Trends Lasting longer than they should Read More »
I’m sitting here looking at a cup with cheese popcorn in it and wondering, if you stuck a bunch of cheese popcorn in a blender, can you make a drink? It might be a bit dry, maybe if you added more cheese. Come to think of it, is there such thing as a cheese drink? …
People who repair public signs are “linguistic landscape repairman.”
Thanks to the inspiration left by unlikelymoose on a previous post, I now have some paper towel artwork hanging in my kitchen. View the full photo. Having a big hole cut in the middle of the paper towel renders it pratically useless, yet by retaining the familiar rectangular shape, it still evokes the essence of …
There’s some great auctions up by now featuring the duel turtle artist Georgie and Nikki. Yeah, those are the actual artist’s–a couple of turtles walking on a canvas. Auction 1: Spring, auction 2: Dreamscape, auction 3: Blue Dragon, auction 4: Sunset Clouds. So I emailed the seller the following: Hi. I really enjoyed your auction …
It would be so fun to do a comic strip. But it would take so long for one person to make 365 comic strips a year! So why not pick one theme, and have a bunch of artists write and draw their own strips? Like there could be a character guide where everyone has to …
comic strip done by a group of artists (collaborative comic strip) Read More »
Here’s a bunch of different ideas i’m playing with for my 2004 christmas card. Bubble wrap (I have a lot left over from my halloween costume) Including a birthday candle (for Jesus’s birthday). Then the recipient can use the birthday candle on their own cake, or a friends cake in the future. 2000th birthday for …