I like hitting the return key It’s like bam! Done! More satisfaction from the return key than the exclamation key! Slam that return with my pinky Or if i really want to punctuate my return hit, i do it with…
When you change clothes in your work bathroom, do you: A) Change right in the middle of the washroom B) Go inside a stall, but don’t close the door C) Go inside a stall, and close the door A man…
Underscorebleach.net had a nice link to graphs of Chicago’s traffic in real time throughout the day. Most sites just have the travel time for that particular time of day. But not only does this site have that, but they show…
United States coins have always featured protraits from the side. The new 2006 Jefferson nickel will be the first to have a front-facing portrait. Why have all the previous coins had profiles for the portraits? Here’s some thoughts: A) Coins…
After nearly 100 years of depicting presidents in somber profiles on the nation’s coins, the Mint is trying something different: The new nickel features Thomas Jefferson, facing forward, with the hint of a smile. The forward-looking 2006 nickel front was…
Here is a comparison of the 1800 Rembrandt Peale painting and the 2006 United States nickel. (Here’s a slightly different animation of it with the coin at a lighter opacity: animation 2)
It’s rather incredible that Saturn has a moon made of sponge floating around it. Maybe Saturn is a planet of maids, and one of their sponges got loose.
While riding the CTA, someone was carrying a globe with such indignity. In the same hand was a newspaper and our precious planet. Upside-down the earth was as if it were some handbag. A huge dent in one side from…
At a train stop in Chicago’s loop was an ad for the peanut: “Energy to help you stay in the Loop.“ I applaude the custom headline geared for Chicagoans. Very cute. However, when you get on the train in the…
Four years ago from yesterday was the first spudart blog post. Happy four years old! 😀 *streamers* The first blog post was Long live long tables. Ah yes the long table Host to family renunions Setting for the Last Supper…
Users of cell phones should be able to program their phone to go into silent mode depending on the location of the phone. When I enter work, my phone should go silent. When I enter church, it should go silent.…
What if you disliked the White Sox so much, that you didn’t own and socks that were white? Oh oh! What if you disliked the White Sox so much, that if they won the World Series, you vowed to dye…
Some of the most exciting races in baseball right now are the wild card races. However, almost every single major sports site puts the wild card standings on another page separate from the regular division standings. Ugh. I don’t want…
In order for the White Sox to not make the playoffs, not only do they have to lose their division to the Indians, but the Yankess AND Red Sox need a better record than the Sox. So basically, the Sox…
While waiting for the brown line train to arrive at midnight, I counted the number of spiders waiting in their spider webs with me. 97. And that wasn’t the entire platform, there was about 25% of the area that I…
I was born in 1975, such a nice number–75. Three quarters exactly. However, it’s funny U.S. didn’t make any quarter coins in 1975. The year of three quarters has no quarters.
Egg Muffins are so much better than they are not wrapped in foil and sit. Tribune Tower’s cafeteria lets their egg muffins sit out, so they can breath. Next door, the Equitable Building’s cafeteria puts their egg muffins in foil…
Going to a smokey bar can be quite stinky. It would be nice if we didn’t have to breath in all that smoke. How about smoke filters you stick up your nose?
My book club recently read Devil and the White City. Here’s my review of the book by Erik Larson: 4/10 (take your chances) Many people are fascinated by this book, as they should be. It’s about an absolutely interesting era…
Magic of the White City DVD comes out today. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago’s Columbian Exposition. Many of the world’s greatest achievements in science, technology and culture are unveiled there. Fairgoers also enjoy camel…
The Cubs are 5.5 games out of the wild card with 19 games left. The White Sox lost their 4th in a row leaving a 5.5 game lead ahead of the Indians. Wouldn’t it be funny if the Cubs made…
There is certainly a lot of them: OD hypothetical force of natural power OE Faroean wind OF coming from OH to exclaim “oh” OM mantra used in meditation ON side of wicket where cricket batsman stands OP style of abstract…
