On this day
September 16
18 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
2 artworks placed
- Reflection of Little Popcorn Store
September 16, 2026
- Treasure chest after nine years
September 16, 2026
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- 25 top sculptures since 1945 (nine of them no longer exist)
Four sculptures on the New York Times list don't work until a stranger does something. Bend the aluminum. Take a candy. Eat the pad thai. Follow…
2024 2 years ago
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- National Guacamole Day and National Play-Doh Day
It’s very odd how National Guacamole Day and National Play-Doh Day are on the same day.
2015 11 years ago
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- Calvin’s wits comes from his parents
(comic courtsey gocomics.com) The mom has some of Calvin’s style of humor in today’s Calvin & Hobbes. It’s nice that the parents aren’t always prototypical boring…
2011 15 years ago
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- IDEA: See where every book in the library came from
Borders donated 8,000 books to the Chicago Public Library System. I’d like to see a list of the titles they donated. Actually, come to think of…
2010 16 years ago
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- The only single-letter domains with websites are q.com and x.com
It’s rather amazing how many of the single-letter domains have no websites behind them. The only ones with domains are q.com which goes to qwest.com, and…
2009 17 years ago
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- Be an Origami McGyver: A sheet of paper can solve any of your problems
Got a load of blueberries you need to carry? Whip out a sheet of paper and make an origami box. Be an Origami McGyver and tranform…
2008 18 years ago
1 post
- 9 ways to make vacuuming a flooding basement more entertaining
Chicago was hit with record rainfall this past weekend. My family and I did a bunch of vacuuming to hold back the floodwaters in the basement.…
2005 21 years ago
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- new definition of “slammer”
slammer: noun person at the gym who slams the weight equipment after each repetition.
2004 22 years ago
3 posts
- Do you chew more often with one side of your mouth?
Do you use one side of your mouth more often to chew than the other? I use the right side of my mouth much more often.…
- Lola folder
At the time of this folder, Lola the comic strip had been around for five years. It’s in over 100 newspapers and we wanted to bring…
- Top 10 reasons for sitting in the corner of a room
Whether you're at work or home, sitting in a corner can have its perks.
2003 23 years ago
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- the measuring tape
8:30pm Riding on a somewhat empty redline train northbound. Pull up to Montrose stop, people get off. A woman sitting next to me gasps, “He forgot…
- paper show tonight
I’m going to a paper show tonight where there are all the paper companies, and they give out lots of samples and goodies. At work, I’ve…
- 10 year high school reunion profile
Here are some of the things I put into my profile for my 10-year high school reunion Occupation: Graphic Designer for Tribune Media Services Hobbies: Art,…
- product mobiles
In just one morning, both the %%271-7155_IMG_400.jpg]Hershey Kisses-mobile and the %%271-7177_IMG_400.jpg]Peeps-mobile appeared across the street. Earlier this year, I saw the %%250-5074_IMG_400.jpg]Chuck Woolery mobile. Last year,…
2002 24 years ago
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- new keychain
I bought a new tape measure / keychain a week ago. It has already come in handy! But while sitting at a bar last week, I…