Year: 2005

Just imagine if the Chicago River was clean you could swim in it downtown. That would be so nice. To have beaches right in the middle of dowtown where people can do beachtype fun stuff. (for the non-Chicagoans: The Chicago…

What other sounds do farts make? Leave them in the comments please.

Chicago Outdoor Film Festival-Grant Park Butler Field, Grant Park 100 S. Lake Shore Drive Jul. 12: 8:59 p.m. “Citizen Kane” Jul. 19: 8:54 p.m. “Annie Hall” Jul. 26: 8:48 p.m. “My Darling Clementine” Aug. 2: 8:39 p.m. “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”…

Baltimore Orioles’ Rafael Palmeiro, left, and Sammy Sosa, right, pose with Cincinnati Reds’ Ken Griffey Jr. prior to the game Saturday, June 11, 2005, in Cincinnati. All three players have more than 500 home runs. (AP Photo/Al Behrman) This photo…

I love getting emails from people. It’s so nice. There’s just a couple things that would make it even more pleasant… 1) use http:// in links When emailing a link to someone, please PLEASE PLEASE include the “http://” in the…

Baskin Robbins has this countertop sign advertising Hot Wheels CAKES. It’s funny how exciting and dramatic they make CAKES to be here.

There have been 15 Cubs since 1990 who hit 20 or more homeruns in one season. There have been 9 Cubs since 1990 who hit 30+ HR There have been 2 Cubs since 2000 who hit 40+ HR Position Name…

The McDonalds in downtown Chicago on Michigan Ave right behind the Wrigley Building is store #4444. I just saw this on my receipt. Numbers like this make me happy.

Catch a ball and your opponent who threw the ball is out. In a game with returnies, someone from your team also gets to come back in. Here’s a couple tips on catching a dodgeball. I like to catch balls…

Church: sit in the middle of the row/pew, not at the end. Conference room: sit at the seat furthest from the door Bus: Stand towards the back, not the front. Elevator: Stand away from the door. General rule of thumb,…

0 of 4 people rated my review of Sammy Sosa’s boombox as helpful. What?! Don’t people want to know what boombox Sammy Sosa owned? It’s the Panasonic SC-AK33 Compact Stereo System. Here is the review from March 10, 2003: This…

The Mac OS X calculator is so huge compared to the old classic mac calculator. I miss you old school calculator. The new one looks like it’s for senior citizens. The old one just oozes out techno geekness. 8-F

AP says, “This photo released by McDonald’s Corp. show a new, slimmer and sportier Ronald McDonald, the latest evidence the fast-food chain isn’t clowning around about its image. A TV commercial making its debut Friday, June 10, 2005, will show…

This is a very rough order of things that to look at when on a press check. While these are put into order, I usually don’t go through it like a list. It’s usually just all merged together and I…

“At Home with Marni Jameson” was a column syndicated by Tribune Media Services. This was an identity developed for the column. Fun strong font with a little bit of retro flair in the word “with” and little monopoly-esque style legs.…

Taking your opponents attention away from the game is a great way to strike when they aren’t looking. Here’s a couple ways to do that. Have someone on your team do a cartwheel, and then totally peg ’em. Do a…

There should be one standard calendar file format. Let’s say you are at a website and see an event you would like to add to your calendar. It would be so nice if you could click on just one link…

I’m looking for a super small flatbed scanner. One that has a bed size of 4×6 or 5×7. And I’m not talking about those pen scanners. It needs to be a flat scanner. I want to take my scanner out…

Based on the item I posted yesterday, “Discover your Jedi Name,” If the standard name is six letters long for each word, how did Yoda get his Jedi name to be just four letters? Maybe his real name is “Da…

In order to get your Jedi first name: 1) You must take the first 3 letters of your last name. 2) Then you must take the first 2 letters of your first name. To get your Jedi last name 1)…

Let’s say you are going to drink a bottle of soda over the course of two hours. Which soda would be more flat? A) One where you put the cap back on after every sip. B) One where you keep…

Pure attacking isn’t the only name to game of Dodgeball. How you control your balls is a key element to the game. Although some advocate throwing the ball right away from the start, you have to be careful not to…

Podcasts are the hot new thing on the internet, so I grabbed chicagocast.com. Will I do anything with it? I dunno. Maybe I’ll sell it. Maybe I’ll do a weekly or monthly chicago podcast. Some ideas for the Chicago podcast:…

On the top of the 34-story Tribune Tower in Chicago flies an American flag. I don’t see any other taller buildings in Chicago sporting an American flag. Are there any buildings in the world taller than the 463-foot Tribune Tower…

I was playing around with ways of visualizing 365 days a year. One of the graphics takes a line rotates around it around 365 times. It actually made some interesting patterns on my screen. So here’s a little preview of…

The game of Dodgeball is great for devising creative ways to attack. Here’s a few ideas. Aim for the best throwers first. You want to get them out, so they don’t eliminate any of your players. Point at a certain…

The season ending episode of 24 last night had agent Jack Bauer to be handed over to the Chinese government for prosecution for his secret mission. Jack was surely doomed. But then he pulls of this death scene where he…

What if there was a tax on gum? Apply the current cigarette tax onto gum, and each individual piece of gum will cost $0.28 each compared to $0.30 per cigarette. Here’s how the formula used to figure it out: Cigarettes:…