On this day
March 12
14 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
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- Paper coins cost more than pennies
I could have 100 pennies, or I could have 64 paper circles. This sheet of metallic paper was $1. I managed to punch out 64 circles.…
2025 1 year ago
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- Embracing 49: my first pill organizer
Pill organizer wish list: 1. Jumbo-sized compartments for Halloween Milky Ways. 2. Labels in random languages for maximum chaos. 3. One shaped like Optimus Prime, because…
2024 2 years ago
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- Convert abandoned malls to pickleball courts
Macon Mall, once the largest shopping mall in the Southeast, is now home to pickleball courts.
2021 5 years ago
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- My writing about money has disappeared
Today I was looking at the categories on spudart.org. A handy list appears in the footer. I recently added the “notepad” category. Seeing that “1” next…
2020 6 years ago
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- The contemplative skulls of El Greco
Need a moment to quiet your busy life and meditate on your mortality? Meditate on some skulls. Do you love skulls? Then you’ll love the El…
2018 8 years ago
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- Two minutes on Dominica flag from a Walgreens window
I stood in a Walgreens dish soap aisle for two minutes recording a video of the store window. Why? Because this Walgreens, in the historic Wrigley…
2013 13 years ago
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- Has Jackson Pollock lost his power?
A selection of poem, “The New York School” by Joseph Bradshaw I can‚Äôt remember anything about the movie Pollock. I wish a bald Sigourney Weaver played…
2012 14 years ago
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- Don’t judge a sandwich by its cover
Mary Fons has one of the best blogs in the world. Last week she wrote about enjoying sandwiches with Peace on Wheat. You should really read…
2009 17 years ago
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- Sears Tower is moved to Navy Pier (and being renamed to Willis Tower)
Photo courtesy josephp via creative commons license Wow. They moved the entire Sears Tower over to Navy Pier. And they built a huge dome over it.…
2008 18 years ago
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- Include cuteoverload photos with your general mail
Print out cute photos from the internet and include them with your mail. Paying your credit card? Stick a hedgehog in with it. Submitting your student…
2007 19 years ago
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- Hanging files just simply crush manilla files
Manilla files never stand a chance agains the might and power of hanging files. Hanging files have super functional metal hangers that rip manilla files to…
2006 20 years ago
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- Subscribe to Spudart.org
You can subscribe to spudart.org in many new ways now: Subscription Center Subscribe via RSS Add to Google Reader Add to My Yahoo Add to My…
2004 22 years ago
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- What type of train rider are you?
This applies to Chicago’s mass transit system. (The metra has a different system) Front and back car: not in a rush, easy going Middle car (where…
2002 24 years ago
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- Kicked out of the Amoco Building
Today i got kicked out of the Amoco Building in Chicago. I wasn’t really inside the building when i got kicked out. I was standing right…