45,000 people ask this question: What’s there to do the day after a marathon? You accomplished a huge feat. You want to reward yourself. Chicago stores should offer a 1/2 off discount for people with a Chicago marathon bib. Better…
There are at least 23 cities named Paris in America. I’d love to see the Eiffel Towers of each American Paris. If your town is named Paris, you HAVE to feature an Eiffel Tower. It’s a rule. All the Paris…
Hey, remember 2006? Doesn’t seem too long ago, right? Well, starting next year 2006 will be closer to the 90s than it is to today. That means 2006 is more about the 90s than it is about 2014.
I cannot think today. In fact, I just tweeted this: Wow. I cannot think today. I wonder if this is how must humans live. — Matt's Health (@mattshealth) October 9, 2013 The very fact that I misspelled “most” reinforces the…
Yahoo trying to be like Google Google has an embossed logo. Yahoo now has a beveled logo. Google has a logo with super-thins. Yahoo now has a logo that is very thin. Google does many variations on their logo. Yahoo…
For my mom’s birthday card, I’m using an image of a Monarch butterfly (i’ll post the image sometime soon). I always like to make custom envelopes, because we have a printer at work that can make 11×17 prints. This particular…
Ever get a spam direct message from a friend’s twitter account? I bet you are kind enough to alert them. But make sure you don’t alert them in the wrong way. Simply stating that his/her twitter account is sending spam…
The double-edge funny meaning behind this strip: 1) The internet is so new and different! What a difference 20 years makes. In 1993 Calvin was looking forward to what the internet could bring. He exclaims, “Pretty soon, computers, telephones, and…
The staring eyes of this portrait intently gazed at my girlfriend and I as we sat on the bench to the left of this painting. We tried to relax on the Art Institute bench, but the Bazille family kept looking…
… wearing a kilt. It’s long and drapes down. Reading a newspaper. How quaint. Real paper. Real ink. Big paper, at that. Paper so long that it drapes down in front of you. The paper blows around in the wind.…
… and guys with mohawks. I missed my train home as it quietly circled over head on the elevated tracks in Chicago’s loop. Another 15 minutes would pass by until the next train would arrive just short of midnight. A…
For fun, try having a phone conversation where both of the phones are on mute. Earlier today, I called up our Tribune Tech Support to fix a problem on my Windows computer. While he remotely took over my computer and…
If you include the words “Bruce Banner” in a tweet, you could end up having a twitter conversation with @RealBruceBanner. I tweeted a picture of my shirt with a ripped elbow and said, “Do you think Bruce Banner ever learned…
Andrew Huff of Gapers Block posted this mysterious photo on flickr that leaves us desiring the ending. Finish this sentence: I have been trying to reach you about the possible sale of _________________. I have been trying to reach you…
What do all these logos have in common? They are all designed by Ruth Kedar of Kedar Designs. Notice how all the logos are very pointy. The sharp pointy aspects of Google’s logo has always been awkward. The serif on…
iPhone App Notifies Viewers When TV Ads Finish By Andrew Dodson TVNewsCheck – 07/31/13 As broadcasters continue to fight the ad-skipping technology found in Dish Network‚Äôs Hopper, a new iPhone app was released today that notifies viewers in real time…
The E-11 BlasTech rifle. It’s the standard rifle for Stormtroppers. But why is it called E-11? Is there an E-10? Or an E-9? A look on the official Star Wars Wiki reveals that there is: E-5 blaster rifle E-9 is…
What’s your favorite car ever? The Chicago Tribune asked this question on Google Plus. My favorite car ever is the traditional 3200-series CTA train cars. I’m not even joking. There’s plenty of room. Lots of headroom, you can even stand!…
What if we took another planet’s surface and grafted it onto part of Earth’s? Mars would make quite an impact. It would be like dunking the Earth in some powered chocolate. We’d have a ton more iron. I’d imagine with…
A friend recently asked online: How do i be persuasive at work without being seen as “difficult”, “uppity”, or “stubborn”? Is it the old “trick them into thinking it’s their idea” thing? Here’s my response: 1) Listen first. Always listen.…
Paramount Pictures released official photos of the Autobots vehicle forms. Seven out of the eight are sleek vehicles. Hound is the only one that is a pure utility vehicle being a Medium Tactical Vehicle from Oshkosh Defense. Even Optimus Prime…
(Photo courtesy microlawns tumblr) Everywhere you look in an urban environment you are bound to see a microlawn. Small patches of grass create a microlawn delight. The blog urbanplants posted a microlawn in Berlin. She also posted a link to…
If your company is desperate for new customers, you would probably respond to customer inquiries, right? Quark was the king of the design layout world in the 1990s. Every single professional designer used QuarkXPress for layouts. However, in 1999 Adobe…
(clipping from the Chicago Tribune) Twinkies are being produced again. I love how the new Twinkie factory workers look like Twinkies! Look at their white shirts matching the creme and their yellow hard hats matching the yellow cake. Twinkies making…
A movie-filming helicopter floated above my head while walking home tonight. Memories of Transformers filming in Chicago rushed through my head. Having downtown Chicago taken over by Transformers made the summer of 2010 much fun. Hearing gunshots outside my window.…
Waking up to a hot humid summer morning. Walking to work in the dense humidity. The weatherman often reports the record high for the day. But what about the record highest low? I’d like to know what was Chicago’s hottest…
How would you fill in the blank to this sentence? I visit museums because ______________. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago asked this on their Facebook Page. Here’s some of the 40+ responses: They make me dream and fly (by…
Happy 30th birthday for the 8th time! Perhaps you’ve heard this joke. But what if this was really true? Perhaps there could be a number system that counts that way. Instead of counting on 1s, you count on 10s. What…
Don’t you love it when your age is a prime number? I do. Currently I’m 37, a prime number! That only happens twice in your thirties (the other age being 31). Which decade of your life has the most prime…
Photo courtesy theatregirl25 via flickr Sports celebrations are fun. I love a good celebration and gathering of people. But when protestors gather, why do we see them in a different light? Monica Reid of Chicago’s Gapers Block wrote an excellent…
