Year: 2004

After finding a Chicago Cubs mug at the Tribune Tower’s shop (see previous post), I wanted to see if any of the stores by Wrigley Field had any more options. So wearing my work clothes, I headed off to Wrigley…

What store in Chicago has the best selection of Chicago Cubs mugs? Not any of the stores by Wrigley Field Not Sportmart Not any tourist trap in downtown Chicago Not Walgreens But our very own Tribune Tower with its tiny…

While on the train home on Friday, two strangers were talking to each other. As one got up and left she wished him a good evening. And he replied, “same to you.” How many ways are there to express that…

A couple days ago i heard someone on the el say, “I went back to my building after lunch” (in reference to her work building). I like that I don’t refer to the where i work, the Tribune Tower, as…

Thinking about shadows has reminded me about an old project that never got finished. To take a piece of string the same length as the height of the Sears Tower—1450 feet. Attach one end of the string to the corner…

A shadow of a pole going over a manhole got me thinking the other day about shadows. I could make cardboard cutouts of shapes and create my own shadows with this new generator i got. And then take photographs of…

Ever get hungry while in front of your computer with no food? Now you can pig out on pizza right from your own keyboard! Here’s some ascii pizza emoticons for you to devour! o small pizza O medium pizza @…

just to clarify: funky clunky is good. dunky clunky is bad.

I’ll give one word. The first person to comment will leave a word related to that initial first word. The next person will leave a word related to the second word. The next person leaves one word related to that…

Per the request of Laura k to leave a political post, here’s one: Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky wants to replace Alexander Hamilton with Ronald Reagon on the $10 bill, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif) wants Reagan on the $20, and…

Here are domains that were previously registered, but their owners recently have not renewed their license, making them available for anyone to pick up. absolutchicago.com (deleted on 05-06-04) chicagocontest.com (deleted on 06-04-04) chicagobox.com (deleted on 04-27-04) chicagoportrait.com (deleted on 06-07-04)…

How in the world is craig biggio 5th for outfielders in the all-star voting? Gosh, i’ve been making a lot of baseball/sport posts lately. Maybe I need to get some other funky stuff going on.

Of all the sports from baseball (MLB), basketball (NBA), football (NFL) and hockey (NHL) I’ve recorded the team color combination for each team. Each team got two colors: a primary color and a secondary color. What would you say is…

On Monday, June 14 Chicago Cub Aramis Ramirez hit a homerun off Houston Astro Roger Clemens. I enjoyed that homerun, because: 1) I started Aramis Ramirez in MLB’s Beat the Streak, so he continued my hitting streak to 3 games…

Wow, a whole week that we can bring our pets into work. Not just a day, but a WEEK. Do plants count as pets? How about my pet rock? He can do tricks!… Sit. Stay. Play dead. And my favorite,…

Did anybody happen to see Chicago Cubs Todd Hollandsworth’s jumping catch last night (Sunday, June 13)? He totally faceplanted himself into Angels Stadium outfield wall. It looked like he crushed his Oakley sunglasses. That dude is so early 90’s with…

I thought this was common knowledge, but SOMEONE (and you know who you are) thinks that the term “skelbow” is made up. Y’know… the inside part of your elbow? Also for a few minutes i thought that it was fascinating…

I bought some new shoes and had to lace them up. There always seemed to be different ways to lace shoes, and sure enough there’s a website that explains and rates twelve different ways to lace your shoes. For those…

It’s interesting to see what what cartoon characters were done by the same person. This will be a repeating feature on the spudart blog. Each time a different actor will be featured. This post features Corey Burton who played a…

Look out kids! New DVDs released today: For the Mr. T obssessed: A-Team First Season and for robot-lovers: RoboCop Triology. Although I guess RoboCop wasn’t really a robot like Transformers, but the movie was so cheesy that I like it.

A search on google for “bird emoticon” yields nothing good. So here is the internet’s first bird emoticon: ~*~ the asterick makes it look like it’s a bug, let’s try this: ~8~ Not bad. Kinda looks more like a bee…

The plastic bottle. How can we use it for other purposes? I want to make some art using a platic bottle. Using just stuff from my desk. Maybe some cool action bottle figures or something.

The voice behind Destro and Devastator were both played by Arthur Burghardt! No wonder why you never saw them both in the same room at the same time!

More radio stations should have streaming audio. It allows them to see EXACTLY when people are listening and when they turn off the radio. Anyone know of some good streaming radio talk shows?

What? : inquistive. Whatever. : dismissively shuts down the inquistive. Two words, so similiar looking, yet so different in meaning.

Tuesday, June 8, 2004 spells the end of the planet Venus as it will smash into the sun. Many scientists believe that Venus will survive its plummet into the sun. Chicago scientist Matt Maldre was quoted in the Times, “It…

Belgian artist Benjamin Verdonck sits in a swallow’s nest hanging 30 meters up on the glass wall of a building in Brussels, May 3, 2004. Verdonck was trying to hold conversations with passersby on the street below as part of…

As we didn’t have enough candy holidays: * February: Valentines Day * March/April: Easter * October: Halloween * December: Christmas We now have June as National Candy Month. Well… this is a good thing. More candy the better. But won’t…

biphonal adj. Holding multiple phones to your ears or in front of you at the same time. From the Daily Candy

What a cool bike! Stingray Bicycle

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