From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Kim & Jason Magazine #3: Little Things

by Jason 01.31.2008 Kim & Jason Magazine

This latest digital issue is FREE to download!
In this issue…
When we were kids, delighting in the little things was second nature. This issue is jam-packed with stories, tips, and ideas on how you can use strategies from childhood to better appreciate the magic and importance of the little things in life.

Features…
Excited Over Little Things by [...]

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Fill up Your Bucket List

by Kim 01.31.2008 Kim & Jason TV

Tomorrow is the first day of February, which tends to be a hard month for folks here in the northern midwest . The Christmas lights are down, spring is still out of reach, and it’s still dark and cold by 5PM everyday. Enough said.
Ready for a jump start?
Thanks to our dear friend Lindsey over at [...]

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Thursday Giveaway: Jumbo I Love You Cookie Cutters

by Jason 01.31.2008 Thursday Giveaway

Every Thursday, we pick out one of the cool things from the Kim & Jason Lemonade Stand and give it away. Yep, for free.
This week’s prize is a set of Jumbo I Love You Cookie Cutters. These jumbo cookie cutters say I love you in a giant way. This set of three oversized metal cookie [...]

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EA #27: Creating Candy for Willy Wonka

by Jason 01.30.2008 Kim & Jason Radio

“Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.” –Willy Wonka
In this episode, brought to you from studio 315 in Madison, Wisconsin, we interview Willy Wonka employee and candy creator Eric Wesner, about his fun and unique job in the candy industry. We also talk about jelly bean jewelry, [...]

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Happy Belated Birthday, LEGO!

by Jason 01.30.2008 Live Passionately

Monday was the 50th birthday of everybody’s favorite building material. LEGO artist Sean Kenney — is that a great job or what? — whipped up this birthday cake as an homage. (Yep, it’s entirely made of LEGO bricks!)
Sean has an impressive portfolio of work — gotta love this Homer Simpson sculpture — and has [...]

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The Etch-A-Sketch Inner Child

by Jason 01.29.2008 Kim & Jason TV

Sometimes the assumption is that all of this childlike stuff is reserved for those artsy, creative “free spirits.”
Not true.
We all could stand to be a little bit more childlike; it’s just that it looks different depending on the type of person you are.
Take the Etch-A-Sketch for example. It is regarded as one of the classic [...]

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Tip of the Week: Listen Up

by Kim 01.28.2008 Delight in the Little Things

Our Insider subscribers know that this week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week), is #31: Listen Up. Find a place to sit quietly for ten minutes. Listen for at least one sound that you would not have normally noticed.
When’s the last time you sat quietly for ten whole minutes? If you’re [...]

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Do You Suffer From Sunday Night Dread?

by Jason 01.27.2008 Be Honest

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When I was a kid, there was nothing worse than a Sunday night during the school year. The foreboding end of weekend freedom was perilously near. As the sun set and the clock ticked older, the pit in my stomach grew and grew. I did well in school, but thinking ahead to a week of [...]

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