• how cold will it get in chicago on christmas eve 2004?
    2∆í predicted for the high on Christmas Eve to be chicago’s 2nd coldest Christmas Eve ever. -11∆í in 1983 was the coldest. 5∆í in 1972 is the 2nd coldest. (from Tom Skilling) What do you think the high will actually…
  • christmas card ideas
    Here’s a bunch of different ideas i’m playing with for my 2004 christmas card. Bubble wrap (I have a lot left over from my halloween costume) Including a birthday candle (for Jesus’s birthday). Then the recipient can use the birthday…
  • too much christmas
    erik and i helped my parents bring their Christmas stuff up to the attic. Gosh, i certainly hope that I never end up collecting soo much Christmas stuff. There’s gotta be at least 20 boxes of stuff.
  • Naked Christmas tree
    Lisa and I ripped off all the branches on my Christmas tree (so the branches could fit into the recycling bags). Update 20 years later Some years, I’d keep up my tree so long that the needles were so brittle,…
  • 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…
  • IKEA Holiday 2002 Catalog
    I just found the IKEA christmas catalog in the garbage at work today. Score!
  • First Sign of Christmas
    The Christmas lights are being put up on the trees on Michigan Ave in front of the Tribune Tower, Chicago.
  • Mr. T Christmas card 2000
    While in Chicago during Christmas, Mr. T lost his shoe. Help him find his shoe in the many photos of Mr. T in Chicago at spudart.org/christmas! I bought a handmade Mr. T doll off eBay in 2000 as a joke.…
  • It’s a Mr. T Christmas logo
    The logo for my Christmas 2000 card. See this logo in use on my website.