Year: 2005

Here is a comparison of the 1800 Rembrandt Peale painting and the 2006 United States nickel. (Here’s a slightly different animation of it with the coin at a lighter opacity: animation 2)

It’s rather incredible that Saturn has a moon made of sponge floating around it. Maybe Saturn is a planet of maids, and one of their sponges got loose.

Do waiters and cashiers get hungry when they see so much food go by them on a regular basis? Or do they just become numb to it?

While riding the CTA, someone was carrying a globe with such indignity. In the same hand was a newspaper and our precious planet. Upside-down the earth was as if it were some handbag. A huge dent in one side from…

Now Johnny Damon has really grown his hair out.

At a train stop in Chicago’s loop was an ad for the peanut: “Energy to help you stay in the Loop.“ I applaude the custom headline geared for Chicagoans. Very cute. However, when you get on the train in the…

Four years ago from yesterday was the first spudart blog post. Happy four years old! 😀 *streamers* The first blog post was Long live long tables. Ah yes the long table Host to family renunions Setting for the Last Supper…

Users of cell phones should be able to program their phone to go into silent mode depending on the location of the phone. When I enter work, my phone should go silent. When I enter church, it should go silent.…

What if you disliked the White Sox so much, that you didn’t own and socks that were white? Oh oh! What if you disliked the White Sox so much, that if they won the World Series, you vowed to dye…

USHRA Monster Jam Showtimes Friday, February 17, 2005: 8:00 PM Saturday, February 18, 2005: 2:00 PM Saturday, February 18, 2005: 8:00 PM Sunday, February 19, 2005: 2:00 PM Sunday, February 19, 2005: 8:00 PM Anticipated on sale: Sept. 24 at…

Some of the most exciting races in baseball right now are the wild card races. However, almost every single major sports site puts the wild card standings on another page separate from the regular division standings. Ugh. I don’t want…

In order for the White Sox to not make the playoffs, not only do they have to lose their division to the Indians, but the Yankess AND Red Sox need a better record than the Sox. So basically, the Sox…

While waiting for the brown line train to arrive at midnight, I counted the number of spiders waiting in their spider webs with me. 97. And that wasn’t the entire platform, there was about 25% of the area that I…

I was born in 1975, such a nice number–75. Three quarters exactly. However, it’s funny U.S. didn’t make any quarter coins in 1975. The year of three quarters has no quarters.

Egg Muffins are so much better than they are not wrapped in foil and sit. Tribune Tower’s cafeteria lets their egg muffins sit out, so they can breath. Next door, the Equitable Building’s cafeteria puts their egg muffins in foil…

slammer: noun person at the gym who slams the weight equipment after each repetition.

Going to a smokey bar can be quite stinky. It would be nice if we didn’t have to breath in all that smoke. How about smoke filters you stick up your nose?

My book club recently read Devil and the White City. Here’s my review of the book by Erik Larson: 4/10 (take your chances) Many people are fascinated by this book, as they should be. It’s about an absolutely interesting era…

Magic of the White City DVD comes out today. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago’s Columbian Exposition. Many of the world’s greatest achievements in science, technology and culture are unveiled there. Fairgoers also enjoy camel…

The Cubs are 5.5 games out of the wild card with 19 games left. The White Sox lost their 4th in a row leaving a 5.5 game lead ahead of the Indians. Wouldn’t it be funny if the Cubs made…

There is certainly a lot of them: OD hypothetical force of natural power OE Faroean wind OF coming from OH to exclaim “oh” OM mantra used in meditation ON side of wicket where cricket batsman stands OP style of abstract…

awesome is something great, but awful is something bad. Yet they both have “awe” root at the beginning. weird.

So many people in the United States are so against wearing sandals with socks. Well, I like to think that I wear socks, but then i wear sandals with it. Better explanation: * Sandals with socks: The decision is to…

The G.I.Joe cartoon series aired from 1985-1987, but what time period did it take place in? The present? The future? I had always pictured it taking place in present time, but someone told me that he thought it was in…

KRT Campus provides top-notch news, sports and entertainment content to college newspapers. When this project was first handed to us the copywriter, Maureen Quinlan, and I brainstormed different formats. Last year we did a traditional 3-fold brochure. We played around…

The 2005 Graphic Design USA annual has accepted two of my pieces for their 2005 American Graphic Design Awards! Here’s the two works: Brewster Rockit Sales Kit KRT Campus brochure/mailer Pretty good, considering these are the only two pieces that…

There’s this ultra cool LED watch at toykoflash.com called the B Version by Twelve 5-9. I’m trying to decide which color to get. Blue, Green, or Red? I want the funk!

There should be some utility that can look through all your bookmarks to see if any of those sites have a RSS feed. Or at the very least there should be some site where you can submit like 100 different…

I don’t get why they play loud music in bars. Um, hello. I’m there to talk with my friends. I don’t want your music so loud that I cannot hear my friends. Last night the music was at an acceptable…

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AOL Journals allows you to post to your blog via Instant Messenger. I’ve been playing around with it at: http://journals.aol.com/spudart/blog/. It’s one of those boring what I’m doing lately blogs. Nothing exciting about new interesting thoughts. The blog here on…