On this day
August 1
9 items, across every year
2014 12 years ago
1 post
- Goal: Have one of my artworks officially on display in a major art museum
The opportunity: The Art Institute of Chicago was asking for “surrealist objects” last week as a promotion for the current Magritte exhibit. The objects will be…
2012 14 years ago
1 post
- Alien invasion forecasted by alienese characters in captcha form
An accidental release of alien characters in a captcha field show that aliens have already invaded our planet. They are among us and are getting ready…
2011 15 years ago
1 post
- Get into the swing of Montrose Harbor
A curly pier swirls off Montrose Harbor. Along the spiral is a wire fence; great to hang a swing. A spiral pier just begs you to…
2008 18 years ago
1 post
- Getting a little crazy with registration forms
While filling out this registratiom form for veer.com, I was getting a little cRaZy. I ate lots of chocolate today. 8^D I love how it makes…
2007 19 years ago
1 post
- AT&T requires seven operators to disconnect landline
A week ago I told an AT&T repairman to cancel my service. He wrote it on his paper form, and I thought it was done. I…
2006 20 years ago
1 post
- Large umbrellas in Japan
In a blog post from 2003, I said, “With large umbrellas, come large responsibilities.” I’m glad to see that it has now spread over to Japan.
2005 21 years ago
1 post
- eating bees as a meal
Are there any cultures that eat bees? I’m afraid of bees so I was just wondering what it would be like to consume them. Here’s a…
2004 22 years ago
2 posts
- Item of the Day updates
After two months of having the same item on the “Item of the Day”, this section is finally updated. Every day for the next month there…
- Perfect size plates for a bagel
It’s very nice how a bagel fits perfectly in the Einstein plate. What great joy this brings.