Year: 2009

Postcrossing.com is a site where you can sign up to send and receive postcards from across the world. (It is #14 on my list of 14 things that inspired me in 2008.) Most people send postcards of photos of their…

A shocking 92% agreed with this statement: “Don’t sacrifice your personality for the love” That’s scary. What times we live in that people are putting themselves and not others first in life. —————————- Here’s how i wrote for my comment:…

MLB.com has a game called Beat the Streak where you try to put together a hitting streak to beat baseball’s legendary record of 56 games. Choose one player every day who you think will get at least one base hit.…

You are looking for this webpage. And hopefully you did a search on Google and found this page. Here is what you are looking for: Call to God What is your treasure? Art Authentication

I’m spudart on twitter. Here are the following people that I’m following, but are not following me. http://friendorfollow.com/spudart/following/ If you appear on this list, then hop on over to http://twitter.com/spudart and follow me. Maybe it was just an oversight that…

When I intially saw these super cool gloves on etsy a few months ago, they were sold out. The wondeful etsy seller Xmittens made s’more and posted ’em on etsy. When I saw the gloves got reposted, I bought them…

After reading “Why Climb a Tree?,” I’m on a quest to find a tree to climb. A year ago I was walking around my neighborhood trying to find a tree to climb. I didn’t find any climbable trees in my…

We should be suspicious about KFC’s new grilled chicken being all healthy. McDonalds grilled chicken has MORE cholesterol than their crispy chicken. So much for thinking grilled is healthier. I took this same skeptism to KFC’s grilled chicken. Much to…

Seven aimbots are standing ready and welcome when you create a new AIM account. It’s a little bizzare to sign onto your new instant message account and you see: ‚Ä¢¬†Gossip, Gossip, Gossip 24-7 ‚Ä¢ Live Greene ‚Ä¢ Moviefone ‚Ä¢ My…

“Always rip a paper towel in half before using.” –Matt Maldre, 2009 Much of paper towels go unused. After using a paper towel, unfold it and see how much was actually used. In my case it’s often around one-third. I…

You know what’s a funny word to say over and over? Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy.…

How do you quickly sell tickets on Craigslist? Offer a discount for something the buyer must do during the event. Put the discount in the title. I had four cubs tickets I needed to unload for a game this week.…

While walking by NBC Tower there was sign for “Channel 5 souvenirs” but someone put a “3” in front of the “5” to make a 35. Why would someone do that? What is the significance of 35? The first thing…

You have to admit, it’s impressive that the Japan Prime Minister showed up in person to show support for Toyko’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Chicago just got a video recording of Obama. Granted that video recording was very…

I work in a popcorn zone at work. It’s called the south side of the 14th floor Tribune Tower. Oh burnt popcorn how thee smell Here comes the cloud, ring the bell, ring the bell! It’s burnt popcorn, I surely…

super-fragglistic definition: 1. Adjective. (to describe something that is really good). 2. Interjection. (used to express delight or happiness). example: as in, “Wow! This is super-fragglistic coffee!” etymology: Fraggle Rock. Because Fraggle Rock rules. You know it.

Baseball fantasy leagues can be too much work. My brother and I have our own league every year–just the two of us. We get all the best players. It’s fun. But this year we are mixing it up. No players.…

Every Tuesday after sunset in 2009 from July 14 to August 25, Chicago will show free movies on a 50-foot by 34-foot screen in Chicago’s downtown Grant Park at 100 S. Lake Shore Drive. (It’s south of Millennium Park, and…

I find it funny when people at work are sitting at their computers and ask what the day is. Um. It’s on your computer. It’s nice and all they are being friendly and socialable by asking another human. But really.…

A search for “declaration of independence” on a stock photo site shutterstock.com results in many images that are not the Declaration of Independence. Sure it looks like the Declaration of Independence, but it does not start with “We the People.”…

Today, April 8th is the 98th day of the year. The 98th word of the Declaration of Independence is: CREATED. As in “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by…

I have a backlog of videos to post to YouTube. About once a week, I’ll post a new video. Here’s one showing the big collection of Hot Wheels cars available at a Shelbyville, Indiana flea market. The end of the…

Carlos Zambrano is sixth all time for are the leaders in a season for home runs without a double. In 2006 he had six homeruns with no doubles.Stat of the Day – Homering Without Doubling

They need to rename April Fools day to be “Skepticism Day.” Post office to release Simpsons stamps. Yeah, right. http://tr.im/simpsonstamps

I have trouble memorizing long verses, but when they are six words long, it’s much easier. Not only is six words shorter, but you can break them up into a structure of 3×3. Or 2x2x2. They are handy little phrases…

On twitter, you are limited to 140 characters per tweet. If your message is too long, there should be a site where you can paste in your text and it will shorten the text down by changing “to” to “2”…

I like how the Millennium Park logo treats the MP letters. My name is Matthew Paul Maldre. I greatly appreciate the MP treatment. That got me curious who has matthewpaul.com. He’s a great web designer. I sent him the following…

Samurais! Cigars! Electric guitars! Here’s a way to spice up the international baseball tournament we know as the World Baseball Classic. Have players wear uniforms designed according to the warrior outfit of their native country. The warrior outfit will be…

Is it just me or does it seem lately that Google docs goes BONKERS on the auto-save? It auto-saves after every sentence. And seemingly every 30 seconds. And I can’t type while it auto-saves. It’s like Google docs is very…

When America messes up so much that people get tired of living here, we’ll joke about moving to Canada. But really. Canada? A) It’s so far away. B) It’s Canada. But what if we lived in Europe. Couldn’t you just…

I love the bookstore in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. They have such a great selection of books. I found nine books that I want. Yes, NINE. Here they are: Amazon.com Widgets Usually, when I’m shopping, I’ll find…