• it’s here! where?!
    I’m so shocked, UPS’s website is saying that my new powerbook is here in the Tower now. I wonder where it is. C’mon, gimme, gimme.
  • Went to an art talk
    February 18, School of the Art Institute president Tony Jones and Columbia College prexy Warrick Carter on “Memories of the Past and Dreams of the Future: Educating Artists,” Fullerton Hall I thought this would be an interesting talk about art…
  • chicago artists coalition
    I rejoined the chicago artists coalition today hoping to maybe volunteer for them. Their monthly newsletter is really good too. I miss it.
  • mail anything
    I was anticipating some doubting for when I was gonna mail this package . So when I went into the post office to mail this item, with a smile I told the postal worker behind the counter, “I would like…
  • disturbing
    Anyone find this sculpture disturbing?* Not only a ball for the girl’s head, but one for the dog too. That’s the main thing.Other weird things:* The dog is yellow with black dots? A giraffe dog?* Is it the dog tethered…
  • TV Discovery
    I had an old crappy tv that nobody wanted anymore. So I put the tv in the alley with this sign. I’d love to see the look the person’s face who found it. And especially when the person takes it…
  • art book club
    I’m starting up an art book club to read books on art. Interested? Please join at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/artbookclub
  • Joe Lieberman’s Dark Side
    Joe Lieberman is Darth Sidious (Emperor Paltpatine). Palpatine was an unassuming yet ambitious Senator in the Galactic Republic.Liebermann an unassuming yet ambtious Senator in the United States Government. Palpatine promised to reunite the disaffected, and bring order and justice to…
  • inverted christmas tree
    January 7, 2003: It would be easier to hang Christmas ornaments on an upside-down tree, because none of the branches get in the way. ~conversation with John Weistroffer Wow, three years after this conversation and companies are actually now selling…
  • Art museum guard blog
    I’m searching for reviews on the The Medici show at the Art Institute of Chicago, and not coming up with much. (here’s a page with links) If I were an art museum guard, I would talk to people about the…
  • Planter public art
    When sidewalk planters function like a Richard Serra sculpture.
  • atari on the internet?
    I want to be able to play atari 2600 games over the internet. I know there is emulation programs that allow you play on your own computer. But how about playing a game of Combat with someone miles away?
  • another ripoff soda pop contest
    Dr. Pepper Armchair quarterback challenge states you could win up to $1 Million plus 1 of 100 Jeep Wranglers. However to enter, you have to hand print your name, address, phone # and age on a 3″x5″ card and mail…
  • What happens when G.I.Joe lives in Barbie’s house?
    JCPenney is selling this set. Conversation about this at plastic.com.
  • thoughts on dictionaries and art
    “Dictionary-making is a mechanical, unnatural metalinguistic activity” For more mumbo-jumbo on dictionaries, check out my honors thesis from college in 1997.
  • subway coupons?
    I am looking for some Subway coupons online. Know where I can get some?
  • Art Authentication: #2
    On the tape is this handwritten message: This seal authenticates this (object) as a work of art. Once this (object) (action present), this seal will rip and its authentication is terminated. The act of this (object)’s functionality denies its existence…
  • Candy #3 Lollie Pop
    It’s fun, yet it also functions on a metaphorical level in its enlargement of confectionary goods to an iconic form. The loose rendering shows marks of the process contrasting the clean perfect processes that candy undergoes. This oil pastel drawing…
  • Candy #2 Tootsie Roll
    It’s fun, yet it also functions on a metaphorical level in its enlargement of confectionary goods to an iconic form. The loose rendering shows marks of the process contrasting the clean perfect processes that candy undergoes. This oil pastel drawing…
  • Candy #1 Gummi Bear
    It’s fun, yet it also functions on a metaphorical level in its enlargement of confectionary goods to an iconic form. The loose rendering shows marks of the process contrasting the clean perfect processes that candy undergoes. This oil pastel drawing…
  • Art Authentication: #1
    View the notes on this artwork.
  • Disk #3 Boy Zip
    9 x 12″ oil pastel on paperSale for this artwork is negotiable
  • Disk #2 Boy Floppy
    9 x 12″ oil pastel on paperSale for this artwork is negotiable
  • Disk #1 Girl Floppy
    9 x 12″ oil pastel on paperSale for this artwork is negotiable
  • New art project
    I would like to post little signs up in various areas explaining the history behind that site. i.e. In relation to yesterday’s post about advertisting areas on the buses being empty, a sign could be posted with a brief factoid…
  • Spring Photo Highlights
    Since summer is officially upon us, I made pulled the photo highlights from Spring 2002.
  • how popular is your site?
    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)
  • my art on ebay again
    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?
    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.…
  • 1970s #3 Kotter
    9 x 12″ oil pastel on paperSale for this artwork is negotiable
  • 1970s #2 Cindy
    9 x 12″ oil pastel on paperSale for this artwork is negotiable