On this day
August 27
18 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
2 artworks placed
- Reflection of Jewel-Osco
August 27, 2026
- Reflection of Manor Woods
August 27, 2026
2025 1 year ago
1 post
- Finding a newspaper comic in a fine art museum
Stumbled across a 1995 Curtis comic strip in the Art Institute of Chicago's collection. Now I'm emailing them asking if they'd ever do a full comic…
2024 2 years ago
1 post
- 1983 Ewok village made from cardboard [idea]
The Ewok Village playset from 1983 looks like it could be DIY made with cardboard. Get three paper towel tubes and one sheet of cardboard. Assemble…
2015 11 years ago
1 post
- Thinking about Paris and ewoks
Here’s a few fun tweets about Paris and ewoks. It's fun saying the phrase "Paris Ewok" — Spudart Matt Maldre (@spudart) August 27, 2015 I want…
2014 12 years ago
1 post
- Beach stone that looks like Da Vinci paintings
My Uncle Bill posted a few photos of a beach stone that looks like a heart. I ran his three images in Google Image search and…
2012 14 years ago
1 post
- Images of the newest artwork from Chicago art galleries and museums
I’d like there to be a website that collects images of all the artwork being shown in Chicago art museums and galleries. Here’s the next best…
2010 16 years ago
1 post
- A smiley face takes two pinky fingers to type :)
🙂 the smiley emoticon. It’s fun to think that it takes the simultaneous effort of both your pinky fingers to type a smiley face. The left…
2009 17 years ago
1 post
- We need more mens’ colors for reusable bags
Reusable bags are great. No wasted plastic. Reusable bags last. They have a little bit of style. BUT. As a man, I have a hard time…
2008 18 years ago
1 post
- German’s version of “hooray”
What you know “hooray” is in german? It’s HURRA! HURRA! HURRA! Although I still like the standard “hooray”, cuz it sounds more silly. HURRA is more…
2007 19 years ago
1 post
- 30 seconds in an elevator
You have 30 seconds to yourself in an elevator. What can you do in 30 seconds? Here’s an example: Stand upside-down, and then stand back normal…
2005 21 years ago
1 post
- Veggietiki: the veggie tray for a tiki party
This is a vegetable tray that Lisa and I made for a tiki party.
2003 23 years ago
4 posts
- Blame it on Mars day
Anything going bad today, just blame it on Mars.
- Advil is not Edvil
Good thing they didn’t name Advil as “Edvil” cuz the letters rearranged would spell out “devil”. With “Advil” instead you get the word “valid”. Wow, what…
- back pains caused by sneezing
I sneezed too hard this morning, and hurt my back. Not the vertebrae, but the area just underneath my left shoulder blade. Weird.
- Mars is cute
Mars has a cute little white hat.
2002 24 years ago
1 post
- bird poop tuesdays
Today, I was innocently standing at the train station when a stealth pigeon pooped all over my shoulder and arm. Last tuesday, I got bird poop…
2001 25 years ago
1 post
- Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk website
Extreme croquet club in the Chicagoland area that is like 19th century meets WWE. Croquet has a rich history of being an extreme sport in the…