On this day: November 8

2023 3 years ago

Ghostbusters & Disney Frozen crossover?
Is the new Ghostbusters movie trying to make a twisted spin on the Disney Frozen series?
Do you wear ankle socks or tall socks? (when wearing shorts)
A TikTok user pointed out a fascinating trend: one’s sock choice might just be a generational giveaway. You can tell what generation someone belongs to “just…

Discussion for dictionary.com’s Word of the Day
The Word of the Day by dictionary.com is wonderful. Every day features a different, interesting word. Recent words include: dissemble, dopester, bewhiskered, fillip, grumphie, and univocal. The graphics…
Forever Orange
The leaves on the trees outside my work window have been orange for a very long time. I believe they will continue to stay orange and…
Volute is related to the word revolve
The curly thing at the end of a staircase handrail is called a volute. Any architecture ornament that is a spiral is also called a volute.…

How would you complete these three drawings?
Help my class assignments to be exhibited in New York. Please like any (or all) of these three drawings. The drawings with the most likes on…

8-bit Ewoks in Tiny Death Star
What can be cuter than 8-bit artwork of ewoks? Thankfully the ewok card came to me early in the iPhone Star Wars game, Tiny Death Star.…

Sitting on the red carpet or sitting on the blue carpet?
Would you sit on the red carpet or the blue carpet? Richard Prouty wrote a blog post about an interesting performance artwork by Jonathan Horowitz. Here’s…

Cindy Sherman finally tries a digital camera
Art21 scored an exclusive with Cindy Sherman where she talks about shooting digital for the first time in her life. Wow. Cindy. It’s 2011, and you…

Top five tweets of October 2010: Super Mario Bros & liquor Jelly Bellys
I changed my work twitter account from @tribunematt to @mattmaldre this past month. The tribune name was too corporatey. All the Twitter users in the Chicago…

Caffeine makes my hands hurt
Drinking caffeine will make the joints in my fingers to make cracking sounds. The caffeine will also make my hands hurt overall. I don’t drink soda…

The coolest wish list
Looking for fun items to add to your wish list? You should check out my Amazon wish list, because it’s the coolest in the land. It’s…

the chase race during your commute
While walking to work, do you ever spot someone up ahead of you and make it your goal to pass that person before you get to…

red zinger tea tastes like concrete
oh yeah. red zinger tea is so tastytown. It tastes like the sidewalk smeared with red berries. Really! it does! and it DOES taste good. mmmmm.…
cell phone directory to be published soon
A directory of cell phone numbers will be published soon. This opens the door to solicitors calling your cell phones using up your minutes. The Federal…
Piero’s Proses: Part 7 of 7: Questions
“Now is time for question, please anyone ask question. One question, ten dollars. Two question, eight dollars. Three question, five dollars.” He said this in joking,…

Laura’s Virtual Studio
http://www.artlaura.com/ Laura’s website
unlikely moose communicates
http://www.unlikelymoose.com/My twin brother’s website

ban all coconut chocolates
You have a nice box of chocolates. You carefully pick a chocolate. With great anticipation and curiousity you bite into it only to have your mouth…
voting suggestion
After I voted this week, I thought that voting ballots should have questions specifically about issues. i.e. do you support a war on Iraq? A problem…
2002 vs. 2003 the battle royale of years
I loved 2002 for a year. So symmetrical so neat. 2003 is just confused. I can’t wait until 2004, that sounds more fun than 2003. 2004…
Peaceful protest in Chicago
Due to the large showing presence of the Chicago Police, the annual world protest was a peaceful one. I like how some of the police were…