Author: Matt Maldre

Oh the days of Scrabulous. Playing the super-duper fun game of Scrabble online. See what fun words my friends would come up with. Oh yes. After IMing my brother about how I miss Scrabulous, I did a google search for…

i think i burnt my water for my tea it tastes burnt like all the oxygen is missing i’m drinking pure hydrogen this tea tastes extra hydrogeny

The “right or wrong” on Fox Chicago news a couple nights ago was: “I agree with the survey saying CTA service has improved” 25% say right 75% say wrong This just in: 75% of Chicagoans are idiots. How in the…

My brother makes a strong (and correct) argument that Tony Gwynn is better than Cal Ripken. There’s some cardinals fan bloke commenting on that post saying Gwynn was hopped on steriods for a few years. Which is a complete joke.…

I’d like to see a tv show named “First Season.” Whenever someone says they are watching the first season of another television show, it’ll be promo for the tv show named “First Season.” It’ll be great. “I’m watching the first…

A fun two-line poem: ============= no delete co plete ============= yes! It rhymes and it forces you to complete the poem in your mind. You have to add the m. See! The m, it’s missing, but your mind adds it.…

Whenever I would have hot chocolate at work in my big mug, it always tasted bad. Was it the black mug sucking out the heat? Not really. Was it the Swiss Miss brand? Not really. Was it because I was…

It’s so much fun to type the website address as ALL CAPS into a browser. I’m going to TWITTER.COM. By typing it in ALL CAPS it tells my browser that I’m totally serious about going to twitter. Give me the…

Pilcrow Lit Fest has a lot going on this Saturday May 23. Matilda‚Äôs: 3101 N. Sheffield and Trader Todd‚Äôs: 3216 N. Sheffield, Chicago There‚Äôs a ton of free panels and workshops. http://pilcrowlitfest.com/panels.html For every time slot there are three different…

According to acronymfinder.com there are only three acyronyms for D.U.M.B. ‚Ä¢ Duke University Marching Band ‚Ä¢¬†Deep Underground Military Base ‚Ä¢¬†Disasters Usually Motivate Backups Shouldn’t there be more? There’s only two for S.T.U.P.I.D. ‚Ä¢ Smart Talented Unique Person in Demand (via…

Here are my notes from the Society of News Design meetup on May 16, 2009. (Pictured above is Theresa Carter, Audarshia Townsend, Whet Moser, Brad Flora, and Jeff Daugherty on the Social Media Roundtable) ———————— Matt Mansfield (president of SND)…

Any restaurant chain with more than twenty stores might be required to show the calories counts on their menu boards. Of course the restaurant industry opposes this. But isn’t it time for people to own up and know what they…

People who use air quotes with their fingers have “issues.” Now picture me saying that and raising my hands and making the hand gesture for quotations. The number of air quote pumps is directly related to the number of syllables…

The etymology of joy reveals that joy means to cause a person to be in a state of gladness.

“Our happiness is completely and utterly intertwined with other people: family and friends and neighbors and the woman you hardly notice who cleans your office. Happiness is not a noun or a verb. It’s a conjunction. Connective tissue.” —Eric Weiner,…

If you want to hear one of the strangest remixes ever, listen to the “Muppets Theme Remix” by DJ E Motion. There are over 30 results on amazon for “Muppets theme.” Most are fairly straightforward. Like the original theme song.…

lahp on twitter said: “We’ve already had a discussion about Klingon cloaking devices this ayem. Yep. We’re dorks.” When you say that you are a dork, doesn’t that diminishes your dorkness? Dorks don’t admit to being dorks. Or can you…

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…