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  • historic ball game June 19, 2002
    I went to the night ballgame at Wrigley Field yesterday that marked the first time that four players with 400+ career homeruns played in the same game. Also Rafael Palmeiro came back to Wrigley for the first time since 1988.…
  • how popular is your site? June 18, 2002
    Marketleap: based on how many sites out on the web link to your site(spudart.org got 393)Alexa: based on number of visitors using the alexa toolbar(spudart.org got 1,011,592)
  • window washers June 17, 2002
    Window washers are a recurring theme in my photography. I put up a window washer gallery.
  • favorite place in wrigley field June 16, 2002
    In the outfield in that small strip of a section where there are only three rows. Either the first row (dive into the baskets) or the third row is great. The third row, you get to stand up and stretch…
  • smooth croquet June 15, 2002
    Today was the opening day for the Chicago Croquet Club. This is official professional USCA croquet on super smooth courts, real heavy mallets, heavy balls, skinny strong wickets. And wearing all white. Well… Laura and I weren’t in all white.…
  • my art on ebay again June 14, 2002
    Some of my art depicting 1970s tv stars* Erik Estrada “Ponch” of C.H.i.P.S.* Cindy Brady of The Brady Bunch* Mr. Kotter of Welcome Back KotterMy current auctions on ebay or check out my art for sale webpage. The price of…
  • What is the pipe character? June 13, 2002
    I emailed the Unicode Consortium the following:.*****What is the character “|” called? The vertical line? Surely there must be some other sort of romantic name attached to it. Please do not deny the | character the name is so deserves.…
  • window washers peeking into hotel windows June 12, 2002
    You are staying at the 32nd floor in a hotel. You keep your curtains open figuring nobody can look inside your room when suddenly window washers appear out of nowhere! The Hyatt hotel outside my window at work is a…
  • radio tower on the moon June 11, 2002
    Claudio Maccone for Astrodynamics in Turin, Italy is proposing that a radio tower be built on the “radio oasis” on the “shielded zone” of the moon to observe “clean” radio waves from space that aren’t cluttered up from planet earth…
  • 1970s #3 Kotter June 10, 2002
    9 x 12″ oil pastel on paperSale for this artwork is negotiable
  • 1970s #2 Cindy June 10, 2002
    9 x 12″ oil pastel on paperSale for this artwork is negotiable
  • 1970s #1 Ponch June 10, 2002
    9 x 12″ oil pastel on paperSale for this artwork is negotiable
  • learn croquet from a master June 10, 2002
    This Saturday, June 15, I wanna go learn some croquet from the croquet master Bob Kroeger. He’s gonna be teaching at the Chicago Croquet Club’s opening day. Their press release welcomes anyone to come. Who wants to come? It’s right…
  • two dollars glued together June 8, 2002
    If you glue two one-dollar bills together so you cannot take them apart without destroying them, what is it worth? One dollar or two dollars? Yes, it is two dollars glued together, but since you cannot take them apart, you…
  • fun stuff June 8, 2002
    I just ordered a bunch of stuff off http://www.orientaltrading.com to promote my site. Here’s what i got:* 36 plastic leis (gonna put a little spudart tag on it)* 12 beach balls (with spudart.org written on it)* 96 tiny plastic lizards…
  • so true June 7, 2002
    “We should consider every day lost in which we do not Dance at least once” ~Nietzsche
  • Homer Simpson motivated June 6, 2002
    I really like how homer simpson carries through with his ideas.* He was Mr. Safety putting up safety signs around Springfield* He protested the Isotopes baseball team moving to Alburque* Carrying through with his idea of the greatest work of…
  • maldre.com June 5, 2002
    www.maldre.com is now officially reserved (by me). I took it so that no freak can take it before me. So here I squat on maldre.com. What to do, what to do. Right now it’s just a lame page with links…
  • It’s copyrighted, not copywritten. June 4, 2002
    A funny thing at slashdot.org:Copyrights have to do with rights to restrict others from rewriting (copying) what one writes, not about the actual writing. I hope that I have made myself clear writing about the right to rewrite. This post…
  • wedding rings June 3, 2002
    I was on the bus this morning and was looking at the wedding ring of the lady sitting next to me. Wedding rings look weird. This tiny little odd shaped diamond perched up and standing out. I would think it…
  • designers June 2, 2002
    In 2001 :* 160,000 working graphic designers* 18,000 students enrolled in BFA design courses* 3,500 graduating and entering the workforce * 750 enrolled at MFA level* 250 graduatingbased on a survey of all schools of art and design conducted by…
  • Underdog June 1, 2002
    I’ve got an Underdog bobbin head doll on my desk at work. I loved underdog as a child. I remember one time when i was in kindergarten, I was watching him at home in the morning. But then I had…
  • letter to Taco Bell May 30, 2002
    What is the name of the Chihuahua that was featured in your commericials a couple years ago? He was such a barkingly fun dog. I’ve been sniffing out high and low trying to find this elusive fact. I’m dog-gone desparate…
  • 2002 weather May 29, 2002
    The weather in chicago this year has been pretty flat. Warm winter, cool spring. Is it the stability of being in a palendromic year.
  • geese or pigeons May 28, 2002
    Goose poop is bigger.Pigeon poop is nastier. Geese are mean jerks. Pigeons are brainless idiots.Geese flock in burbs.Pigeons flock in cities. Geese are least kinda pretty. Pigeons are rats with wings.It’s fun to watch geese, because they make silly sounds.It’s…
  • All-nighters and eating: part two May 27, 2002
    Here’s another trick about pulling all-nighters and eating. Instead of eating dinner at 6:00, eat it more around 9:00pm. That way the energy from your dinner will carry you through the night.
  • All-nighters and eating May 26, 2002
    When pulling an all-nighter, it’s critical to eat in the morning/afternoon afterwards. Even though your body may be tired, and you’re not really hungry. Not eating after staying up all night not only adds onto your tiredness, but multiplies it.
  • Sleeping on the bus May 25, 2002
    Sitting sideways on the bus makes it much harder to sleep than if you sat facing forwards. When the bus makes. When sitting sideways on the bus, the constant stop-and-go makes your entire body move. But when sitting facing forwards,…
  • Candy art theory May 24, 2002
    Thoughts on the candy art that I have on sale at ebay right now: I believe the strongest types of art communicates to all levels of people, both intellectuals and the joe off the street. Take this candy series, it’s…
  • I’ve got artwork on ebay May 23, 2002
    * Red Gummi Bear drawing* Tootsie Roll drawing* Red lollipop drawingcheck it out at: https://www.spudart.org/ebay. Spread the word!
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