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  • structure issues July 11, 2003
  • Emergen-C July 10, 2003
    they were handing out these nutrutional packet on the sidewalk during lunch. You mix it in with water and it’s got this INSANE amount of vitamin C. Like 1,666% of what you need per day. I had two packets about…
  • sausage attack July 10, 2003
    Major League baseball player, Randall Simon of the Pittsburgh Pirates whacked the Italian Sausage in the head during the Clement’s Sausage Race at the end of the sixth inning at Miller Park. Here’s the video This is just hilarious. And…
  • the O.S. OS July 9, 2003
    While talking about Mac OS 9, the old school OS, it dawned on me that “old school” and “operating system” both have the same acronym.
  • bought some comics today July 9, 2003
    * Out there #56 (cool coloring and hip kids) * Automatic Kafka #9 (interesting page layouts, nice use of white space in layouts) * G.I.Joe vs. The Tranformers #1 (need i say more!?!!!!!) * Hawaiian Dick #1 (colored with watercolor,…
  • G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers #1 July 9, 2003
    Is out right now! I opted for the Metratron and Cobra Commander cover. Although I’m more of an autobot fan, the Optimus Prime / Snake Eyes cover just wasn’t as cool.
  • Bites and Bytes July 9, 2003
    Today McDonalds is providing hi-speed WIFI wireless internet access in 55 San Franscisco McDonalds restaurants. Chicago and New York will soon get theirs. When will it come to your town?
  • :-P :-b July 8, 2003
    The emoticon with the tongue sticking out😛can also be displayed as:-b Erin showed this to me in an email today, and it’s just so amazing. Ahh, the little things.
  • testing comments system July 7, 2003
    Comments system is now working again. Comment and comment some more. 🙂
  • less than three days left July 7, 2003
    vote for the final two players for the all-star game:VARITEK AND PATTERSON!
  • dictatorship July 2, 2003
    “I WILL RULE WITH A SOFT FURRY FIST”kara’s away message.
  • good way to get dizzy July 2, 2003
    A fun way to get super dizzy is to walk in circles in an elevator that is going up. (just discovered this while in an empty elevator this morning)
  • T3 July 1, 2003
    Got to see Terminator 3 with special premiere tickets in Chicago. It was very whomp-assafull.
  • zap2it illustrations July 1, 2003
    I’m doing illustrations for Tribune Media Services Zap2it.com advertisements that will appear in the Chicago Red Eye, LA Weekly, Village Voice, OC Weekly (Orange County) newspapers. Although, they haven’t been published yet, i’m posting about the drawings of here, because…
  • x or j? June 30, 2003
    can you believe there are more words with the letter “x” than the letter “j”? Check out this letter frequency list.
  • yoo-hoo sucks June 28, 2003
    ohmigosh, do not buy Yoo-hoo if you want chocolate milk. It’s like water with chocolate powder. I even tried adding five of those half-n-half mini-moo’s to give some creme texture, but it’s still awful.
  • You go first, I’m so nice June 27, 2003
    A person standing in front of you on an elevator who is getting off at the same floor as you. But then when the door opens they signal the sweeping hand motion to indicate for you to get off first.…
  • powermac G5: the cheese grater June 26, 2003
    Apple should give out a wheel of cheese for every cheese grater powermac g5 sold.
  • walking fast June 25, 2003
    “…so I walk like I’m on a missioncuz that’s the way I groove.” I find that when I walk fast, I get more done in the day. Not cuz i’m saving time, but it sets the pace for the day.…
  • pencils June 19, 2003
    A very interesting email by “Too Sharp” Tom of the 14th floor pencil sharpening club: I’d be interested in knowing how long you will use a pencil, that is how short you will let it get, before you replace it…
  • which cap is more cool? June 14, 2003
    I’m considering getting a new chicago cubs cap. Option A is from hometeams.com. Option B is from lids.com. Which baseball hat is more cool?
  • energy ball June 13, 2003
    Everyone has an “energy ball”, read about yours here.(the link here has been fixed)
  • six years old June 12, 2003
    my website is six years old today!
  • good art is like a maze June 11, 2003
    The next few days I will be adding some roughed-out concepts to the thoughts section of spudart.org. Today’s thought is: good art is like a maze. Posting longer thoughts has been inspired by denise’s diary. Mac people, the links on…
  • Guinness World Records sheet June 10, 2003
    What can I say when I got the chance to design the sheet for the new syndicated Guinness World Records newspaper column? I had visions of the world’s heaviest twins sitting on their motorcycles, the dude with the longest fingernails,…
  • a way to think about your storage June 10, 2003
    Does your storage serve to make you prepared or sentimental?
  • moonday June 9, 2003
    kara: its not maaawnday its moooooondaymatt: pull-down-your-pants-while-driving-and-moon-someone-day?kara: yup exactly from IM conversation with kara.
  • cold soda pop June 5, 2003
    What would take longer to chill in a refrigerator:* unopened soda pop* opened soda pop (but with the bottle cap twisted back on, and none drank) I would think the opened soda would chill faster, because alot of the carbonation…
  • King of Cork June 4, 2003
    Here’s a quickie little illustration I did for baseball’s new “King of Cork.”https://www.spudart.org/chicagocubs/sammy I say good for Sammy. It makes baseball more interesting. Coaches stealing signs, pitchers doctoring up balls, players corkin bats. Say, we need a good spitball pitcher…
  • top of the world June 4, 2003
    Matt: “at the top of the tribune tower yelling down at people”Kara: “on top of the world, looking down”Matt: “because we live on a globe, wherever you are, you are on top of the world.” from IM conversation with kara.
  • sleeping and deadlines June 3, 2003
    A typical day for Thomas Jefferson started early, because, in his own words, “Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun.” He told of a fifty-year period in which the sun had never caught him…

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