Tag: Birthday

You can spend a lot on party decorations. Or you can hang foil fringe curtains and let kids run through them 400 times. One small adjustment makes them last way longer.

Do you love amazing views? Do you love amazing architecture details? The next place you should visit is–surprise! Walgreens. Walgreens recently moved 40 steps from its cramped quarters above the Billy Goat into the first and second floor of the…

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…

Just as my dad turned 65 recently, the Chicago Tribune is turning 165. Sorry, this is for Tribune employees only.

On your next birthday, you should walk around your house/apartment/condo the number of years old you are. On my birthday I will walk around my apartment building 37 times. The gates will make it a little challenging, but that’s part…

Tired of giving the same old Facebook birthday greeting? Mix things up and share a fun image. How about using a 15 pixel by 15 pixel balloon? It’s unique and funny. Sometimes people post obnoxious photos on their friends wall…

Make custom wrapping paper based on the gift you are giving. I’m giving my one-year old nephew a plush Gonzo, so I made all the wrapper paper themed after him. I took a photo of Grover on top of a…

What is your first photo posted to flickr? Here’s all the first flickr photos of my flickr contacts: And my first photo on flickr: I like that it’s a set of stairs that I climb every day. To think those…

Ever draw a blank for what to write on someone’s facebook wall for a birthday wish? Draw a blank no more! Why not wish your friend a happy birthday in ewokese!? It’s a real language with a dictionary on the…

You know you are dork when… you and a friend are the only two confirmed guests attending the 90th birthday bash for the Michigan Avenue bridge birthday bash on facebook. Date: Friday, May 14, 2010 Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm Location:…

Eight years ago today I wrote my first blog post, titled “Long live long tables.” Since then I have written 1,998 blog posts (including this one), and have had 17,939 comments. Wow. All over eight years.

From the list of my friends’ blogs, I looked up everyone’s first blog post. Here they are sorted by oldest to newest: 12/15/98: Hamblog 09/15/00: Supah 04/25/01: Jotsheet 09/28/01: spudart.org 05/13/02: Deep Fun 06/19/02: Confessions of a Foodie 01/07/03: Hello,…

On the south side of Chicago, my family would always sing a second part of the song Happy Birthday to You. First we would sing the standard: Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear Chriiiiiiiiiiis, Happy…

Stickers come in so handy and every loves getting a sticker on something… an envelope, at the end of a letter, on a memo, birthday cards, on a gift wrapping, on their nose! Stickers can go anywhere. Anytime you find…

Many happy wishes to Tom Saaristo on this his day of birth.

Today is the birthday of Mr. T. (May 21, 1952) Happy Birthday, foo!

For lisa’s birthday. i got her the napping book, some spongebob squarepeants coloring books (cuz we were looking for some a couple and could not find any cuz lisa and her sister wanted to color). And i got her a…

In addition to celebrating our birthday, we should also celebrate the day before our birthday, because that is the last day that we are at that age.~thought generated by conversation with David Rothkopf of Down the Line. Tomorrow is Dave’s…

On my last day as being age 25, I face a tradition that has eerily followed me since my senior year in college. On the day before my birthday, I become a lot more focused and productive with my artwork.…