From the monthly archives:

April 2007

The Childlike Secret to Productivity

by Jason 04.30.2007 Maintain Perspective

What do kids know about productivity? Aren’t children, what with their sleepy heads and easily distractable attention spans, the epitome of UNproductivity? I guess it all depends on what productivity means to you.
Kids actually give us a few clues about how to be really, purposefully productive.
1.) Plan.One important step to productivity is planning. If you [...]

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Don’t Walk Around the Puddles

by Kim 04.29.2007 Adultitis

If you have one of those anti-bacterial hand gels in your possession, think again.
Jason and I have been out and about enjoying spring. The grass is quite green in Madison, which tells you it’s been raining a fair share.
Spring brings puddles.
Puddles bring fun.
And wet shoes and socks, which is why at some point in our [...]

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The Joy of Parenting

by Jason 04.27.2007 Fan Stories

by John Gundich
I’ve been able to escape adulthood by having my first child with my wife, Patrizzia. Before Miabella was born, Patrizzia and I would have a rough commute to and from Downtown Chicago every day, work, eat, watch TV to unwind from the stressful commute…and then do it all over again. It was mundane [...]

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Simply Amazing

by Jason 04.27.2007 Play

I tried to avoid using such a cheesy title for this post, but gosh darnit, that’s the only way I can describe the work of Jeffrey David Montanye. He has combined his photography experience and love for mazes to create intriguing puzzles from photographs. I’m not sure if the guy is a big kid, a [...]

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Smore Fun

by Jason 04.26.2007 Food & Recipes

by Kim Kotecki
A few years ago for our anniversary, Jason and I rented a cabin at Devil’s Lake in Baraboo, WI. We now affectionately refer to that cabin as the hobbit house, as we had to duck to get through the front doorway. Jason and I are tall, but we’re not considered giants.
One of the [...]

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Escape the Ninja Turtle Way

by Jason 04.26.2007 Fan Stories

by Katie Richert
I never realized I was getting, as I always called it, “old,” and that my childhood (and even young adulthood), was gone until a few days ago. I was sitting in the living room at 11 in the morning, still without a shower while my (as he puts it ALMOST) 4-year-old screamed about [...]

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Tennis Balls and Adultitis

by Jason 04.26.2007 Adultitis

I saw this photo the other day at This Is Broken. It’s a walker, with tennis balls on the feet. I had to stop and think, but yep, I’m pretty sure that EVERY SINGLE WALKER I’VE EVER SEEN has had tennis balls on the feet. (Granted, most of them are green, but that’s neither [...]

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Everybody Get in Line

by Jason 04.25.2007 Delight in the Little Things

Perhaps some people raised their eyebrows when I suggested in my last post that our American educational system considers curiosity a disease. Well it sure seems like it to me, what with the OVER reliance on standardized tests and the OVER emphasis on fitting everyone into a standardized box.
Just the other day I was at [...]

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