From the monthly archives:

May 2005

Vote For Escape Adulthood

by Jason 05.27.2005 Kim & Jason News

Today I was notified that a manifesto proposal I sent to ChangeThis.com has been accepted for peer review. What happens now is that people vote for the proposals that they’d like to see transformed into full-fledged manifestos (an argument, a reasoned, rational call to action, supported by logic and facts), which are available for downloading [...]

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Baseball Card Memories

by Jason 05.26.2005 Delight in the Little Things

Don’t miss the latest installment from Kim & Jason Chalkboard columnist Allan Dash. Baseball fans will enjoy his reflections on the days before trading cards were slathered with glossiness and a pack cost an arm and a leg and an organ to be named later. Here’s a taste:
Now that the season is well underway, and [...]

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The Luckiest

by Jason 05.20.2005 Jason's Random Musings

Today is my 5th wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe I have known Kim for over ten years (that’s over a third of my life!). I’m happy to report that things are going well. She still likes going on walks with me, she still laughs at my comic strips, and she still puts [...]

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Is Adultitis Costing You Money?

by Jason 05.17.2005 Play

Stress is the main culprit responsible for a loss of 45 million workdays a year in Britain alone. According to a British mental health charity, this all adds up to £100 billion in lost output. In my recent Escape Adulthood presentations, I’ve been showing a slide that highlights the symptoms of Adultitis, including [...]

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What Does Love Mean?

by Jason 05.12.2005 Maintain Perspective

You can keep your advanced degrees and philosophical ramblings; no one can match the otherworldly perspective and delightfully lucid insight of children. I got an e-mail today filled with answers given by children to the question, “What does love mean?” Here are some highlights:
“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most [...]

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Golf Moms

by Jason 05.12.2005 Play

I am not an avid golfer (I went once and scored a 98 – on 9 holes), but I’m always up for a nice walk on a nice day. Jennifer Mario wrote an article about why women leave golf and why they should come back. Stressed-out golf moms should read this. You deserve an escape [...]

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Einstein On Ritalin

by Jason 05.09.2005 Maintain Perspective

The target market for my book was intended to be people over the age of 25 or so. It looks like my marketing plan will need to be adjusted a bit, in order to accommodate the growing need for 7-year-olds to Escape Adulthood.
That’s right, second graders.
A recent article by Dave Murphy of the San Francisco [...]

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Simple Pleasures

by Jason 05.06.2005 Delight in the Little Things

“A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one’s husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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