Author: Matt Maldre

The Chicago Transit authority is going to do some major service cuts if they don’t get $55-million from the Illinois government. (background stories if you haven’t heard about it: Chicagoist, Chicagobusiness.com, CTA.) I’m going to mail a series of postcards…

Who’s gonna stay: GoLive or Dreamweaver? Adobe buys Macromedia: what will happen to GoLive and Dreamweaver? Here’s a boring stories on it: Marketwatch, Silicon Republic, Mac Daily News. They all say the same thing. “blah blah blah.” We want real…

The Olympic countdown is on! Here’s a stickie note cartoon based on an IM conversation with MrBilly. I will be posting more stickie note cartoons on this blog. They are just quick fun things that might develop into a comic…

Someone has an ad on craigstlist about a potential MOTORIZED COUCH. What could this motorized couch do? Here’s an email I wrote to this person: Motorized couch. Will it transform into a robot and shoot lasers out of its eyes?…

Here are photos from the (not-so) exclusive opening at the Chicago Supersize McDondalds at Clark, Ohio and Ontario Street today on April 15, 2005. The Giant McDonalds on Steriods in downtown Chicago The wait wasn’t too terribly long. The even…

The goal of Beat the Streak is to put together a hitting streak while making a run at baseball’s legendary hitting records. Choose one player every day who you think will get at least one base hit. If your player…

Here’s what I bring to every ballgame: Sunglasses Camera (with extra film/memory card) Pencils: for scorecard Sharpie pen: just in case for autographs Blank posterboard sign: just in case you get inspiration to write a message on it Thick marker:…

Here’s the list of my favorite cartoons as a kid. Not my favorite cartoons now. But this is what I remember being my favorite cartoons back then. (fyi, i was born in 1975) 1. G.I.Joe 2. Transformers 3. Gummi Bears…

As Len Kasper and Bob Brenly are the new Chicago Cubs announcers this year, they still don’t always refer to the Cubs as “us” or “we.” It’s always “The Chicago Cubs lineup…” “The Chicago Cubs batters did great yesterday. C’mon…

I’m looking for stats on umpires tossing out players and manangers, but I can’t seem to find any. Surely they keep track of this, but where?

For New Toy Friday at work, we got an Uncle Milton Ant Farm! (thanks to our creative director, Jill!) Updated photos of the ant farm at work will be posted at: http://antfarm.textamerica.com.

an email to Fox Sports Subject: Tire innovation for NASCAR ========= Dear people of Fox NASCAR, Half of the NASCAR broadcast on Fox is about tires. “he’s got clean tires.” “he needs new tires” “look at his right side tire!”…

I was looking for a new team name for my fantasy league team. Maulers was both my croquet alias and my baseball team name. And that’s just brand confusion. I like how “Maulers” started with “Ma” just like my first…

Every year I get MLB’s Gameday Audio, but I heard that XM Radio offers all the broadcasts as well. Which is the better plan? Here’s a comparison: mlb.com XM radio subscription cost $14.95/season($2.49/month) $12.95/month($77.70/season) hardware cost none $99: non-portable radio$299:…

Are there still any elevator operators in existence? Y’know, that dude that would be in the elevator and upon entering you say, “14th floor please.” When did those guys start losing their jobs? It’s like the caboose on trains. The…

It’s kinda silly that when I’m hungry I like to chew on two pieces of gum instead of one.

I’m looking for a postcard of a beach in Chicago. All the Chicago postcards that have a beach in it are primarily skyline or building shots. I would like a postcard where the primary subject matter is the beach in…

Two-team fantasy league baseball Being in a baseball fantasy league with just two teams is fun. Everyone on your team is an all-star. No looking up no-name players. While you’re at it, don’t include pitchers. It’s too much work to…

Funny scratching your chin is considered pondering, but scratching the top of your head is confusion.

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Awhile ago I posted about if you can mail a crumbled sheet of paper through the postal mail. https://www.spudart.org/blog/can-crumbled-sheet-paper-be-mailed/ They have all arrived on the same day, just a few days after I dropped them in the mail (It just…

LTD Commodities sell items for every down-home American. Some of the stuff is cool, most of it is odd cheesey stuff. My friend updates their weekly “new and exciting” section. It’s always got a few noteworthy items. But this week…

There’s a group of people that want to make “jigga” be the 11th letter in the alphabet. Not a word, but an actual letter. ======================= To: [email protected] Subject: jigga in the dictionary I want jiggabuns to the a letter in…

Have some kid ralf all over the sidewalk in front of your booth. I saw it happen last week in front of the Staples sidewalk giveaway.

Last week Staples was giving out 128mb USB memory storage devices on Michigan Ave in Chicago. How nice of Staples. At first they tried giving us just some lame Staples stickie notes. The mini-stapler was ok. Michigan Ave of Chicago…

Everyone is familiar with the image of Jesus on a cross that we tend to forget the pain and humility involved. Imagine someone taking their pet dog and duct taping his paws to the wall and letting him die there.…

A friend of mine, Andy Matznick, had a contest at his work to build a scene using Peeps as the focus. His Peeply Field scene won.

Punching out the last piece of gum from the 12-piece gum foil package gives me much satisfation. Looking back at all twelve empty pods in the gum blister pack gives me a sense of of accomplishment.

This month the American Indian Center opened up the Trickster Gallery in Schaumberg–the one and only Native-run contemporary fine arts institution run in the State of Illinois. It will showcase contemporary Native American artists while shattering deconstructive images that result…

I know of two who sell stuff on deviant.com: dan-yell and spudart (me).

Neenah has some great prices on 8.5×11″ paper. For 500 sheets, it costs between $17.95 and $24.95http://www.neenahpaper.com/OnlineProductList/ProductListResults.asp?ft=Designer You can order swatchbooks to see what the paper looks like at:http://www.neenahpaper.com/ItemListing/index.asp?b=00&s=opp&ft=Designer I couldn’t believe they were charging $5.95 for each swatchbook. At…