Year: 2004

Here are some influences on how I write certain letters:

Within the last two years, ALL the toy stores in downtown Chicago have closed. * Toys R Us on State Street (Summer 2003?) * FAO Schwartz on Michigan Ave (January 2003) * KB Toys in Merchandise Mart (January 2004) Where…

A discussion on being brilliant: Matt: Stupidity in another format can be considered brilliant. Dave: That was a thin line between stupid and clever.

Standing on a train platform in Chicago (the fullerton stop), and having cars drive below me under. A feeling of levitating while metal machines run below. On the 7th floor standing at the edge of a guardrail in Chicago’s Water…

Hershey’s is now making York peppermint patties into chips called Swoops. And they make me *swoon.* They are soo good! So thin, so tasty. It’s the most delightful snack ever! The plain chocolate and reese’s also taste good, but there’s…

When you open up a stapler, they make really good nunchucks.

one of my cameraphone photos on textamerica is an “editor’s pick” today (look on the right hand side of textamerica’s website for the editor’s pick list. …newer photos have now been put up on the editor’s pick list, bumping mine…

ryan_top_dogg: so do u collect transformers? or the comics? artdude75: i am a transformer ryan_top_dogg: lol kool u belong to any forums artdude75: forums? i do not go to forums, for i am an autobot ryan_top_dogg: www.toy-nation.com artdude75: Autobots have…

Based on this page which has 318 classic horror and sci-fi movie posters, what do you think is the most common word to use in the title? beast black blood cat creature dark dead dr dracula earth frankenstein house king…

There could be some interesting art made out of running a remote controlled car in a public square. But would should it do?

What happens when a bunch of jackets get together in a closet? They hang out.

The baseball team known at the Chicago White Sox are having their annual convention this weekend in the hotel across the river from my work. Perhaps I will drop by on Friday (cuz you know it won’t be sold out),…

nightenorning n. 1. The period between night and morning. “Oh wow, it’s 4am, where did the time go, I should really get a couple hours sleep. Good Nightenorning.” [Middle English, from Old English niht.] [Middle English, from morn, morn.]

It would be fun to have a one word themed two-hour radio show. Before each show, you pick one word. Then you play songs that have that word in the title. Some exmaples of words: “boogie” or “kiss” or “ain’t”.…

Today I found my lost notepad, how sweet My world is now again complete!

Photographer Matt Maldre captured the huge blob that is infesting the Chicagoland area. Check out his moblog for details.

The name “creative ground” is very interesting. Being grounded. Down-to-earth. Dirt. But creative at the same time.

If they are looking for evidence of water on Mars, why don’t they send the robot-thing to the north part of mars where all that white stuff is. Geez. That looks like snow to me.

When a sentence has a question mark at the end, the sentence is called a “question.” But when a sentence has a period at the end, it’s merely called a “sentence”. Why isn’t there a special word for sentences with…

the official spelling of “more” is now “MOOOOOOOOOOOORE.” It only makes sense that the word “more” should have more o’s.

What considerations does a shoe store consider when picking what type of floor they will have?

The creative director at work used to work at a magazine. So when she got married last year, we made her a fake National Enquirer magazine cover with custom headlines. Now she will be having a baby in February, so…

1) Snow transforms our landscape. A whole new visual world great for for photographing. 2) Observing evidence of action. Where animals/humans have been. What areas are warmer than others (where snow melts one side of the street, but not the…

I’m collecting those confidentiality footers put at the bottom of emails by corporations and organizations. If you have ever received any confidentiality footers, please post it in the comments here. Thanks!

It would be nice if sometimes columns in the newspaper were reprinted with the columnist’s original handwriting and original notes. It would capture so much more of the personality. If not all the time, then maybe just occasionally. Or, it…

At work my computer is no longer called my “computer.” It will now be referred to as my “im_station.” (IM being Instant Message). “Where’s my keys?” “Oh, they are by my im_station.” *while in a meeting* “Yeah, i’ll get right…

I’m posting pictures directly from my cell phone to an online webpage at: http://chicago.textamerica.com. Textamerica is the #1 result for a google search of “moblog.” (A moblog is a mobile blog where posts are made via a cell phone or…

Toys and weapons have always gone hand-in-hand. But have they gone too far? Witness as brutal, medieval weapons now inspire a new breed of toys. It’s so dangerous, it appears on the official top ten worst toys for 2003!

brainblow n. 1: When something blows your mind: “Oh my, you just gave me a brainblow.” brainblow v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brainblowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brainblowing.] 1. To blow one’s mind. 2. To affect with great…

Technically every year is a celebration of new millennium, because every year can be the mark for a 1,000 year period.